Hello ballers! May is well on it's way and we're less than a month away from our first games! I realize there's been a limited amount of information and that we have yet to hold a spring training, but I'm hoping the following information will help clear all of this up.
SPRING TRAINING: We have two spring training dates on the books. For new players, if you are unable to attend one or both of them, please contact me immediately and we'll discuss alternative methods for skills evaluation prior to the draft.
5/15: 5-7pm - All New Players MUST attend for evaluation.
5/22: 5-9pm - Team Scrimmage & Meet/Greet
GAME SCHEDULE: Currently, we only have the field reserved from 5-10pm on Sundays in June due to scheduling conflicts that we are working hard to resolve. The Little League has already given us verbal approval for the 4-5 hour so Sundays are in the books for June, but we are still trying to work out a 3hr time slot for our 3rd game every week. It is possible that these games will take place on Sunday or another night of the week at other fields in the area. Standby for the final schedule.
FEES: The board has settled on final fees of $150 (same as last year). If you would like to start paying your fees via PayPal, go ahead and do so. Don't forget that your $20 registration goes toward the $150, so you only need to send an additional $130.
REGISTRATION STATUS:
86 Players Registered
84 Player Cap
80 Spots Claimed
The board has decided to cap the league at 84 PAID players. As of today, only 80 people have paid their $20 registration fee or contacted me about payment. If you have signed up, but I don't have any record of your payment, you should have received an email this morning. If you did not receive that email, then you hold one of the Claimed spots.
UNIFORMS: I have put in the order for the uniforms today and hopefully they will all be ready by June 6th.
GAME TIME CHANGES: This year, we continue to adjust our game time to fit within our time window. Our gametime slots will be 3 hrs long with the scheduled start time 15 min into the gametime slot. The first 15 min are dedicated to field prep and on-field warmups (you can still arrive early and warm up off-field). No New Inning will be 2hr 20min after actual start time (first pitch). Last batter/Drop-Dead will be 2hr 40min after scheduled start time.
EXAMPLE: If our game time slot is from 4pm until 7pm, scheduled start time is at 4:15pm. First pitch occurs a little late at 4:20pm, so No New Inning would be at 6:40pm but Last Batter/Drop-Dead stays at 6:55pm.
~Jason Nimersheim
2016 BCBL President
