There’s nothing soft about playing in this league.
Y’all get ready to have some softball fun with a slight twist? NO GLOVE NEEDED!! Whattttt?! This is one of our newest sports in the TCSS rotation.
The only skill you need is the ability to have fun!
Registration Includes:
- Co-ed, over-21 play, 10 vs 10 (gender minimum of 4)
- Official Tri-Cities Social Sports T-shirt (your uniform for the season!)
- An independent professional referee for each game (no player reffing!)
- Socializing at the league bar after the game.
- Exclusive post game food and drink specials!
Sign up by yourself, with a group of friends, or a whole team!
Every Player must agree to the Rules and Social Policy.
Softball Rules
- We know this is an adult social sports league. However, no alcohol is permitted on Johnson City parks, school, and church grounds. Help us in protecting access to these facilities by waiting until you get to the sponsor bar after the game.
Behavior
Each player is required to display good sportsmanship and respect to the Game Officials, league staff and other players at all times. Rude/aggressive/vulgar language, fighting, or other negative behavior will result in ejection from the game or by being banned from the league and/or Tri-Cities Social Sports (TCSS) altogether based on the severity of the incident. If information needs to relayed to the referee, that should be via the captian. A yellow/red card system will be used to address unsportsmanlike issues. Two yellow cards in the same game automatically result in a red card and ejection from the game. Egregious behavior can result in issuance of a red card directly and ejection from the game. Two red cards in a season result in ineligibility to play for the remainder of the season and playoff.
- Each team consists of 9 players and teams can be of mixed gender
- A game lasts for 7 innings and is split into two sections; the top and bottom of the innings.
- Each team bats once in each innings before the sides switch.
- The fielding team has a pitcher, catcher, a player on first base, second base, third base, three deep fielders and short stop.
- A batter must successfully strike the ball and run around as many bases as possible. Once they get all the way around and back to home plate without being given out a run is scored.
- The fielding team can prevent the batsmen by making them miss the ball, catching the ball, tagging one of the bases before they reach it or tagging the batsmen whilst they are running with the ball in hand.
- Down the first and third base line is a foul area. Once the ball crosses this line before it bounces the ball is deemed ‘dead’ and play restarts with a new pitch.
- A home run can be scored by hitting the ball over the outfield and into a dead ball area. The batsmen can then stroll around the bases to score along with any additional batsmen on base.