About the PATPNJ

 

                                 

Play at The Plate New Jersey  2025 Season

                                      

 

     Welcome to our ninth season of Play at The Plate New Jersey, Northern New Jersey’s best over 35 adult baseball league. If you are a returning player, we want to thank you for your continued support. If you are a newcomer to our league, welcome. PATPNJ is led and managed by an executive committee with over 20 years of league leadership experience and also relies on the valuable input and cooperation of our team managers. We know what it takes to provide you with a better playing experience as you get maximum value for your investment of time and money.

     Our offering includes three competitive Sunday leagues and an equally challenging weeknight league for men ages 35 (pitchers must be 39) and up. In 2023, for the first time, we offered an over 55 division which debuted with four teams.  In 2025, the division will carry eight teams. We believe that there should always be a place for you to play regardless of your age or skill level.

     In 2017, we started with twenty teams and two leagues. In 20245 we expect to have thrity teams and we are constantly looking for ways to improve what we provide our members. We accept full teams and individual players and do our best to place you in divisions where your abilities are best suited. Each team has a designated “owner” responsible for the collection of league fees which then are submitted to the league.

 

     Here are some key points about our league:

  • Sunday game times are conveniently scheduled at 9 AM and end by noon time, giving you time to spend the rest of your day with your families.

  • Weeknight games begin at 8:00 PM and end by 10:45 PM.

  • All games are played in Northern New Jersey within a 30-minute drive of Bergen County.

  • When we undertook the task of creating this league, it was our intention to be a point of difference from your previous experiences. We made several commitments to you and we delivered the following:

  • A guaranteed 17-game schedule spanning May to October, with built-in open slots to allow for makeup games.

  • Your complete schedule delivered prior to the beginning of the season

  • A fully integrated website, with live stats, rosters, team photos

  • Full insurance coverage, preseason meetings with open dialog to discuss rules, establish committees, and identify charitable causes

  • Bulletin Board offering our members employment, miscellaneous services and information our members want to share.

     Our mission is to continue to provide our members with the best baseball experience in the area. In our inaugural season, we worked hard to establish a common set of rules that would enable all PATPNJ members to play baseball in a league that is recreational, but competitive. No arbitrary distinction or discrimination due to a player’s gender, race, color, religion, national origin, or shall be inferred or permitted.

     We encourage you once again to visit our website for league news and updates. We also ask you to look at our sponsor page and to please patronize our sponsors.  If you own a business or provide a service, please consider purchasing a sponsorship. Since our inception, our website has had over 370,000 hits so your company or service will get noticed. For sponsorship information, please visit the sponsor page on our website.

     As we always say, this league is all about you, our members. We are looking forward to 2025 and we are confident that this season will be even better. Thank you for putting your trust in us. Have a great season and we will see you on the field!

 

 

Mike Dittamo

President- PATPNJ

 

 

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