Originally Posted by 548:
Under the old rules, a kid that turned 13 on January 2nd (for example) was considered a baseball age 13 year old. Now, under the new rule, that same kid will be considered a baseball age 12 year old.
Seems to be a lot of confusion about this change, but it's really not that complicated. One of the (few?) good things about the Jan 1 date is that you don't have to calculate the age. Whatever your actual age is at any given time is also your "baseball age". This should make Williamsport a little more tolerable by cutting the max age of these kids by about 7 months.
They probably confused people even more by using a chart.
http://www.littleleague.org/le...v14/newplayerage.htm