Folks, hope everyone is staying safe during these unprecedented times.

I wanted to just send out a quick email about Spring and Summer NEBAS.

First off, we are very proud and happy to announce that EMERSON BASEBALL will be the host of SUMMER NEBAS 2021. Emerson will be sending out information in late February for the summer season which will start tentatively on Monday, June 14th.

Spring NEBAS registration is open NOW for anyone wishing to MAIL IN payments. We are in the midst of setting up a platform on the NEBAS site that will accept credit card payments for fees (available mid-February). Regardless of whether you are paying by check or credit card, we NEED the TOWN COMMITMENT FORM to be emailed back in Excel as we use the information on the form to set up the season for grouping similar level teams, scheduling, and coaches contact lists. The Town Commitment Form can be found under Documents.

Here is some quick info on SPRING NEBAS.

REGISTRATION FEE & DEADLINE
Registration fee is $125.

Deadline for registration is Friday, March 19th.

Check payments – Mail checks (payable to Closter Recreation) to: Closter Recreation, Po Box 143, Closter NJ 07624
Credit card payments – available on the NEBAS website in mid-February.

SCHEDULE
The league is set up for games to be played ON Sundays unless both teams agree amicably to move the game to another day. The season will consist of 8 regular season games played on Sundays starting on Sunday, April 11th. With Easter on Sunday April 4th, starting Spring NEBAS on Sunday March 28th involves way too much risk with bad weather and it is usually too damn cold to be playing baseball!!!

The season’s schedule will contain challenges as we recognize that the first weeks of games in April might coincide with some schools being off, and the last week of the season will be Sunday, May 30th, which is Memorial Day Weekend. We will work around both of these issues but there will be games SCHEDULED to be played on both weeks (we expect both weeks games might need to be moved and made up
at another date/time).

Game times on the schedule will ALL be posted on the website as TBA on Sundays and home teams will be responsible for scheduling the actual game time with their opponents.

Playoffs for the top four teams in each division will be on Sunday June 6th and 13th. Top two teams get individual and team trophies.

LEVELS
We will be offering the following levels:

• 8u coach pitch
• 8u kids pitch
• 9u
• 10u
• 11u
• 12u
• 13u
• 14u

All 8u-12u levels are played on 46×60 fields, no 50×70 levels in the spring or summer.
Historically, we do NOT have enough teams to offer 9/10u intermediate or 11/12u intermediate, so any combination level teams would be placed at the higher level, IE, you enter a team of 11 and 12u players, they would play in the 12u level.

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY – AGE LIMITS
Please see Player Eligibility tab.

UMPIRES
Each team will have 4 home and 4 away games. The home team will supply and pay for umpires for their home games. For the spring, we recommend one umpire for 8u kids pitch-12u and 2 umpires for 13u and 14u.

The NEBAS board will send umpires to the semi-final and final playoff games, but both teams will split the fees for the umpire on the field.

RULES
Rules for SPRING NEBAS will be posted in early March for everyone’s review. There will not be a pre-season meeting, but everyone will receive all information via email prior to the season.

Any questions, please send me an email. PLEASE feel free to share this email with other towns AND if you are not the travel baseball contact person any more. PLEASE send this to them but let me know who has replaced you in this capacity.

Thank you,
Jim O
jjotto98@aol.com
cell 201-674-3413

The NEBAS Fall League will start on Sunday, Sept 13th and continue through Sunday, November 1st. 8 game regular season. The NEBAS league is a SUNDAY only league. Due to the uncertainty with many fall sports programs, we are OPEN to flexibility of moving games to be played during the week IF BOTH TEAMS are willing and able.

PLAYOFFS: First round playoffs start Sunday, November 8th. Top four teams qualify for playoffs. Seed 1 vs Seed 4 and Seed 2 vs Seed 3 will play. Other teams that don’t qualify can play each other this week IF THEY WISH for added games.
Winners of this first round of playoffs play on Sunday, November 15th for the Championship. Top two teams get individual and team trophies.

ROSTER SUBMISSION
Coaches and Town Contacts please get your rosters in by Weds 9/9 so that a MASTER COACHES Contact sheet can be created and coaches will be emailed the schedules. Schedules can also be found on the site.

FREE AGENT PLAYERS are needed for many teams. PLEASE check with kids in your town and have them sign up as free agent in the tab on this site to be placed with another town’s team.

UMPIRES
Every team has four home and four away games. Home teams are responsible for lining up umpires and paying them for the regular season games. Teams that do NOT have a home field, must still errand the umpires, and pay the umpires for these “HOME GAMES” even if they are at their opponents’ fields.

For the Playoffs, the NEBAS board will send the umpires, but both teams will split the fees on the field for the umpires throughout the playoffs.

SUBMISSION OF SCORES AND PITCHERS USED
Winning team is responsible for reporting the scores within 24 hours. Use the link in the “REPORT GAME RESULTS” section on the right hand side of the home page to complete this task. Town coordinators, please ensure this is completed by your managers after all games. Along with the score, the winning teams need to report the pitchers for BOTH teams (teams might be playing two to three games (make ups) during the week. Pitchers last names and innings pitched are required for BOTH teams.

