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SPRING Connie Mack UPDATE - COVID-19

Published by Karl Janetka
Apr 02, 2020
On the evening of April 1, the BuxMont Connie Mack Board made the official decision to cancel the Spring Connie Mack season due to the COVID-19 restrictions.  The hope was to potentially play an abbreviated Spring Season but with the new emergency declaration extension to April 30, its just not feasible.  This is not totally unexpected, and we know this is disappointing news for the players signed up to play this spring.........but a glimmer of hope is that we are still working toward playing a full summer season.  Summer Connie Mack normally starts playing games in late May....and this seasons start date is still up in the air but we are cautiously optimistic there will be baseball to look forward to in 2020.  We will hold evaluations for the summer teams as early as possible so that teams can start practicing....hopefully in May (evaluation dates TBD........see below for additional info).  
 
PLAYERS WHO SIGNED UP FOR SPRING BASEBALL
Players who signed up to play Spring AND Summer Connie Mack -- You will receive a full $100 refund of your Spring registration fee.
Players who signed up to play Spring ONLY Connie Mack - You will receive a full $100 refund of your Spring registration fee.

NOTE: Thank you for your patience and understanding in allowing us adequate time to process all the refunds!

We encourage those players who registered for Spring ONLY to consider registering for the Summer season if you have not already done so.  We are still looking to add more players and teams.

Lastly..........Harleysville Baseball & Connie Mack have been and always will be committed to our community.  Regardless of the Spring league cancellation, Harleysville Baseball still must pay rental cost for the fields, player insurance, equipment,etc. that are sunk costs (i.e. we as a league will not be refunded). We are prepared to pay these costs so we can support our community and we also realize many families in the community are in need of money at this time - which is why we decided to issue a full refund of $100.  But if you are in any way in a position to help out the league by donating your Spring registration fee or even a portion thereof, please email us at one of the emails noted at the bottom of this notice.  As always, your support of Harleysville Baseball and Connie Mack is greatly appreciated!
 
FOR PLAYERS WHO SIGNED UP FOR SUMMER BASEBALL

As mentioned above, as of now, the plan is for the Summer season to take place as scheduled. For the Summer teams, there is an player evaluation process held so that we may place the players on the teams that best suit their skill level.  Every player that signs up is placed on a team...A, B1, B, C1 or C levels.  For more information on the summer season and teams, go to:
 
Summer Coaches:
A -- Ed Valentine, Karl Janetka & Dana Luscombe
B1 - Jude Sweeney
C1 - Mike Fornwall
B - Ed Dalpe

Once we have a final registration list we will likely be adding a 2nd B team or a C team.  
 
Our original tryout dates of April 18th and April 25th are now cancelled and the new tryout dates will be announced in a few weeks.  
 
If your son wants to play Summer Connie Mack this season, we need all players to register ASAP.  We already had to pay & register our Summer teams with Bux-Mont but we still have a little time to add teams for the summer.  The deadline to add teams is likely over by mid April.  
 
If you have additional questions, please contact Ed Valentine or Karl Janetka at the email addresses noted below.

In the meantime, everybody stay healthy and safe and let's hope the impact to our baseball season is as minimal as possible - and stay tuned for more information as we get it from the league.

Karl Janetka, Ed Dalpe, Ed Valentine..................your Connie Mack Commissioners
 
Ed Dalpe -- [email protected]
Karl Janetka -- [email protected]
Ed Valentine -- [email protected]