Baseball Frequently Asked Questions:
1. when will the season start? Typically tryouts are held sometime
between the 1st and 3rd weekend of Jan. depending on weather.
Practices start immediatly afterwards and the games start by the 3rd
week of Jan. and the season typically starts around the first week of
Feb.
2. If my son has never played before will he play? Yes, Pasadena Lakes
Optimist has a must play rule for all its in house Baseball Players
coachs cannot sit a player due to his ability.
3. What is included in the Fee? Pasadena lakes Optimist provides a
uniform for the player excluding his cleats, Players are required to
have a glove ,Cleats and Bat.
4.When are the practices and games played? Typically there are 2 games
per week and Games are played monday thru saturday, games during the
week typically start at 6:30pm and end between 8pm and 8;30pm depending
on the division your son/daughter is playing in. On saturdays they
start at 10am and the last game is played usually starts at 4pm depends
on how many teams we play.
5. What park do they play/practice at? Games are played at our fields
at Pasadena Lakes which is on the corner of douglass road and sheridan
street and also at our park at walnut creek which is 1 block east of
university drive on taft street on the north side.
we also help Pembroke Pines Optimist, Driftwood Youth Sports, and
Hallandale Police Athhletic League with their programs, so we play a
small number of games at their facilities.
6.How do I sign up to become a coach? When you register your
son/daughter there is also an option to register yourself as a coach,
asst. coach, Team Parent etc., it is no cost so you can do it at the
same time when you are registering your son/daughter.
However, it does not garauntee you will get a team to coach that
decision is made by the commissioner prior to the tryouts and it
depends on various factors.