THIS SATURDAY! 

This year's Out at the Park event, co-sponsored by AFCSL and SD Pride, will be on Saturday, May 19!  The 7:05 game will pit our own San Diego Padres against the American League's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, with superstar slugger and 3-time National League MVP Albert Pujols in tow.  It should be a fantastic game.

Before the game, join your AFCSL friends and teammates at 5:00 pm at the Hotel Solamar for a "tailgate" event hosted by the hotel.  Just steps away from Petco Park, this AFCSL-exclusive party is a chance for us to get together, meet-up, and socialize before the big game.  Food and drink specials will be offered by the hotel specifically for our party, so come and get your eat and drink on with your fellow AFCSL'ers before heading over the Petco!!  The event is at the Hotel Solamar Terrace, located on the 4th floor and accessible via the Jsix Restaurant elevator.  Address is 435 6th Ave in Downtown (www.hotelsolamar.comIwww.jsixsandiego.com).

All tickets purchased through AFCSL for the game are discounted to $15, which includes the "tailgate" event.  If you're interested in attending, team managers have been given a ticket order form, or you can contact brian@afcsl.org to order direct.  Tickets are limited for this event, so don't wait if you're interested in attending!!

New Player Deadline: New players must be added to your roster by the beginning of your 11th game, except in the case where your team needs to add a player to avoid a forfeit (a 9th player). This timing of this deadline will be different for many teams, as tripleheaders and rainouts have led to teams having their 11th game at different points in the schedule. If you are confused and want clarification of when your team's specific deadline is for new players, feel free to contact jeff@afcsl.org (for Open League) or amber@afcsl.org (for Women's League).

World Series Eligibility - per NAGAAA & ASANA rules, players must appear on the lineup card, in uniform, and in the dugout in a minimum of 50% (NAGAAA) or 30% (ASANA) of their team's qualifying games, in order to be eligible to play in the World Series. So if you have players who are going to be teetering on the edge of this mark, be sure to alert them that exhibition games do NOT count towards WS eligibility. If you are confused and want clarification of when your team's specific deadline is for World Series eligibility, feel free to contact jeff@afcsl.org or amber@afcsl.org.

Thanks and good luck on the field!

America's Finest CIty Softball League (AFCSL) is proud to participate in both NAGAAA (North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance) and ASANA (Amateur Softball Association of North America), the premier softball leagues by and for the LGBT community.

Each year NAGAAA puts on the Gay Softball World Series (GSWS), and the AFCSL sends between 3 and 5 teams to the event.

ASANA does the same, but for the Women's Softball World Series. AFCSL is especially proud and honored to support ASANA in hosting the WSWS in 2012.

Click to find out more information about NAGAAA or ASANA,

Click this link to see a listing of ASA non-approved bats:  http://www.asasoftball.com/about/build_batlist_one_page.asp