News and Announcements
Little League Bat Resource Page
The holidays are approaching quickly. If you plan on a new bat for your player please visit the Little League International website regarding Bat safety. You can find a list of approved bats there.
If that link doesn't work, cut and past the following into your browser: http://www.littleleague.org/learn/equipment/baseballbatinfo.htm
This page will give you up-to-the minute info on which non-wood bats are licensed and permissible for Little League. All bats that do not appear on the approved list are not allowed in Little League play. Bats must past rigorous testing. The maximum barrel diameter is 2 1/4" and must have a bpf rating of 1.15. If you have any questions please ask a board member.
Attention 2017 Manager Candidates
The 2017 season is right around the corner. If 2017 shapes up like past seasons we will have enough players to field 10 teams per division. Don't procrastinate, sign up now. Manager candidates meet with league president, Ron Matthews, prior to evaluations. During these meetings, Ron will explain a lot more about the role, and about the need for all Managers in a Division to work together and place winning in back of teaching life lessons. A good place to start is by reading this material on the national Little League website which explains the manager role:
http://www.littleleague.org/managersandcoaches/coachrole.htm
Here’s a local document that describes the role of a Manager pretty well: Little League Manager
The first step to be considered a manager is to complete the 2017 Volunteer Application Form. Click here for the 2017 Volunteer Application Form. Social Security # is required along with a copy of your driver’s license.
Returning managers can now complete the 2017 Returning Volunteer Application Form. Click here for the 2017 Returning Volunteer Application Form.
Download the form and fill it out. Print out the completed. If you have access to a scanner, scan the completed form and send the completed soft copy to to ron-matthews@comcast.net. Or send the hard copy to:
Ron Matthews
2857 Sea View Pkwy
Alameda, CA 94502
The League guarantees confidentiality and we destroy the document after background is processed. Do this as early as possible. After that, Ron will be involved in your training and supervision. Looking forward to seeing everyone you at the diamonds in 2017.
Alameda Little League Board of Directors
Where Your Registration Fees Go
Registration for 2017 is OPEN
Challenger Field Ground Breaking Ceremony
This past week city officials broke ground for Challenger Field, the first phase in the development of Estuary Park. Challenger Field will be a synthetically surfaced field which will become the home of Alameda Little League's Challenger program. The Challenger program originated in 1989 and enables boys and girls to enjoy the game of baseball. Alameda's Challenger completed its second season this year. Follow the below links to learn more about Challenger and read Alameda's press release.
Little League Baseball's Challenger program