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posted 01/20/2012 Folsom American Little League:
The 2012 Draft for Single A through Juniors will take place the week of January 22
nd – January 29
th. As soon as the teams in each division are completed, we will send the contact list to the manager who will then contact the players. As the teams are formed we will do our best to post them on or website as quickly as we can.
For the Farm and T-Ball divisions, we also would like have those teams formed by February 1
st. There isn’t a draft for the Farm and T-Ball divisions and players are assigned to a team. Teams are formed by the information filled out on the registration form, such as Coach requests, friend requests, and grouping kids that attend the same school. We cannot always accommodate all requests but we will try our best.
Registration is still open for our 5, 6 and 7 year olds. Please let your friends and neighbors know that they have until Jan 31
st to register. We are also looking for T-Ball managers. If you’re interested, please contact our T-Ball representative Peter Boelman (
).
Question #1? How does the draft work?
Juniors/AAA/AA Divisions – The number of teams are put into a hat. For example let’s say there are 3 teams. Who ever draws #1 out of the hat gets to pick first. The draft is conducted in a serpentine order, which means if I pick 3rd, I then also get to pick 4
th. This continues all the way through until all players have been selected.
Majors Division – This year we are expanding by two teams and we also have property players. The expansion teams will draft first and after they are done drafting, the returning teams draft in the order they finished last season in serpentine order.
Single A Division – In this division we introduce the draft process to help get these managers ready for AA. The league and managers work collaboratively to help draft a team but we also taken into consideration other things in Farm and T-Ball, such as Coach requests, friend requests and grouping kids that attend the same school.
Question #2: When do practices and games start and end?
Practices can start anytime after team notification, however, per the City of Folsom, we cannot use any grass fields until March 1
st. This means any grass field-even if it is to the side of a “real field”. Opening Night is Friday, March 16
th and Games start on Saturday, March 17
th. The season for T-Ball, Farm and Single A will likely end around May 26, depending on the number of teams, rainout games, and other unforeseen circumstances. AA, AAA, Majors and Juniors regular season may end about the same time, but these divisions involve post season tournaments that may last until June 8
th.
If you have any further questions, please go to our feedback link and we will route your comment/question to the appropriate person. Go to
www.fallbb.com
We look forward to seeing you on the field!!!!
Tom Jas
President
Folsom American Little League
