Upland Foothill Little League: News and Events

The first of two registration events for the 2012 UFLL Winterball season is taking place Saturday, May 19th at the field.   The Attached is a flyer with additional details.

A second registration will take place in September after the children have returned to school.  Additional detail will also be posted on this website as the dates draw nearer.

Please visit our Winterball FAQs page to review additional Winterball information.

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Congratulations go out to the following people elected to serve on the 2012-2013 UFLL Board of directors in a vote taken at the annual board of directors meeting held on 5/10/2012.

Mark Bohren
Amy Budds
Mark Dorf
Mike Harkins
Mark Martinez
Jeff Miller
Lance Pugmire
Robert Young

The attached flyer contains additional detail.

Playoff formats and dates have been selected by the Managers in Major and Minor divisions and are now approved by the board. 

***** The Minor Division draw for seeding has been completed and the Minor Double Elimination Bracket is updated with the results.

***** The Major Division seeds are determined by order of finish during the regular season.  The following tie-breakers will be used to break ties in the order listed:

2-team tie-breakers

1. Head-to-head record
2. Least runs allowed vs. all teams (only if both teams played same number of games)
3. Highest Run differential vs. all teams (run scored minus runs allowed - max 10 runs per game)
4. coin toss

3-team (or more) tie-breakers

Where 3 or more teams are tied, use the following rules to break the tie for one team, then start over for the remaining teams (if only two teams remain, use the 2-team tie-breakers).

1. If all tied teams played each other an equal amount of times and one of the tied teams had a better head-to-head record against all of the other tied teams then
   1. the team with best head-to-head record against all tied-teams gets highest seed
   2. next revert back to tie-breaker rules for remaining teams
2. Least runs allowed vs. all teams (only if all tied teams played same number of games)
   1. next revert back to tie-breaker rules for remaining teams
3. Highest Run differential vs. all teams (run scored minus runs allowed - max 10 runs per game)
   1. next revert back to tie-breaker rules for remaining teams
4. blind draw
   1. next revert back to tie-breaker rules for remaining teams

Click on the applicable link to download the playoff schedules.  (Major single-elimination, Minor double-elimination (complete with seeding) )  

Any changes to the currently posted schedules will be noted here on the home page and communicated through team managers and team parents. (Use the Schedule and Calendar pages for more specific details in an easier to read format!) 

Please refer to the Little League International website for changes made to the 2012 bat rules.   The information is detailed. 

Take care to note the difference between "Licensed" bats and "Approved" bats.  Also note that the penalties for using an illegal bat have changed and are defined.

Link: http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/2011/Sep-Dec/LLAnnouncesBatRuleChangesfor2012Season.htm

Upland Foothill Little League is regulated by the Rules and Bylaws of Little League International and the many publications they provide.  One of the most well-known documents is commonly referred to as "The Green Book."   The Green Book describes the general rules and regulations of Little League baseball games, including seasonal and tournament game rules (including All-stars).  

Rules within the Green Book are frequently augmented by local chapters of Little League, including UFLL, via a document known as the "Local Rules."  Each chapter of Little League must have their unique version of the Local Rules approved by the local district in which they participate.

Enough copies of the Green Book are provided to UFLL to distribute to each manager in each division, as well as all board members.   Additional copies can be ordered directly from Little League International.   UFLL Local Rules are available for download on this site.

Another document governing UFLL is our Constitution.  This manual outlines the operation of the league, the composition of the board, required committees, voting and other general processes that must be followed by the board.  The Constitution must be regularly reviewed, updated, submitted to, and approved by Little League International.

The City of Upland has three little league districts: Upland American, Upland Foothill and Upland National.  Players who register for Little League must register with the district where their primary residence is located.  Players who move from one district boundary to another may apply for a waver to remain with their district of origin.  The UFLL Boundaries are north of 16th Street and west of Euclid. Players living above 24th Street all the way to Mount Baldy also are within UFLL Boundaries.