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posted 08/27/2010 Welcome Back Returning Families, and Welcome Aboard New Families!
A number of us are working to get the new season off the ground. Our league numbers are higher than expected, which is great, and we are trying to wrap up all the details that will make our season successful.
I wanted to pass on a few logistics about the season:
Team Formation
Teams are formed and registrations are still coming in. We hope to stabilize each league this week. We still need 1 more Machine Pitch manager and we may need another Coach Pitch manager. If interested, please let me know.
We've made every attempt to honor all the team requests, particularly in Coach Pitch. We may have missed some requests or it may not have been possible to do everything that was requested. Particularly in Majors and Minors, we try to balance the playing talent (as we know it) across the league so that the competitive experience is solid. If your request was critical and you wish to make a change, please contact your manager and try to work it out. We always have a little flexibility and in the Fall, we like to ensure that families are reasonably accommodated if possible.
Schedule
Practice schedules should be finalized this weekend, and games schedules will be finalized by Labor Day. Opening Day for games is 9/11/2010. In general, on Saturdays, Minors, Machine Pitch and Coach Pitch games will be in the morning and Majors will be in the afternoon. We organize it this way so that the Majors players can umpire for the other leagues.
Uniforms
Uniforms will most likely be distributed after Labor Day. Your coach will be in touch when he/she gets the information from the uniform manager.
Player Experience
Our fall league is highly instructional. We don't keep standings so the focus is on learning and training. We are planning to offer special training for each league on one of the Saturdays in place of games. Please encourage your child to take advantage of any extra training and to try out positions that he or she may not feel fully confident with. This is the opportunity to expand your child's baseball skills and training!
Have a great end of summer and we'll see you all in a couple weeks.
Sheri
