Along with your payment

Required Team Forms:

Please fill out the forms 1 thru 7 below and mail to:
CASV P.O

1). Medication Form for players
2). Medical Form for players
3). CASV Release Form for all Participants
4). Parental Authorization and Consent Form
5). Coach's Resume

·         6). Coach and Umpire Apparel Form

·         7). Player Apparel Form

Our skills information below will assist you and your team in The Cooperstown Experience.

• Skills Competition on Saturday

All Registration Forms are created in Adobe Acrobat. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
If you do not have it installed, please click here.

Coach Package

Our Coach package includes:

Five days and six nights stay, three meals a day, a Cooperstown All-Star Village baseball fitted cap, Two Cooperstown All-Star Village polo shirts, a Cooperstown Hall of Fame Ring, tickets to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Your team will play seven competitive games (weather permitting). As part of your players/coaches package we include laundry service for the players/coaches uniforms only! For Players that would be home and away jersey, pants and socks only. For Coaches we launder home and away polo shirts and shorts only. For an additional ten dollars the laundry service for the players includes: underwear, athletic supporters, under armor, t-shirts, team jersey's, sliding shorts for your weeks stay! For the Coaches the additional laundry service is also ten dollars which includes underwear, athletic supporters, under armor, t-shirts, team jersey's, baseball pants, polo shirts, windbreaker jackets. Sign up for the additional laundry service on Saturday arrival day!

NOTE: We are not responsible for any personal items brought to the CASV property. Outside coolers with drinks and food are not permitted in the Village!

Information for Coaches — Baseball Rules

Field dimensions are 50-foot pitching distance, 70-foot base paths, 8-foot-high fences and 200 foot fences. In addition to our regulation fields we have two Green Monsters, which have a
12-foot-high Green Monster! Hit one over the Green Monster
for a home run and the player receives a Green Monster T-shirt! This player will be registered as a Monster Hitter in our Cooperstown Youth Baseball Hall of Fame. This coveted T-Shirt is given only to players who clear the Green Monster!

Field dimensions are 47-foot pitching distance and 70-foot bases and 8-foot-high fences for 10u age group. They also get a chance to play on the Green Monster fields. Players must be 12u and not turn 13 before May 1. All games will be six innings, with a 10-run mercy rule after four innings. Base runners will be allowed to lead off. The use of all tobacco products is prohibited. All games will have a 2-hour time limit, a new inning shall not be started 5 minutes before 2-hour time limit is up.

Starters may RE-ENTER the same offensive spot once. Substitutes may not re-enter the game once they have been removed.

BALKS will be called following Major League Rules. There will be one warning per pitcher per game. The warning will be an immediate dead ball. All balks called after the warning will be delayed dead balls.

DESIGNATED HITTER:

1.       1. A designated hitter must be declared prior to the start of the game.

2.       2. A hitter may be designated to hit for any player and all subsequent status of that player(s) in the game.

3.       3. Pinch hitters may be used for the designated hitter. Any substitute for the designated hitter will then become the designated hitter.

4.       4. If the designated hitter is to assume a defensive spot, the designated hitter must take the place of the player for which he was designated to hit for. The designated hitter’s role shall be terminated for the remainder of the game.

5.       5. No one player in a game can assume more than one offensive position.

An EXTRA HITTER must be declared prior to the start of the game. The extra hitter MUST hit in the TENTH POSITION and CANNOT enter the game defensively to play a position during the entire game. Only one player per team per game may be the extra hitter.

A COURTESY RUNNER can be used for the pitcher and catcher only, and may only run for one player per inning. You must use a player not in the current lineup. If all players are in the lineup, the player with the last recorded out will be used.

A player MUST SLIDE or attempt to avoid contact on all close plays.

HEAD-FIRST SLIDING is permitted only into first, second or third base. If a player slides head first into home plate, they will be called out. Only the Head Coach has the right to place a PROTEST. At any time, a director can be called to a field for a rules interpretation, which does not include calls made by the umpire. In order to place a protest, play must be stopped and the director called before the next pitch. If the protest involves the last play of the game, the appeal must be made before the umpires and director leaves the field.

