Violation of these policies could subject the coach and/or team from not participating in tournament play at GRIMES PARK.

Please abide by the following policies, which are for your safety and the safety of others.

• GRIMES PARK is an ALCOHOL FREE facility.  No alcoholic beverages are allowed.
   
• NO COOLERS are allowed, except for SMALL SOFT-SIDED COOLER FOR RAGS ONLY.  NO LARGE COOLERS WILL BE ALLOWED
   
• FIREARMS are strictly prohibited.
   
• NO PETS are allowed.
   
• TOBACCO is allowed in Designated Areas Only.
   
• ABUSIVE or VULGAR language is not allowed.
   
• NO Skateboards, Bicycles, Scooters, Roller Blades or Roller Skates are allowed.

GRIMES PARK FIELD POLICY

• NO ONE will be allowed to take batting practice, players playing pick-up games or players playing home run derby on fields that are not in use.  If any team or player is caught, the team will be subject to disqualification from league play or from playing in the tournament and forfeiture of their entry fee.
   
• NO ONE will be allowed to throw, bounce, kick or hit a ball of any kind against the exterior walls of the Championship Field

COACH’S RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Coaches are responsible for the actions of their team, players and fans.  
   
• When not playing a game, DO NOT ALLOW YOUR PLAYERS to use a field that is not in use for warm-up, batting practice, pick-up games or home run derby games.
   
• FOR FIELD SAFETY, all coaches, equipment and players are expected to be in the dugout during games.

  • One coach may occupy the third base coach’s box and one coach may occupy the first base coach’s box when his team is hitting.  Two players are allowed out of the dugout when their team is hitting, the hitter and the hitter on deck.  
     

  • When the team is in the field, no one is allowed out of the dugout except a coach who will be allow just outside the dugout against the fence or sitting to give the pitching signs to the catcher.

 GRIMES PARK FIELD ETIQUETTE  

Rules should always be followed when practicing or playing on any baseball field.

• Keep all equipment in the dugout.
   
• NO INFIELD practice before the game.
   
• Never throw or warm up in front of the dugout or in the infield area.  Stay off the infield until game time.
   
• Warm up in the outfield.
   
• NO BATTING practice before a game except with the use of wiffle balls
   
• Never soft-toss into the fence.  Bring a portable net to hit into or hit wiffle balls into the outfield. 
   
• Do not allow your players to dig holes into the turf.  They must be reminded not to do this.
   
• Never leave trash on the field or in the dugout.