The following league rules and information are reprinted courtesy of the 2008 Los Alamos Fastpitch Association: ALL TUESDAY GAMES ARE AT X-LOVATO FIELD IN WHITE ROCK. ALL THURSDAY GAMES ARE AT BUN RYAN FIELD ON NORTH MESA. Managers are responsible for ensuring players are warmed up and ready to start on time. 6:30 PM start time for first game(s) & 8:00 PM start for second game. 2008 LEAGUE RULES 1. EACH TEAM MUST BE ASA REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN LEAGUE PLAY AND POST-SEASON PLAY. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBIITY OF THE LAFA PRESIDENT/VICE-PRESIDENT, AND WILL ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF BOLLINGER LEAGUE LIABILITY INSURANCE. 2. EACH TEAM IS TO FURNISH ONE NEW BALL FOR EACH GAME. 3. THE TEAM LISTED FIRST ON THE SCHEDULE IS HOME TEAM AND THEIR SCORE BOOK IS THE OFFICIAL BOOK. 4. THE BATTING TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RETRIEVING BALLS HIT OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE. (FOUL BALLS AND HOME RUNS) 5. THE EIGHT RUN RULE AFTER FIVE INNINGS IS IN EFFECT FOR LEAGUE GAMES. 6. GAME TIME IS FORFEIT TIME! TEAMS MUST BE READY TO PLAY AT SCHEDULED STARTING TIMES OR UMPIRES MAY DECLARE A FORFEITED GAME. IT IS THE MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO INSURE TEAM MEMBERS ARE ON TIME AND READY TO PLAY AT GAME TIME. 7. THE HEAD UMPIRE AND OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPER WILL NOTE THE START TIME ON THE OFFICIAL BOOK 8. IN ORDER TO FIELD NINE PLAYERS, TEAMS MAY BORROW PLAYERS FROM THE OPPOSING TEAM. THIS MAY BE DONE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION ONLY AND CANNOT BE DONE TO GAIN AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. 9. RAINED OUT AND OTHER MAKE-UP GAMES ARE TO BE SCHEDULED THROUGH THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT AND HEAD UMPIRE. 10. RAIN-OUTS AND CANCELLATIONS FOR VALID REASONS WILL BE MADE UP AT THE END OF THE SEASON AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LAFA PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. PLEASE USE RULE 8 IN ORDER TO AVOID POSTPONED GAMES. 11. NOTICE FOR A POSTPONED GAME MUST BE GIVEN TO THE OPPOSING MANAGER AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN FORFEITURE. 12. A.S.A. RULES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL LEAGUE GAMES. 13. TEAM MANAGERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LEAGUE ENTRY FEES. FEES MUST BE PAID BY THE SCHEDULED TIME. IF FEES ARE NOT PAID BY THAT TIME, THE TEAM MAY NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEAGUE. 14. TEAM MANAGERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF TEAM MEMBERS WHILE AT THE BALL FIELD. 15. DRINKING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHILE ON THE FIELD OR IN THE DUGOUT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. TEAMS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THIS RULE WILL BE EXPELLED FROM THE GAME AND THE OPPOSING TEAM WILL BE AWARDED A FORFEIT. 16. DRINKING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY PLAYERS PRIOR TO OR DURING THE GAME IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. PLAYERS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS RULE WILL BE EXPELLED FROM THE GAME. LEAGUE OFFICERS PRESIDENT: JOHN EDDLEMAN VICE-PRESIDENT: CRAIG KELLEY SECRETARY/TREASURER: CRAIG KELLEY 2008 LEAGUE INFORMATION SPORTSMANSHIP Individuals or teams, which are unable to respect umpires and fellow players, will be removed from league play. Managers must keep things under control. Enough said on this subject. INSURANCE COVERAGE Los Alamos Fastpitch Association is covered by minimum ASA requirement under Bollinger Insurance for LIABILITY ONLY. This league policy does not extend medical coverage of any kind to any of our players. Team Managers: It is your obligation to convey to all of your players (especially the younger high school and/or college players) that they must provide their own medical coverage in order to have some financial protection from medical costs resulting from serious injury sustained while playing a sanctioned league and/or post-season ASA/LAFA fastpitch game. USE OF BUN RYAN FIELD All users of the ball fields have worked cooperatively to come up with an acceptable schedule for field use. We must strive to keep this spirit of cooperation going throughout the season. There are other groups using Bun Ryan field on the nights we are not. They are scheduled for this, so do not give them a hard time about it. USE OF X-LOVATO FIELD On Tuesday night we are using X-Lovato (which is a slowpitch field), and as such there are changes that should be made before we play. The bases should to be moved to the 60-foot pegs and the short pitching mound uncovered. Bases must be put back at the slowpitch pegs after we are finished for the night. If everyone helps out with these tasks, they will take little time and effort. FIELD CONDITIONS The Los Alamos County Parks and Recreation department will decide by 4:00 PM daily whether the fields can be used. We must respect their decision. Call 662-8173 for field information or check the LA County website for details at http://www.lac-nm.us/index.asp using the “Parks and Recreation” link.