(f) The catcher must wear a catcher's mitt (not a first-baseman's mitt or fielder's glove) with a shape, size, or weight consistent with protecting the hand. PENALTY: The illegal equipment must be removed from the game. The catcher's equipment, other than the items noted above, may be the choice of the local league, but needs to be of high quality and provide adequate protection. (g) Any player warming up a pitcher on the mound, in a bullpen, or elsewhere shall wear a catcher's mask with helmet and throat protector, even if the mask has a manufactured extension at the bottom of the mask. A batting helmet cannot be used to warm up a pitcher. It is strongly recommended that only players warm up pitchers at any time during practice or regular-season games. No other person should warm up a pitcher without a protective catcher's face mask due to the risk of substantial facial or head injury from deflected balls. 1.17- (a) The local league shall select all other equipment used in the DYB program, such as gloves, hats, uniforms, shoes, and umpires' equipment. (b) No softball equipment may be used in DYB play, including the softball catcher's mask, softball catcher's mitt, softball bats, and other equipment designed for softball play. EXCEPTION: The softball fielder's mask or any youth fielder's mask may be used in all baseball age divisions at all defensive positions if it is not labeled for softball use only and/or a baseball will not pass through the openings in the mask. (c) DYB recommends that all male players wear athletic supporters. (d) The on-deck batter will use the on-deck batter's circle behind the batter that is at bat during practices or games unless the on-deck circle is behind a protective screen. 1.18 - No player wearing a hard substance in its final form, such as leather, rubber, plastic, plaster, or fiberglass, when worn on the hand, wrist, forearm, or elbow shall be allowed to participate unless the substance is covered by a minimum ½ inch thick, high-density closed-cell polyurethane or a similar material of the same thickness to protect injury. Written permission must be obtained from both a licensed medical physician and the player's parent or guardian and submitted to the league president during local league play and the tournament director during tournament play for approval. 2.00-DEFINITION OF TERMS (All definitions in Rule 2.00 are listed alphabetically) ADJUDGED is a judgment decision made by an umpire. APPEAL is an act of a fielder in claiming a violation of the rules by the offensive team. An appeal must be made verbally. See 7.10 for runner appeal. BALK: "O"ZONE BALK is an illegal act by the pitcher or the catcher with a runner or runners on base, entitling all runners to advance one base. MAJORS/AAA BALK is an illegal act by the pitcher, which shall be declared a no pitch, the ball is dead, and no runner’s advance. 21
