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We are now taking sign ups for our Baseball Weeknight League. Games will be played on Wednesday evenings. The concept of this league is to give Travel teams an opportunity have a "practice games" with live pitching, in order to prepare for Weekend Tournaments. With Travelball budgets going through the ceiling, we also want to provide quality games at a reasonable cost. Our format is patterned after our successful girls fastpitch leagues for travel teams and will include the following:

Practice Games - No Standings, Playoffs or awards will be given. Coaches don't have to play with a "Win at all cost" attitude, thereby giving all of their pitchers mound time and to put players at different positions. The whole point is to get your team "Better for Tournaments".

School Comes First - teams are not pressured to have all of their players present when a player might have a heavy homework load or a project due. Aiming for a college baseball scholarship? Three very important words - Grades, Grades, Grades.

Game Times at 6:00 and 7:35 - this means the length of the games will be 1 hour and 25 minutes, drop dead. There are a few reasons for this: first, it is difficult for parents to get off work , pick up their kids and be at the park to warm up for a 6:00 game. On the back side, Thursday is a school night and we want games done and teams packed up by 9:00PM. Many people still won't make it home until 10:00PM. So games times will be crucial. We must start the second game at 7:35 in order to be done by 9:00PM.

Single Umpire System - in order to keep costs down, we are planning to use a 1 umpire system. Remember that these are practice games so let's save your team's $$ for tournaments. We are looking for new umpires so we also hope to pair a "newbie" up with an experienced umpire for training purposes when we can. We can't put newbies on the field during tournaments with no experience. The cost of umpires will be included in your League Entry Fee.

Freedom Park General Rules - Freedom Park General Rules pertaining to outside food/ drinks, parking, pets, etc. will apply to league nights. We will not be charging a gate fee for league. The Freedom Park Snack Bar will be open with a full grill of many options for food.

First Session - March 12 to April 30 or May 1 - this will be an 8 week session and still provide enough time to fit in another session before Nationals.
Second Session - May 7 or 8 to June 25 or 26 - this is the second 8 week Spring session.

Note: March 23 is the Wednesday before Easter and a typical Spring Break week with no games.

Entry Fee for each 8 Week Session will be $480.00 ($60.00 per game)
This will include the cost of umpires

Final Cut Off for sign ups for Session #1 will be Monday, Feb 25
Schedule will be posted by Thursday, March 6
Please email me: dennis@sacusssa.com with your comments.

Interested In Signing Up?? Then fill out a Pencil In Form and we will add your team to the list below.
We are aiming at 4 teams per division as we can only fit 16 teams per Session. Sign Up ASAP !
Slots will be confirmed on a First Received Basis of Entry Fees.