Morrisville Little League: Transition Division

Eligibility:
Players ages 6 or 7 as of April 30, 2010 who have played Tee ball for 2 years or age 8 playes as drafted

Purpose:
The transitional league is designed to assist the player to move from Tee ball to a pitching league. This is accomplished by coach pitchng and a heavy emphasis on safety and instruction. This league promotes learning baseball skills in general and hitting skills in particular.

Basic Structure:
Players are placed on a team via the annual draft - held in early March. Teams will play other teams from Morrisville Little League. Teams will typically play two games per week from early April through early June. Teams will practice once per week. Games last 5 innings. Score is kept. An inning ends when either 3 outs are recorded or 4 runs are scored. Coaches pitch for the first half of the season. Players pitch for the second half of the season. There is no stealing, no bunting and no walks.

Equipment:
The league will provide each player with a hat, shirt, pants and socks. The league will provide each team with bats, balls, catcher's gear, helmets, first aid kit and ice packs. Each player needs to have his/her own glove. Each player should wear sneakers or rubber cleats. Boys must wear a protective cup.

Location:
All games are played on the fields in Williamson Park on Delmorr Avenue in Morrisville.

Contact:
Paul Deluliis

Transition Division Coordinator
pauld70@comcast.net 

215.840.6002