NOTE TO OUR AYL BASEBALL FAMILIES

The AYL Baseball Board wanted to update all of our baseball families regarding our current planning towards have a 2020 baseball season!  The AYL Baseball Board is the umbrella organization responsible for scheduling games, defining rules and managing umpires.  The AYL Baseball Board is made up of representatives from each of our 9 Member Clubs: Bear Creek, CCYS, Eagles, Hawks, Raptors, So Jeff, Spartans, Thunder, and Warriors.  While there is a VP for administrative leadership of the AYL Baseball board,  it is each Member Club that has the obligation to make decisions collectively for the benefit of all of our participants.  Thus the best contact for you to receive current information of importance to you and your child regarding AYL Baseball is to keep in contact with your Club’s volunteer Baseball Director.

Now for a current status that we know that you are al looking for!  The AYL Baseball Board is actively looking at ways to be able to offer a baseball season for 2020.  We believe it is very important to offer all of our players some baseball as soon as possible to help alleviate all of the stress currently being caused to them through no fault of their own!   Many things are being considered but most importantly we are following both the State of Colorado “stay at home” order and the CHSAA guidelines as to when HS Spring sports will open.  As you know the State of Colorado order is in effect through 4/11/2020 while the current statement from CHSAA indicates restarting HS Spring Sports as of 4/18/2020.  With that in mind the AYL Baseball Board is deep in planning for restarting our season for AAA/M and 14’s on Monday, 4/20/2020 and starting our AA season on Sat, 4/18/2020.  Now, this is easy to state but a tremendous amount of work needs to be accomplished with our field providers to make sure we have fields to play this season’s games on.  The Board is also looking to recommend a reduction in practice days to make more fields available for games, and/or the possibility of playing games on alternative days.    These are just some examples of the thought process being undertaken by all of the volunteer Board members in the attempt to save a full season for our baseball players. The Board is actively working these and many other options over the next two weeks and will be providing more information as the potential start date of 4/18/2020 comes better into focus.

For now please contact your specific Club’s Baseball Director with any questions you may have.

Mike Lupton

AYL Baseball VP

AYL Families 

For more than 50 years the AYL has brought communities together through Youth Sports. We know it has been a trying time and our hearts go out to everyone affected by the Corona Virus Covid-19 Pandemic.  

As the Covid-19 issue remains ever changing the health and well-being of our families has remained our top priority. Because of that, we are postponing all AYL Youth Sports activities until further notice. This does not mean we are cancelling any of our spring sports season including: Volleyball, Softball, Baseball, Boys and Girls Lacrosse. 

FAQ’s 

When will you start the season? 

We are currently following all state and local guidelines including CHSAA, which has delayed their seasons until April 18^th, 2020. We cannot predict what is going to happen in the coming weeks and we think it is irresponsible to attempt to predict what will happen. We can assure you this- we will have a season….we just don’t know when we will be given the all clear. 

Why not just cancel?

There are several reasons not to cancel:

• We believe that when this situation ends our kids (and parents) will need to return to some form of normalcy to help in the healing process. 
• Keeping the season will help our local small businesses, sports clubs and officials. End of year parties (at local establishments), part-time officials, and youth sports organizations (who often operate on a thread) are a critical part of a strong community. Now is the time to stand together and make sure we stay strong. 
• Cancelling puts our non-profits clubs at risk of not being able offer all of the services we have had in the past. 

Can I get a refund?

• At this time NO clubs will be offering refunds. There are a couple reasons for this:
  • We have already spent a portion of your dues on non-recoverable expenses including: insurance, field permits, training, sports equipment, scheduling etc.) . 
  • WE WILL HAVE A SEASON….it just may start a little late. 

What will the season look like?

Every idea is on the table. We have creative, smart people working to ensure we have a solution. We cannot know what is going to happen over the next few weeks and thus cannot predict the solution we will use. It will be different for each sport. 

i.e. Condensed season- more double headers- tournament play every weekend- using practice times for games….there are a lot more ideas and will let you know as soon what we decide as soon as we can. 

I know this is a time where kids and families are anxious or even scared. We get it, we too have families. We want nothing more than to get our kids and families back together at the parks, gyms or baseball diamonds for some fun, exercise and great competition with friends. 

On behalf of the entire AYL I want to thank you for putting your trust in us and we appreciate the support for your local community based club. We are committed to working through these challenging circumstances together.  

Craig Randall 

AYL President

***** New Parker Hawks Hats for the 2020 Baseball Season *****

***UNIFORM INFORMATION****

Uniforms are the same for the 2020 Spring AYL baseball season. The only new component is the hat. All uniform pieces are available for purchase at Locker Room Sports.

Below is the assigned days for parents to order/pay for their childs uniform

AYL 2020 Season Schedule: 

• AYL Baseball Schedules posted:
  • C-Prep League ~ 2/19/20
  • 9 - 14 Year Old AAA/MAJ Leagues ~ 2/19/20
  • 8 Year Old AAA Leagues ~ 3/18/20
  • 6 - 13/14 AA League ~ 3/18/20
• AYL AA Jamboree Dates ~ 4/3/20 - 4/5/20 (Included for all AA teams)
  • 3 Games Minimum
• C-Prep League:
  • Season Opener ~ 3/2/20
    • 8 Games min + overschedule module + Single Elimination Playoffs
    • Rosters are Frozen! ~ 4/1/20
  • Season End ~ 5/7/20
  • Playoffs ~ 5/11/20 ~ 5/14/20
  • World Series ~ 5/20/20 (lower) ~ 5/21/20 (upper) ~ TBD
• AAA/MAJ League (8-13):
  • 9 - 13 AAA/MAJ Season Opener ~ 3/9/20      
    • 10 Games min + overschedule module  + Single Elimination Playoffs
  • 8 AAA Season Opener  ~ 4/6/20
    • 10 Games min + overschdule module + Single Elimination Playoffs
  • AAA/MAJ League Season End ~ 5/29/20
  • AAA/MAJ League Playoffs ~ 6/3/20 – 6/6/20
  • AAA/MAJ League World Series: Both AAA/Majors ~ 6/9/20 ~ 6/10/20
• AA League (6-13/14):
  • AYL AA "Season Opening" Jamboree ~ 4/3/20 – 4/5/20
  • AYL Regular Season Opener ~ 4/11
  • 10 games min + overschedule module + Double Elimination Playoffs
  • AA Regular Season End ~ 6/7/20
  • AA League Playoffs ~ 6/8/20 – 6/21/20 
  • NOTE: (Games could be played during the week)
  • AA League World Series:  AA ~ 6/23/20 ~ 6/24/20 (6/30/20 ~ 7/1/20 make-up dates)

• Important Dates:
  • AA/AAA/Majors rosters are Frozen! – 4/30/20
  • Rockies night – 6/12/2020 – Pittsburg Pirates