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2009 Tryouts - L.M.L.L. Baseball

Tryouts for baseball will be held:

Tryouts are an international Little League requirement. They allow the coaches who are selecting players for teams to observe their skills so that through the draft, competition is balanced to the greatest possible degree. Players should wear sneakers and bring only their baseball gloves. If you are unable to attend the tryout session in your age group, it is important to attend another session in a nearby age group so that the coaches likely to select you will be present. You can Contact Us through the web site with any questions you may have. Please note the following tryout rules:

1.  All 9-12 year olds must tryout. Any player who does not try out is not eligible to (i) play in the Baseball Majors division, (ii) pitch in any game in any division, (iii) be selected for an All-Star game, (iv) be selected for any summer travel team, (v) be an upward replacement player, (vi) and is not even assured of a roster spot in any division.

2.  8 year olds have the option to try out for the Baseball Green division. Any 8 year old who does not try out will automatically be placed on a team in the Baseball Gold division.

3.  7 year olds and younger cannot try out.

4.  All Baseball Majors, Baseball Blue and Baseball Green coaches sons and daughters must try out. Those sons and daughters playing on the team coached by their father or mother will be slotted in the draft by L.M.L.L. based on our assessment of their ability.

5.  10-12 year olds are eligible to be drafted into the Baseball Majors division. 9-11 year olds are eligible to be drafted into the Baseball Blue division. 8-10 year olds are eligible to be drafted into the Baseball Green division. Draft decisions on individual players are made by the coaches on draft day. Parents cannot designate which of these three divisions their child is to play in. The only exception to this rule is a parent coach designating their son or daughter to play on the parent coaches team.

6.  If a 10 year old is drafted onto a Baseball Majors division team and after attending three practices wishes to move down to a Baseball Blue division team, L.M.L.L. will try its best to accommodate that request.

7.  During the season, absences by players can cause teams to select players from the next division down to join them on a temporary or permanent basis. This is called an upward replacement. Any player may decline such an invitation but then becomes ineligible as an upward replacement for the rest of the season. A coaches son or daughter may be used as a temporary replacement but is ineligible as a permanent replacement.

Note:  All ages referred to above are baseball ages.

2009 Tryouts - L.M.L.L. Softball

Tryouts for softball will be held:

There will be mandatory tryouts for the Softball Majors and Softball Intermediate divisions. The tryouts allow coaches to observe the softball players before teams are assembled so that the competition may be balanced to the greatest possible degree. Players should wear sneakers and bring only their softball glove. Each division can try out on either day listed. You can Contact Us through the web site with any questions you may have. Please note the following tryout rules:

1.  All 4th, 5th, 6th and eligible 7th grade softball players are required to try out.

2.  All 3rd grade softball players have the option of trying out to be considered for the Softball Intermediate division.

3.  Coaches daughters must try out.

4.  To impress upon all players the importance of tryouts, and to prevent any perception of unfairness, the following rule shall apply: players who do not try out will not be eligible for selection to play in an All-Star game in their division.