Greetings Flint players!
Thank you for your patience as we get our new league underway. After surveying our players, we have found that the strongest majority of players can play on Tuesday evenings. As such, we will be moving forward with a Tuesday Mixed League and hope to one day return to Thursdays once we pick up interest.
If You are a Thursday Player
Please reply to this email to confirm that you will be able to play on Tuesdays, and we will automatically transfer your registration. If you cannot play, please let us know and we will initiate the refund process.
For Tuesday Players / Those Continuing Forward
We will move forward with a Micro League to get play underway and get the fields rocking and rolling. Rather than 8 weeks, we will do a 5-week shortened season with week 5 serving as a playoff tournament. To accomplish this, a couple things will happen:
- The price for this season will be reduced from $95 to $55
- Teams will still play two games per week, and will still receive custom jerseys
- All players who already paid will receive a 50% League Joe credit that will apply to the following season if they choose to play in Season 2. If they prefer to not continue on, they will get refunded for their credit at the end of Season 1.
- Start of play will be moved back to Tuesday, May 21 to give us time to promote the new program, and new price point
- But we will start play on Tuesday, May 14 with an Open Play Session! There is no additional charge to play, and the open play session will be an opportunity for newer players to get a chance to get some practice in before league begins. For players curious but not ready to commit, we will invite them to Open Play and hope they decide to join us!
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How Open Play Works
Our Open Play is a free add-on week where players are welcome to come out in a casual, friendly environment. Depending on the number of participants, we will either break up into pick-up games or we will use the fields for basic hitting and fielding drills to get everyone warmed up. If you are uncertain about committing to the full season of play, or new to softball/haven’t played in a while, join us for Open Play and get a sense of the league (and your own skill level) before the draft!
When Will Teams Be Drafted?
We will aim to do a draft party on Monday, May 20 - the day before play begin. We will have an exact location for you soon! All players are welcome to come and hang out for the Draft and find out where they will be playing.
Thank you for your patience as we expand to Flint. We can’t wait to see you on the field soon!