CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE “SPECIAL” Rules
(All ASA & Coralville Summer rules shall apply unless superseded by these rules.)

A. PLAYER ELIGIBILITY:
• Players must be entering high school in the fall (or older) in order to participate and a member of their church or regularly attend (twice per month).
• Outfielders will not be allowed to cross the outfield stripe (75 ft. behind each base) until the pitcher has released the ball. If an outfielder does cross the line early and the play results in an out, the batter will be awarded first base and any player on base will advance one base.

B. PLAYERS, COACHES, SUBSTITUTES:
• Ten player teams will be used. There shall be a minimum of three (3) women and a maximum of seven (7) men comprising each 10 player team and who shall be allowed in the field at one time. If a team is short female players (less than three females but more than one) they may begin play with less than 10 players in the field.
• Substitution must be on a woman-for-woman or man-for-man basis when only three women are in the line-up. A man may substitute for a woman when at least three women remain in the line-up as long as it is not in one of the first six batting positions.
• Free substitutions will be allowed in conformance with above, players shall re-enter the game in the same position in batting order.

C. THE GAME:
• Visiting team reads the League’s mission statement and Home team provides a prayer prior to each game. 
• A team must have at least 8 players to start a game, including at least one woman.
• A team will not be assessed an automatic out if they have less than 10 players in the game (pursuant to batting order rules) or if they lose a player (and drop below 10 players) due to injury.
• Home Run Limit: All home run balls hit over the fence will be limited to TWO per game per team.

D. BATTING:
• The first six batters of the batting line-up must alternate man-woman or woman-man. If a team has less than three men or three women, automatic out(s) will be assessed in the first six positions at the manager’s discretion.
• A team manager may insert an additional man AND an additional woman as the 11th and 12th place hitters, etc. in the line-up. If this option is exercised, the alternating male-female batting order must be observed to coincide with the top of the line-up.