Registration will begin on Friday, February 4th for Traveling and In-house baseball. Please sign up to guarantee your spot through Sports Engine information to follow.

Note * New website coming *

Here is the link for our new website with SportsEngine: https://weststpaulbaseball.sportngin.com/

You can register through this, we just went live Today!

WSP Baseball Staff

Update:

2022 West St. Paul baseball tryouts/evaluations, all ages, have been officially at Harmon Feild. If rain out we will meet at the West Saint Paul Dome 1655 Livingston Ave.

Time TBA 

Thanks,

WSP Baseball Staff

COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDANCE

COVID-19 Guidance Updates Effective Immediately on Fields:

** Youth Sports Alliance, per guidance from MDH, reported on 4/23 that masks may be required for spectators, but guidance has not been clarified. Our 3 renters have confirmed spectators do not need to wear masks if social distancing is possible per MDH guidelines, but it is recommended.

ISD197 fields = Henry Sibley Campus, Friendly Hills, and Elementary School Fields.

Thank you,

WSP Baseball staff

The 2021 Traveling Tryouts are currently scheduled for:

Saturday, April 10th at Harmon park

12 and 13 year old traveling will be held from 11:30am - 1 pm at Harmon #2

14 and 15 year old traveling will be held from 10am - 11:30am at Harmon #5

Backup dates will be the same times and same fields for Sunday, April 11th 

The evaluation schedule for the in-house evaluations are as follows:

All Evaluations are Saturday April 10th at Harmon Park

10/11 year old league - 2-3:30pm Harmon #2

8/9 year old league - 1-2pm Harmon #2

Backup dates will be same times and fields on Sunday April 11th

Good Evening WSP baseball families,

I hope this message finds you and your family safe and healthy during this time! We want to give you an update on West St. Paul Baseball moving forward. We had a very fun and successful modified summer season. The kids had fun, stayed active and we were able to implement COVID guidelines without issue.

West St. Paul baseball has decided to offer families a modified in house Fall Ball season for ages 8/9 and 10/11. Registration will open for 1 week starting today, Wednesday August 26th through Wednesday September 2nd. The cost will be $80 for 8/9 year olds and $90 for 10/11 year olds and all players will receive hats and jerseys. If you need pants, they will be available for purchase for $10. The games and practices will be played on Mondays and Wednesdays at Harmon Park starting September 14th and ending October 7th. Coaches will coordinate with each team regarding practices. Please note that space is limited! We must limit the total number of players to 44 ( 11 per team/ 4 teams ) for each age group.

COVID - 19 guidelines are at the forefront of our planning. We continue to adhere to and implement the plans approved by the City of West St. Paul. These plans are posted on our website if you would like to review them. In sum, we will continue to practice social distancing; will not be using benches; the backstop will be closed for player use and no parents will be allowed past the benches; sanitizing as much as possible; teams will use their own baseballs; small groups for practices; and masks for coaches. With some fall sports being delayed for schools, baseball can continue to be played within health guidelines and will be a good way for kids to continue to be active.

In addition, we will also be moving forward this year with tryouts this fall. Tryouts are tenetively planned for a weekday in mid- October. The tryouts will be held for traveling teams ages 12-15 and 9, 10, and 11 year old tournament teams. The registration will be $100. $85 will go towards your 2021 payment and $15 will go towards the cost of the tryout.

We want everyone to have the same shot at tryouts and fall baseball is a great way to prepare for them. We understand that some families do not feel comfortable playing sports this fall. We will continue to be as flexible as possible and there will be opportunities to tryout in the spring as well.

Any Questions?

Contact Brad Shepherd

We as an Association are constantly monitoring the developments of COVID-19. With the current Health officials guidelines, Baseball is currently on hold and will continue that way until Health officials give us the go ahead.

We know that a lot of people have signed up for either traveling or In-House baseball. We are working hard to keep you updated on the latest news.

We will not be giving out tentative dates to start as of yet. We do not want to lead people down the wrong path. The answer, for now is we just don't know.

We do have multiple plans in place that include a full baseball season this summer, for In-House. Traveling is currently on hold as well and as they give us guidance, we will provide that to you as well.

All WSP buildings are closed for now. The city is not handing out field permits until at least the middle of April.

So for now, stay healthy, be smart!!

WSP Baseball Staff

POSTPONED:

West St. Paul Baseball Fundraiser,

Thursday, April 23rd from 6-9pm at Tappers in West St. Paul.

WSP Baseball will be having a fundraiser to raise money for our association. 100% of all the proceeds will go towards putting turf in the batting cages and building a 3rd batting cage at the Baseball field.

It will be a fun time to get to know other parents in the association, support WSP baseball and support Tappers, a local business who supports WSP baseball.

There will be a silent auction and drink tickets to purchase onsite.

We appreciate any support you can give us. It is vital to keep Harmon park growing in the right direction. Turf in the batting cages is the first step of many to continue. We feel that it will provide safe and reliable cages for all to use.

So mark your calendars, we hope to see you there!

Any questions email Brad Shepherd at shep33@msn.com

Thanks,

WSP Baseball Staff

In-House Evaluations will be held on the following:

Sunday March 22nd from 4-6pm at the Henry Sibley Gym.

8/9 yr olds - 4-5pm

10/11 yr olds - 5-6pm

For 5/6 yr. olds and 7/8 yr olds, there is no need to attend evaluations. Teams will be put together evenly. We will also do our best to accommodate ride sharing, relatives and friends. This is not a guarantee but we will do everything we can to make it work.

Any questions contact Brad Shepherd at shep33@msn.com

2020 Traveling Baseball Tryouts (12's, 13's, 14's and 15's) and anyone wanting to tryout for a 9,10 or 11 yr old tournament team, makeup tryout for those unable to attend the 22nd.

Teams will be posted once everyone has had a fair tryout. Thanks to those of you who made the 22nd.

WSP Dome - February 29th 6-7:30pm. Backup date for those who were unable to attend February 22nd.

You will be expected to make this last date!! For those still in Sports for the last makeup date, we will be working to setup a 3rd makeup. More to come.

Please email Brad Shepherd with any questions at shep33@msn.com

Board Meetings will be held 1 Monday of every month.

For more information, contact Brad Shepherd

We will be holding coaches meetings for Traveling and In-House 1 Monday each Month until February.

Please email Brad Shepherd with any questions.