National League Home Page

Ray Helfer, NL Commissioner nl@westonbaseball.org

The National League is the highest level of Little League played in Weston. 

All players that wish to be eligible to be drafted to a National League (NL) team MUST attend one of the  evaluation sessions to be held in January.  More details will follow later.

Eligibility:

It has been our practice for many years to allow every player the opportunity to play in the NL for at a minimum their last year in Little League.  Due to a change in the age-determination-date by Little League International to April 30th, our NL eligibility guidelines have been modified slightly to continue this practice. In years past, sixth graders were automatically placed in the NL if they came to a tryout session.  This was always based on the assumption that sixth grade represented the last year in Little League for each player.  With the league eligibility date change, this is no longer the case as many seventh graders are now eligible for Little League play as 12 year-olds. Our new guidelines allow for League-Age 12 children to receive a automatic NL roster spot upon attending a tryout session. League age is determined as the player's age on April 30th of the spring season in question.

Who is eligible for NL play and MUST attend an evaluation to be draft-eligible:

You are eligible if at least one of the following is true:

A) Regardless of school grade, you will be 12 years-old on (or before) April 30th, 2009 - AND wish to be considered in the NL draft - You are automatically eligible for play in the NL and will be drafted IF YOU ATTEND AN EVALUATION SESSION (there will be no exceptions)

OR.. C) You will be 10 years-old on (or before) April 30th, 2007 - AND you are not in Fifth or Sixth grade - AND you played in one of our programs this past Summer - AND you wish to be considered in the NL draft

National League Managers - Franchises available:
 

REMEMBER, if you DID NOT play in the NL last year, and DO NOT attend one of these sessions, you WILL NOT be eligible to play in the NL in 2009

Evaluations for National League

Feb 23, 25 and 27, 2009

5-7pm Middle School Gym

Who is eligible for NL play and MUST attend an evaluation to be draft-eligible?

You are eligible if at least one of the following is true:

A) Regardless of school grade, you will be 12 years-old on (or before) April 30th, 2009 - AND wish to be considered in the NL draft - You are automatically eligible for play in the NL and will be drafted IF YOU ATTEND AN EVALUATION SESSION (there will be no exceptions)

OR.. B) You are in Fifth or Sixth grade AND will not be 12 years-old on (or before) April 30th, 2009 - AND you wish to be considered in the NL draft

OR.. C) You will be 10 years-old on (or before) April 30th, 2009 - AND you are not in Fifth or Sixth grade - AND you played in one of our programs this past Summer or Fall - AND you wish to be considered in the NL draft

If you played in the National League last spring, you will be on the same team and do not need to attend an evaluation.