Rules

🏆 MLH 🏆
1️⃣ League Structure
Teams: 6 teams, each with 9-17 players (recommended).

Season Format: Each team plays 15 regular season games.

Standings: Teams are ranked based on win-loss record.

Tiebreakers: Head-to-head record → Run differential → Coin flip.

Playoffs:
Every team makes playoffs the worst team plays the 1 seed and the 2nd vs the 3 seed.

2️⃣ Gameplay Rules
Batting
✅ Fair Play: Batters must stand inside the box and cannot delay the game.
✅ Swinging: No auto-clickers or scripts.
✅ Home Runs: If a home run is hit, runners must touch all bases unless game mechanics auto-score it.

❌ Banned Actions:

No intentional lagging or exploiting to get on base.

No excessive bunting (unless your league allows bunting).

No "bunt dancing" to confuse fielders.

Pitching
✅ Fair Play: Pitchers must follow the in-game mechanics.
✅ Strike Zone: Umpires (if used) call strikes and balls fairly.
❌ Banned Actions:

No speed pitching beyond allowed limits.

No glitch pitching.

No excessive stalling (e.g., fake throws or pausing).

Fielding
✅ Fair Play: Fielders must play their positions without teleporting or glitching.
✅ Catching: Catches made inside the field of play count as outs.
✅ Tagging Runners: Must be done fairly, no teleporting or speed-boosting.

❌ Banned Actions:

No jumping out of bounds to get "phantom" catches.

No auto-fielding scripts.

Base Running
✅ Fair Play: Runners must advance bases fairly and cannot reverse after being tagged.
✅ Stealing: Allowed if the game mechanics allow it.
✅ Sliding: Runners can slide but must do so within normal game mechanics.

❌ Banned Actions:

No running out of bounds to avoid a tag.

No speed-boosting exploits.

No base-hopping to avoid getting out.

3️⃣ Scoring & Game Rules
Mercy Rule: If a team is winning by 10+ runs after 4 innings, the game ends early.

Extra Innings: If tied, extra innings continue until a team wins.

Forfeits: If a team does not have at least 5 players, they forfeit.

4️⃣ Player Conduct & Penalties
✅ Good Sportsmanship: Players should respect others, including umpires and admins.
✅ Respect the Game: No arguing, trolling, or delaying the game.
5️⃣ League Operations
Scheduling Games: Teams must communicate and agree on game times.

Stat Tracking (Optional): Keep leaderboards for home runs, strikeouts, batting average, etc.

Replay Reviews (If Possible): Admins can review plays if there’s video proof of rule-breaking.

Game Officials: Optional umpires/admins to enforce rules.