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Baseball Equipment

Before purchasing equipment for your son or daughter to use in playing Tigard Diamond Sports baseball, please review the following guidelines taken from rules cited in the Little League International rulebook.

EQUIPMENT GUIDELINE
Bats

 AAA, AA, A - The bat shall not be more than 33" in length nor more than 2 5/8" in diameter. All non-wood bats shall be printed with a USA Baseball logo .

 

JBO - All baseball bats in JBO, Inc. will be either “BBCOR”, “BPF 1.15”, “USABaseball” certified, or a wood bat. Umpires are required to perform a pre-game inspection of all equipment, including bats, to ensure proper certification. Use of an illegal/altered bat shall be considered unsportsmanlike conduct and the player and Head Coach shall be ejected from the game. Both the ejected player & coach may be subject to further disciplinary action by the District and JBO, Inc. 

 

For more information check out the LLI Bat Resource Page.  For the official Little League bat rules click here.

Glove or Mitt

The first baseman and every fielder other than the catcher must wear a glove or mitt of any weight and not more than 14" long from top to bottom, not more the 8" wide across the palm, and webbing not more than 5" wide at the top.

 

The pitcher's glove may not, exclusive of the piping, be white or light gray, nor in the judgment of an umpire distracting in any manner.

 

No pitcher shall wear sweat bands on their wrist or arm.

Helmets

All helmets must bear the NOCSAE stamp. Helmets must have a non-glaresurface and cannot be mirror-like in nature. Helmets may not be re-painted and may not contain tape, re-applied decals, or decals by anyone other than the manufacturer.

 

Label your child's helmet by using a permanent marker and writing the player's name on the foam inside as writing on the helmet surface may disqualify the helmet from play.

 

Altering a helmet in anyway (drilling holes, removing padding, etc.) may cause a manufacturer to void the NOCSAE certification of that helmet, making it illegal to use in Little League play.   For a list of helmets that are manufacturer certified for certain modifications see here.

Catcher's Equipment

The catcher must wear a catcher's mitt. Catchers must wear a cup and a long or short model chest protector. All catchers must wear: a chest protector with a neck collar, throat guard, shin guards, and a catcher's helmet with mask.

 

The catcher's helmet must bear the NOCSAE stamp (skull caps are not permitted).

 

All catchers must wear a "dangling" type throat guard during infield/outfield practice, pitcher warm-ups, and games. Dangling means the throat guard will still hang down and protect the neck area when the catcher is looking straight up.

Miscellaneous

Shoes with molded cleats are permitted at all levels.

 

Players must not wear watches, bracelets, rings, pins, and jewelry (metallic or non-metallic). Jewelry that alerts medical personnel to a specific condition is permitted.

Tigard Little League has partnered with Dick's Sporting Goods to provide our families an opportunity to purchase product at a discount or certain weekends in the Spring. Check the calendar for specific dates.