With the summer months approaching, Wakefield Little League is excited to once again be able to provide our players with an additional opportunity to play baseball while also raising money for a very worthwhile cause in participating in the 2021 Jimmy Fund League.

The Jimmy Fund League is a summer baseball league with divisions for baseball-aged 7 & 8 year-olds, 9 & 10 year-olds, and 11 & 12 year-olds.  For more information about the league in general, visit the website by clicking here.

Registration for the opportunity to participate in the 2021 Wakefield Little League Jimmy Fund Division is now open on the league website.  

This year, WLL will be handling the administration aspect of the Jimmy Fund League differently than in the past, as most everything will be handled through the new league website.  This will represent a change in how Jimmy Fund League teams are organized in 2021.

• Interested players will register for the league through the league website

• WLL will determine the number of eligible player slots for each division as calculated by the number of interested volunteers willing to manage a team.

• WLL will form rosters for each team and assign that team to a team manager

Registration Process FAQs

• Players will register for their respective age-division similar to how they registered for the Spring season.

• Players are not necessarily guaranteed a spot on a team

  • The number of available openings in determined by the number of managers willing to take a team

• Players will not need to pay at the time of registration

  • Once placed on a team, payment will become due.

• Fundraising for the Jimmy Fund League is a critical component of this division

  • A minimum donation amount will be set for each team to achieve through various fundraising measures

Why the change to the process?

• The new league website allows WLL greater flexibility in managing the additional summer season

• WLL wanted to ensure that every player in the league had the opportunity to at least express an interest in playing on a team

• WLL wants to ensure teams have an equal distribution of talent on their rosters

Those interested in the opportunity to play on a team in a Jimmy Fund League division should register on the league website under “2021 Summer Programs” under the “Registration” tab by Friday June 18th.  You may also reach out to WLL JFL Coordinator Tony Cresta with any questions.

JFL FAQs

• When does the season begin?

  • We’ve been told the first game will be played on July 12th

• When does the season end?

  • WLL does not make the schedule, so we can’t say for sure until we receive the schedule itself, but everything is generally wrapped up by mid-August

• When are games played?

  • We won’t know for sure until we receive the schedule, but in years past, the JFL has played games on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, though playoff games could be played on weekends.

• Is there travel involved?

  • Yes.  There is some light travel to Stoneham, Reading, North Reading, Wilmington, or Woburn.