NBBA Rules of the Game

RULE 1...Players, Field, Playing Equipment
RULE 2...Playing Terms and Definitions
RULE 3...Substituting, Coaching, Bench and Field Conduct, Charged Conferences
RULE 4...Starting and Ending a Game
RULE 5...Dead Ball-Suspension of Play
RULE 6...Pitching
RULE 7...Batting
RULE 8...Base Running
RULE 9...Scoring and Record-Keeping
RULE 10...Umpiring

Download a Printable Copy of the NBBA Rules (Accessible Adobe PDF)

If you would like to propose a rule change here is the process:

Rules Committee: The President shall appoint a Rules Committee which shall make recommendations of new or modified NBBA rules to the membership as a whole at the annual meeting. Rule changes require a simple majority vote of the membership present and in good standing at the annual meeting. All voting members in good standing may make suggested rule changes or modifications to the Rules Committee if submitted in writing to the Chair of said Committee forty-five (45) days prior to the annual meeting.
(This was copied directly from the NBBA Bylaws: revised as of August 2003.)

To submit proposed rule changes for the 2007 season you will need to submit them to Leonard Williams (Chairman of the Rules Committee) by June 17, 2006.

Russell Mullins
E-mail: Chairperson of the Rules Committee