Information to know for each age of EBLL Player.

Player ages are defined by the age the player will be on August 31st, 2019.  For example, even if a player is 9 years old through our entire season, if they turn 10 at any point in August, they are Little League age 10.  A lot of the information below has to do with the evaluation process.  If you have more specific questions about that, there is a summary of that overall process after the age defined sections.  Please look at every paragraph below that starts with the age that your player will be on August 31st!  All evaluations will be held in the Christ the Lord School gymnasium at 1650 N. Brookfield Rd.

Don’t forget that a $25, per player, Late Fee applies starting at Midnight on February 14th!

Ages 5 - 16 - All players in our league will be supplied a uniform consisting of hat, shirt, pants, & socks.  All Teams will get a team bag that will have catchers gear and batting helmets for each team.  Although baseball cleats are recommended, they are not required.  No metal spikes allowed in A, AA, AAA, or Majors Divisions.  Bats are not provided.  All bats must be the Little League approved USA bats or BBCOR 0.50 drop 3 bats.  Please ask at a local sporting goods store for help in sizing.

Ages 5 - 8 - These players will be in our A Ball or AA Ball Divisions.  Any questions about playing at this level should be directed to the VP of A & AA Ball, Jeff Henderson.  He can be reached at jeff.henderson@kone.com  These divisions utilize the Zooka pitching machines but we are refining some adjustments to each division to incorporate some use of Tees and possibly coach pitch to some degree.  The details will be shared when finalized.  Requests for placement with other players in the A & AA Ball Divisions is taken into consideration and should be directed to the VP of A & AA Ball.

Age 5 -  All 5 year old players will be placed on their teams. 

Ages 6 - 8 - First year EBLL players and returning players who want to be evaluated for the possibility of playing up a level will be required to attend the evaluation from 6 - 8 PM on March 26th.  Returning 6 year olds and 8 year olds who do not want to try and play up a Division do not have to attend and will remain on their same team from last year.  Depending on the evaluation results, the players will be placed in either A Ball or AA Ball or offered the opportunity to come back the next night to be evaluated for play in the AAA Division with the 9 - 10 year olds.

Ages 9 - 10 - First year EBLL players and returning players who want to be evaluated for the possibility of playing up a level will be required to attend the evaluation from 6 - 8 PM on March 28th.  Returning 10 year olds who do not want to try and play up a Division do not have to attend and will remain on their same team from last year.  Depending on the evaluation results, the players will be either drafted onto a team in the AAA Division or offered the opportunity to come back the next night to be evaluated for play in the Majors Division.  Any questions about players of this age should be directed to the VP of AAA Ball, Pat Bergin.  He can be reached at pmbergin@hotmail.com  The AAA Division is “kid pitch” only and no requests for playing with specific other players will be taken.  All upper levels from this point are handled this way as well.

Ages 11 - 12 - First year EBLL players and returning players who want to be evaluated for the possibility of playing up a level will be required to attend the evaluation from 6 - 8 PM on March 29th.  Returning 12 year olds who do not want to try and play up a Division do not have to attend and will remain on their same team from last year.  Depending on the evaluation results, the players will be either drafted onto a team in the Majors Division or offered the opportunity to come back two nights later to be evaluated for play in the Intermediate Division.  Any questions about players of this age should be directed to the VP of Majors, Clark Sinclair.  He can be reached at clarkesinclair66@gmail.com 

Ages 13 - 14 - First year EBLL players and returning players who want to be evaluated for the possibility of playing up a level will be required to attend the evaluation from 2 - 3:30 PM on March 30th.  Returning 14 year olds who do not want to try and play up a Division do not have to attend and will remain on their same team from last year.  Depending on the evaluation results, the players will be either drafted onto a team in the Juniors Division, offered the opportunity to stay afterward from 3:30 to 5 to be evaluated for play in the Seniors Division, or to come back the next day to be evaluated for play in the Intermediate Division.  Any questions about players of this age should be directed to the VP of Juniors, Chris Kish.  He can be reached at ckish@outlook.com 

Ages 15 - 16 - The Seniors Division is a new offering for EBLL and meant for those High School players who either play another sport in the spring or play HS Baseball.  With the High Schools all going to Spring Baseball, that season will be complete before the end of May.  This division will be scheduled for games in June through July so your players can get some more games in and enjoy the nicer weather.  They will be required to attend the evaluation from 3:30 - 5PM on March 30th.  At this time, we do not have a VP of Seniors so please direct questions to Zack Damuth.  He can be reached at zdamuth@gmail.com  

Ages 11 - 13 - The Intermediate Division - After the evaluations of the 11 - 13 year olds, we will notify the players in that age range who will need to come in for the Intermediate Division.  This is a completely new division so there are no returning players so attendance at the evaluation is required.  Any questions about this division should be directed to the VP of Intermediate, Dave Meyers.  He can be reached at meyersd@gmail.com 

EVALUATIONS SUMMARY

Since this is a new process of running evaluations, there will be a ton of questions.  Hopefully between the age specific instructions above and the following summary of schedule, it is clear but please feel free to contact the VP of the age appropriate league for your child with further questions.

Evaluations to occur the last week in March as shown.  The following presents the schedule of events after the start on Day 1.  We plan to notify any who should come back for the next level of tryouts by midnight of the night before the next level tryout.  Details to follow.

Session 1 (6 - 8PM, March 26th) - A & AA Ball: Evaluations for 6 through 8 year old players who are first year players to EBLL or want to try to play up a level.  i.e. 6 y.o.’s who want to play in AA and 8 y.o.’s who want to play in AAA.  We will let any players eligible to play up know by midnight of that day.

Session 2 (6 - 8PM, March 28th) - AAA Ball: Evaluations for younger invitees, all 9 y.o’s, and 10 year old players who are first year players to EBLL or want to try to play up a level.  We will let any players eligible to play up know by midnight of that day.

Session 3 (6 - 8PM, March 29th) - Majors: Evaluations for younger invitees, all 11 y.o’s, and 12 year old players who are first year players to EBLL or want to try to play up a level.  We will let any players eligible to play up know by midnight on the day of Session 4 & 5.

Session 4 (2-3:30 PM, March 30th) - Juniors: Evaluations for all 13 y.o’s, and 14 year old players who are first year players to EBLL or want to try to play up a level.  We will let any players eligible to play up know at the end of this tryout and they will be required to stay for the next session for evaluation for Seniors.

Session 5 (3:30-5 PM, March 30th) - Seniors: Evaluations for younger invitees, all 15 and 16 year old players.

Session 6 (6-8 PM, March 31th) - Intermediate Division: This division is a very nice addition to our league because it fills a very big gap between the smaller 60’ base path fields and the jump to the 90’ base path fields.  This division will be filled with 11 & 12 year olds who can handle a little more of a challenge and 13 year olds who may not be strong enough to handle the jump to the “big field” quite yet.  This is why this evaluation isn’t quite in order with the rest.  Only those invited to this evaluation will attend.

EBLL is looking for umpires for the 2019 season.

Umpires need to be at least 13 years of age on or before May 1.

If you are interested in umpiring this upcoming season, please click on the link and fill out the application.  If you have any questions, you can contact Chris Bronson (cjbronson1971@yahoo.com).

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