Co-Ed Slow Pitch

[gumpire]

In our local league, we have a "Co-ed" line. No outfielder is allowed to be in front of the line until the ball is contacted when a female batter is up.
In many cases, I have had shortstops move back and onto the grass....in these cases I do not allow it, I use the grass line as the distinction between infield and outfield.
However, this causes quite the uproar when I call an IFR on a hit ball that lands 3-5 feet into the grass!

Also, we allow all male or all female in/outfields as long as the number of male & female is even. (i.e., 4 females, 4 males. 5 females, 5 males, etc.) What makes this strange and sometimes difficult, is when a team shows up with only 9 players!!! Most of the time it's not a big deal, but once in awhile the opposing team will try to get me to make a player sit out to keep the "even number" of both genders in effect.