Managers Meeting Minutes for March 7, 2012
Steve Leonardo was elected President and will retain his position as Treasurer.
Just prior to the
meeting, Mike Slack advised that Katz & Dougherty will not field a team this
year. Some players lost interest, and his core group will be joining the 60's
League. Mike will provide a list of any
players wishing to remain in the 50's League and looking for a team.
The current
schedule on the web site needs to be pulled and revised for 5 teams.
We discussed and
agreed to a different concept to be used on the new schedule .Two games will be
played on field #3 on Monday night. Games will start at 6:30 pm and 7:30, and
be played with a 0-0 count. A foul on the third strike and the batter is out.
One team will get a bye.
The team with the
Monday bye will play the first two games on field #3 on Wednesday against
different opponents .The remaining two teams will play in the third game . We are attempting to secure a second field for Wednesday
night. If successful the games will start at 6:30 and 7:30 pm at field #3 and
starting time of third game at second field to be determined. All games
will use the 0-0 count.
If we cannot secure
a second field for Wednesday night, all three games would have to be played on
field #3. The starting times would be moved up to 6:15, 7:15 and 8:15 pm.
Because of the stacking, we will use the 1-1 count with the courtesy foul. This
will remain in effect until a second field is obtained and we will revert back
to the original plan.
This concept
ensures that all teams will play 2 games a week. EACH TEAM WILL PLAY EACH OTHER
6 TIMES FOR A REGULAR SEASON TOTAL OF 24 GAMES PER TEAM.
Umpires and pricing
were discussed. A question arose on suspended games, and whether the new
umpires would charge for only one game or double charge. We will discuss this
with the new umpires along with some other matters and make a determination in
the best interests of our League.
The pitcher
protection rule remains in effect as written. However, either manager can object to the
umpire call or no call. The managers will then discuss the play and make the
ultimate decision and call. The umpire will abide by the managers decision.
Two new balls will
be used at the beginning of each game. One new ball will be supplied by the visiting team
and a new ball supplied by the home team for each game.
The League budget
was discussed and it was projected that each team share of expenses would
slightly exceed $800. With a current reserve of $2100 in our treasury, it was
decided to tap into these funds to reduce the team dues. TEAM DUES WAS AGREED AT
$700 PER TEAM. This may be due sooner rather than later if the new umpires
are used. Fields, insurance and balls, need to be paid first.
15 run mercy rule
remains in effect. There are no true doubleheaders (same teams) scheduled at
this time. If any make-up doubleheaders are scheduled later in the year, than
the 10 run mercy rule would apply to those games.
Frank Lecato may be looking for some players to add to his team . We will supply him with some names.
Games won must be reported
by the winning managers by the end of each week to njscores@hotmail.com or
by calling Bob Lorincz at (732) 616-7100 (C) or (732) 246-3369 (H). Failure to comply may result in less wins shown for your
team in the League standings.