Pennsylvania District 22 has over 10,000 children participating in 18 local Little Leagues serving communities within Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia Counties.
Little League programs are administrated by a local Board of Directors and provide opportunities for children and young adults aged 5 through 18 to participate in both recreational and competitive baseball and softball programs.
Local leagues also provide opportunities for men and women interested in volunteering as coaches, managers, and umpires.
The role of PA District 22 is to provide direction and guidance to the local leagues during their regular season of play and to offer opportunities for advanced tournament play in 12 different age groupings. These advanced tournaments start at a District level with District Champions advancing to Section, Pennsylvania State, United States Eastern Region and ultimately to World Series play.
Effective for the 2009 regular season and tournament play the following regulations have been placed on baseball bats;
- For divisions 12 years old and younger non-wood bats must be printed with a BPF (Bat Performance Factor) of 1.15 or less.
- For Junior division of play bats shall not exceed 2 5/8” diameter.
- For Senior and Big League divisions of play bats shall be printed with BESR.
- Additional stipulations can be found under section 1.10, page 48 of the 2009 Official Regulations and Playing Rules as published by Little League.
Bats that do not meet these regulations should not be used in your leagues and will not be permitted to be used in any PA District 22 Tournament, or advanced tournament hosted by PA District 22.