AGLL Pancakes and Bingo

Thank you Kathy Coleman and Carol Carlson for the great event last night at Brothers Family Restaurant.  Everyone had lots of fun!

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Bubba Ball Home and Away Benches

Check out the new Home and Away benches built and donated by Bubba Manager, Jared Merrill (center in Yellow Jersey).  He made these Bubba players very happy on their first game.  Thanks Coach Jared!

Opening Day Highlights

Congratulations, Dennis Gildehaus!

Everyone pitching in to get ready for Spring Baseball Season

Thank you to all the families for your hard work!

AGLL Survives El Nino

The property survived the first major round of El Nino storms this past week.
We received a ton of water and fields are definitely soaked, but slope
protection, wattle rolls, rock catch basins, and runoff diversion berms did
their job very well and soil stayed on-site. Thanks to all who helped in
this and First Mark Contracting and RCP for donating the materials.

Hard working AG kids

Kids showed up in force to muscle piles of soil and rock for the work party.  Thank you for the huge contribution by the players to help care for the AG property and fields.......lots of life lessons being had in their participation......thank to all the parents, family, friends, a missionary men that helped with their time and talent.  It was nice to see everyone coming together to get the job done.

Intermediate

We are thrilled to announce exciting new changes in Division structures for the 2016 Spring Season!

New division alignment... You may have heard that North Park Little League (D33) recently voted to remove their Major Division and replace it with an Intermediate Division. After many conversations with NPLL and other leagues in our district, with district officials, and amongst current and former AGLL Board members, we have carefully considered the options, and are enthusiastic and eager to announce the time is right for us to also replace our Major Division with an Intermediate Division. We have exciting plans for our Minor Division, too. The Little League Intermediate Division (also referred to as 50/70) utilizes a 50 ft pitching distance and 70 ft base paths. Moreover, Intermediate rules permit runners to lead off bases and attempt to steal at any time, as well as other rules aligned with the traditional game of baseball. At the same time, Intermediates has the advantage of a safer playing field (i.e., more distance for pitchers and infield defensive players) for these larger/stronger players, better and more age appropriate development for transition to Juniors, and frankly speaking just a bit more fun for the players and fans alike. Intermediates is open to league age 11 to 13 year olds. We got our toes wet with Intermediates last spring, but out-of-District play made it too difficult to implement. Now, with a neighboring league in our district moving in this direction and having heard other leagues considering teams as well, we can comfortably establish an Intermediate Division for the 2016 season. Our field is ready and we're proud to be at the leading edge of this progression in Little League Baseball. Little League International, in general, is moving this way. As much as we are in favor of Intermediates, we are also very excited about the age/skill appropriate development of our revised Minor or Farm system. There are some compromises to these changes as you would expect, but they are far outweighed by the added benefits in safety and player development. The new Farm system will have three somewhat overlapping divisions, AAA, AA, and A, as shown below. Bubbaball  League age 4 - 5, no changes here  T-ball  League age 5 - 7, no changes here Farm (Minor)  A  League age 7 - 8, 6s may be allowed with one prior year T-ball and demonstrated skill, machine/coach pitch only AA  League age 8 - 9, 7s and 10s may be included based on tryout, kid pitch and local TOC AAA  League age 9 - 10, and some 11s based on tryout, includes local and District TOC Intermediate  League age 11 - 13, includes All Stars, and if successful, a berth in the Intermediate World Series                  Bat rules for Intermediates... From the 2015 rulebook:  Intermediates does not allow composite [or half-and-half] bats of any kind unless they are BBCOR. Wood is fine. Kids may swing big barrels up to 2-5/8, and can also use traditional narrow 2-1/4 bats as long as they are not composite. Intermediate bat rules should save families lots of money, since the composites tend to be pretty expensive. The game should be safer too, with the wood/BBCOR or non-composite barrels lessening the speed off the bat.  Significant bat rule changes coming in 2018... Little League International announced in August that it will be formally adopting USA Baseball's new standard for bat performance testing. The announcement says, "For more than seventy-five years, Little League has used improvements in science, engineering, and technology to take the sport of baseball to higher levels. By utilizing the most current advancements available, manufacturers can now develop bats with a wood-like performance, which is important for the long-term success of the game." Based on the new bat regulations, the composite and half-and-half bats used today will be illegal after 12/31/2017.

A Rainbow of Fun Awaits

Remember to sign up for the AGLL spring season.

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Final Fall Ball Game plays 1st Intermediate Game

Eric Alvarez 'Allied Gardens team played their final Fall ball game versus North Park using the recently implemented intermediate rules. Check out the lead off by the runner on 2nd base with a 50 foot mound and 70 foot bases. The team had a blast!

AGLL Fall Ball Rookies Finish the Season in Style

With the final game of the AGLL's fall season for the Rookies division being a contest between AG Raptors and AG Dirtbags, and the game happening the day after Halloween, both teams elected to play in their costumes.

It was a super fun game with amazing plays by Darth Vader, the Ninja, Luke Skywalker, Spider-Man, The Hulk and even Fred Flinstone! There was plenty of "clowning around" and great baseball.

But despite the tension between the Dark Side and The Force on the field, after the game the teams came together for a pizza party celebration and a game of kickball to close out the season!