GROUND RULES:

Teams may begin pre-practice game warm-ups 15 minutes prior to practice game time in the outfield. Team equipment must remain inside the dugouts while the ball is in play. All areas within the walls of the fields are in play except for the dugouts and spectator areas. Pitchers must warm up outside of the field. In the case were a game is forced into a rain delay by the umpire, teams are to remain in their designated dugout until notified by a Cooperstown All-Star Director.

DRESS CODE:

Coaches must wear their CASV coach's shirt and CASV hat during all games.
Players must wear only CASV uniforms and they must be tucked in at all times during games.
Players must have plain white baseball pants. No metal spikes. No jewelry.

CASV EXPECTS SPORTSMANSHIP:

Promote good sportsmanship both on and off the field. Coaches, please remind your players to respect the upkeep and beauty of the baseball fields. Please ask players to replace all divots made on the field. No banging on dugouts, use of noise devices or negative chants will be allowed. Should any player or coach take part in any fighting, those individuals shall be ejected from the tournament immediately. Should any member of the team subsequently become involved in a second incident of fighting, the entire team shall be ejected from the tournament. Any player ejected from a game will be suspended from two consecutive games. Any coach ejected from a game will be removed from the premises for the remainder of the tournament and may not return as a spectator.

PRE-GAME TEAM INFORMATION:

Teams must be at their assigned field ready to play thirty minutes before game time. Coaches will receive their schedule for games during registration. The home and away positions will be predetermined. The home team will occupy the first base dugout. Batting practice must be held inside the batting cages. All coaches must abide by batting cage/practice field schedules.

 6:15 p.m.  4:00 p.m.   1:30 p.m.   11:00 a.m.  8:30 a.m.

NOTICE FOR ALL TEAMS:

All teams must supply helmets, practice baseballs, bats, catching gear, pants and safety equipment. Players may use any length/weight metal bat provided the diameter DOES NOT exceed 2 3⁄4 inches. It is required that every player wears a double earflap protective helmet while batting, on deck, in the coach’s boxes and running bases. NO wooden bats.

Maps & Directions to CASV

We are located in the greater Cooperstown area. Here is our physical location.

From Binghamton: Head north on Interstate 88 to Exit 13. Turn left on Route 205 and head 1.4 miles to Route 23. Continue three-tenths of a mile on Route 23 to 4158 Route 23, on the left.
Total distance: 60 miles.

From Albany: Head west on Interstate 90 to Exit 25A (tolls apply). Head south on Interstate 88 to Exit 13. Turn right and head 1.4 miles to Route 23. Continue three-tenths of a mile on Route 23 to 4158 Route 23, on the left.
Total distance: 85 miles.

From Syracuse: Heath south on Interstate 81 to 88 take 88 east to exit 13 ramp off on the right and take a left at the top of the ramp stay straight on route 205 north for about 2 miles and we are on the left.
Total distance: 123 miles about 2 hours

The Players' Bunkhouses

During your stay at Cooperstown Player Village, players bunk with their teams in the fully air-conditioned bunkhouses. Each team room is equipped with a flat-screen television, access to vending machines and, right outside, an in-ground pool shaped like a catcher’s mitt heated to a comfortable 85 degrees.

The Player Village is staffed around the clock for safety and security of players.

As part of your players/coaches package we include laundry service for the players/coaches uniforms only! For Players that would be home and away jersey, pants and socks only. For Coaches we launder home and away polo shirts and shorts only.
All personal items can be laundered for eight dollars for your weeks stay! To sign up for the additional laundry service you will do that on Saturday arrival day.

Safety/Security

Your child’s safety is your to concern. It’s our top concern, too. We maintain 24-hour security of the facility. And we have a fully-stocked infirmary, with trained and experienced emergency medical technicians to attend to any injury, illness or accident that may happen.

Your stay is meant to be fun. We’ll keep it that way.

Playing At The Cooperstown All-Star Village?
Don't Forget Your Trading Pins!

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