When we enter into new markets, we tend to take things a little slowly, and anticipate 3 or 4 teams to start. But y'all in Bradenton?
You're Killing It 💪
We are on cruise control and have officially added an extra field to raise our team limit to NINE for our inaugural season, and we're very close to hitting that goal. If you have not paid or made payment arrangements yet, this is your warning that we will sell out this week! Don't miss out on your chance to play.... make sure you reach out to our support or respond to our gal Maria when she hits you up via text!
We're Upgrading : T-Shirts -> Custom Jerseys
In our mini-seasons, we don't usually have time to do custom jerseys so we offer t-shirts instead. However, since we will be sold out in advance of the start of league, we're upgrading everyone to custom jerseys at no additional cost.
Jerseys will be ordered immediately after the draft concludes and should arrive by Week 2 (week 3 at the latest, if shipping snags). Please visit your League Joe merch settings page and add your custom name, number, and jersey size as soon as you can.
Merch SettingsDraft Party To Be Announced Soon
We are currently planning the details around the draft party, which we will try to do live in a local watering hole. Attendance is NOT required to play in the league, but if you want to see how the draft works, this will be your chance! Stay tuned for an update.
Open Play is ON for Monday
For those of you new to the game - WELCOME. This Monday, you will have a chance to meet your fellow teammates, future coaches, and importantly knock off a little rust. We will meet up and warm up starting around 6:30, and take the fields for games by 7. Games will be simple scrimmages to give everyone reps so if you're an experienced player, be ready to help show the ropes to some of the newbies!
A Note on Bats & Culture
We have a heavy mix of brand new players and experienced players, and bats is a topic that has come up a lot in support chats. For this league, we are allowing USSSA certified 220s and 240s, and will have a bat tester available as needed.
For many of you, you probably don't know what that last sentence really means and that's ok! Come out ready to learn and you are welcome to borrow bats in the first couple weeks until you learn what kind you want to swing. We do not recommend you buy a bat before you learn from the experienced players, as there are bats at Wal-mart and Dicks that will not do you any favors!
For the experienced players: We all know about those BP bats that are busted up, semi-broken, and in some cases - modified. We know that bats can have a 220 stamp and fail compression numbers down in the 100s, and we all know what that means. This is not the league to bring out those bats. You will quickly see that players on both teams are going to need time to acclimate to the game, and shooting piss missiles at them with illegal sticks is not the way to welcome them to the game. We have a very strict policy and if we every discover any bats we deem to be dangerous on our fields, we reserve the right to remove the bats (and their owners) from the parks and from the league if we deem the infraction serious enough.
If you are new to the game and don't know what I'm talking about - don't sweat it! If you know exactly what I'm talking about, just leave those sticks in the trunk. You won't need them in this league for it to be fun and competitive!