2024 Spring T-Ball (4U and 5U as of April 30, 2024)
Age: Birthdate range is 5/1/18 to 4/30/20
Price: $150
MBA Recommendation: All 4 and 5 year old's should play T-ball regardless of skill, attention level or prior baseball experience.
Rules: A Reduced Injury Factor (RIF) baseball will be used. It is the same size as a regulation baseball, but it is softer. At the beginning of the season, all players will hit from a batting tee.
Team Announcements: You will receive notification of your child’s team placement on or before March 29th.
Practices: Practices will begin on or after April 1. Teams will be scheduled to practice once or twice each week from April 2 through Baseball Opening Day.
Practice Times: Practices will be scheduled as early as 5:30 pm on Monday through Friday and on Saturday as early as 9am.
Baseball Opening Day has not been officially scheduled yet but likely will be April 20. All teams will play at least one game and pictures will be taken.
Season Length (games): Baseball Opening Day through June 15th.
Typical Game Schedule: We will make every effort to make sure that every team plays a minimum of 10 games (weather permitting).
Games Per Week: During the first part of the season, teams will have one practice and one game each week. (NOTE, If there are an odd number of teams, then each week one team may be asked play two games.) Toward the end of the season, most teams likely will have 2 games during week and may have a reduced number of practices.
Game Schedule: Games will be scheduled as early as 5:30 pm Monday thru Friday and on Saturday as early as 9am. No games will be scheduled on Sundays.
Practice and Game Locations: Adams Township Park
Team Assignments: Players will be placed on teams without a formal player evaluation. The Commissioner will attempt to balance teams based on the age of the players and the known skill level of the players.
Player Requests: If two players want to play with each other, both must submit the same request on the website during registration. Although we cannot guarantee any placement request, we will try to honor placement requests between 2 players so long as both request to play together and we can still maintain a proportional balance of ages and abilities on teams. No requests to play for a certain coach are permitted.
Equipment Provided/Equipment Needed: The league provides hats, jerseys and practice/game balls. Players will want to purchase gray baseball pants, glove, batting helmet, USA Baseball approved bat, and cleats. Players may want to purchase a bat bag.