St. Louis Park Little League

The Annual Meeting for the St. Louis Park Little League will be held virtually on Sunday evening October 25 at 7 PM via Zoom. 

The Annual Meeting serves as a review of the past year's league activities and elects the Board of Directors for the league for the coming year.

Volunteers are needed to serve on the Board for the 2021 season. In particular, volunteers are needed for the following roles:

• Publicity: Manages league-wide communication, league publicity, league web site content and social media channels.
• Tournament Director: Responsible for coordinating tournament teams and entry into little league tournaments.
• Concessions: Responsible for management of the concessions at league fields. 

If you are interested in serving on the Board in one of these--or another role--please contact slpllpresident@gmail.com. 

If you would like to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, please contact stephenvenable@yahoo.com for link and dial-in information.

Thank you for your support of your player and their team for the 2020 Little League season. We are grateful to have had a healthy season, and it was a delight to see you and your players at the ballfield. 

We would greatly appreciate your feedback so we can continue to build upon our strong Little League tradition.

The link below will take you to a brief survey. If you have more than one player, please complete and submit separate surveys for each player. Please consider your regular-season experience when completing this survey. The survey will close on October 16. 

https://forms.gle/EVgiGAjNSJxqWRbP6

Your responses will be anonymous; your name or email will not be collected or associated with any answers unless you choose to enter it in the comments section.

Thanks again for your commitment to St. Louis Park Little League; we truly appreciate your feedback.

Fall Ball Schedule 10, 11, 12 Yrs Old

Fall Ball Teams Division 10, 11, 12 Yrs Old

9 YR Old Schedule AA

9 YR Old Division AA

Thank you to All Sport Photography for introducing a new way to view and order our players' baseball pictures! Images can be accessed now on either your computer or mobile device. 

We had two photographers for the day; photographer names, team names, and the corresponding codes are below. You may also share the codes with grandparents and family members.

Once you access the pictures, you will notice we used multiple poses. You are can CROP, ADD NAMES, AND CHOOSE DESIGN.

Any questions? Please email mark@AllSportPhotography.net. Pictures will be available for 3 weeks. 

The first games of the season start this week. We're excited to see some baseball, and - like with practices - we will be taking precautions to keep players and families safe, including:

• Spectators are limited to immediate family and must sit six feet apart along the outfield baselines. Stands will be used to extend the dugouts.
• Concession stands will be closed. Please bring water so you and your players stay hydrated. 
• Social distancing guidelines apply. Please minimize gathering and wait away from the field to pick up your player.
• Please stay home if you or a family member are experiencing symptoms or if you have been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19.

For complete guidelines, review the return to play document.

Due to decreased participation the AAA level will be consolidating down to seven teams from eight to ensure sufficient players for games. 

To minimize disruption the players previously on the Advantage Scaffolding team are placed on new teams. 

The team previously named West End Chiro will now go forward with the Advantage Scaffolding team name.  If your son moved you will receive both an email from your coach and the Kid Pitch Player Agent Troy Rickord. 

As part of their support of our program, DICK’S Sporting Goods will be offering our families, coaches, and participants their deepest discount.

Please continue to show your support by choosing DICK’S Sporting Goods as your preferred sporting goods retailer.

To our Little League families and players, 

The SLPLL board met on Sunday evening to discuss the latest developments to the 2020 season. The Covid-19 pandemic continues, but as part of the Stay Safe Plan the governor has allowed youth sports to restart practices in small groups following social distancing guidelines. Below are the links to the CDC plan and the announcement by the MN Department of Health. In addition, the city has begun to allow the permitting and usage of fields.

As part of permitting, the city required the league to create and submit a Back to Baseball Plan. We have completed this process and received approval from the city to begin the season. Please see the SLPLL website for our Back to Baseball Plan.

KID PITCH (ages 9-12)

The board has decided to begin the kid-pitch season for players 9-12 years old. The plan is for Majors players to begin practicing on Monday, 6/15. Each team will be split into two groups during their practice time. Currently the governor has not approved game play but we are hopeful that there can be games starting 7/7. The season will conclude with an end of season tournament in mid-August if game play is approved.

Before we begin, we need to determine who is interested in playing, based on the known risks, so that we can finalize teams. If you choose not to play, a refund of your registration fee will be provided.  Please complete the following survey by 12am on Wednesday, June 10. Click HERE for the survey.

After a week of observing Majors practices, if all goes well, we will begin practices for AAA and AA in late June.

Prior to attending practice, each player and coach will be required to complete a Covid-19 waiver.

MACHINE PITCH (ages 5-8)

The board voted unanimously to cancel and refund registration fees for the 2020 spring/summer season for machine-pitch ages 5-8 yrs.  It was a painful decision, but for ages 5-8 it would be extremely difficult to follow social distancing guidelines. If we see improvements or changes in the Covid-19 pandemic we plan on hosting a fall baseball season.

Machine-pitch levels do not need to complete the survey listed above. You will receive a refund of your registration fees.

REFUNDS

We need to work with Sports Engine to process the refunds for all machine-pitch players as well as any kid-pitch players that are requesting a cancellation. Please be patient. We hope to have these complete by 7/1.

Here are the CDC guidelines for the return of youth sports.  Please review.  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/youth-sports.html

MN Health Department:

https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/schools/youthsports.pdf

Registration is closed for kid pitch (9-12) and machine pitch (5-8) levels.  If you questions please email slpllpresident@gmail.com Or check out FAQ page here. 

After discussions with our board members and in line with Little League International recommendations, we are canceling player evaluations on March 14-15 and March 21.

Player evaluations are just one element of creating our teams for the 2020 season. Coach feedback from the end of the previous season is often more reflective of a player's ability, and we are confident we can build balanced regular season teams based on that information. All registered players will be placed on teams, including players who are new to the league and may not have 2019 end-of-season feedback.

We will collect volunteer deposit checks at a later date when distributing uniforms.

Thank you for your understanding and patience as we navigate this rapidly changing situation. We will continue to follow the guidelines set by the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Minnesota Department of Public Health, Hennepin County, and St. Louis Park Public Schools.

Please watch for further updates over the next few weeks.

12 Year Old All Stars-2nd Place in District Tournament

11 Year Old All Stars-2nd Place in District Tournament Advancing to State

10 Year Old All Stars-2nd Place in District Tournament Advancing to State

9 Year Old All Stars-3rd Place in Crystal Tournament

11 Year Old SLP Black Select 1st Place in Memorial Cup

11 Year Old SLP Orange Select 3rd Place in Memorial Cup

10 Year Old SLP Orange Select 3rd Place in Memorial Cup
 

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