Scottsdale Cal Ripken Baseball - (Scottsdale, AZ)

The Scottsdale Calripken Board members would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to the all of the family's and players who participated in this fall season. We are working hard with the City of Scottsdale to secure more fields for our upcoming spring season. We wil also be opening registraion on Dec 1st to get a head start on the season.

REGISTRATION

Online registration is done by going to the following website. ???.

PLAYER EVALUATIONS

Evaluations will be on Date: TBD at the Grayhawk School fields. The Schedule is as follows:

Majors (11-12) - TBD

Minors (9-10) - TBD

Rookie AAA (7-8 machine pitch) & U8 (kid pitch) - TBD

Rookie AA (5-6 coach pitch) and TBall (4-5) players will be assigned teams - no evaluations are done.

Please arrive at least 15 min. prior to check in and receive a number. Please be prepared with glove, cleats, bat, helmet. Players will be sent out in groups of five (5) to field outfield and infield balls, throw to a base and take some swings at the plate. Depending on the age group and position, they may pitch off the mound or catchers may be asked to receive and throw to second base. Players are also evaluated for willingness to learn and enthusiasm for the game. Players wishing to be evaluated for a division higher than their age group must enter evaluations for that group. If they are un-drafted then they must re-enter evaluations at the appropriate group to be drafted. 'Playing up' is rarely accommodated.

DRAFT

Unattached players will be evaluated by coaches and SCR personal to be placed on to teams. Draft order will be chosen at random, run in order, last draw picking two, then run in reverse order (example 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2 ...) Players not attending the evaluations will be placed unseen.

Teams that have less than 12 players will wait until the rest of the teams reach roster number then enter the draft. For example; if your team has six (6) players, you will be allowed to draft in the sixth round.

BABE RUTH PLAYERS

Player aged 13 and up are eligible for one of the Babe Ruth divisions.Registration will start on Dec 1st.

PLAYER EVALUATIONS

Evaluations will be on Date: TBD at the Grayhawk School fields. The Schedule is as follows:

Players (13-15) - ???

COACHES' MEETING

All coaches are required to attend the coaches meeting or send a representative. The meeting will be immediately following the draft of your division. Rules and requirements as well as practice and game times will be discussed.

COMPLETE TEAMS

You must attend the coaches meeting following the evaluation time for your division on Daste: TBD. If you believe you have a complete team, but there are players unregistered, your roster may be filled with registered players you did not choose. All players must be registered.

EQUIPMENT

Any team wanting equipment should visit the equipment trailer. All teams will receive two (2) dozen division-appropriate baseballs to be used for practice and games. Catcher's equipment (helmet. chest protector and glove) will be available to all divisions except TBall. We do not provide bats or helmets, there is a limited quantity of used helmets available to players at no charge. Throw-down bases and Tees are given to TBall divisions.

UNIFORMS

Uniforms (hat, jersey) will be provided and will be distributed at the coaches meeting. Choice of team is limited to what is on hand and choice will be determined by returning teams, and reverse order of draft draw. If your team wishes to provide your own, a refund of $250 per team is provided.

SCHEDULE

Schedules will be completed and distributed as soon as divisional composition is determined and fields have been assigned by the City of Scottsdale. If there are specific dates that your team is unavailable, they must be submitted before the schedule is released.

Players' and families' priorities and commitments are fully respected. We expect that there will be a certain number games due to religious, family and school commitments that a player will not be able to attend. We ask that you give your coach adequate notice for those days.

CLINICS

We are currently in the process of creating some coach/team clinics for our teams, more information will be forthcoming.

We are looking forward to another great season of baseball. Our primary form of communication will be via email, so please make sure to inform us if your address changes.

Thanks;

From the Board of

Scottsdale Cal Ripken