T-Ball
Eligible birth dates: 9/1/2017 – 8/31/2018
Game Play: Year one (pre-K) will focus on a typical t-ball experience. Players hit a safety ball off of an adjustable batting tee. No score is kept. Basic game rules are taught and players are rotated among the different fielding positions. The full batting order will bat in a half inning. Typically, outs are not recorded; base runners do not advance on overthrows.
T-Ball typically practices for a short period of time, 20-30 minutes, prior to the start of games. Coaches are then allowed to remain on the field to coach and instruct during games. Due to the age and attention span of children, parents are asked to help monitor the kids while at bat, on the bench, or in the field.
Schedule: Play begins in late-April and approximately 10-12 games are scheduled for each team. The T-ball division generally plays its games at Waiola Park, and the commitment usually involves one week night (5:30pm start) and one weekend game. A practice or two may be scheduled, but it's generally a two-day-per-week commitment. The season will end mid-June, and players are invited to participate in the league's closing ceremonies held on June 25, 2021.
Open to all La Grange residents. Non-La Grange residents must attend a school within La Grange to be eligible or not have a similar program within their own town.