FENWAY RULES 2025

Baseball and Softball Fields

• FLAAA will prep the fields including grooming and chalking for all games with at least 24-hour prior notice. With less than 24-hour notice, all efforts will be made to have the field prepped but cannot be guaranteed.

• Teams are responsible for placing bases and pitching rubber prior to the game and returning them to the equipment box after the game. All plugs should be returned to the open sleeves after bases and pitching rubber are removed. If plugs are missing or damaged, please notify FLAAA as soon as possible so they can be replaced.

o Note: the sleeves for the pitching rubber are by design below the surface so the plugs for locations not in use do not interfere with the pitcher. Please make sure the plugs are placed on top of the sleeve and buried below the surface when possible.

• After each game and practice, it is the team’s responsibility to rake the infield, in particular around each base, the pitching area and batter’s boxes. Pitching areas, the batter’s boxes and base paths must be filled in, leveled - don’t just drag a rake over it. A rake is left in the 3rd base dugout of each field in the quad and 1st base dugout on Field 5. Coaches on occasion will grab rakes from other fields so more people can rake the one they are on. If you do that, please return the rake. If you don’t have one on your field, look around in other dugouts.

• If you disperse puddles of water on the infield, always move the water back into the field. DO NOT push water into the dugouts or outfield grass. This creates lips and low spots in the infield.

• Field 5 specific (BASEBALL)– after raking and smoothing the field, the batter’s boxes and pitching mound need to be covered with the provided tarps. No hitting on the fields allowed, period. Do not play catch on foul lines. Please stay off the 1st and 3rd base baselines during practices as new sod was recently installed.

• 200’ portable fences are available for use on the quad fields. It is the sports/team’s responsibility to put them up and return them to storage if you want to use them. They are stored in the small shed by the quad batting cage.

• The remotes for the scoreboards on fields 1 - 4 are available in the locked box on the north side of the concession stand building. Power down the scoreboard before returning the controller. Plug the controller back into the power adapter and lock the box when you are done.

• In case of inclement weather where the fields are too wet to play, FLAAA will notify the appropriate sports field representative as soon as we hear from the city that the fields are closed.

• FLAAA will attempt to have the concession stand open for all games. If a game is cancelled, please notify FLAAA as soon as possible so it can be determined if the concession stand should be open.

• The last person leaving the complex should make sure the complex gates are closed and locked.

• Please leave the area better than you found it. Before leaving make sure dugouts, visitor areas and the fields are free of trash and abandoned equipment, especially after games.

Multi-Purpose Fields

• Please leave the area better than you found it. Before leaving make sure bench areas, visitor areas and the fields are free of trash and abandoned equipment. No hitting on the fields allowed, period. Do not play catch on foul lines.

Fenway Fields Use Guidelines Rev. 0325

FLAAA/ The City of Forest Lake

FLAAA Contact Greg Weiss 651-248-3675