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LEGION JUNIOR BASEBALL 2011 Located in Traverse City Michigan in The Greater Grand Traverse County. The American Legion is in Need of Umpires, Coaches, Assistants and Volunteers. "Our Motto is Every Child Will Play" 
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Welcome Parents,
The 64th
season of American Legion Junior Baseball
(ALJB) in
While we are pleased
with the first year under our new leadership team, it was a learning
experience. ALJB does have plans to improve the league in 2012, and of
course, we gladly listen to your suggestions as well. We are implementing a
better system for sign-up and evaluations; we will have more clinics for
coaches to enable them to better teach the fundamentals; more clinics for
the umpires to allow for a fair, well controlled game; and more clinics and
aids for the players so that they can get more out of the game.
The objective of the
American Legion Junior Baseball League is to teach your children the
fundamentals of this great game of baseball, as well as sportsmanship,
teamwork and camaraderie, through coaching, discipline and positive
reinforcement.
The Board appreciates
all the support we receive from coaches, parents and other volunteers that
help so much. We hope to involve even more parents in 2012 to aid the
coaches in making this a fruitful season. Many hands make for light work. If
every parent takes a small task, it goes a long way. Talk to your coach
about how you would enjoy serving.
Thank you again for
your participation and we look forward to making 2012 the best year ever for
American Legion Junior Baseball.
The weeks leading
up to April 14th are sign up time for this program.
It takes time to put together teams since all the work is done by
volunteers. Games begin in
May 19th
with the season running through the beginning of August, with awards
banquet to follow.
There will be no games May 28th,
July 4th, July 9th – 14th.
Copy of a birth certificate
is required from players that did not play Legion baseball last year.
Adults and youths
are welcome. Youth umpires, must be 15 years or older.
An application for umpires can be picked up at the American
Legion or downloaded on line at www.tclegionbaseball.com
Training will be provided.
Notes:
1. If a player is not contacted by May 9th, please call American Legion, 231-922-2119 it takes time for a coach to contact all the players so please have patience. For any questions or concerns, please refer to our contact information.
2.
If
you have any questions concerning the baseball program, please
contact your coach or the field director during his working hours.
The field director will be available from the first through
the last game of the day.
You may also email us at
info@tclegionbaseball.com
3.
A
complete schedule of games will be given to all coaches.
Play will begin
May 19th
and end estimated the first
of August due to facility use and scheduling of umpires, no rainouts
will be made up, with exception of playoffs.
4.
All
games that are played on weekdays will begin at
5.
Rainouts
will be determined by Field
Director. Notifications by email & radio
6.
All
players assigned to a team MUST wear uniform shirts furnished by the
American Legion Junior Baseball Program or their team sponsors.
All males, D league and above must wear athletic cups. Your
coach will notify you of the color.
Parents are also encouraged to purchase sports shoes and
mouth guards for their player.
Please emphasize safety.
7.
All
regularly scheduled games, for all leagues, will be played at the
8.
No
player’s application will be processed until a parent or legal
guardian has signed the Waiver of Liability and provided the
necessary fees.
9.
The
coach determines the number of practices that a team has.
We cannot get the diamonds at the
10.
There
will be a late fees for all
applications received or postmarked after
Please mail the application(s) and fees to:
American Legion Post 35
Please be sure to read the application fees to save money. We are encouraging all applicants to register before these dates you can do so by downloading the application on line at www.tclegionbaseball.com. A late fee will be charged for late applications.