- 7-8 year olds
This is also an instructional division with the emphasis on having fun while learning basic baseball skills. There are usually 13 players per team and a special pitching machine is used for consistency. Games have 5 innings. An inning ends when either three outs have been recorded or 5 runs scored (except the last inning, which has unlimited runs). All players are rotated through the infield and outfield positions, and all players bat through the order.
The season begins in late April and all games are played at the Minor B diamond at Balaclava Park (31st Avenue and Balaclava) in the early evening or on the weekend. There is usually 1 practice and 2 games per week. Team equipment, shirts and caps are provided, but players must have their own baseball glove (their own batting helmet and a protective cup is highly encouraged). There is an organized warm-up session before each game. Parents take turns as scorekeeper. In Minor B, coaches and parents learn that the trained teenage home plate umpire (provided by the league for most games) is always right!
Key Minor B Documents
Here are the Minor B Rules PDF Minor B rules
Here is the pre-game warm-up structure Minor B pre-game Drills Format
Here is the Pre-game field layout. Minor B Drills drawing
Here is the Practice Schedule. Practice Schedule
Game day Fielding Positions Template Minor A and B Field Positions Template JM2012