2025 Spring Season General Information

HAPPY 14th ANNIVERSARY !
MENIFEE VALLEY UPPER DIVISION
SENIOR SOFTBALL

APRIL 11, 2011 – APRIL 11, 2025

Not Pictured: Palm Springs team and Hemet team

 

Congratulations to the 2025
Spring Season Championship Teams !!!

2025 MVUDSS Spring Season LEAGUE Champions

 

Photo
To Be Determined/Supplied

2025 MVUDSS Spring Season TOURNAMENT Champions

 

The next Board Meeting is scheduled for XXXday, XXX, 2025 at Archibald’s/Menifee, 12:00 pm.
Agenda items will include action items and the 2025 Fall Season.

The April 19, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes will be posted on the Board Minutes page.

Schedule (next games)

Week 17 – April 28, 2025

Time Durham Pawtucket
9:00 Jokers (B) vs. White On ! (D) Taylor Made Pools vs. Greyhounds (E)
10:30 * Greyhounds (E) vs. White On ! (D) * Rawlings (F) vs. Taylor Made Pools
12:00 Bella’s Bombers (A) vs. Red Zeppelin (C)

Home team is listed first.  * 2nd game of doubleheader (if applicable).

Keep in mind, the Schedule will change whenever there is a rainout/cancellation.
We will attempt to get the entire 12-game season and one-day tournament in, but this may necessitate scheduling doubleheaders and significant Schedule changes.

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The March 31 games moved to April 21 due to an In ‘n Out tournament on Mon, 3/31 and Tue, 4/1.
Games “originally” scheduled for April 21 have been moved to April 21, April 28, and May 5 as the 2nd game of a doubleheader.
Refer to the Spring 2025 Schedule of Games – REV. 2 on the Schedule & Standings page.

The January 27 rainout games slipped one week to Feb 3.  Games “originally” scheduled for Feb 3 have been moved to Feb 3, Feb 10, and Feb 24 as the 2nd game of a doubleheader.
Refer to the Spring 2025 Schedule of Games – REV. 1 on the Schedule & Standings page.

The Rosters, Schedule, Standings, Rules, and Player Finder files have been posted on their respective website pages.

Initial Schedule

A 12-game regular season will start on January 6, 2025 and will run through May 5, 2025, followed by a 1-day single-elimination tournament on May 12, 2025.
No games on MLK Day; fast pitch tournament. January 20, 2025.
There will be NO doubleheaders for each of the local teams in the initial schedule; however, this may change and/or the season may even be extended a week or two to make up games due to rainouts/cancellations.

Tournament Format (when less than 15 regular season games)

  • All teams will be seeded based on the SSUSA seeding criteria.
  • All teams will play an end-of-season 1-day single-elimination tournament.
  • Teams may pick up players from the league players, the waiting list, or the player pool.
  • The higher seed will have its choice of home or visitor.
  • Separate awards will be presented to the regular season and tournament champions.

Refer to the Rules-Spring 2025 file (Rule 22.) on the Rules & Policies page.

2025 SSUSA Rule Changes

Several rule changes/clarifications were approved by the SSUSA Rules Committee that occurred on December 4-6, 2024.  Effective as of December 6, 2024.  MVUDSS will review the following changes and determine if it will adopt them into its 2025 Spring and 2025 Fall Seasons:

§1.29 • BATTERS BOX AND §7.3 • BATTING POSITION “The batter must take an initial position with his back foot no further forward than a line defining the front edge of home plate. The batter will be called out if he hits the ball when the back foot is completely further forward than the line defining the front edge of home plate. NOTE: All other illegally batted ball infractions regarding the side and rear lines of the batter’s box, along with stepping on home plate, remain in effect.”
• PASSED: 5-1-4  Not adopted by MVUDSS.

§3.4(4) • ALTERED EQUIPMENT – Proposal to ban the use of bat warmers was presented, adopting the USA Softball rule that states: “[T]he characteristics of any approved equipment cannot be unnaturally changed. Examples include icing, cooling, or heating of any equipment. In addition, approved bats shall not be rolled, shaved or modified to change their characteristics from that produced by the manufacturer. Warming devices for bats are not approved.”
• PASSED: 9-1-0  Not adopted by MVUDSS.

Rules & Policies Additions / Changes

The following league rules were added/clarified/modified for the 2025 Spring and Fall Seasons:

  • Rule 8.c. Pickup Players for Tournament Play
    A missing full-time local player rated a 1, 2, or 3 cannot be replaced by a “pickup player” with a higher draft “number” (1-72) than the missing player.
    There will be no change in picking up players for missing players rated 4, 5, or 6.
  • Rule 21. Pitching Screen – clarification

The following policy was added for the 2025 Spring and Fall Seasons:

League Fees

$65/player league fee for the 2025 Spring Season.  Due on opening day.
Payable to Steve Baranick (not MVUDSS).

 

Pitching Screens

The Monday league board of directors has unanimously agreed that pitching screens are to be used only for Monday league games, batting practices, and other league-sanctioned events.
They are not to be used for any other purpose.

Batting Practice

* We will be having batting practices at Wheatfield and Lago Vista Parks.
* NO 9:00 am Wednesday BPs at BLD/Perris.
* NO pre-game BPs on empty fields; only on area behind Anaheim Stadium.