Congratulations to all our playoff teams and the winners:

Majors - Cardinals Champs, Nationals Runner-Up

AAA - Reds Champs, Red Sox Runner-Up

AA - Clemson Champs, Georgia Tech Runner-Up

AA Silver -

Follow all our All Star teams and the Special Games teams as they begin their journey on Monday, June 17. Click here for a complete listing of all their pool games. Come on to their games as they can always use our fan base at every game. 

Registration for the 2013 Fall Baseball season has begun. Slightly different from years past, we will run along league lines this coming fall as we do every spring. Player pitch players will all go into a "draft" pool at registration and then be allocated to teams based on prior experience. Registration is at: http://www.syasports.org/registration/index_E.html. FAQs and Fees can be viewed on the web site. Late fees begin July 16. Teams will be formed around August 1, Fall practices will begin around August 12, with games beginning right after Labor Day.

Several great supporters of SYA Little League are having summer baseball camps in the local area: Wildcat Baseball Camp and IMP Fitness Youth Baseball Camp.  We encourage your players to continue to improve and these great camps are one way to do so. As other camps are brought to us from supporters, we will include them here.

TrueAP has put together a great program available to SYA Baseball players and families of all ages for the summer on Performance Training over in Chantilly at the nZone. Please see the flyer for details. 

IMPORTANT: Please list syabaseball in the Promotion Code to get a 25% discount. This way it will ensure you will receive the discount and secure a donation back to SYA Little League from TrueAP!

These fun and progressive sport and athlete sessions are designed for any athlete who wants to improve his/her speed, agility, quickness, confidence and more! Visit http://trueap.com/chantilly for further details and to register. Hope you take advantage of this great deal for a great supporter of SYA Little League. 

It is that time of the year again as the Spring Baseball season wraps up, the SYA Baseball Board of Directors would like to solicit your feedback on the coaches from this season, including the travel coaches. This evaluation form provides valuable feedback to the league on its selection process as well as to the coaches on what they have done right and where they need to improve.

Please take a few minutes while this information is still fresh in your mind from the season to provide this feedback. We hope that you take this opportunity to be heard. This may be anonymous feedback, if you choose not to provide your name.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted an evaluation. The league will be reviewing these over the the coming weeks, months and providing feedback as necessary. For those who have yet to submit an evaluation, time still remains for your input into your SYA Baseball program.

Click here to go to the Coach Evaluation or follow the link on the left hand side of the screen.

SYA Baseball and IMP Fitness continue their relationship. As many of you know, our travel teams held their tryouts and winter workouts at IMP Fitness in addition to our Little League tryouts back in February. As part of this relationship, IMP Fitness continues to provide us and you these great opportunities:

Team practices – never cancel due to lack of field availability or poor weather!  Teams can practice for as little as $10/player/hour.  There is no charge to the head coach for his own player.

Individual/small group lessons - http://impfitness.com/sports.html; each player may have their first 30min baseball lesson/assessment FREE Fitness Center Annual Membership discounts – all baseball families can take advantage of a FREE week pass.  Get FOCUSED for only $25/month – enrollment fees waived.  Members enjoy discounts on training, classes & camps!

Classes for Youth, Teens and Adults – get 3 FREE sessions when you sign up for a 3 month program.  Up to $80 value.  Try it out for the first time no obligations!

Summer camps – enroll before May 15 and receive 10% off.  http://impfitness.com/camps.html

Contact Lisa Imperato (mrs.imp@impfitness.com) at IMP Fitness for details and more information.

The Virginia State Little League Association is working on getting a Little League license plate created to assist with the expenses associated with running the State Association. Before Virginia will create the plate, there has to be at least 450 commitments. How do you make this commitment? Click here for the form to make that commitment as well as Q&As on the subject. Check it out as Bob Sottile, our District 10 Administrator, is organizing this effort locally.

On Saturday April 27th, the SYA Little League Raptors (Coach Pitch) were the beneficiary of a surprise visit from their sponsor. Giant, along with PNC Bank, attended an afternoon game to cheer on the players and deliver a whole host of items including seat cushions, water bottles, bags, and baseballs. The Raptors players and parents thank Giant (Dax Shumate) and PNC Bank (JJ Reintsch) for their time and continued generosity to the SYA Baseball community. Click here to see the team photo.

SYA Little League has a great program set up with Glory Days Grill for the 2013 season. It’s called Dining for Dollars and it’s very simple. From March 1 through November 30th, Glory Days will contribute 10% of all total food purchases to SYA Little League (good at any Glory Days location). Simply ask your server for a copy of your guest check (not credit card receipt) and drop it in the marked boxes at either snack shack (LLV or CUB) once the season begins, or scan and email copies to bcolella@syabaseball.org. Every receipt counts as SYA Little League earned nearly $300 in 2012.

While we all recognize that parking at Cub Run can be tough to come by at times, we want to make sure that all our players and their families are safe when leaving their cars and making their way to the fields. It has come to our attention that there have been some number of incidents where cars are being parked illegally, often ignoring posted signs, making crossing streets/intersections very dangerous. This includes parking illegally in the school parking lots. Please heed all signage and consider the players, families, and the local residents in your choice for parking as there is always the school lot (other side of the building) - which is often less than half full. We expect the police to be patrolling this area more frequently because of complaints. Here is a general summary of Fairfax County parking regulations: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/parking_restrictions.htm. Please heed this warning as well as street posting. All these regulations apply to all our fields.

Looking to not spend hundreds on a new bat? Still trying to figure out what to do as your old bat is no longer legal or your player has outgrown their existing bat? SYA Little League is maintaining a listing of bats folks have for sale. Check out the Bats For Sale page for details and listings.

Check out the aritcle and pictures posted in a local paper and online about our Opening Day Cermony:

CentreView: http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2013/041013/Centreview%20South.pdf

Centreville Patch: http://centreville.patch.com/articles/pageantry-and-festivities-for-sya-opening-day#photo-13915796

Little League has updated all their information on bats for the upcoming 2013 season. Be sure to review for bats are legal as new penalities for illegal bats (automatic outs) are in place for the upcoming season.

http://www.littleleague.org/learn/equipment/baseballbatinfo.htm

Recent Announcements: TPX Dynasty

Here are some additional references on baseball bats:

Baseball America Bat Guide
http://paws.kettering.edu/~drussell/bats-new/compalum.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-is-a-Composite-Baseball-Bat?&id=1569771
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4351979