Spring Registration is Now Open! www.aybsaonline.org Check here regularly to stay informed of news and events. If you have any questions, feel free to contact any Board member (see "Contacts"), your team manager, or send an email to
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Don't forget to check the "In the Exchange" for lost and found items. There have already been several items left behind at fields after practices and games. Post your own notices if you have lost or found anything.
Why are we having the 9 year olds playing separately this year?
The step from AA to AAA is not a small step.Players go from 3 innings kid pitch to 6 innings kid pitch.The catcher position becomes the most important position.Players begin to run bases with a purpose.Baseball skills continue to vary at this age and it is important that the player gets a chance to develop with his/her peers the skills that are required as players begin to play “real” baseball.
Other towns have similar set ups and have performed better in All Star baseball because the players have greater experience playing multiple positions vs. only playing right field for 3 innings.Player development happens at a more balanced and possibly faster pace.
The 9 year old age group is one of our largest age brackets in the league.Each year this group tends to have the greatest number of players.Allowing this group to develop together will help them compete for summer baseball positions and following year try outs.
How can I Manage a team?
Email Bill Harris Director of the AAA 9 year old league.
How will the league be different than AA?
Full 6 innings Kid Pitch
Stealing on strikes
Pitcher and catcher development becomes really important
Backing up and knowing what to do in given situations is taught
Teams are comprised of drafted players (moving away from school based teams)
Practices are critical and should be considered mandatory
How is age calculated
For baseball, a player’s age is their age as of April 30th of the year of play. For Softball, it's their age as of December 31st the previous year. Use the Age Calculator to determine your child's baseball or softball age. Here are some examples, assuming the season begins on April 20th in any given year:
Baseball/Softball Age Examples
Birthday
True age at start of season (April)
"Baseball age"
"Softball age"
Jan 15
10
10
9
Apr 15
10
10
9
Jul 15
10
10
10
Oct 15
10
10
10
Can my Son/Daughter play in the 9 year old league if they are not 9?
This is a popular topic.The age range for this league is if you were born between May 1, 2000 and April 30, 2001 you are eligible to play in the 2010 season.
Each year we will look to make this year the best league possible.The ideal league will be made of 10 12 person teams broken into 2 leagues American and National.The league can be balanced by the number of 9 year old players.
If there are more 9 year olds than 120, more teams will be made.If there is a need for additional players to round out teams, some 8 year olds that turn 9 outside of the cut off date will fill roster slots in the 9 year old league.This will be based purely on the registration numbers and on a case by case basis.
What are the important dates I need to know as a parent?
February 27 8:30AM 12 year olds A - M
9:30AM 12 year olds N -Z
11:00AM 11 year olds A- L
12:00PM 11 year olds M - Z
1:30PM Returning Major Mets & Reds
February 28 12:30PM 10 year olds A - F
1:30PM 10 year olds G - L
2:30PM 10 year olds M- P
3:30PM 10 year olds Q - Z
March 7 12:30PM 9 year olds A - D
1:30PM 9 year olds E - J
2:30PM 9 year olds K - N
3:30PM 9 year olds O - S
4:30PM 9 year olds T - Z
Remember the league age is how old is your child on April 30.
Notes:
Location: Arlington HS Red GYM
Times: Arrive 30 minutes early to check in.
Equipment: Sneakers and Glove only. NO Bats allowed.
Must be registered for the tryouts at AYBSA.
Tryout Rules
• Check-in at your leagues registration table before entering gym.
• Registration fees must be paid prior to tryout.
• Coaches and ball players only allowed in gym.
• Coaches only will be allowed in the upper hallway.
• Parents must wait outside gym in the first floor hallway.
• No admittance to upper level, or any other area of the school.
• No bats or cleats allowed in gym.
• Once you have completed your tryout and you leave the gym, you can not re-enter.
• If you are waiting in the gym to tryout or have finished and are waiting for someone else, sitquietly – DO NOT GO IN AND OUT OF GYM.
AYBSA is offering 5 preseason clinics that cover the fundamentals of hitting, fielding and throwing. Open to all baseball and softball players league age 8 to 12 years old. There will be 3 clinics on Saturday February 13 and 2 on Saturday February 20 at Arlington High School Red Gym. Go to the Registration Page to see the start times. The cost is $20.
Registration for Arlington Youth Baseball & Softball Association, (AYBSA) 2010 spring programs is now opened. To be eligible, children must live in the town of Arlington and for the baseball programs, boys and girls must be 5 through 12 years old on April 30, 2010, and for the softball programs, girls must be 7 to 15 years old on December 31 2009. Go to the AYBSA website www.aybsaonline.org to register.
