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Orchard Park Little League Teeball

OPLL Baseball is open to all boys and girls ages 4 thru 18 who reside in the Town of Orchard Park or in the Orchard Park Central School District. Our league board, commissioners and coaches are dedicated to the boys and girls in our program.

Our games are played on our Duerr Road facility in Orchard Park

2011 Orchard Park Little League By-Laws and Rules
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Tee-Ball Commissioner

Paul Collins

Pee-Wee Commissioner

Shawn Gavigan
Minors Commissioner Ben Harp

American League Commissioner

Scott Addeo

National League Commissioner

Joe Stallone

International League Commissioner

 Eric Deitz

Jr & Sr Baseball Commissioner

Jim Craw

Big League Baseball

Kevin Hassen

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- The OPLL Tee Ball League is a beginner instructional league with a heavy emphasis on having fun.
- Tee ball is for children ages four through six. Player must be age 4 by April 30th in order to be eligible to play. We added four year-olds to the Tee Ball level in 2011.
- Five year-olds who played one season as a four year-old are only eligible to play Tee Ball again as a five year-old. Six-year olds, who played one year of Tee Ball, are eligible to move up to Pee Wee, but it is not mandatory.
- The season consists of a 12 game season starting the second weekend in May and ending around July 4th.
- Team assignments are arranged in March/April.
- Game schedules are released typically in mid-late April. Teams will play at least one game per week. Games are played Monday thru Sunday. All games are played at the Duerr Road field #5.
- During the 1st half of season, all batters hit off the tee. Second half of the season, the coaches pitch to the batters.
- Players will receive a hat, socks & shirt as part of their uniform. Players are responsible for their own baseball pants, fielding glove, mouthpieces and athletic protection (boys). Heart guards are recommended. Plastic cleats are optional.
- Head coaches are recommended to have 2-3 assistant coaches. All coaches need to submit a completed volunteer application to OPLL.
- Coaches can provide OPLL with a list of players that they would like to coach. Also, parents are encouraged to let us know if their child would like to be on a team with a friend of theirs. We try to accommodate all requests, as possible, since we emphasize having fun at this level.

Orchard Park Little League is a totally Volunteer run organization, except for our grounds crew and umpires, which are professional teams of expert young adults. Other than that, everything that gets done is done by adult volunteers.  A lot of effort goes into putting together a good program for the kids, but it's a lot easier when everyone pitches in

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RE: Moratorium on Composite Bats in the Junior League, Senior League, and Big League Divisions of Baseball 

September 1, 2010 from www.littleleague.org

TO: Local Little League Presidents, District Administrators, and Regional Field Staff

FROM: Patrick W. Wilson, Vice President of Operations, Little League International

A moratorium on the use of composite bats in the Junior, Senior, and Big League Baseball Divisions of Little League was enacted on Aug. 27, 2010, by the Little League International Board of Directors, effective immediately. The moratorium shall be in effect until further notice by Little League International.

The moratorium covers all games and practices only in the three divisions referenced above. It closely follows a similar moratorium approved in July 2010 by the National Federation of High School Associations (NFHS), based on a recommendation from its Baseball Rules Committee. The NFHS Board enacted a rule to prohibit the use of composite bats until they can produce consistent compliance with the standards through the life of the bat.

Waivers of the moratorium may be considered by Little League International in certain circumstances. For 2011, a manufacturer may apply for a waiver of the moratorium for a particular model of composite bat if all of the requirements for a waiver, as established by Little League International, are satisfied. Composite bats that are certified by an approved independent testing laboratory as meeting the current Ball Exit Speed Ratio (BESR), and the Accelerated Break-In (ABI) procedure, will be eligible for the waiver in 2011. Little League International will provide a list of bat models, if any, that receive waivers of the moratorium.

Not covered under the Little League moratorium are wood bats, metal bats, or bats that have composite materials in the handle only. A composite bat is one that has a metal shell, but a woven composite of fibers on the inside of the barrel portion of the bat.

Currently, the moratorium on composite bats does not apply to the Little League Baseball (Majors) Division and below, nor does it apply to any division of softball. Little League International, in consultation with independent experts, anticipates being able to provide local league constituents clear direction regarding composite bats in the Little League Baseball (Majors) 12-and-under divisions, prior to the start of the 2011 season.

Sincerely,
Patrick W. Wilson
 Vice President of Operations

    

 

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