Minnesota Legion Baseball Director Randy Schaub sent a letter Thursday morning to legion managers and coaches informing them that the Minnesota State American Legion Baseball Board voted not to offer a fall season. The letter is below –
Dear Managers and Coaches
The Minnesota State American Legion Baseball Board had a virtual
meeting on August 12th, 2020 to discuss the possibility of having a 2020
Fall season and to discuss the upcoming 2021 baseball season. Brandon
Raymo had sent out a survey to team managers to get their feelings
about a fall season. After reviewing the survey, the Board voted to not
offer a fall season. The reasons for voting against a season centered
around availability of high school coaches to coach, players already
signed up to play fall baseball for club teams, and availability of ballparks
to host games. A big thank you to all of you who responded to the survey
and voiced your opinions. My goal is to always have an ear for coaches
and managers thoughts and opinions and to seriously consider them!
The Board went into a long discussion on what a 2021 Legion season
could look like. We are hoping to have a small group of directors meet
with representatives of the MSHSL to voice concerns and to work toward
a common goal. I want to inform you that unless there are unforeseen
circumstances that develop between now and next season, the
Minnesota American Legion will be sponsoring a baseball season and we
will have playoffs and state tournaments for all of the divisions! What
that season may look like could vary depending on local factors. We
realize that some of you may choose to sit out 2021, but we are hoping
you stay in the program! We have the number one Legion baseball
program in the country for registered teams and my hope is that next
June, we will still be number one!
Stay tuned! I will send out updates to you as we learn more and plan for
2021!
My best, Randy