• Rosters- Please Double Check Them

There have been MANY requested roster adjustments over the past week. I believe everything should be confirmed and in place now. An updated roster for individual registrants and small groups has been posted. Please double check the rosters posted on the baseball and/or softball page. (www.fmfallball.com)

 

• Schedule

The schedule for week 1 is posted on the baseball or softball page at www.fmfallball.com. We will have the schedule for weeks 2-4 posted approximately Aug 30 on the website and in the Tourneymachine app. We use week 1 to help with competitive balance of the schedule for the remaining weeks. With some age groups with as many as 14 teams, we want to make sure we are creating balanced matchups as best we can. We will be using the Tourney Machine app with the league schedule for any changes, weather announcements etc. Schedules will be placed into the tourney machine app as soon as we can. You can find the schedule in the Tourney Machine app HERE. To receive schedule or weather announcements direct to your phone, please go to your teams page in the App and in the top right corner select the uniform with a number in it where it says "Follow". In case of weather we will send messages directly to you through that notification. One other thing of note, the BY on the schedule stands for a Ball Yard individual sign up team.

 

• Uniforms

Teams that registered as a team please wear whatever uniform you would like. Players who signed up as individuals will wear their own uniforms from summer or a shirt representing where they are from. Each player will receive a fall league cinch bag first week to store/carry cleats, organize valuables, etc... This will replace our traditional fall league shirt as making sure everyone received the proper sizes was often a challenge.

 

• Arrival Time for Warmups

For individual sign up players playing on Ball Yard (BY) teams, please arrive 1 hour before game time to your field. If you were an individual sign up that has been placed with a group/team please arrive 1 hour before game time unless you have been instructed otherwise from your team coach.

 

• Dugouts

If your team is listed first on the schedule please go to the 3rd base dugout. If your team is listed below your opponent please go to the 1st base dugout.

 

• Game Balls and Coaches Booklets

Coaches- Game balls will be in your dugout when you arrive. You will find them in a charcoal gray cinch bag with blue writing. Please bring this bag with you each week as these will be your game balls for the season. Each team will provide 3 game balls to the umpires that day. You will also find a coaches booklet in a black cinch bag with blue writing  with the game balls in your dugout with league rules, scoresheets, and lineup charts to help you stay organized. With 16 fields in use all across the FM metro I will be trying to get to each of your fields during both time slots throughout the day during your games as best I can. If you play the early time slot, the additional bag of baseballs and booklet is for the teams coming for the later time slot so please leave them in your dugout for the next team.

 

• Practices for Individual Sign Up Players

With many players traveling from quite a distance to play, and during the school year, it is very difficult to coordinate practices for some teams. In the past with so many other fall activities individual signup teams have not normally practiced as individual signup players. Teams are more than welcome to coordinate practices if they are able to.

• Umpires

Please keep in mind that the umpires during fall league are willing to take time out of their weekend outside of the summer season to allow these games to take place. Many of them will be umpiring 4 straight games from 12:30pm-7:15pm with little break. So we encourage Coaches, Players, and Parents to please respect the calls that are made. Without the umpires, our young ball players would not be able to play.

 

We hope everyone has a fun fall season!

 

Thanks!

Mike Skogen

FM Fall Ball