1. Must have a Minimum of 10 and a maximum of 14 players on roster. There are 9 teams in the 12u division this season, and all 9 teams will be in 1 division. The top 6 teams will make the playoffs.
2. Playoffs: all series are best 3
3. Round one: 1st and 2nd seed get a bye. 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5
4. Round two: 1 vs. lowest remaining, 2 vs. other seed,
5. Round three: Finals
6. For playoff seeding in the event of a tiebreaker, the head-to-head will be the 1rst tiebreaker and run differential will be the 2nd tiebreaker
7. Each team must have a minimum of 9 players to play a qualifying game. No replacements or substitutions permitted during league play without approval of opposing team/commanding coach and a committee/field director. (Only exception is to have a single 1 game draft of a player or players from the 9u division currently playing on the active roster of a 9u team.)
8. Players must be no younger than 10 or older than 12 at the start of the league year Jan 1rst (birth year 2011-2013) in order to take part or play in any league game. (We do reserve the right to make exceptions if agreed upon by the committee members and the other coaches in the division.)
9. Bases by rule are to be spaced at 55ft. The Pitcher's base to home plate is 39ft. Pitches are to be a minimum of 4ft arch to a maximum of 8ft arch.
10. 12 run mercy rule to apply after 5 innings only. (Excluding finals) All at bats start with a 1-1 count with a courtesy foul.
11. 9 We do not use the infield fly rule in the 12u division
12. No steals, leads or advance of any base runner until the batter makes contact with the ball.
13. No courtesy runner, pinch runner only in the event of an injury.
14. Coaches are allowed 2 defensive meetings per game, with the 3rd defensive meeting resulting in a pitching change.
15. Each player on the roster that is attending the game MUST have at least 1 inning of defense and 1 at bat per game. (Failure to follow this rule can result in forfeiture of the game at the league committee's and opposing coaches discretion.
16. We do allow an exception on the re-entry and replacement of players in the game. You can remove a player from your starting lineup anytime in the game and put a bench player in for a few innings, and then we allow you to put the starting player back in later in the game as long as he goes back in the exact same spot (or no less than 10 spots later) in the lineup for batting as he was taken out of, or you can just let the bench player in to finish the game. Or it also allows you to use a lineup spot to rotate 2 players every few innings in the same lineup spot to give them their playing time.
17. We do not require the ASA Softball stamp on the bats, but all bats must be in usable factory condition with no dents, cracks and no shaved or altered bats etc. (We reserve the right as the league officials or committee to declare a bat unsafe if deemed necessary)
18. All ASA Softball rules apply to games unless specified otherwise as above by the league officials/committee members.
19. GCL will supply 1 dozen of 11” .52 core balls to each team. The home team is to provide the balls for the game.
20. After each game it is the Home Teams responsibility to text the score to Smokey Steve #717-682-5981

GCL has a zero tolerance policy for any aggressive or inappropriate physical contact or verbal abuse with any player, coach, umpire, fan, parent, or other person. And any breach of this rule is grounds for immediate action, including removal from the position of coach or manager. 

Just a reminder, each Team is responsible to clean up their trash inside and outside the dugout!!