Softball Canada 2022-2023 Addendum


1	Official Rules of CCSA Softball
2	CCSA generally follows the Official Slo-Pitch Rules of Softball published by Softball Canada, with modifications described in this document.
3	Additional rules specific to the CCSA are found at https://ccsa.to/rules_ccsa
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5	1	The Game
6	2	Playing Field and Equipment
7	3	Participants
8	4	Pitching
9	5	Batting and Base Running
10	Appendix 1	Playing Field and Diamond Layout
11	Appendix 2	Bat specifications
12	Appendix 3	Ball standards
13	Appendix 4	Glove specifications
14	Appendix 5	Umpires
15	Appendix 6	Scoring


1	Rule number	Changes
2	1 The Game
3	1.1 Definitions
4	1.1.1
5	1.1.2	Omit. Replace with "The team in the field excluding the pitcher, who is on the batting team."
6	1.1.3
7	1.1.4	a) Replace with "The home team is determined by league assignment." b) Delete "and occupies the third base dugout" c) Delete "and occupies the first base dugout"
8	1.1.5
9	1.1.6
10	1.1.7	a) Replace "on or adjacent to the pitching line" with "and stands behind the pitcher's line." b) Omit. Replace with "the catcher is in the catcher's area, in foul territory behind home plate and all other fielders are in fair territory and facing home plate, to put the ball in play"
11	1.1.8	Delete "at home plate area" Replace "managers" with "governors"
12	1.1.9
13	1.1.10
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15	1.2 Regulation Game Requirements
16	1.2.1	Replace "seven" with "eight" a) Replace "seven" with "eight". Replace "six" with "seven". b) Replace "seven" with "eight". Note: In a regular season game, additional innings will only be permitted if there is adequate time. c) Replace "the run ahead rule" with "game mercy rule". f) Omit "or is a regulation tied game". Replace "will be replayed from the start of the game" to "may be replayed from the start of the game, if the game can be successfully rescheduled. If the game cannot be rescheduled, it will be declared a tied game." f) SC Exception: Omit.
17	1.2.2	g) Omit. Refer to CCSA rules regarding ejected players. h) Replace "10 or 11 with an Extra Player or 12 with two Extra Players in Co-ed" to "9 players or less than 3 female players"
18	1.2.3	Omit. Please refer to CCSA's Game Mercy Rule 4-12-0
19	1.2.4	Omit. If extra innings are played, the offensive team will start each half-inning with the bases empty.
20	1.2.5	a) Replace "home plate" with "crosses a safe line". a) i. Omit. b) Omit.
21	1.2.6	a) i. Omit "legal or illegal" a) i. Omit "illegal re-entry, replacement or withdrawn player and runners switchin bases" b) Replace "manager" with "governor". b) ii. Omit. d) vi. Omit. d) vii. Omit. d) viii. Omit. d) x. Omit.
22	1.2.7	c) Replace "15-0" with "7-0".
23	1.2.8	Omit. A game cannot be protested in CCSA, and no games will be played under protest. If there are concerns about the umpires' interpretation of the rules or ability to control the game, please fill out the appropriate umpiring evaluation forms, and contact the CCSA Umpiring Committee if further discussions are necessary.
24	1.2.9	Omit.
25	1.2.10	Omit.
26	1.2.11	Omit.
27	1.2.12	Omit.
28	1.2.13	Omit.
29	1.2.14	Omit.


