We hope this message finds everyone healthy and safe. Once again, for those within our MYBA family that are working in healthcare, we extend a very heartfelt thank you for all that you are doing to battle the current COVID-19 pandemic.
We first want to apologize for the delay, we have been working hard to bring baseball back to Morton for this summer, as you can imagine this has been an extremely fluid situation, as we have been working with the Park District to get clarification on the guidelines from the Governor’s office. After a lengthy delay, the youth sports guidelines were finally released this past weekend, and we have spent the past few days working through them with the Park District to create a safe environment for your children to practice and play baseball.
Below there is a link to our guidelines in line with the requirements from the youth sports guidelines for Phase 3 of the Governor’s re-opening plan.
MYBA Phase 3 Re-Opening Guidelines
Due to social distancing requirements, the Pinto (Tee-Ball) and Maverick (Coach-pitch) leagues will be delayed until mid-August. The MYBA Board decided it would be easiest to introduce baseball activities at a later date when guidelines are less restrictive for younger kids to participate. The Mustang, Bronco and Pony leagues can begin as early as next week. IF the Governor draws out his Phase 3 guidelines beyond late June, we will re-evaluate and update the start dates for the rest of the in-house leagues. Due to the Phase 3 guidelines, there will be no player evaluations or draft this year, instead teams will be assigned by the league reps with coach and board member input.
Moving forward, our Dugouts and bleachers are closed during Phase 3 per Park District Guidelines. Practices will be done with the kids in groups socially distanced apart from each other. We are asking that for ALL parents not coaching, please either stay in the parking lot or in a chair socially distanced from the field.
If you are not comfortable with your child playing this season, for whatever reason, or are unable to play this fall, we will support your decision and help process your refund. Below is a link to a google form that will need to be filled out to process your de-registration and refund. If you are comfortable donating a portion of your registration fee to MYBA, we would greatly appreciate your support. We are a self-funded, not-for-profit organization that relies on our fees to provide uniforms, equipment and field maintenance, so any donation would be a tax write off. If you do not notify us by June 5 of your intention to de-register, we will assume your child is playing baseball this summer and assign them to a team.
MYBA Refund Document
Practices will begin the week of June 1 for all travel teams, and no later than June 8 for in-house teams. If you have any questions or concerns, please use only email our President, Jason Vallar (jvallar9@gmail.com), or our Vice President, Josh Tarter (jrtarter@gmail.com), we are happy to help in any way.
We look forward to hopefully seeing you out at Westwood Park this summer for another season of Morton Youth Baseball.
Best Regards,
MYBA Board of Directors
