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posted 03/20/2013 Junior Babe Ruth Registration UPDATE
As of this moment we have 33 players signed up to play Spring Junior Babe Ruth, far too many for two teams but barely enough for three teams. There are 7 players who will be playing High School baseball.
For the Full Prep Season we will have one Prep team. There are 10 players who have not yet played on the bigger field or are 7th Graders who will be placed on the Prep team.
Remember the Majors Season is divided into two parts, the Dogwood Season and the Regular Season. The Dogwood Season is played before the High School players join Babe Ruth at the end of the High School season. For the Dogwood Season, we will have 1 Majors team. At the end of the Dogwood Season when the High School players join (the Regular Season) we will have 2 Majors Teams.
There are 9 players who have already played 2 seasons in Prep and so will be placed on the Majors team.
There are 7 players who have played only one season on the bigger field. We will have a mini tryout for these 7 players to determine which 3 or 4 players will be placed on the Majors team for the Dogwood Season. At the end of the Dogwood season we will need to move another 2 or 3 players to the Majors level so that we can have two 11/12 man squads. A determination of who will be placed on the Majors teams at that point will be based on the coaches assessments based on performance. If your son is in this group and does not want to play at the Majors level please let us know and we will place them on the Prep team. The Tryout for the Majors team for the Dogwood Season will be as soon as we can get on a reasonably dry field or get time in the gym. A separate note will be sent to those.
What this means for EVERYONE is that we will have very small squads and there will be frequent occasions where your son will be asked to play a double header because another team is short players. If we regularly forfeit games because we have too few players or are always showing up with 8 players we risk destroying the credibility of our entire organization at a time when several towns are trying to break into our Babe Ruth District.
Lastly, once we have the Prep team set, we still need someone to step forward to be the Head coach for the Prep team.
John R. Jepsen
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