1	Rule number	Changes
2	2 Playing field and Equipment
3	2.1 Definitions
4	2.1.1
5	2.1.2
6	2.1.3
7	2.1.4	Omit. The Catcher's Box is not drawn in CCSA. The catcher will remain behind home plate until the pitched ball is batted, touches the ground or home plate, or reaches beyond home plate.
8	2.1.5
9	2.1.6
10	2.1.7
11	2.1.8	b) Delete "SC: Helmet must be of identical colour to team caps."
12	2.1.9
13	2.1.10
14	2.1.11
15	2.1.12
16	2.1.13
17	2.1.14
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19	2.2 The Playing Field
20	2.2.1	a) Replace "Appendix 1 (Playing Field and Diamond Layout)" with "Appendix A from the CCSA rules" b) Replace "The playing field should have a warning track." with "The plaing field should have a warning track if the field has a permanent outfield fence."
21	2.2.2	a) Replace "Appendix 1" with "Appendix A from the CCSA rules". Replace "(foul, one meter and sidelines; coaches, batters and catchers boxes; on-deck circle and bases and home plate)" with "(foul lines, batters boxes, bases and home plate)".
22	2.2.3	Omit. Diamond dimensions and any special ground conditions or ground rules shall be subject to the size and condition of playing field, and will be discussed and agreed upon by the umpires and the coaches before the start of the game. CCSA recommended dimensions should be used whenever possible. Please refer to CCSA Rules, "Appendix A"
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24	2.3 Game Equipment
25	2.3.1	Omit. Please refer to CCSA rule 3-6-0 for official bats allowed in CCSA. List of non-approved bats can be found at: https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Softball/Certified-Equipment/Equipment-Bats
26	2.3.2	Omit.
27	2.3.3	Omit. Official softballs used for CCSA games will be issued by the league.
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29	2.4 Players' Equipment
30	2.4.1
31	2.4.2	f) Replace with "Metal cleats must not be worn."
32	2.4.3	a) Omit. Masks are recommended for catchers of all levels of play, but is not mandatory. Please see CCSA Rules 3-4-0 and 3-4-1 regarding helmets for batters and runners, and protection for pitchers.
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34	2.5 Uniforms
35	2.5.1	Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rule 3-1-0 for uniform requirements. a) Omit. b) Omit. c) Omit. d) Replace "Players without numbers will not be permitted to play" with "Players without numbers will be considered to not have a complete uniform". See CCSA Rule 3-1-0 regarding penalty for an incomplete uniform. g) Omit. Refer to CCSA Rule 3-2-0 regarding Jewelry.
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37	2.6 Coaches' Uniforms	Omit.
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39	2.7 Equipment	Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rules regarding equipment, uniform and jewelry.


1	Rule number	Changes
2	3 Participants
3	3.1 Definitions
4	3.1.1
5	3.1.2
6	3.1.3
7	3.1.4
8	3.1.5	Omit.
9	3.1.6
10	3.1.7	Omit.
11	3.1.8
12	3.1.9	Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rules regarding substitutions.
13	3.1.10	Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rules regarding substitutions.
14	3.1.11
15	3.1.12
16	3.1.13	Delete "pitcher and"
17	3.1.14	Omit. Please use the scoresheets as provided by CCSA. The plate umpire should review the line-ups of both teams prior to the game. The official scorer of each team should swap line-ups prior to the game.
18	3.1.15	Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rules regarding the composition of a line-up.
19	3.1.16	Omit.
20	3.1.17
21	3.1.18	Omit.
22	3.1.19
23	3.1.20	Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rules regarding substitutions.
24	3.1.21
25	3.1.22
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27	3.2 Line-up and Roster
28	3.2.1	Omit. Please use scoresheets as provided by CCSA, and fill them out as per the accompanied instructions.
29	3.2.2	a) Omit. Refer to CCSA rules regarding requirements of a line-up. b) Replace "in the catcher's box" with "behind the home plate". Delete "Co-ed Slo-Pitch players must adhere to the position requirements set out above."
30	3.2.3	Omit. Please refer to CCSA rules regarding composition of a line-up and substitutions.
31	3.2.4	Omit.
32	3.2.5	Omit.
33	3.2.6	Omit. Please refer to CCSA rules regarding substitutions.
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35	3.3 Appeals	Omit.
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37	3.4 Coaches
38	3.4.1
39	3.4.2
40	3.4.3
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42	3.5 Team Personnel
43	3.5.1
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45	3.6 Umpires
46	3.6.1
47	3.6.2	d) Omit.
48	3.6.3
49	3.6.4	Note: There should always be more than one umpire at a CCSA game. However, the league reserves the right to use and assign a single umpire to a game, only when necessary.
50	3.6.5
51	3.6.6	a) Delete "a pitched ball a strike or ball". Replace "manager, captain" with "coach, governor". Replace "manageer or captain" with "coach or governor".
52	3.6.7	g) Replace "managers" with "governors".
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54	3.7 Scorers
55	3.7.1	Omit. Each team will keep records of the game using a scoresheet provided by the league. Please follow CCSA's guidelines regarding procedures for filling out scoresheets.


