Pancho Coimbre Baseball Charter and Rules

Signed by the people it binds

The charter, revised 26 June 2025, opens by saying it has been agreed to by the league managers and administrators whose signatures appear below, that the league is primarily recreational, and that rules should not need enforcement beyond an honour system among managers -- immediately followed by the note that any violation is subject to forfeit, even after the game has been played. Those two sentences together are the whole character of the league.

It plays Major League Baseball American League rules, with the exceptions written down, and it has declined the 2023 changes outright: no pitch timers, no throw-over limits, no timeout allowances and no larger bases. The designated hitter is available and the charter reproduces the full MLB rule for it rather than paraphrasing.

Bats are solid wood, Baum bats, or BBCOR-certified wood-only composites, with non-solid bats clearly labelled; an altered bat means the batter is out and ejected. Cleats are rubber or plastic only -- metal spikes get a player ejected immediately, and a second offence on the same team ejects the manager too, with managers explicitly responsible for checking before the game. There is a courtesy runner for the catcher with two outs, and dugouts are first come, first served.

A charter that managers physically sign should be readable at the field, not downloaded. A High Cheese league page keeps the current version beside the schedule it governs, so the honour system runs on one text rather than on whoever remembers June 2025.