The Minors “AAA” division is for players ages 8 to 12 that are drafted following tryouts. 12-year olds must waive down to play at this level. This division is an instructional, competitive division. Games are 6 innings. Batting orders are continuous, and players will play a minimum of 3 innings (9 outs) in the field. Players and parents should expect 3 games and/or practices a week.

PR-1 Game Responsibilities

Home Team:
• Provides a scoreboard operator, announcer, and pitch counter.
• Responsible for preparing the field before the game.
• open the snack shack
• remove the plugs and insert the bases
• rake and tamp the mound
• rake the infield, home plate area and base paths
• water the infield dirt and batter’s boxes
• chalk the baselines and batter’s boxes
• raise the flag(s)
• set up Scoreboard and speaker (where applicable)

If the field is not ready 30 minutes before game time, the visiting team will help. The visiting team will be allowed to take infield 15 minutes before the start of the game. The home team may forfeit their infield time.

Visiting Team:
1. Provides an Official Scorekeeper-paper book, pitch counter.
2. Responsible for repairing the field after the game. (NSLL will fill both roles if playing Interleague)
After Every Game:
3. rake the pitcher’s mound
4. drag the infield, home plate area, base paths
5. water infield dirt, pitcher’s mound and batter’s box areas
6. tamp down the pitcher’s mound and batter’s boxes
After the Last Game of the Day:
7. remove the bases and insert the plugs
8. put away the bases and all rakes
9. take down, fold, and put away flag(s)
10. Ensure the Snack Shack, Bathrooms and Equipment Locker are locked

Pinheiro Field:
• Last Game Each Day: Lock Bathrooms/pick up trash
• Last Game Thursday & Saturday: Empty trash cans into large garbage bins at the front of Lu Sutton school behind gate. Replace trash liners in all cans
• No music. No boom boxes and No announcing on the PA is allowed.

11. Game time: Scheduled time or up to 30 mins after the end of the previous game.
12. Snack shack is staffed separately by NSLL Snack Shack Coordinator in conjunction with Team Parents. Parents may be required to staff games their child is not playing in.
13. If both umpires are legal minors, the visiting team will provide a game coordinator. This person acts as a facilitator if there is a disagreement on rules, playing conditions, or matter holding up the progress of a game. If the game coordinator is unable to resolve the dispute, they contact the League Commissioner, League President or VP of Baseball. NSLL will fill this role if playing Interleague
14. Each team will provide an Umpire Coordinator; these individuals will be able to step in and umpire a game should there not be a league provided umpire attending the game.
15. Each team is responsible for cleaning up their dugout and spectator area, after the game.

PR-2 General Rules

1. Managers must notify the League Commissioner and Player Agent before suspending a player unless circumstances require an immediate suspension. In such cases, a written notice should
be furnished to the League Commissioner and Player Agent within 3 days.
2. There will be no smoking or tobacco use on NUSD or City of Novato grounds at any time.
3. No food or beverages, except water and sport drinks, are permitted in the dugout.
4. Noisemakers, horns, cowbells etc. will not be allowed at Novato South Little League games.

PR-3 Game Time Limit

1. Regular Season: No inning will start AFTER a game is 2 hrs old unless tied.
• If the 3rd out is made before the time limit has expired, the next full inning is played in its entirety.
2. If the game is tied after completion of the last full inning started 2:30 hours from start, it will end in a tie.
3. Post Season: There will be no time limit during playoff games.

PR-4 Curve Balls

1. Pitchers will not be taught curve, sinker, or slider pitches. Umpires will call all such pitches as
“balls” and warn the manager that continued use will result in removal of manager and the
pitcher.

PR-5 Continuous Batting Rule

1. A normal baseball defense with nine (9) players is used, but the entire roster hits.
2. The inning ends ONLY when three defensive outs have been recorded during the inning.
3. All eligible players will be included in the batting order, regardless of defensive assignment.
4. The batting order will not change during the game, except due to illness, injury or having to leave the field.
5. If a runner is injured, the player who made the last recorded out replaces him. If no out has been made in the game, the last player in the batting order replaces him/her. The replacement player then returns to his/her original position in the order.
6. There is NO Infield Fly Rule in AAA Division

PR-6 Substitutions

1. Open substitutions are allowed provided the player being replaced has completed at least one full inning of defensive play in the field.
2. A non-starting player may re-enter the game after being replaced.
3. If a pitcher is removed from a game, he/she cannot re-enter the same game as a pitcher but may re-enter the game at any other position.

PR-7 Minimum Play Rule

1. 2024: Games may begin with 8 players. The 9th place in the batting order will not be considered an automatic out. Games may begin with 7 players if both Managers agree to it.
2. No Player, present at the start of the game and listed in the lineup as either a starter or a replacement will remain out of the defensive line-up for more than (2) consecutive innings.
3. Any player that does not play 3 defensive innings in a game due to substitutions or early completion must play in the 1st & 2nd innings of the next game, then resume above stated minimum play rule.
4. Under no circumstances shall the violation of minimum play regulations result in the forfeiture of a game (Regulation IV-I Note 1).
5. For any violation of Minimum Play Regulations, the manager shall be penalized as follows:
● First Offense – receive a written warning, unless offense was intentional, in which case the manager will be suspended for the next scheduled game.
● Second Offense – receive a suspension for the next scheduled game, unless offense was intentional, in which case the manager will be suspended for the remainder of the
season.
● Third Offense – receive a suspension for the remainder of the season, unless offense was intentional, in which case the manager will be subject to a permanent ban from the League.
6. NSLL will opt-in to Local Rule 3.04. A courtesy runner may be installed for the Pitcher or Catcher whenthere are 2 outs. The courtesy runner must be the player who made the last out.

PR-8 Pitching Rules

1. League Age 12-year-old players may not pitch in a AAA game.
2. NSLL will adhere to all pitch count rules as described the Little League Official Regulations and Playing Rules (Blue Book). Each season NSLL may enact stricter pitch count rules. These pitching restrictions apply to NSLL ONLY during Inter-League Play.