1	Rule number	Changes
2	Please refer to CCSA rules regarding pitchers and pitches.
3	4 Pitching
4	4.1 Definitions
5	4.1.1	Omit
6	4.1.2	Omit
7	4.1.3
8	4.1.4	Omit
9	4.1.5	Omit
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11	4.2 Defensive Conference
12	4.2.1	Omit
13	4.2.2	Omit
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15	4.3 Legal Pitch Requirement
16	4.3.1	Omit
17	4.3.2
18	4.3.3	a) Replace "in the catcher's box" to "behind the home plate".
19	4.3.4	a) Replace "within the catcher's box" to "behind the home plate". Omit "SC Effect: An additional ball shall be awarded to the batter." Omit Exception
20	4.3.5	Omit
21	4.3.6	Omit
22	4.3.7	Omit
23	4.3.8	Omit
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25	4.4 No Pitch	e) Replace "manager" with "governor".
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27	4.5 Illegal Pitcher	Omit


1	Rule number	Changes
2	5 Batting and Base Running
3	5.1 Definitions
4	5.1.1	omit
5	5.1.2
6	5.1.3
7	5.1.4	Omit "SC (2021) The batter must start and finish their at bat with both feet behind the front of the batter's box line. While the batter's foot may touch the line, no part of the foot may cross or be in front of the line."
8	5.1.5
9	5.1.6
10	5.1.7
11	5.1.8
12	5.1.9
13	5.1.10	omit
14	5.1.11
15	5.1.12
16	5.1.13
17	5.1.14
18	5.1.15
19	5.1.16
20	5.1.17
21	5.1.18
22	5.1.19
23	5.1.20
24	5.1.21
25	5.1.22	b) Replace "a stike" with "an out".
26	5.1.23	b) Omit "SC: or strike mat"
27	5.1.24
28	5.1.25
29	5.1.26
30	5.1.27
31	5.1.28	Omit.
32	5.1.29
33	5.1.30	c) i. omit "including the pitcher" c) ii. omit "other than the pitcher" c) iii. omit "excluding the pitcher"
34	5.1.31
35	5.1.32
36	5.1.33
37	5.1.34	Delete "manager /". d) omit e) omit
38	5.1.35
39	5.1.36
40	5.1.37
41	5.1.38
42	5.1.39	Omit.
43	5.1.40
44	5.1.41
45	5.1.42
46	5.1.43
47	5.1.44
48	5.1.45
49	5.1.46
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51	5.2 Charged Offensive Conference	Omit.
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53	5.3 On-deck Batter	c) i. omit c) ii. Only applicable to players of junior age. c) iv. omit
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55	5.4 Batting
56	5.4.1	a) Note: Please see CCSA rules for additional rules about substitutions and alternating batters. b) Omit. Replace with "No more than 3 male batters shall bat in a row in the batting order." d) Replace "ball and strike count" with "strike count". e) Replace "line-up card" with "scoresheet". Effect 5.4.2: Replace "manager" with "governor". a) i) Replace "ball and strike count" with "pitch count". Effect 5.4.1b Replace "The batting order shall alternate the sexes (Co-ed)" with "No more than 3 male batters shall bat in a row in the batting order." Effect a) Replace "two batters of the same sex bat back to back" with "four male batters bat consecutively". Replace "(female or male)" with "(female)" Effect d) Delete "(opposite sex)"
57	5.4.2	e) v. Omit. Replace with "the pitcher steps in front of the pitcher's line or the catch steps in front of home plate." e) vi. Omit.
58	5.4.3	Omit. Please see CCSA Rule 4-3-1 regarding the number of pitches for batters.
59	5.4.4	a) i. Replace "strike" with "pitch". Replace "strike zone" with "air".
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61	5.5 Batter-Runner
62	5.5.1	b) i. Omit. b) ii. Omit. e) iv. 1. Omit. Effects c) 2. Replace "manager" with "coach". d) 1) Repace "including the pitcher" with "not including the pitcher).
63	5.5.2	a) iii. 2. Omit. b) vii. Delete "in such a manner as to cause interferecnce with a fielder's opportunity to make an out"
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65	5.6 Double Base	a) ii. Omit. Refer to CCSA Rule 4-9-0
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67	5.7 Using an Illegal Glove	b) Replace "ball and strike" with "pitch". c) Replace "ball and strike" with "pitch".
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69	5.8 Removal of Helmet	a) Delete "bases loaded walk".
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71	5.9 Touching bases in legal order	a) Delete "or they are placed on second base undr the Tie-Breaker Rule".
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73	5.10 Runners
74	5.10.1
75	5.10.2
76	5.10.3	a) x. Replace "or sliding for home plate" with "for the safe line". c) iii. Delete "including the pitcher".
77	5.10.4	f) Delete "including the pitcher". l) Omit.
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79	5.11 Base Running Effects (Other than for Obstruction)	a) 1) Omit. a) 2) Omit. b) vi) Omit.


