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Once again this year Redmond West Little League is offering Summer baseball for Majors-level players, and online registration is still open. Summer Ball will run from July 13 to August 14. (Opening Day was delayed from July 8 to allow the draft to take place after the July 4 weekend.) It's a casual league that's great fun and a relaxed, practice-free way to keep playing baseball during the summer. Teams from throughout the area compete at Hartman Park. The cost is very reasonable, and scholarships mean no player will be turned away for lack of the registration fee.
Here are the details:
WHAT: SUMMER BASEBALL featuring 8-10 teams playing a 12-game inter-League schedule over five weeks of summer. Players who live in the boundaries of Redmond West Little League or Redmond North Little League register as individuals and then are placed on teams. Teams from other Little Leagues in District 9 join already formed. Leagues with players participating in past years were:
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Belleuve East Little League
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Bellevue West Little League
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Eastlake Little League
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Issaquah Little League
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Kirkland American Little League
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Kirkland National Little League
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Redmond West Little League
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Redmond North Little League
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Sno-Valley Little League
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Woodinville West Little League
WHO: 10-, 11-, and 12-year-old Little Leaguers playing on a team in a Majors Division of Little League baseball in 2009; and, on a space-available basis only, other 10- and 11-year-old Little Leaguers whose 2009 coach certifies to the Summer Ball Coordinator that the player is capable of playing on a team in a Majors Division of Little League baseball in 2010.
WHEN: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings (with an occasional Friday) starting July 13th and ending August 14th. Games don't begin earlier than 5:00 p.m. (they usually will start at 6:00 p.m.) nor end later than 8:30 p.m. (with the exception of rainouts rescheduled to the lower fields). Teams are formed with enough players to accommodate absences for summertime vacations.
WHERE: Hartman Park, Redmond, Washington
WHY: The purpose of the league is to provide an opportunity for area baseball players to continue playing ball on top-notch playing fields, without the hassle of distant travel, and without the costs associated with playing expensive tournaments. We schedule the majority of games Monday through Thursday evenings to avoid disrupting weekend family outings that are so popular in the Northwest during July and August. The League coordinates game schedules, prepares the fields before each game, provides paid youth umpires, and is covered through Little League's insurance program. Teams simply show up and play.
HOW for INDIVIDUALS: The fee is $85 for individuals who played within Redmond West in 2009 and otherwise is $100. Players who register as individuals receive a t-shirt. Scholarships are available for families who cannot afford the registration fee; send scholarship requests to
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HOW for TEAMS: Teams not affiliated with Redmond Little League are added to the League on a first-come, first-served basis determined as of the date of receipt of the team fee. The team fee is $1200 and the team supplies its own uniform.
Managers are needed for the Redmond teams that will be formed from individual registrants. Managers generally are parents or guardians of one or more summer ball players. Potential managers should contact RWLL President
. Please consider managing so that RWLL can continue to offer Summer Ball. Because there are no practices, the demands of managing in Summer Ball are much less than during the spring season.
Summer Ball umpires will be youth 13 and above, whose paid work is overseen by a volunteer Umpire Coordinator and the Chief Umpire.
Joe Skewis, RWLL Summer Ball Coordinator:
Dave Ciuba, RWLL President:
Dick Brown, Summer Ball Umpire Coordinator:
