Autumn Baseball League

2017

OPENING DAY:

SATURDAY, SEPT. 9 at 10 AM

TEAM Registration deadline: Aug. 27th.

send your questions to AutumnBaseballLeague@live.com

A LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONER:

LEAGUE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION

MANAGERS AND COACHES:

8U, 9U, 10U, 11U (46/60), 11U (50/70), 12U (60/90), 13U, 14U, 16U, 17U, 19U & OVER 20 (ADULT DIVISION)

NEW TEAMS ARE WELCOMED TO JOIN AND TO LAST YEARS TEAMS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, "WELCOME BACK".

3 FORMS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER...

MEDICAL RELEASE FORM:

PLAYERS' PARENTS AND GUARDIANS MUST SIGN AND KEEP WITH YOU AT THE GAMES AND DO NOT SEND TO ME.

CLICK HERE >>> http://autumnbaseballleague.com/id15.html

THE PARENT'S WAIVER FORM:

IT'S IMPERATIVE TO HAVE PLAYERS' PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SIGN AND DATE. KEEP THESE FORMS IN YOUR TEAM FILE/DO NOT SEND TO ME.

CLICK HERE >>> http://autumnbaseballleague.com/id33.html

THE REGISTRATION FORM:

COMPLETE, SIGN AND DATE WHERE INDICATED AND FORWARD TO ME.

CLICK HERE >>> http://autumnbaseballleague.com/id17.html

SEND OR HAND DELIVER THE REGISTRATION AND $285 REGISTRATION FEE TO:

HERMAN BOMBACK/ABL

293 LINDEN STREET

FALL RIVER, MA 02720

(CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE AUTUMN BASEBALL LEAGUE)

TEAMS MUST REGISTER SEPARATELY.

IF YOU ARE ENTERING MORE THAN ONE TEAM, ONE CHECK IS FINE BUT PLACE THE NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION AND DIVISIONS ON THE CHECK.

MOST OF YOUR GAMES (DOUBLEHEADERS ARE SCHEDULED) WILL BE ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AND SOME AFTERNOONS...

HOWEVER, OCCASIONALLY SUNDAY GAMES ARE SCHEDULED.

EXPECT TWO DOUBLEHEADERS ON COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND.

THE SEASON TRADITIONALLY IS COMPLETED BY EARLY TO MID NOVEMBER... THE YOUNGER DIVISIONS 8U AND 9U WE TRY TO WRAP IT UP BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR OWN FIELDS.

REGULAR SEASON GAMES:

HOME TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO HIRE AND PAY FOR UMPIRES AND SUPPLY BASEBALLS.

AWAY TEAMS JUST SHOW UP, PLAY AND LEAVE WITHOUT ANY EXPENSE RESPONSIBILITY.

PLAYOFFS:

UMPIRES ARE ASSIGNED BY THE ABL UMPIRE IN CHIEF AND THE TEAMS SHARE THE UMP FEE EQUALLY. BOTH TEAMS SUPPLIES BASEBALLS EQUALLY AS WELL.

HOME TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT UMPIRES IN THE EVENT OF POSTPONEMENTS, DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. (SUBJ. TO CHANGE... WE'RE CONSIDERING BOTH TEAMS BEING RESPONSIBLE)

ABL WORLD SERIES GAMES:

THE LEAGUE ASSIGNS AND PAYS THE UMPIRES AS WELL AS SUPPLYING 3 BASEBALLS PER GAME. IF MORE ARE NEEDED THEN THE TEAMS MUST SUPPLY EQUALLY. TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO ARRANGE FOR BASEBALL PICKUP AT THE ABL HEADQUARTERS IN FALL RIVER, MA...

HOME TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT UMPIRES IN THE EVENT OF POSTPONEMENTS, DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. (SUBJ. TO CHANGE... WE'RE CONSIDERING BOTH TEAMS BEING RESPONSIBLE)

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE FIRST AID KITS AT THE GAMES.

OPENING SEASON DATE: SEPT. 9TH

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AUG. 27TH

TEAM INSURANCE IS AVAILABLE...

THE LEAGUE IS NOT LIABLE... INSURANCE SHOULD BE YOUR TEAM'S PRIORITY.

THANK YOU AND LET'S...

...PLAY BALL!

HERMAN BOMBACK

ABL COMMISSIONER

508 496 7371

SEND YOUR QUESTIONS TO: AUTUMNBASEBALLLEAGUE@LIVE.COM

"IF IT'S BASEBALL YOU WANT THEN THE BALL DROPS HERE,

THE AUTUMN BASEBALL LEAGUE."

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Attention: Over 20 (Adult Division) teams wanted for this NEW division. Register your team NOW.

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THE ABL, PROVIDING COMPETITIVE BASEBALL...

TAKING YOUR PLAYERS TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

TENNIS BALL SOFT HANDS DRILL: CLICK THIS LINK BELOW.

http://theseason.gc.com/baseball-tennis-ball-soft-hands-drill?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Season%20Newsletter%207.17.17%20-%20Baseball&utm_term=All-valid-optin-not-false

Who invented the baseball, and when?

The modern baseball is akin to its English predecessor, the Cricket ball - a small, hard, leather-covered ball with a solid cork center used for playing Cricket. American baseball came out of the game of rounders', which used a soft ball. Rules written in 1845 called for replacing rounders' soft ball with a smaller, hard ball.

The earliest baseballs were entirely handmade by players and local merchants. They featured a solid core wrapped in yarn or string and covered in a single four-sided piece of leather, stitched together to form "x". Since baseball's invention in 1839, and throughout the 1850s and 1860s, many changes have been made to the ball's core, wrappings, casing, stitching, size, and weight. In 1954, three New York baseball teams set the baseball's weight at up to 6 ounces, and its diameter up to 3-1/2 inches. The first baseball convention in 1957 decided upon a slightly larger baseball, one that would measure up to 10-1/4 inches in circumference, and weigh up to 6-1/4 ounces - a bit larger than today's 5-1/4-ounce baseball.

The first factory-made baseballs were produced by Harwood and Sons, in Mass., in 1858. The same company also made the first baseballs covered by two pieces of leather stitched together to form a figure-eight design. The ball's core construction continued to be improved on, and rules for that were created. A.G. Spalding patented the first cushioned wood core in the late nineteenth century.

2016 SCHEDULES AND STANDINGS

SCHEDULES & STANDINGS

"All base paths lead to the ABL!"

"IF IT'S BASEBALL YOU WANT THEN THE BALL DROPS HERE!"

the ABL...

"IT'S NOT JUST FALL BALL ANYMORE!"

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"The ABL is the stepping-stone

to the next level!"

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