Greenville Little League : Official Web Site

July 29, 2008

Greenville Little League Family:

I hope you all have had a great summer. This summer, members of your GLL Board have been busy working with civic leaders on plans that will greatly impact the future of our league. You may have heard that through cooperative efforts by the city, county, and Conestee Foundation, a plan has been approved that will transform the old Greenville Braves stadium and adjacent property into a fantastic baseball complex that we expect to become the new home of Greenville Little League. This will provide us the opportunity to grow our league, possibly adding programs such as girls’ softball and additional age levels in our baseball program. I hope to have more information to share with you on these plans in the coming months. In the meantime, we are preparing for another successful Fall Ball season, with games this year again being played at Timmons Park.

As most of you know, Fall Ball is an instructional season, with more attention being given to player development and less emphasis on winning and losing. It is a good time for the players to work on getting better and developing skills without worrying about the score. Our league has benefited greatly from the development of players in our fall program. Our All Star teams from the spring represented the league well in the district and state tournaments. We took home three district banners this spring. Many if not all of these players participated in fall ball at some point.

Registration is CLOSED - Deadline was Friday, August 29

All participation forms must be returned by mail with an August 29, 2008, post-mark date or earlier to be guaranteed a slot for Fall Ball.

Please put your application in the mail by this date. Playing previously in our league does not guarantee you a slot. The participation fee is $75.00, which includes a t-shirt and hat.

The teams will be selected by the Coaches during the week of September 1st and practices begin immediately thereafter. Games will begin in mid September, and continue through the first Saturday in November.

We always need more volunteers for helping with Little League. If you are interested in being a coach, team mom, field worker, etc., please let me know.

In addition, if you have friends that are your children’s ages at school or in the neighborhood, please tell them about our league and ask them to join us in the fall. We can only allow players within our boundaries or with prior special permission to play in the league during the spring season, but registration is open to anyone in the fall.

See you at Timmons Park.

Mike Cooter

GLL League President