Rules: (adapted from those of the good people at Brooklyn Kickball)

Points will be awarded as follows: Win = 2 points, tie = 1 point, loss = 0 points.

Requisites: This is fun. Don't be a dick.

Most Baseball Rules apply with these Amendments:

• Each team must provide 2 umps every Sunday at sign up, preferably with each team providing an ump before and after each game it plays. There may be discrepancies at times but we will all do our best to play fair.

• With the exception of league officials and others given explicit permission, no can play for multiple teams.   We will corral free agents near the Queue Board. Again, common sense and fairness shall prevail.

• There are Maximum 10 players in the field, a minimum of six Furthermore, 3 out of the first 10 kickers in the lineup must be women.  Lastly, no team is allowed to play short-handed.  We will just replace that team with another.

• As there are no called balls and strikes, Pitch Smoothly, Forcefully, and in Good Faith, like you were bowling.  The Chief ump can replace (not eject) the pitcher if he/she does not abide.  The team's respective captain shall quickly choose the replacement.

• Trash talk is allowed and at times, encouraged but keep it reasonable (no trash talking other players' girlfriends, moms, children or dogs. If you can't handle this, you may be ejected.)

• 6 inning games with the 10 run mercy rule in effect. Teams playing the bottom of the inning will get a chance to redeem themselves but if you're down by 10 or more after the 4th inning, you're getting an "L".

• There will be an arced foul line a few feet above the home plate.  If a kicker engages the ball beyond that line, the kick is a strike, but the play is dead.

• We allow players to go out of the game and come back in.  However, always maintain your kicking order. Kicking out of order is an out.  Again, this is kickball.. don't try to re-arrange your soccer players if you've been getting schlepped.

• We play with a Tachikara SP10R Yellow Ball.

• Once the ball is back on the pitcher's mound, and in control by anyone on the fielding team, the play is over. Note to Base Runners: be cool about this.  Except on the Main Field, we will make a circle defining the pitcher's "mound."

• A foul ball with 2 strikes is an out.

• No leading off or stealing. If an umpire sees someone leading or stealing, then he/she calls the play dead, the kicker is assigned a strike, regardless if someone just kicked one to the moon.

• Only One Base for an overthrow going out of bounds. 

• No (fucking) bunting. That counts as a strike, and the play is dead. The kicker's intent does not matter; neither do the mechanics of the kicker.  Being able to chip it forcefully is just fine.  What matters is the force (f=m*a) of the ball after it's been kicked.  You may consider whether or not the fielding team can get the lead runner, or if the kicker can out-run the ball, but in the end, the force of the ball is paramount in a bunt call..

• Pegging the runner with the ball, is allowed, though headshots are discouraged. Once the ball hits a runner, the runner is out, but the BALL is LIVE! However, a pegged runner cannot intentionally obstruct the ball. Additionally, if you leave a welt on a girl, you're an asshole.

• There are no extra innings. A tie ='s a point and in a good matchup, you'd probably rather have one than none.

• No loitering on the field.

If we forgot anything, we'll adapt as needed

Again, Don't be a dick!

The finer points:

• No, a foul pop-up does not become fair if the fielder drops it.

• A runner can tag-up on a pop-fly as soon as the fielder touches the ball, so it doesn't matter if the fielder bobbles the ball or not.

• The pitcher must stand 60 feet and 6 inches away from home plate, not anywhere he/she feels comfy.  Again, we will define a mound area.

Advice:

Try to eat something before you drink all night in the sweltering heat.

Stretch before play. Kickball is a game of standing around, then hauling ass. Most of us are not teenagers anymore and you don't want to pull a hammy.