Baseball Tee Ball Age 5 & 6
This Instructional League is intended to teach basic skills (throw, hit, catch flies, field grounders, and run bases) to small groups of boys and girls. The first half of each session is devoted to instruction. The second half of each session is used for game playing using a batting tee. Saturday and Sunday afternoons 3:00PM to 4:30PM at various fields throughout the town. Rosters will be set around mid April and the first session will be the first weekend of May and ending on Father's Day weekend in June. Rosters in general are based on school districts. Registration fee is $125
Baseball Double A (AA) Ages 7 & 8
This Instructional League further teaches basic skills (throw, hit, catch flies, field grounders, and run bases) to small groups of boys and girls. Roster will be set in the middle of April and practices will be schedules soon after. Season will start the first weekend of May and end late June. For the most part there will be 2 games a week with one of them on the weekend. Games start 5:30pm during the week and various times on the weekend. Registration fee is $150.
Baseball Rookie League/ Triple A (AAA)/Majors Ages 9 thru 12
This age group will participate in a try-out in late February, unless they were on a Major league team last year then they are just required to register. After the try-out there will be a draft to fill the 12 Major league rosters. After the Major draft the remain 10 to 12 year olds will be drafted on to the AAA teams and the remaining 9 year olds will be drafted on to Rookie League teams. The number of teams in the AAA and Rookie league will be determined by the number of children who sign-up. The rosters will be finalized at the beginning of March and practices will begin late March, early April. Game will start during the April school vacation and end late June. There will be 2 to 3 games a week with one being on the weekend. Start times during the week will be 5:30PM, 5:45PM, or 7:30PM. Registration fee is $170.
Softball Minors ages 7-9 year (2000-2002) Girls ages 7, 8, and 9. This is a developmental league. The season will start with coach pitch and grow into player pitch. Focus will be on fundamentals and learning the game. Teams will be complied by the league director and managers. Games will be held 2-3 times a week and will include weekends. There will be pre-season practices and hopefully clinics during the season. Managers may include practices during the season also. Managers will reach out to parents to assist with the team. Space will be limited to maintain reasonable size rosters, a waitlist will be started at that point. Registration fee is $150.
Softball Majors age 10-12 year (1997-1999) Fastpitch
This is a competitive league, players pitch, play six innings with patched umps, with some modified rules. Games are played 2-3 games a week and may include a Saturday. Pre-season practices will be scheduled and practices will be scheduled during the season also by the manager. There will be a tryout for all new players in early March, practices will start end of March beginning of April. League games will open the beginning weekend of April vacation and end with playoffs the end of June. Space will be limited to maintain reasonable size rosters, a waitlist will be started at that point. Registration fee is $155.
This age group will participate in a try-out in early March. After the try-out there will be a draft to fill the Junior league rosters. The rosters will be finalized at the beginning of March and practices will begin late March, early April. Game will start during the April school vacation and end late June. There will be 2 to 3 games a week with one being on the weekend. Start times during the week will be 5:45PM and various times on the weekend. Registration fee is $155.
All registration fees include a prepayment of $50 for raffle tickets each child is require to sell. Each child will receive raffle tickets from their coach to sell, they are only required to return the ticket stubs, the families are to keep the money.
Please visit our website www.aybsaonline.org and if there are any questions send emails to .
Also AYBSA is always looking for more help in managing and coaching, so if you are interested contact one these directors.
Softball Elena Bartholomew
AAA Ken Bergeron Steve Sullivan
Rookie Paul Carroll Bill Harris
AA Jay McNamara
Tee Ball Mike Lynch
President Paul Carroll
Vice President Bill Reilly
Treasurer Mike Mazzei
Bill Reilly
Secretary Rich Laurendeau
Player Agent Dan DeBenedictis
Elena Bartholomew
Director of Softball Elena Bartholomew
Director of Majors Tom Lepore
Neil Coiley
Directors AAA Ken Bergeron
Steve Sullivan
Directors of 9 Paul Carroll
Bill Harris
Directors of AA Jay McNamara
Director Tee Ball Mike Lynch
Safety Ken Bergeron
Equipment Paul Carroll
Tom Lepore
Rich Laurendeau
Steve Sullivan
Elena Bartholomew
Communication/Webmaster Dan DeBenedictis
Town Liaison Rich Greco
Fund Raising/Sponsors Steve Sullivan
Public Relations Rich Laurendeau
Umpiring - Majors Dan DeBenedictis
Rich Greco
Umpiring - AAA/AA Rich Greco
Scheduling Dan DeBenedictis
Fields Steve Sullivan
9 Year Old All Stars win the District and compete for the State Tourney. They won the first game over Quincy by a score of 17 - 11, lost the 2nd game by a score of 6 - 2 against Raynham and play the next game on Wednesday, July 23rd in Dighton @ 6PM.
