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SWaTBall V
The Saint Windy Twin Wiffleball Tournament of Scrapions

Rulebook
Why we have nice things: lets face it! SWaTBall is a different game than your garden-variety American
wiffleball. For one, its better, and two, we have more people on the field and a lower flexibility /
athleticism level than the average game. So there has to be some adjustments from standard wiffleball
games (like Golden Stick) to make them the exciting, balanced, premier games that the Saint Windy Twin
truly deserves.
So, with that, we humbly but proudly introduce the SWaTBall (hereafter known as swatball) rulebook.
Its the same rules wed come to know, love, and mock (double bobble!), codified in pog form. Make no
mistake: the rules and explanations here are what been playing under, with some evolution each season, for
four years. (Editors Note: a few rules suggestions, culled from Golden Stick and other wiffle leagues, have
been added for discussion. This text is marked
in red.
We plan on discussing these rules before the games
begin.)

The Basics
(Editors note: really can be skipped.) There are two teams in Swatball, one for the Americana division and
one for the Nationalism division of the Saint Windy Twin.
This is a best-of-three tournament. If one team wins the first two games, it is the decision of the losing
team to play a third game. Each game is six innings long, with the previous years champion deciding on
whether their team will be home or away. Home/away rotates each game.
If a team is ever up by ten (10) runs at the end of an inning, the Mercy Rule goes into effect and,
embarrassingly, the game is over.
Each team can use any official wiffleballs brought to the game. Balls may be scuffed, toughed, roughed,
and such. Balls cannot be sliced, cut, or otherwise mutilated. Each team may use any intact official
wiffleball bat. No other bats or alterations to the official wiffle bats are allowed.
The SWATzone is the custom-built strike zone and scoreboard for Swatball. It is Law.

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The Field

(Note: these measurements may be adjusted upon set-up of field)

Pitcher to batter: 40 feet

Second base: 60 feet
Outfield corners: 75 feet
Outfield center: 90 feet
Cheat line: several feet

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Hearts: infield line poles (triple if dinged, past is outfield hit)

Smileys: outfield line poles (triple if dinged, over is home run, rolled past is +1 base )

The Coaching
Currently there are eight (8) players on each team. If a team fails to show all of their owners, they
may add a league fan to their team
upon approval of the opposing team.
A team may only add one
fan.
The manager of each team is the divisional winner (not necessarily the playoff winner) of the
division. While teams, by virtue of their shared goal, should come to consensus of team decisions,
ultimately the manager has the final say.
The manager creates a lineup of the eight players. This lineup cannot change in-game, but can
change of course from game to game.
Pitchers may not pitch consecutive innings; each must rotate out at least once before coming back
in. It is encouraged for as many people as possible to pitch.
Each player on each team must pitch at
least ONE of their teams 18 innings, or at least be slated to (in case of Mercy Rule).
Players cannot leave the field of play during a play. In other words, fielders cannot move past the
outfield lines to try and prevent a home run. Just move on.

The Matchup
A pitcher remains in an inning and cannot be taken out unless they really whine and are being
rather ridiculous about it.
The pitcher must throw the ball at
reasonable speed
. Reasonable is not a specific speed, but more a
come on kind of thing. The pitcher may put any kind of movement on the ball they can.
The batter has two strikes.
The pitcher has no set amount of balls for a walk.
If its getting silly, the opposing manager may call
a GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT, where the pitcher has two more balls to throw - if they miss
the entire Swatzone entirely (even the blue pipes), its a walk.
A foul ball counts for one strike, but cannot be strike two.
A swing and miss is worth one strike.
A CLANG on the metal backboard of the Swatzone is worth one strike.
Thus, a swing and miss with a CLANG on the Swatzone is two strikes on one pitch, a strikeout.
The wiffleball must make an audible CLANG on the metal sheet of the Swatzone; h
itting the blue
PVC piping (on the edges or the legs) is not sufficient for a strike.

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The Bat-Ball Connection

(Editors note: these rules that we have used for the past four years differ the most significantly from standard competitive wiffleball play and are a point
of uniqueness for Swatball. Why, you may ask? Well, having eight players on a wiffleball field is essentially unheard of, and in order to increase
competitiveness and the fun of play while having everyone participate, some creativity was required. Its really quite simple.)

Once the ball has been hit into play, the following rules apply to judge if the ball is an out, single, double,
triple, or home run. Based on where the ball is hit, where the ball rolls to, what a player(s) does with the
ball when they come in contact with it, and if the ball stops on the field all determine what the result is.
Here are the happenings on the field and the bases afforded by the action:
The ball is caught in the air, never touching the ground:
The ball is hit into foul territory or start or stops behind the cheat line:
The moving ball is fielded cleanly** by a fielder:
The ball is hit into the infield:
The ball is hit into the outfield:
The ball is not fielded cleanly (bobbled**) or the ball stops moving:
The ball rolls / bounces PAST the outfield fence on the ground:
The ball hits directly on an infield or outfield pole:
The ball is hit
in the air
PAST the outfield poles:

Out
Foul ball
Zero (0) bases
Zero (0) bases
One (+1) base
One (+1) base
One (+1) base
Triple
Home Run

** A ball is fielded cleanly when it is confidently / smoothly picked up without significant juggling, being
out-of-possession after touching it, or dropped on the ground. It is a relatively fluid motion. Fluidity. A
ball not fielded cleanly as described above is bobbled.
Multiple players can bobble a ball on a single play
and
each results in its own base
.
Someone has to get that ball cleanly!
Examples:
1. Luc hits the ball in front of Conrad, playing shortstop. Conrad bobbles the ball and it rolls into the
outfield, where Urban picks it up and throws it in. SINGLE (infield 0, bobble +1, clean field 0)
2. Justin hits the ball to Cory at first base, who picks it up cleanly. OUT (infield 0, clean field 0)
3. Alex smacks a lil can o corn into right field and Rupert drops it. DOUBLE (outfield +1, bobble +1)
4. Clark slaps a sharp liner into center field where Tony scoops it up nicely. SINGLE (outfield +1)
5. Ryan hits a gapper to left-center, Tyler tries to pick it up but cant, and it rolls past the outfield
poles. TRIPLE (outfield +1, bobble +1, roll past outfield +1)

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6. Thad chops a drive to straightaway center field, where it dies before Kyle can touch it. DOUBLE
(outfield +1, ball stops moving +1)
7. Jons ghost spooks Tom with a gash to second and the bounces off the hand into right field. Rupert
is on his phone and trips over the ball, and it stops in two feet in front of the outfield line. TRIPLE
(infield 0, bobble +1, bobble +1, ball stops moving +1)

Who Makes the Call?

Because There Is So Much Confusion: who calls what in situations that are not clear / contentious /
pretentious / reDONKulous? There is to be no more fighting, or rather fighting, whining, complaining,
and the like are all still highly encouraged, but only after the fact, as the decision is out of whinings hands.
The call concerns: <whom has final say over the call>

Was there a CLANG!?

/ a pitch on the Swatzone: BATTER
Was the pitch too fast?: BATTER
Foul tip or whiff?: BATTER
Fair or foul ball?: BATTER (input from base coach)
Cheat line or past?: PITCHER
Did they ball stop?: closest FIELDER
Was the ball bobbled?: closest FIELDER (appeal from other team)
Was the ball hit past the infield line (thus at least one base)?: closest FIELDER
Did the ball roll / bounced past the outfield lines?: closest FIELDER
Was the hit past the outfield poles / a home run?: closest FIELDER (appeal from other team)
Did the fielder go past the outfield poles into the forbidden zone?: Fielders mate

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The Most Important Rules

Fun stuff!