The Forney Youth Baseball 2013 spring ball signups are in full swing with three more sign up dates scheduled to have a guaranteed spot on a roster. This will be the first spring season under the new league affiliation change from Little League to USSSA.
The Forney Youth Baseball 2013 spring ball signups are in full swing with three more sign up dates scheduled to have a guaranteed spot on a roster. This will be the first spring season under the new league affiliation change from Little League to USSSA.
The league hopes to drive more players from Forney and surrounding areas to play in the FYBA League and to provide two levels of experience. Approximately 16 teams have left the FYBA over the past couple of years to find more competitive leagues; the switch should draw those teams back to play in Forney.
A spokesperson for the FYBA said that they saw an increase in signups during the 2012 fall season of approximately 40% compared to the 2011 fall season. With USSSA affiliation, the FYBA now accepts teams from out of Forney to play at Mulberry Park. The FYBA stated they have “teams and players from the Forney area, Rockwall, Canton, Kaufman, Kemp, Heartland, Crandall, Combine, Seagoville, Mesquite, and Wills Point.”
Before the beginning of the spring season, the FYBA will hold a placement tournament. The teams that finish highest in the tournament will play in the American League and the teams finishing at the bottom will play in the National League. The FYBA will also take into consideration any current USSSA rank a team has accumulated when determining which league to place the team in.
Over the past couple of years the FYBA has been preparing the fields at Mulberry Park to accommodate tournament play. Under USSSA they hope to host three tournaments during the spring season, not including the pre-season tournament. The FYBA is also projecting to have over 1,000 kids registered to play in spring of 2013.
2013 Spring sign up information below:
Location:
Texas Triple Crown
11815 S. Profit Row, Forney Texas 75126
Date and Times:
Saturday, January 19, 10:00am to 12:00pm
Saturday, January 26, 10:00am to 12:00pm
Friday, February 1, 6:00pm to 8:00pm (Last day sign ups will be accepted)
As a player you will need to know:
a.) Uniforms will be ordered through the coach. That will include caps, jerseys, pants, sox, belts. Players will be responsible for buying these uniforms (Cost is $40 to $120 depending on team).
b.) Player is responsible for glove, cleats, batters helmets are recommended, but optional, bats are optional.
As a parent you will need to know:
a.) Sign up your player(s) by February 1st at the latest. If a coach has not called you to be on a team, please sign the player up for the free-agent players’ pool.
b.) If the player is a free-agent, please plan on attending the free-agent players’ evaluation day on Saturday February 2nd.
c.) Practices start the week of February 18th.
d.) Pre-season tournament starts March 16th. This is the last Saturday of spring break. If you will be out of town on this date, simply let the head coach know ahead of time.
e.) Regular season starts Saturday April 6th.
f.) The season will be over around the middle of June.
g.) Please sign up for our email alerts. You can do this on our league’s website front-page. Go to the left column; click on the “Join our email list link”. Click the box and follow the steps.
More information is available at http://www.forneybaseball.org/