With the start of games, the AYL needs to remind everyone of the guidelines for safety for all those in attendance at our games. Our governing bodies are responding rapidly to any change in the environment associated with this Pandemic. As a result, our AYL Guidelines will be very flexible and ever-changing to make sure we are as consistent as possible with the Health Department requirements.
First and foremost if anyone, player, coach, or spectator is not feeling well or has any symptoms such as coughing, sneezing or temperature PLEASE stay home so as to not impact the rest of your team and families. Parents are responsible
for their child
Generic Guidelines:
We must allow time between games to clear the first teams out of the way and allow the second set of teams to get some warm-up time before their game all the while being cognizant of any social distancing requirements.
All Spectators, Coaches, and players are recommended to wear a mask when not able to social distance
For some fields, ( none currently) players, coaches, spectators and umpires must wear a mask even during the game
While in the dugout, players should wear masks, and spread out to social distance which may outside the dugout
Coaches must have hand sanitizer/wipes available during the game
Players/coaches must bring their own water/drink bottle - no sharing of drinks.
Spectators are limited to two persons per player, please respect this limit to ensure everyone that wants to can attend the games. Spread out at the field and don’t stand only behind home plate.
A 10 Game minium season starting in Early April for all ages, games will be played Friday - Sunday. The league has determined the days/nights of play, they are as follows: Saturday (one game), Sunday (one game) and Friday's (make-up games). The league will attempt to over-schedule games on all playable days/dates within the online described league calendar (listed on the AYL Baseball homepage). Doing so, teams will have more games scheduled than the described minium. Should the league deem a game needs to be canceled (at the BOD's discretion) the game will not be made-up unless a team has less than the 10 game minium season.
All teams at age 6 and up will play at the "AA" level.
Season opening AA season opening Jamboree April 2nd and 3rd (2 game exhibition due to Easter on 4/4) for all ages.
Coach pitch formats will be played at age 6 and 7.
A modified coach pitch format will be played at the 8 years old level.
All ages, all teams, may be AA National or AA American, American being the higher level of competition.
League games will not be scheduled on Easter Sunday, Mother's Day or Memorial Day weekend.
PLEASE NOTE: Weekends that show no games does not mean it will not have games, weather does impact baseball and games will be loaded on available weekends for play.
There are no bye requests for regular season or playoff games.
Any team that is unavailable for the playoffs or World Series due to outside tournament conflicts or travel will be removed from the end of season AYL playoffs.
The division size(s) (number of teams) will be determined by the AYL BOD. All teams will be reviewed and seeded to determine the appropriate participation level for each team.
At the conclusion of the regular season play, all teams will participate in a double elimination playoff. The playoffs will begin in early June and and conclude in late June. Trophies will be awarded to the top 2 teams participating in the World Series game. There are no trophies for regular season finish.
The above described season is subject to change at any time by the AYL Baseball BOD.
A 10 Game minium season starting in Early March for all ages, games will be played Tuesday through Thursday. The league has determined the nights of play by age, they are as follows: Tuesday's ages: 9 & 10, Wednesday's ages: 8 & 13 and Thursday's ages: 11 & 12. The league will attempt to over-schedule games on all playable days/dates within the online described league calendar (listed on the AYL Baseball homepage). Doing so, teams will have more games scheduled than the described minium. Should the league deem a game needs to be canceled (at the BOD's discretion) the game will not be made-up unless a team has less than the 10 game minium season.
Ages 9 - 13AAA/MAJ will start games in early March. Age 8AAA will start games in early April.
There are no bye requests for regular season or playoff games.
Any team that is unavailable for the playoffs or World Series due to outside tournament conflicts or travel will be removed from the end of season AYL playoffs.
The division size(s) (number of teams) will be determined by the AYL BOD. All teams will be reviewed and seeded to determine the appropriate participation level for each team.
At the conclusion of the regular season play, all teams will participate in a single elimination playoff. The playoffs will begin in late May and and conclude in early June. Trophies will be awarded to the top 2 teams participating in the World Series game. There are no trophies for regular season finish.
The above described season is subject to change at any time by the AYL Baseball BOD.
