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| POPS Philosophy: To provide a safe, friendly, and fun environment to play competitive softball, for all levels of play. |
 Spring Sunday. May17th 3:00PM Temporarily Postponed
* If there is a chance of rain... Check back to this site at around 4-5pm. POPS is not informed a decision by every field until 4-5pm. If no updates are given after 5pm- Contact your manager, as they will be the 1st to be informed once the parks make decisions about the fields.
TBD = To Be Determined by the Parks. We have NO control over the availability of any field. This also means go to the park, if not updated by 6pm or later. The decision to play the game will be made at the field. ______________________________________________ Which Fields, What Days, What Times? Below is a list of fields we play on with the times of games on those fields. Note that adjustments to days/times may be made on occasion during the season.
| Interested in "Joining POPS" as a player or as a whole team? Click here to find out more about POPS. ---------------------------------------------------- For 2020 - 1) ALL games will continue to be 9 innings 2) Legal BATS will only be ASA/USA Stamped bats. The ASA /USA list of bats NOT allowed - Illegal bats will be continued. See Rules & Bat list above. 3) Playoffs will continue to be "double elimination" for all teams. 4) The POPS end of the year dinner was eliminated to keep costs down. 5) There will only be ONE All- Star game with one player per team from the 40+ and 50+ teams combining to play one game. 6) There are NO definitive divisions in any league. We are starting the season with basic divisions but each is subjective to change based on results. 7) *Turf Fields are NOW ours. Look at the "Field Status" to the left for updated TURF fields. * NEW Players or Teams "looking to join" POPS Softball for 2020 contact the commish at: commish@popsoftball.com "Scholarships & Families in Need". Thanks to your donations POPS will distribute over $2,500 in Scholarships to kids graduating local high schools. In addition to families around the Thanksgiving Holidays. Your donations allow us to continue to help out local our communities. |  Commish Corner UPDATED 5/17/2020 UPDATES- As the reduction of the Corona virus continues in NY, it's time to consider the possibility of a renewed timeline for starting POPS Softball. We still have not gotten approval from our Governor to open up the fields. Consequently as of today, we do not have field permits. If we as a society continue social distancing, washing hands and then if POPS implements other safety precautions, there is still a possibility we could see POPS starting sometime in July or August. We could then run a full season until October. On the other hand, many of you have asked and to be fair- there is a chance no games will be played this year. The safety of our players is what POPS has always adhered to. If we do get approval to start and we have enough teams, I as a physician for over 35 years and the POPS board will insist POPS install some precautions to protect our players. I hope and pray we can get us all on a field to start a normal life and get back to enjoying ourselves once again. I know based on the many emails I have received, many men need POPS Softball more than ever before. * Please note- NO checks have or will be cashed unless the season starts. Spread the word, stay tuned, stay safe...Commish ___________________________________________________ Starting in 2021, the POPS Combine League. This will be POPS Softballs highest skilled league. A mixture of half the team made up of players under 40 and half over 40. OR a whole team of the top skilled level 40+ players. Stay tuned- More to come. A CREDIT will be determined for each team that did not play their allocated number of games in the regular season. That credit will be distributed to each manager for 2020 to only be given to returning players from 2019. Congratulations to the POPS Fall Ball Champions: 40/50 League- Saglembeni/ Kovitz 55/60 League- Toor Father / Son - Everyone Congratulations to the Champions of POPS Softball 2019 40+ American Division - Team Hughes 40+ National Division- Team Realmutto 40+ Central Division- Team Saglembeni 50+ American Division- Team DJ Marizita 50+ National Division- Team Verrico 50+ Central Division- Team Smith 60+ American Division- Team Pastuch 60+ National Division - Team McCready POPS Scholarships 2019: Congratulations to the following POPS Scholarship Recipients: POPS Scholarships are awarded to kids who Dads play in POPS Softball. The candidate must be a graduating HS Senior who will be attending a college in the fall of 2019. 2019 Recipients
Paul Lastella Ronnie Gies Memorial |