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over the line wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 annual tournament 2 references 3 external links toggle the table of contents over the line 2 languages فارسی türkçe edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia variant of softball played mostly in southern california this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources over the line news newspapers books scholar jstor march 2009 learn how and when to remove this message over the line is a bat and ball sport a game related to baseball and softball like those games it involves a batter pitcher and fielders since a game requires only three people per team it is considerably easier to organize an informal game the equipment consists of a rope or lines marked in the sand an official softball bat an official orange rubber debeer softball no gloves are allowed while fielding in the men s divisions unless 60 years of age however gloves are allowed for the women s divisions junior typically 20 years or below events also allow a glove on defense a single golf glove may be used when batting gameplay however is very different a diagram of an over the line court the name over the line is a registered trademark of the old mission beach athletic club ombac of san diego california which organizes an annual tournament that is one of the city s largest summer social events it is also known as otl also trademarked by ombac 1 ombac allows other organizations to license the trademark for their own events for a nominal fee an over the line court is normally made up on a beach and comprises a triangle and an open ended rectangle marked by ropes or lines in the sand the base the line of the triangle is 55 feet 17 m long and the distance from the line to the opposite point home is also 55 feet 17 m the rectangle is composed of two parallel ropes or lines that extend out indefinitely away from home starting from the two ends of the line and at a right angle to the line the area between the parallel ropes and over the line is fair territory everything other than the triangle and fair territory is foul territory pitching and batting unlike in softball the batter and pitcher are on the same team the batter stands at home and the pitcher stands anywhere in front of the line not in the triangle fielders the other team stand behind the line in fair territory the objective for the batter is to hit the ball into fair territory without a fielder catching it a hit may also be made when the fielder who catches the ball crosses over the line or the line s extension or drops the ball in either fair or foul territory no bases are physically run however an out is made if a the ball is hit into the triangle b a batter gets a strike swings and completely misses c the defenders catch the ball without crossing over the line or its extensions d a batter has two fouls a foul is a ball that lands in foul territory a pitch taken at or a balk e a player bats out of order or f either the pitcher or batter touches but does not catch a struck ball if the pitcher or batter catches it there is a no pitch unlike baseball and softball where the foul lines are in fair territory the ropes are in foul territory three outs end the half inning as in regular baseball and softball the scoring system is as follows the third hit in an inning scores one run and each subsequent hit scores another run and a home run a ball that lands past the fielder furthest from the line not over just needs to be past without it being touched by a fielder scores a run and the unscored hits that preceded it the hits are then reset to zero annual tournament edit old mission beach athletic club sign at the over the line event over the line was first played in mission beach in san diego california in the 1950s 2 and continues to thrive in the area it is seen largely as a novelty game in the inland counties and debatably the beach counties as well but still persists as a physical education activity at local high schools and most visibly in the practice of an annual tournament held on fiesta island by far the locale s most notorious activity the annual ombac world championship over the line tournament organized by old mission beach athletic club is a prominent event in san diego s beach sports life the tournament has a history of adult themed team names often with variations of the sport s equipment namely bats and balls that are seen as explicit enough to discourage most youth attendance as such the tournament has gained a negative reputation over the years for these hedonistic and sexual overtones despite its infamous reputation however the game has grown in popularity among the san diego populace and governing bodies over the years even surpassing about 60 000 spectators during the two july weekends the annual tournament was hosted in 2011 to help highlight the sport rather than the spectacle and encourage more family friendly participation ombac has made strides to cut back on these and some of the tournament s other more offensive elements by discouraging slogans such as beer babes and bats on the beach the annual world championships now gathers more than 1 200 teams from all over the world separated into multiple divisions players range in age from 18 to 80 years old and are split by gender in an effort to help further the sport an otl players association was established several years ago they currently host several additional tournaments each year references edit buckheit mary play ball and enjoy the sights espn jurjevics rosa 12 july 2007 their own little world mission beach san diego reader external links edit old mission beach athletic club s over the line website otl players social network archived 2021 06 24 at the wayback machine retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title over the line oldid 1316193977 categories baseball genres ball games culture of san diego sports originating in the united states hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata articles needing additional references from march 2009 all articles needing additional references webarchive template wayback links this page was last edited on 11 october 2025 at 01 12 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