First off, “Thank You” for your interest here in checking out an exciting new opportunity for those wanting to play Little League Baseball in Richmond. Our goal here is to try to answer every question or concern you may have prior to registering your child anywhere for the 2019 or 2020 Season.
- “What’s the difference between Richmond Little League and Richmond City Baseball”.
There’s definitely a number of differences between the two….Richmond Little League is affiliated directly with the Province’s Provincial Sport Organization (Baseball BC), while as of March 12th / 2019, Richmond City Baseball belongs to B.C. Minor Baseball (also known as BC Baseball)…. NOTE: This does get confusing for participants – and as shown in the RCB YouTube video – even for their own existing players, coaches and Executive.
Besides that, LL has some different rules to play by, some direct opportunities to play in Western and National Championships are different, their participant costs are definitely different, (see below), and of course, being able to play in the WORLD RENOWNED Little League World Series would be different… Those are just a few differences…Perhaps one of the MAJOR differences though at the present time – even when measured against other B.C. Minor associations – is Richmond Little League players and many other BC Minor associations have a wide berth of opportunities to play various opponents and enter tournaments, whereas because of the current RCBA’s Executive’s current affiliation to BC Minor Baseball, Richmond City Baseball participants are limited in their opportunities to “play as they please”…. That could change after the 2018 RCBA AGM where a strong message was sent that the RCBA President was acting like a buffoon.
If you’d like any further questions answered on that – besides those further answered below in question #5 – please feel free to contact serj@thedugoutclub.ca and I’ll do my best to explain the difference to the best of my knowledge.
2. “What’s the cost to play”?
That’s to be reviewed by the new board of “Richmond Little League” each year, but the plan is to keep it substantially lower than what has historically been offered by others for “Community Baseball”, done partially by capitalizing on one of the world’s biggest “brand names”
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