As the 45+ division is reduced to four teams we are planning a fall season of baseball. We have at least three teams heading to fall tournaments - a 50+ team, a 55+ team and a 60+ team along with some individual players heading to a 70+ tournament. The fall ball games that will be played in late September and through October are geared towards helping those teams prepare for their respective events. The level of pitching, hitting and fielding at fall ball will be consistent with the level of competition in Florida and Arizona. If you would like to test yourself against and contribute to that quality of baseball, please continue reading.
I have accumulated a list of 40+ players who participate in fall ball and would invite you to add your name to this list. Every Monday or so I email the guys on my list and invite them to play in the upcoming weekend. Giving priority to tournament-bound players I then accept the first 24 players who respond. In some weeks I split the teams up to ensure that each team has equal pitching and hitting and we play an organized form of pick-up baseball. In other weeks, one tournament team will scrimmage an assembled team or two tournament teams will scrimmage against each other. On most weekends we will need a few "free agents" (guys not heading to tournaments) to fill out the rosters.
Games will be played at Watervliet HS. There will be one umpire. We will also hold an optional BP session before each game. The cost per game is $10.
Our first game will be on Sunday, September 23rd at 4:00 PM (the field is being used for the 45+ playoffs that weekend). The remaining games will be played on Saturday mornings.
If you would like to have your name added to the player list, please email me at dballjr@nycap.rr.com. Thank you.
