Who:
Our selection process should be such that we elect a representative of our league and community that will represent well and the aforementioned in tournament play, both locally and out of town. This person needs to have demonstrated good baseball knowledge in order to put forth a best-effort approach to strategy within the expectations of tournament play, i.e. understand substitutions, player strengths, pitching rules and rotations, and basic strategy of the game. This person must be organized and communicate expectations to both parents and players, clearly and consistently throughout the experience. Prospective managers should be good with kids and parents as witnessed and supported by peers. This person, most of all, needs to at all times demonstrate leadership, poise, and a demeanor worthy of the charge to guide young boys and girls not only in the game of baseball but in the life lessons they are sure to encounter in the all-star experience. This includes behavior on and off the field while in the community at large during this role. Outbursts of anger, demeaning comments, or a lack of perspective regarding the most important thing -- our children-- will be cause for immediate dismissal. This process, should it be necessary, will commence with repeated complaints by parents, opposing coaches, or direct observations by EYB board members. The grievances will be reviewed and voted on by the board for quick resolution in an expeditious manner.

All-Star Player Selection
Any player in the respective age group that signs up for EYB is eligible, subject to Cal Ripken rules.  A player must complete 10-14 regular season games, or 50% of games due specifically to injury to be eligible.  This is not an entitlement program; just because your child was on an All-Star team in previous years does not guarantee him/her a spot in successive years.  Our league recognizes that although the decision of who to select is difficult at best, kids' abilities change year to year, while at the same time trying to put the best possible team on the field to compete on behalf of our league.  Coaching availability and player numbers permitting (12 players per team is our goal), it is possible more than one team per age division will be fielded for tournament play.  It is also possible that a certain age group will not be represented due to coaching or player restrictions.

Selection process
Phase 1: Tryout Invitation List
Our league is made up of volunteer coaches where some have basic knowledge of the game while others have intimate familiarity. That being the case, these are the folks who see the players on their teams and the other players in the league regularly. During the regular season play and before the all-star tryout day, the manager of each team in each division will submit names of players they believe should get an opportunity to try out for all-stars. The manager will submit names not only from their team but also names of kids in the same division whom, by observation, they believe a candidate to try out. The names of children submitted in this phase are the kids who will be invited to try out only, and it is not an implied selection of the final team. Remember that typical criteria used to develop the tryout list would include: if your child is still developing basic skills or struggling in the regular season games in key areas like throwing, catching, hitting, and fielding, they are not ready for tournament baseball. During this time, the managers or coaches of the respective divisions will then get together to discuss the invitation list and go over their respective rosters to identify any child who was perhaps missed in the first submissions. Once the choices are finalized by the coaches, these names will become the formal invitation list on the pre-assigned day. The managers will then be responsible for notifying the kids on their team who have made the tryout list as to when and what time the tryout day is.

Phase 2: Expectations and Commitments
Once the tryout day arrives, the first order of business is to present the "known and expected" tournaments the team will be playing along with all-star team expectations that will be handed out to both the parents and children who are candidates before commencing tryouts. We will publish the list of anticipated tournaments as soon as it is available, all the while being subject to change. If at the time of tryouts, an invited participant cannot commit to the tournament schedule as known at that time in its entirety, that individual will be asked to decline participation in the tryouts. Parents need to know that their time will be required in the post-season for things such as concessions, travel coordination, scoring, potential fundraising, and admissions for tournament play. Post-season baseball is fun,  intense, and a lot is asked of players and families in regard to time and commitment. It is our goal to select players through an objective and public process that will best represent Eastmont Youth Baseball in the 9, 10, 11, and 12-year-old categories for this particular year.

Phase 3