2025 Farm American League (5U and 6U as of April 30, 2025)
Age: Birthdate range is 5/1/18 to 4/30/20
Price: $155
Description: A Reduced Injury Factor (RIF) baseball will be used. It is the same size as a regulation baseball, but it is softer. Batters will receive 6 pitches from the coach. If they don't hit the ball, then they will have the opportunity to hit the ball with soft toss/tee. The entire season is coach pitch. Games are 5 innings in length with a time limit of one and half hours.
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.
Team Announcements: You will receive notification of your child’s team placement on or before March 28th.
Practices: Practices will begin on or after March 31st. Teams will be scheduled to practice once or twice each week from March 31st through Baseball Opening Day.
Practice Times: Practices will be scheduled as early as 5:15 pm Monday through Friday and on Saturday as early as 9am.
Baseball Opening Day has not been officially scheduled yet but likely will be April 26th. All teams will play at least one game and pictures will be taken.
Season Length (games): Baseball Opening Day through June 14th.
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: Typically two games per week. Games will be scheduled as early as 5:15 pm Monday through Friday and on Saturday as early as 9am.
Practice and Game Locations: Mars VFW and others TBD
Player Requests: If two players want to play with each other, both must submit the same request. 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 abilities on 5U/6U 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, chest protector, glove, batting helmet, USA Baseball approved bat, and cleats. Players may want to purchase a bat bag.