Town of Clarence Baseball Association

Your child must have been born on or before 12/01/18 to play in the Rookie League.

Game Structure:

-               Opening Night for Rookie League is Friday night, early May.

-               Games are played either Friday nights or Saturdays through late June/early July.

-               Friday game times are either 5:45pm or 7:00pm

-               Games will rotate between Meadowlakes Park, Memorial Park, and Sunset Park.

-               Three (3) innings per game which takes about one (1) hour to play

-               Each ½ inning consists of all players from the team batting once, with the last batter hitting a “home run” to clear the bases.

-               All players on the team play in the infield/outfield when it is the other team’s turn to bat

-               This is a “coach pitch” league

-               No scores are kept.  All teams are winners

-               “Outs” are played and the base runner goes back to the bench.  No limit to the number of outs that will signify an end to the inning.  All players bat each inning.

Team Structure:

There are 10 – 12 kids per team depending on the number of parent coaches available.  All registrants will be assigned to a team by the League Director with the approval of the Board of Directors.  The Rookie League will do it’s best to accommodate friend requests, however these requests must be limited to one per registrant.  To the extent possible, we assemble the teams with half Kindergartners and half First Graders to ensure keeping the skill level on each team as even as possible.  We also try to keep the kids from the same school together for each grade level. (i.e. Clarence Center Kindergartners on the same team).  There are no guarantees for any of the above team structure guidelines for late registrations. 

Practices:

We will begin assembling the teams around mid-March and anticipate the rosters to be finalized and distributed to the Coaches around the end of March/beginning of April.  You will be notified directly by the Coach of your child’s team.  Teams generally practice one or two times per week, which are scheduled by your team’s Coaches at their discretion.  Weather will naturally play a part with their practice schedule.  The TCBA Board will assign each team one or two practices at the indoor facility as well as diamond practices.

Coaching: