D. Dropouts/Transfers .
a. Dropouts processed prior to the player draft or team assignments will have their registration fee and/or donations refunded. Any other refunds will be made at the sole discretion of the Board. Requests for a player transfer must be made through the Division Representative for determination by the Board.
E. Recruitment for Games (Playing up) .
a. Regular League Season
.In the event a team may be short players for a specified scheduled League game, subject to the rules below, a manager may recruit a player from a lower division, so long as there are no conflicting games with that player’s team, and only if the player, the player's parents and the player’s team manager approve. A team short of players shall use rostered team players to play all infield positions, including pitcher, before using any lower division players. Lower division players may only play infield positions in the event that no other rostered players are
available. Exception, 12U players may playing up to 14U may play into positions other than outfield at the discretion of the Board.
i.Lower division players shall bat last in the lineup. A team that does not have enough players to cover all regularly fielded positions may recruit only enough players to cover all fielding positions. (e.g. 10U may recruit enough to give the team 10 players, while 12U may recruit only to 9 players).
ii.A player recruited from a lower division team may play only one consecutive game for the same upper division team. She shall not play again for that same upper division team until after that upper division team has played another game. A violation of this rule shall result in the upper division team forfeiting the game. Exception, 12U players playing up to 14U may play for the same team in consecutive games at the discretion of the Board.
iii.If a manager recruits a player from a lower division, and a rostered team member arrives after the start of the game (resulting in one more player than required to cover all fielding positions, thus creating a substitute player), then the lower division player may continue to play, but only in every other remaining inning defensively. The lower division player continues to bat in each inning in which their spot in the order comes up. The rostered player arriving late is then added to the end of the batting order after the lower division player. A lower division player recruited to play up a division shall NOT be asked to leave a game once a rostered player arrives to a game.
iv.If a player is injured or otherwise unable to finish a game, then a manager may recruit a replacement from a lower division only if that team is in jeopardy of forfeiting the game. The lower Division player does not replace an existing player’s batting position.