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2009 Baseball for 13 – 15 Year-Old Players
 (preliminary information - subject to change)

What this means to families with 13–15 yr old baseball players:

*      You will have opportunities to register your 13-15 year old players with Babe Ruth at either the BPAA or Brooklyn Area Babe Ruth Registration dates.

 

13 Year-Old League Details:
 *      Rules will be comparable to MYAS Gopher State league rules.

*      13 year-old play will be on the ‘reduced’ size fields, 52’ pitching, and 75’ base paths.

*      All games will have qualified, paid, umpires.

*      13 year-olds will have their own house league (no more American and National leagues for 13 year olds.)

 

14/15 Year-Old League Details:

*      14/15 year-old play will be on regulation size fields, 60’ pitching and 90’ base paths.

*      All games will have qualified, paid, umpires.

*      14 and 15 year-olds will be combined for a house league(s) pending numbers.

 

Registration Fees:

*      Special early bird registration fee through 2/29/08 for 13-15 year olds…...

*      Regular registration fee after 3/1/08 for 13-15 year olds ............................

*      Additional Travel team fee (for those that make a travel team)...................

*      Additional Spring League fee (for those trying out for a travel team)……...

 

Territory:

*      House League games will be played within Brooklyn Park, Champlin, and Brooklyn Center, and potentially other nearby communities, pending the number of registrations and teams.

*      Traveling League games will follow MYAS divisions, typically in the northwest metro.

 

Schedule:

*      Registration dates
 

*      March evaluations will be scheduled for all 13 year old players and new 14 and 15 year olds to establish a reference for City/House coaches to draft teams following traveling team formation.

*      March/April Spring Leagues will be scheduled for traveling team formation and for any players wishing to knock the rust off early.

*      Regular season games will be played between May 15th and July 16th.

*      House leagues will have 22-25 games, 16 of which would be regular season, while 6-9 would be tournament play.

 

For more details, please check out http://www.bpaasports.org or www.ETeamz.com/babr , or come to one of the various BPAA or BABr registration dates, or attend a BPAA Baseball Association meeting. 

 

You can prepare for these tryouts:

  • at any of the Skills Clinics in January and February - dates TBD (see Main Baseball page)

  • at Extra Innings, batting cage facility in Brooklyn Park (see the Baseball Links page)

  • at Home Run Hitters, batting cage facility in Golden Valley (see the Baseball Links page)

  • at the Park Center Baseball Clinic  (details tbd)

  • at the Champlin Park Baseball Clinic (details tbd)

 

 

 

Updated: 11/09/2008