Palomino/County League Baseball (18, 19 & 20 year-olds)

Objectives:
The objective of this league is to provide a highly competitive environment for seventeen (17), eighteen (18), and nineteen (19) year-olds to participate while preparing them for the style of baseball they will encounter in future levels of play. This includes setting a standard of participation which includes not only the
enhancement of baseball skills, but incorporates good sportsmanship, training and practice skills, honesty, integrity and a positive, healthy and respectful attitude about the game of baseball and all of its participants including managers, coaches, umpires and spectators. All tools available to develop the skills and knowledge of the game for the participants will be provided.

Manager / Team Selection Procedure - County League Baseball:
• The County League Baseball Coordinator will obtain the names of all seventeen (17), eighteen (18), and nineteen (19) year-olds registered for the County League Baseball Program. County League Baseball boundaries concerning residency will be followed for this program. Thus, all registrants must be a resident of Cranberry Township, PA. No exceptions to this rule will be considered.
• The team manager(s) will be selected and receive approval as outlined in the Policy & Procedures guidelines on manager selection.
• A tryout will be conducted for all registrants using the following guidelines:
− Only those players who participate in the select team tryout are eligible to be chosen for a select team. Exceptions to this rule must be reviewed and approved on an individual basis by the SVBSA Board of Directors.
− Based on the number of registrants and roster size, excess registrants will be cut and monies refunded.
− Minimum roster size will be twelve (12) and the maximum will be eighteen (18).
− The SVBSA Board of Directors will set the roster size based on the number of registrants of a given year.
− In the event there are fewer than eleven (11) registrants, the SVBSA Board of Directors may authorize 16 year-old participants from the Colt League Program to move up to the County League Baseball Program. Only the required number of sixteen (16) year-olds necessary to increase the County League Baseball roster size to eleven (11) will be permitted to move up.
− In the event that sixteen (16) year-old participants will be needed as outlined above, the selection of the participant(s) will be made before the Colt League Program begins its team selection process. It should be noted that the best interest of the participant(s) should be the only motivator in selecting on which team a particular player is placed.
− Based on a yet to be determined format, the SVBSA Board of Directors may allow qualified 15-16 year-olds to be rostered on any Palomino County Baseball Roster regardless if the there is a call-up need.