Schedule of Events & Online Player Registration

THE THIRD ANNUAL MBLL FUNDRAISING DINNER will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 pm at Spring Lake Manor. Tickets are $100 per person. Admission includes food, open bar and a live band - The Retro Kings. Manager and coach candidates for the Spring 2012 season are expected to help sell tickets. Contact Donna Bossone - 1xandersmom@optonline.net - or Tom Bauer - tbauer@melilloandbauer.com

Online player registration for Spring 2012 season is here - just click on the "Register Online" tab and follow the instructions. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Roddy at (732) 977-6787 or kroddy@wilentz.com. If you have difficulty registering online, you can print the form(s) and mail them, together with a check for the registration fee(s), to Kevin Roddy, 620 Holly Hill Dr., Brielle, NJ 08730.

It is strongly recommended that you complete player registration BEFORE player evaluations on Feb. 22 and Mar. 3, 2012.

To assist you in completing the registration form, here are MBLL's divisions and the age groups that play in each division:

Boys Juniors:  13-14 years old (as of Apr. 30, 2012)

Boys Majors:  10-11-12 years old (as of Apr. 30, 2012) (in certain circumstances, 9-year-olds will be permitted to play Majors)

Boys Minors:  8-9-10 years old (as of April 30, 2012) (8-year-olds must participate in indoor player evaluations on Feb. 22, 2012, to be eligible to play Minors - see information below)

Boys Pony:  7-8 years old (as of April 30, 2012) (in certain circumstances, 6-year-olds will be permitted to play Pony). Boys Pony division uses a pitching machine or a coach pitches to the kids.

T-Ball:  4-5-6 years old (as of April 30, 2012)

Girls Majors:  10-11-12 years old (as of Dec. 31, 2011)

Girls Minors:  8-9-10 years old (as of Dec. 31, 2011)

Girls Pony:  7-8 years old (as of Dec. 31, 2011). In Girls Pony division, a coach pitches to the kids.

T-Ball:  4-5-6 years old (as of Dec. 31, 2011)

PLAYER EVALUATIONS FOR SPRING 2012 SEASON: 

Indoor player evaluations for 8-year-old boys and girls will be held on Feb. 22, 2012, from 7 pm to 9 pm, in the Brielle Elem. School gym.  Attendance and participation are mandatory for any 8-year-old boy or girl who wishes to play Minors in Spring 2012.  If you fail to attend and participate, you will automatically be assigned to the Pony division. This applies to boys who will be 8 years old as of Apr. 30, 2012, and girls who were 8 years old as of Dec. 31, 2011.

Player evaluations for 12-, 11-, 10- and 9-year-olds will be held on Mar. 3, 2012. Weather permitting, the evaluations will be held outdoors. Check this website for further information, location and reporting times. ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION ARE MANDATORY FOR ANY PLAYER WHO WISHES TO CHANGE DIVISIONS (EXAMPLE: 9-YEAR-OLD BOYS/GIRLS WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO PLAY MAJORS).

MBLL recommends that every boy and girl attend and participate in player evaluations. Each boy or girl who wishes to play Majors or Minors in Spring 2012 must be registered by the date of the player evaluations (Mar. 3, 2012). Any player who is not registered by that date will not be drafted onto a team on Mar. 4-5, 2012. Instead, boys and girls who are late registered and do not participate in player evaluations will be assigned to Majors and Minors teams, taking into account that player's ability and the need to maintain competitive balance between the teams.

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS:  Majors and Minors teams will be drafted on the evenings of Mar. 4 (boys), and Mar. 5 (girls), 2012, beginning at 6 pm at The Clubhouse.  MBLL field cleanup day will be held on Mar. 10, 2012, beginning at 9 am - PARTICIPATION BY TEAM MANAGERS AND COACHES IS MANDATORY.  Teams will begin practicing on Mar. 15, 2012.  Regular season games for Majors and Minors will begin on Apr. 2, 2012. (No games will be scheduled during Spring Break: Apr. 6 to Apr. 15, 2012.)  Parade Day will be Apr. 28, 2012, and Pony and T-Ball games will begin that day.  MBLL-BlueClaws Night will be held on May 10, 2012.

JUNIORS DIVISION: 13- and 14-year-old boys: MBLL expects to field one or more teams in the Juniors Division for the Spring 2012 season. Games would be played on 60/90-foot field against other District 11 teams. If you are interested in playing, please contact Jim Kinneally at (732) 742-4461 or jkinneally@verizon.net. To register a player for Juniors, complete the online Player Registration Form, filling in the correct age ("13" or "14") for the player in the space indicated. The registration fee is the same as Boys Majors.

ALL-STAR TEAMS:  Boys and girls all-star teams will be selected on or before June 15, 2012. All-star teams will be conducted on a pay-to-play basis:  Each player selected for an all-star team will be required to pay a fee to help defray increasing tournament registration fees and the cost of uniforms. We currently anticipate that the fee will be $75 per player. Financial aid will be made available in cases of demonstrated hardship.