DPLL COVID-19 Protocols – Fall 2020
1. Facility Enhancements and Precautions
· A new hand-wash sink has been installed on the west side (closest to Schick Field) of the concessions stand.
· Multiple hand sanitizer stations are being deployed throughout the facility.
· Common touch surfaces are disinfected at regular intervals.
· Limited items available at concession stand.
· Bleachers used as primary dugouts.
· Fans must bring their own chairs or utilize the picnic benches as bleachers will be off limits for games.
· Score-booth limited to 1 individual or family.
· Games will be umpired from behind the pitcher’s mound.
· Each team will have a designated “bench-coach” who will oversee players situated in the bleacher dugouts and will also be responsible for keep team fans in compliance with face covering and social distancing requirements.
· Temperature will be checked for all registered players and volunteers at the DPLL Facility for games and practices.
· Absolutely no sharing of equipment or water bottles among registered players.
2. Face Coverings
· Required to be worn upon by all individuals above the age of 3 entering the DPLL facility and when moving along the common areas.
· A cloth mask is required to be worn inside concession stand by any concession volunteers.
· Ballplayers may remove covering when baseball/softball activity begins. This exception also applies when ballplayers are seated in the bleachers on pre marked spots or at the batting cages as long as social distancing of 6 feet is being observed.
· Coaches are required to wear a face covering during games and practices only when they are not able to maintain social distancing.
· Umpires are required to wear a face covering during games only when they are not able to maintain social distancing.
· Parents/Fans may remove face covering when situated at the facility to watch the game or practice in a socially distanced manner. You must wear your covering when walking in common areas such as to the concession stand, bathrooms or parking lot.
3. Temperature Checks
· Please do not come to the DPLL facility if you or your ballplayer have not been fever free, without medication, for at least 24 hours.
· Temperature checks will be performed on all registered ballplayers and volunteers at the DPLL facility on game days and practices. Anyone with a temperature registering at 100.4 Fahrenheit or higher will not be allowed to participate in league activity and must leave the facility.
· Anyone with a fever will be given a 2nd opportunity for a temperature check to be performed with a thermometer by the DPLL volunteer. The 2nd check will be performed 5 minutes after the first check.
4. COVID-19 Symptoms for ballplayer or anyone in the ballplayers household
· Per CDC guidelines, the ballplayer may not return to DPLL facility or participate in DPLL activities until:
o Ten days have passed since symptoms first appeared and
o Twenty-four hours with no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and
o Other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving.
5. Testing Positive for COVID-19
· If a ballplayer or anyone in the ballplayers household test positive, you are not allowed at the DPLL for at least 10 days since the positive test date and
· 24 hours with no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and
· Other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving.
6. Team Status
· A team that reports 2 or more individuals with COVID-19 symptoms or positive COVID-19 test results, within a 5-day time frame, will be removed from the leagues schedule for a minimum of 10 days. For the purposes of considering a team for removal from the schedule, multiple COVID positive tests or symptoms from one household will be treated as 1 individual for that team.
· In Order to return to play, the conditions of item 4 or 5 must be met.
· No games will be forfeited. The league will adjust schedules as much as practicable to play any missed games.
*Please note DPLL may adjust these Protocols, as events warrant, throughout the 2020 Fall Season.