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Hey all, These changes are intended to clarify only a few points of contention.  Remaining discrepancies will have to wait another year.  The KVKL rules are a work in progress that require due diligence rather than a willingness to exploit that which is unclear.  Please practice the former and not the latter.  That being said, these rule changes go into effect immediately.  The changes are based on suggestions from the mid-season meeting: H. Fouls 1. A count of four strikes/fouls constitutes an out. 2. A foul is: a. A kick landing out of bounds. b. A kick landing in bounds, but traveling out of bounds, untouched by a defensive player or  runner, before reaching third or first base. c. Any ball in foul territory that makes contact with a defensive player in foul territory, irrespective of its consequent path, shall be considered foul. d. A ball that is kicked in front of home plate. e. A kicked ball in foul territory that hits a fence, an umpire, a spectator, or other outside object shall be considered a foul ball AND NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE CAUGHT FOR AN OUT (see "Tree Rule" (I.3.a) for exception). I. Outs 3. Any kicked ball, fair or foul, that is caught. a. Tree Rule:  A kicked ball that strikes a tree during its course of flight may be then caught for an out. 4. A fielding player in control of the ball and touching a base to which a runner is forced to run, before the runner arrives. 5. A runner that intentionally makes contact with the ball while on base. 6. A runner that makes contact with a fielder making a play on a kicked ball. It is the runner's responsibility to avoid a defensive player attempting to make a play on a ball. 7. A runner who deviates more than two steps to either side of their path to the next base when attempting to avoid a defender with possession of the ball. E. Pitching and Catching 5. Catchers may not interfere in any way with the kicker's attempt to kick a pitch. a. Catchers must be positioned behind the front face of home plate, and at least three feet to either side of home plate ("catcher's box").  Catchers may not position any part of their body across the vertical planes of the catcher's box during a pitch. b. Catchers must remain stationary from when the pitch is rolled to when the ball is kicked. c. Catchers must yield to a runner on his/her way to first base. If a catcher makes contact with a runner on the way to first base, intentionally or accidentally, the runner will be considered safe at first base, regardless of the play made on the field. A referee may also call catcher's interference regardless of contact being made on a play. Players who abuse this rule by intentionally running into a catcher will automatically be out. J. Ball in Play 3. Ground-Rule Doubles: c. Landscape Interference- If a ball becomes unplayable in any landscape in fair territory, on a bounce or in the air, the referees shall rule the play dead and award ground rule double to the kicker. All runners advance 2 bases. Cheers!  Deron