The 2020 Rule book for JBO can be viewed here: rulebook 2022
Current Bat rules:
All baseball bats in JBO, Inc. will be either “BBCOR”, “BPF 1.15”, or “USABaseball” certified, or wood bats. Umpires are required to perform a pre-game inspection of all equipment, especially 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.
To identify JBO sanctioned youth bats, look for one of the following stamps on the taper of the bat.
Catchers Equipment Rules:
All catchers must wear NOCSAE standard catcher’s head and face protection with full ear and throat protection, a body/chest protector, protector cup (male only), and baseball protective shin guards during warm-ups and during games in all leagues.
Also, effective January 1, 2021, every chest protector MUST have the NOCSAE stamp on it. There are three different options that would meet this requirement.
1) a new traditional chest protector that protects the heart/cardiac silhouette and meets the NOCSAE performance standard;
2) a body protector (compression shirt with heart guard built into the shirt) that protects the heart/cardiac silhouette and meets the NOCSAE performance standard under the traditional chest protector;
3) a chest pad that protects the heart/cardiac silhouette and meets the NOCSAE performance standard that fits on top of the traditional chest protector.