Little League's second season gives leagues a great opportunity to lengthen their season and provide additional training and development opportunities to players of all ages. A second season program may be operated any time after the conclusion of the regular season and continue into early winter. Leagues may choose to run additional programs such as Summer Ball, Fall Ball or Winter Training. These programs also follow the Little League rules for player eligibility, such that players must register with their home league for participation and cannot register with neighboring leagues. Players must meet the 2024 age eligibility for the division of participation.

District 1, as determined by the presidents, will provide Interleague Play for the Fall Ball season. This program is optional for District 1 leagues, and may not be available at all leagues. Fall is an instructional program designed to prepare players for the next level of play.

Please check with your home league (Little League Finder) by visiting the league website or inquiring via email (Leagues of District 1) to learn more about the second season offered by your league,

Pitch counts must be entered by managers within 24 hours of the completion of a game. Click here to find your Division's Schedule to report the Pitch Count.

You will enter the count in the spreadsheet for the specific game completed. There is an example format given in the first row of each Schedule spreadsheet.

Managers should agree on the pitch counts for all pitchers of both teams PRIOR to leaving the field.

Each manager must record the pitch count for their players within 24 hours following a game, or partial game played. For partial game played, view "Suspended Games & Pitch Count Procedures" section for Rescheduling Games.

PENALTY: Managers not reporting pitch counts within 24 hours of a scheduled and competed games will be subject to the following penalties

• 1^st offense = Warning
• 2^nd offense = ONE game suspension for the manager
• 3^rd offense = THREE game suspension for the manager, and referred to DA for additional consideration.
• The District Administrator retains authority to impose greater penalties at his discretion.

Managers are expected to confirm in advance of each game the location, time, and field; and status of inclement weather, if pending.

Inclement Weather. All efforts should be made to play games safely in inclement weather.

• A minimum two-hour notice is to be provided if a game is cancelled due to weather. Failure to provide proper notice may be grounds for forfeit and the game will not be rescheduled.
• If a two-hour notice is not possible, failure to show up at the field to greet and notify the team of the cancellation shall be grounds for forfeit and the game will NOT be rescheduled.
  
  

Game Cancellation Policy - See current season Fall Ball rules.

Reschedule Procedure for All Interleague Games

• Rescheduling of games shall be the responsibility of the managers.
• It is the responsibility of the home team manager to provide a field for a rescheduled game.
• The following rescheduled game information must be provided to the District Fall Ball Coordinator ([email protected]) to update the District schedule:
• • District Schedule Game Number (Located on the district game schedule*)
  • Reason for Cancellation or Reschedule
  • New Game Date, Time, and Location
• For Suspended Games, view section below for more information
  
  

* Note: Keep track of the game number for reporting the reschedule information. Once a game is reported as rained out, the game will be unscheduled, meaning the date/time/location is removed, and the game will no longer be visible on the schedule.

When a game is suspended due to weather per Rule 3.10(b), stopped with tie score or otherwise does not meet Rule 4.10 for a regulation game, the following steps should be followed:

For the PLAYED PORTION of the Original game:

• HOME team manager should contact the District scheduler to report the incomplete game, include original game number/information.
• For Baseball:
• • Both managers should enter Pitch Count for the portion of the game PLAYED on the Original game date.
  • The game will be adjusted on the District scheduler as "do not count towards team standings."
  • The game will remain on the schedule so that pitch count is recorded and tracked on that date.
• For Softball, the game will be "unscheduled" same as rainout.
• Score should NOT be entered at this time.
  
  

SCHEDULING the Resumed game:

• Follow the process outlined in "Rescheduling Games" above.
• HOME team manager report the resumed game date, time, and location to District Scheduler, include original game number and identify as resumed game.
• • For Baseball: A "new" game will be added to the schedule for the resumed portion of the game. This game will count towards standings.
  • For Softball: The original game will be "moved" to the new date/time/location.

PLAYING & SCORING Resumed Game:

• Follow Little League rules related to resuming a suspended game. Click here for brief summary of rules related to resumed games; your league UIC is also a resource for questions or clarifications.
• Upon completion of the resumed game
• • Pitch Count Entry for Baseball: Enter pitch count for the resumed game, i.e. the portion of the game played on this date ONLY, into the new/resumed game.
  • For Baseball & Softball: Enter the final game score into the new/resumed game.
    

Note: Follow current season Fall Ball rules regarding rescheduling of games.

Fall Ball player age is the SAME as their Spring 2023 league age.

Divisions of play offered for game play is dependent on the number of teams registered. Registering teams as soon as possible will enable prompt decision on ability to offer each level game play.

* Baseball 13-15 yrs & 11-12 yrs and Softball 12-13 yrs may offer double header games on weekends with the option for weeknight games.