2017

MINUTES TO MANAGERS MEETING

Steve Leonardo remains President/Treasurer of the League and George Helmstetter remains League Secretary.

By majority vote it was decided to divide the League into 2 groups to increase competiveness. The top 4 teams will be the first group and bottom 4 teams the second group. Subsequent voting led to the naming of Division I as first group and Division II as second group. Initially each team would play divisional foes 4x and other division opponents 2x depending on field’s availability.

Umpires were discussed with ASA/USA group being considered along with Lennys group. Subsequent post meeting voting led to Lennys group being retained .Lenny can be reached at (609) 213-1168.

Membership in the NJSSA was discussed. Farlan Alusik is the director of the State Tournament and made a presentation to the group on entering the State Tournament. Farlan can be reached at falusik33nj@yahoo.com for further details.

Playoff format schedule was submitted and approved.

Yellow balls were obtained for season play along with the remaining white balls , and were distributed following the meeting .

Ed Snyder assisted the League in obtaining an EIN number for banking purposes.

DUES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO $ 600. PER TEAM AND IS DUE BY JUNE 1.

MERCER PARK PHONE NUMBER HAS BEEN CHANGED TO  (609) 443-8560 PROMPT 1

WINNING MANAGERS MUST REPORT WINS TO GEORGE HELMSTETTER AT cell # (609) 558-2665 or geohelm@verizon.net  IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE GAME.

The following additions were made to our League rules:

WHEN THE BATTER HAS LESS THAN 2 STRIKES ON HIM AND A FOUL TIP IS CAUGHT BY THE CATCHER, THE HEIGHT OF THE FOUL IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR. IF THE FOUL TIP GOES OVER THE BATTERS HEAD, THIS IS RULED AS A FOUL OUT AND THE BATTER IS OUT. A FOUL TIP NOT OVER THE BATTERS HEAD IS A FOUL TIP AND A STRIKE BUT NOT AN OUT.

A BASERUNNER CAN HAVE NO PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH ANYONE FROM HIS TEAM, WHILE THE BALL IS IN PLAY. IF CONTACT IS MADE THE BASERUNNER SHALL BE RULED OUT.

A PLAYER MUST PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST 5 REGULAR SEASON GAMES, TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR HIS TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS.