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TENTATIVE DATES & SEASON INFO 2025

Meridian PAL Baseball

Meridian PAL reserves the right to close registration prior to posted dates without advance notice. To secure your place on a roster it is recommended to register early.

Registration Fees
T-Ball-Coed (ages 3-4) $79
Coach Pitch-Coed (ages 5-6) $89
Prep Minor/A Ball-Coed (ages 7-8) $105
AA Ball-Coed (ages 9-10) $105
Late Registration Fee $40

Dates for 2025

2/02/25	Regular Registration Opens
4/04/25	Regular Registration Closes (refund deadline)
4/05/25	Late Registration Opens - $40 Late Fee
4/11/25	Late Registration Closes
4/26/25	Coach Meeting--Mandatory--Time TBA
	Rosters and Equipment Distributed Players will be contacted by their Coaches after this meeting
4/28/25	Practice may begin following coach meeting
5/20/25	Season Games Start - two games per week (All Games are played at Heritage Middle School)
	One game on either Tuesday or Thursday
	One game on Saturday
6/21/25	Regular Season Ends - T-Ball & Coach Pitch - turn in equipment
6/23/25 -6/28/25	Tournament Week - A & AA only

Baseball Player Equipment

EMAIL: [email protected]

Typical Baseball equipment or gear players need includes:
Glove/mitt
Protective cup (especially for catcher, pitcher, infielders)
Cleats or tennis shoes (no metal spikes)
Pants (typically white or gray, but color may be a team decision)
Socks
USA Bat (optional, PAL provides each team with a few bats)
Helmet (optional, PAL provides each team with a few helmets)

Meridian PAL provides each player a team jersey and hat.

MPAL Baseball Rules

Meridian PAL Baseball Rules Handbook

Coaches and players are responsible for knowing all of the rules in the handbook - no exceptions.

Age Divisions

Age Cut-Off Date
The age used to determine the age group of your player is their age as of May 1st of the current playing year.

T-Ball
Ages 3-4
This is an introduction to playing t-ball. The scheduled game time will be for introducing and coaching baseball basics like throwing, catching, and hitting the baseball off a tee while playing against another team.

Coach Pitch/T-Ball
Ages 5-6
This division introduces players to hitting a baseball pitched from the coach. If players cannot hit one of six balls thrown by the coach, they will hit from a tee.

Prep Minor/A Ball
Ages 7-8
This division is the introduction to player pitch baseball. When the player pitcher reaches the allotted amount of walks (3) or hit batters (2) for that inning, the offensive coach will pitch the remainder of the inning.

AA Ball
Ages 9-10
The AA division is a player pitch only division. See official rules for pitching guidelines.

Proof of Age: Meridian PAL reserves the right to require proof of age by birth certificate. Any player, parent, or coach violating Meridian PAL rules or code of conduct is subject to immediate dismissal from the league.

Buddy Requests
During the registration process, players can request to have one player on the same team. So, if you want to be placed on the same team as another player, please write their names down as “buddies” and make sure they will play in the same age group. We will do our best to honor these requests. Players registering late are less likely to have their requests honored.

Play-Up Requests
No play ups are allowed. Play downs are not allowed either.

Location of Games
All games are played at Heritage Middle School