Conduct and Sportsmanship

(A) Members of a team shall not ride, kid, heckle, poke fun at or in 
any other manner do anything that in the opinion of the umpire 
distracts the opposing team. A player shall not throw a bat, helmet or 
other equipment in anger or disgust. 

• The penalty for violation of this rule shall be the removal of the 
guilty player from the game for the remainder of the game. 
• The penalty for violation of this rule by a manager or coach 
shall be his removal from the game and the dugout for the 
remainder of the game.

(B) The use of any alcoholic beverage or tobacco product (including 
e-cigarettes) within the confines of the playing field, dugout or bench 
by any manager, coach, player, umpire or league official is 
prohibited. 

• The penalty for violation of this rule shall be the removal of the 
guilty manager, coach, player, umpire or official from the game 
and from the dugout.

(C) Local leagues have the authority to ban noisemakers during 
local leagueplay.

(D) Local leagues and tournament hosts have the authority, as 
permitted by local and state law, to remove or ban from the league’s 
playing facilities any spectator who is flagrantly displaying 
unsportsmanlike conduct, profanity, or who threatens physical harm 
to umpires, players, managers, coaches or league officials. This 
authority extends to all scheduled regular season games or 
tournament games played at its playing facilities.

(E) Tournament directors, at their discretion, may allow the use of 
noisemakers. However, spectators may not use noisemakers in an 
attempt to distract the pitcher’s delivery of the pitch to the batter. Any 
such action will be deemed unsportsmanlike conduct and will not be 
permitted by the umpire. The tournament director may request the 
tournament host, as permitted by local and state law, to remove from 
the tournament playing facilities any spectator who fails to 
discontinue the use of noisemakers after the umpire-in-chief 
announces their use is prohibited for the remainder of the game.