1	Rule number	Changes
2	A. Official Dimensions of the Playing field.	Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rules, Appendix A for dimensions.
3
4	B. Official Dimensions of the Diamond Layout	Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rules, Appendix A for dimensions.
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6	C. Official Dimensions of the Bases	Omit.
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8	D. Official Dimensions of the Batter's and Catcher's Boxes	Replace Batter's Box dimensions with the dimensions in the diagram below. Omit Strike Mat. Omit Catcher's Boxes.
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10	E. Official Dimensions of Home Plate and Pitcher's Plate	Omit Pitcher's Plate.
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12	F. Quick Reference Table
13	Backstop and Sidelines	Delete "Will be set back a minimum of 7.62m (25 ft.) to a maximum of 9.14m (30ft.) outside the foul lines. The distance of the backstop will be determined by the fence of the diamond.
14	Bases	Bases: Replace "19.81 m (65 ft.) with 18.29 m (60 ft.)". Replace "28.02 m (91 ft. 11 in)" with "25.86 m (84 ft. 10 in)".
15	Batter's Boxes	Replace with "One on each side of home plate, will measure 0.91m. (3 ft.) by 2.13m. (7 ft.). The inside lines of the batter’s box will be 15.2cm. (6 in.) from home plate. The front line of the box will be 1.22m. (4 ft.) in front of a line drawn through the center of home plate. The lines are considered as being within the batter’s box."
16	Catcher's Box	Catcher's Box: Omit.
17	Coaches' Box	Coaches' Boxes: Omit.
18	Commitment Line	Commitment Line: Replace "6.4 m (21 ft.)" with "6.1 m (20 ft.)"
19	Distance Table	Omit.
20	Home Plate
21	Infield	Omit.
22	Lines	Omit.
23	On-Deck Circle	Can be drawn out as described, but not mandatory.
24	One Meter Line	Can be drawn out as described, but not mandatory.
25	Pitcher's Plate / Chute	Omit.
26	Safe Line	Note: 1. Omit. Refer to CCSA Rule 4-2-7.
27	Warning Track	Omit.
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29	G. Laying out a diamond	Omit.


1	Rule number	Changes
2	A. Official Bat	SC. Omit. Please refer to CCSA Rule 3-6-0 for bats that can be used in CCSA.
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4	B. The Warm-Up Bat	Omit.


1	Rule number	Changes
2	A. An Official Softball	Omit. All official softballs to be used for league games will be provided by CCSA.


1	Rule number	Changes
2	Dimension Specifications


1	Rule number	Changes
2	A. General Information for Umpires	a. Omit. Umpires will be assigned by the league. c. Omit. e. Replace "captains, managers" with "coaches, governors". j. "Replace "judging balls and strikes" with "behind home plate". k. 3. Replace "manager" with "governor". k. 4. Omit. m. Delete "being an Illegal Re-entry, the replacement player or returning withdrawn player who is not reported".
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4	B. Signals	b. Omit. c. Omit. d. Omit.


1	Rule number	Changes
2		Omit Appendix 6. Please use scoresheets provided by CCSA for scorekeeping, and follow accompanying guidelines.