Register for the 2012 Season!

Draft Major Baseball Schedule, 2012

Last updated: 26-Jan-2012

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What’s New ... (26-Jan-2012)

Registration, Evaluations for 2012 Season
New League Merchandise from R & R
Little League Imposes Moratorium on Composite Bats
RLL, Boiling Springs Savings Join for CAP
The Annual League Fund Drive
The Next Meeting
Pitching Regulations for Baseball and Softball
Box Scores Added to History; Photos Wanted
Facts Every Parent Should Know, 2012

Registration, Evaluations for 2012 Season

Baseball

Eligibility: Eligible players were born from 1-May-1999 through 30-Apr-2007 and live within the Borough of Rutherford. First-time registrants must present proof of age and residence. Bring a copy of the player’s birth certificate for the League’s files along with a document that proves you live in Rutherford, such as a utility bill.

Fee: The registration fee of $100 for the 2012 season is due at the time of enrollment or evaluation. No family will be charged more than $250 in registration fees for the season. A paper application may be downloaded here (in PDF format; requires Adobe Reader or equivalent). Applications will also be available at Tamblyn Field.

In-Person Registration: Sessions are scheduled Saturday 4-Feb and Sunday 5-Feb, from 1 to 3:30 pm each day, at the Tamblyn Field Civic Center, 30 Woodland Avenue.

Online Registration: Follow this link for online registration through Active.com.

Major Evaluations: The initial evaluation for players eligible to participate in Major Baseball was held in October. A make-up evaluation is scheduled for Saturday 3-Mar at 11 am. Players who must be evaluated were born from 1-May-1999 through 30-Apr-2003 and did not participate at the Major Baseball level in Rutherford Little League in 2011. Players in this group who were not evaluated in October and who are not evaluated in March will not be eligible to participate in the League in 2012. Players should bring fielding gloves to the evaluation. In case of inclement weather on the evaluation date, please check in with the League’s Web site or its Facebook page or Twitter account.

More information: Please call the pre-season information line at 201 939-3831.

Softball

Eligibility: This program, operated in conjunction with the Rutherford Recreation Department, is open to girls who live in the Borough of Rutherford or attend school in the Borough who were born from 1-Jan-1997 through 31-Dec-2006.

Fee: The fee for this program is $75 for the 2012 season, with a family maximum of $200. Each program (baseball and softball) has a separate family maximum.

In-Person Registration: Visit the Recreation office in Rutherford borough hall, 176 Park Avenue, from Monday 30-Jan through Thursday 8-Mar. The Recreation office is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm, and remains open until 7 pm on Wednesdays.

Online Registration: Since the Borough is currently not accepting credit cards, registration must take place in person.

Evaluations: An evaluation for new players born from 1997 to 2002 or for players entitled to move up to Junior or Major level is scheduled for Saturday 10-Mar at 12 noon, field conditions permitting. Registered players subject to the evaluation will be notified.

More information:
Registration – Recreation Department, 201 460-3015.
Other – Rutherford Little League, 201 939-3831.

New League Merchandise from R & R

Rutherford Little League introduces new merchandise for sale through a partnership with R & R Trophy & Sporting Goods.

Select the external link to the shop page for either baseball or softball to select merchandise branded with the respective sport. A portion of the proceeds from each sale will go to the League, for the respective baseball or softball account.

Little League Imposes Moratorium on Composite Bats

Little League Baseball, Inc., has announced that it has imposed a moratorium on the use of composite barreled baseball bats at the Major (12-and-under) level and below.

Bats used in the Major level and younger must have a barrel width of no more than 2¼ inches and a length of no more than 33 inches, and must be made of wood or of a material tested and found acceptable under Little League standards. Little League became a partner in a research effort with the University of Massachusetts (Lowell campus) to assess the safety of certain types of bats.

The result of the research, announced 30-Dec-2010, is that no composite barreled baseball bat is permissible in Little League Baseball. Manufacturers may seek waivers. An updated list of bats that have received waivers is located on the Little League Web site. The composite bat moratorium does not apply to any level of softball.

Umpires will be instructed to remove any composite bat from a game prior to its start or if noticed when a player comes to bat. Under a new rule introduced for the 2012 season, if an illegal bat is discovered to have been used after a player has batted but prior to the next pitch or play, the result of the play is nullified and the batter is out.

Note: The moratorium on composite bats only applies to composite-barreled bats. Bats that have only a metal/alloy in the barrel (and no other material, unless it is in the end cap of the bat) are not subject to the moratorium, regardless of the composition of the handle.

Note: The following links are to the Little League Baseball Inc. Web site.

General Information ... Approved Composite Bats ... Approved Non-Wood, Non-Composite Bats

Boiling Springs Savings Gives League a CAP

Boiling Springs Savings Bank, a sponsor of Rutherford Little League since 1957, is giving the League an unprecedented opportunity for fund raising.

Through its Community Alliance Program (CAP), Boiling Springs will donate a percentage of depositors’ account balances to qualified non-profit organizations based on registration forms received at the bank. The percentage to be donated will be ¼ to ½ percent, depending on the type of account registered.

To register your accounts for a CAP donation to Rutherford Little League, print this form (in PDF format; requires Adobe Reader or equivalent), fill out the top portion, and bring it to a teller window at Boiling Springs Savings Bank. Once at least twenty depositors are on file, the bank will begin quarterly donations to the League.

In the third quarter of 2010, the bank donated $1,040.87 to the League. The more depositors registered, the greater the donation. All members, including parents of players, are encouraged to participate in this simple way to donate to the League.

The 2012 League Fund Drive

As a non-profit organization, Rutherford Little League is always in need of donations to keep its program running. The Rutherford Little League receives no funding from the Borough of Rutherford or any other government source.

The annual door-to-door canvass of the Borough takes place Saturday 31-Mar, but donations by mail are welcome at any time.

Checks should be payable to “Rutherford Little League, Inc.” Mailed contributions go to P.O. Box 427, Rutherford, NJ 07070-0427. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Rutherford Little League, founded in 1951, is the only organization providing baseball for Borough youths aged 5 through 12.

Next League Meeting

The next general membership meeting of Rutherford Little League, Inc., will be held Thursday 23-Feb at 8 p.m. at the Tamblyn Field Civic Center, 30 Woodland Avenue.

All members are encouraged to attend.

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