RESCHEDULING GAMES
Should games need to be rescheduled, use the link “REPORT RESCHEDULED GAMES”, so that the website schedule can be updated accordingly. For 9U American, 10U, 12U, and 14U with BYE games, the game schedules are on the site temporarily as 11/1. These games must be completed by 11/1. Home teams with BYE games, please report new date via “REPORT RESCHEDULED GAMES”

SAFETY PROTOCOL
Please communicate local Covid-19 policies with your opponents at least 24 hours prior to game time so that all teams have a clear understanding of what to expect at your fields. All visiting teams are responsible to respect and comply with local safety protocols. No matter where you are, please adhere to social distancing protocol for players, coaches and spectators, as well as wearing masks and using hand sanitizer often and properly.

Jim Oettinger
jjotto98@aol.com
cell 201-674-3413

The NEBAS Fall League will start on Sunday, Sept 13th and continue through Sunday, November 1st. 8 game regular season. Top four teams will make the playoffs on November 8 and November 15th. Town and team trophies will be awarded to the top two teams.

The NEBAS league is a SUNDAY only league. Due to the uncertainty with many fall sports programs, we are OPEN to flexibility of moving games to be played during the week IF BOTH TEAMS are willing and able.

PLAYOFFS: First round playoffs start Sunday, November 8th. Top four teams qualify for playoffs. Seed 1 vs Seed 4 and Seed 2 vs Seed 3 will play. Other teams that don’t qualify can play each other this week IF THEY WISH for added games.
Winners of this first round of playoffs play on Sunday, November 15th for the Championship. Top two teams get individual and team trophies.

URGENT: REGISTER YOUR TEAMS CORRECTLY. The league level that you are entering your teams is based upon NEXT YEAR’S age cutoffs.
Summer 10u teams, become FALL 11u teams.
Summer 12u teams, become Fall 13u 50×70 teams
We are offering 50×70 ONLY for Summer 12u, Fall 13u teams.

Town Commitment and Roster Forms are available on the right, under “2020 Fall NEBAS Forms”. Please send in the Town Commitment Form and league fee of $120 no later than Wednesday, Sept 2nd. PLEASE email the town commitment form asap to jjotto98@aol.com and mail it again with the fee to Closter Recreation P.O. Box 143, Closter, NJ 07624. League fee is payable to Closter Recreation.

We will be following the Williamsport age cut offs. Here are the age requirements:

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY – Age Limits
15U – Age must be 15 or under with no player turning 16 before May 1, 2021
14U – Age must be 14 or under with no player turning 15 before Sept 1, 2021
13U – Age must be 13 or under with no player turning 14 before Sept 1, 2021
12U – Age must be 12 or under with no player turning 13 before Sept 1, 2021
11U – Age must be 11 or under with no player turning 12 before Sept 1, 2021
10U – Age must be 10 or under with no player turning 11 before Sept 1, 2021
9U – Age must be 9 or under with no player turning 10 before Sept 1, 2021
8U – Age must be 8 or under with no player turning 9 before Sept 1, 2021

The home team is responsible for lining up the umpires for their home games. One (1) umpire for 8u~12u games. Two (2) umpires for 13 u and 14u games. The umpire fees are split between both teams and umpires should be paid on the field. If any town needs to pay the umpire by voucher etc., please review this with the umpire assignors that you choose. This should NOT be a problem. The list of umpire assignors is available Nebas website.

Game times on the website will ALL be listed as TBA on Sundays and home teams will be responsible for scheduling the actual game time with their opponents.

Game results and standings will be updated weekly. This website can ONLY be as good as the information provided, so managers of winning teams, please send in game results immediately. Click on the “Report SCORES” tab and follow the link to submit scores. If games were not played and need to be rescheduled, click on the “Report Unplayed/Rescheduled Games” tab to submit.

Towns will need to follow Covid 19 health safety protocols and sign and agree to a league Covid 19 waiver.

Please check back often for updates.

Any questions, please email Jim Oettinger @ jjotto98@aol.com.

Congratulations to our Champions!

14U - Park Ridge

12U – Emerson

11U East – Cresskill

11U West – Saddle Brook

10U East – River Edge

10U West – Hasbrouck Heights

9U East – NV Norsemen

9U West – Westwood

8U East – NV Norsemen

Good morning everyone! Thanks to all of our Town Coordinators and coaching staffs for their cooperation to get this 2020 summer travel season underway. This year in particular, all of our efforts as volunteers should be commended given the short time frame to get everything organized. After some weather delays, it was pure joy to see some baseball being played last night!

That being said, some important reminders:

Submission of scores and pitchers used: This must be completed within 3 hours of the end of the game. Use the link in the “REPORT GAME RESULTS” section on the right hand side of the home page to complete this task. Town coordinators, please ensure this is completed by your managers after all games.

Local safety protocol: Please communicate local Covid-19 policies with your opponents at least 24 hours prior to game time so that all teams have a clear understanding of what to expect at your fields. All visiting teams are responsible to respect and comply with local safety protocols. No matter where you are, please adhere to social distancing protocol for players, coaches and spectators, as well as wearing masks and using hand sanitizer often and properly.

Roster submissions: Roster updates will be sent to all team managers today, so please review them and report back any errors as soon as possible.

Our summer rules are posted, so please review them prior to play:
http://www.nebasleague.com/organizations/4054/documents/530143

As always, if you have any questions, please email your division commissioner. Their email addresses can be found on the Commissioner tab on the home page.

Thanks and have a great day!