UCSSL MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2016
The following is a summary of our league meeting of February 10, 2016
27 were in attendance, with 20 teams represented (Waxtel Construction was not).
Farlan Alusik reported on the proposal for changes to the 50+ state tournament as presented at the NJSSA meeting of February 6. The possibility of scheduling the event closer, perhaps in
The 60+ Tournament, scheduled for
The annual ASA umpires meeting will be held on February 28. It is expected that our dues and umpire fees will remain unchanged this year. At this
meeting, the commissioner will make known his frustration due to the inability
of the tech people at "The Arbiter" (our new umpire scheduling
program) to correct a problem wherein he was no longer able to see our game
schedule online after mid-season last year.
Umpires and
our umpire assigner will need to be reminded that our 50+ games on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings in
A proposal to
allow players of league age 70 or older to use "senior bats" in all
UCSSL league games was discussed and approved overwhelmingly. The commissioner will create and maintain a
list of eligible players prior to the start of the season. Managers will need to be vigilant, including
notifying the umpire and the opposing manager of each such player prior to the
start of each game. Bats will need to be
marked (perhaps with red tape) in an effort to avoid any unintentional use by a
player not "old enough" to use a senior bat. An ineligible player unintentionally using a
senior bat will be declared out but not ejected from the game.
A proposal to
increase each team's maximum roster size from 20 to 22 was also discussed and
approved by a substantial margin.
After a
review of last year's scores in games between A and C teams, in a near
unanimous vote 50+ Division managers agreed to adopt the same accommodations as
have been used recently in the 60+ Division for all games between
"stronger" and "less strong" teams for each game between an
A Division team and a C Division team, with the additional provision that the C
team may use an 11th fielder
60+ Division managers
agreed to continue with the same Rule 11 accommodations for games between
"stronger" and "less strong" teams, with the following
modification: the two least strong teams can "catch up +6" but the 5
strongest teams can only score 6 runs per inning, even if behind in the game.
Remaining UCSSL 2016 meetings (each is a Wednesday):
March 9 -- Discussion
and possible revision of rules. Please
review current league rules and begin preparing wording for proposals for
change. Email the commissioner with any proposals for change in advance of the
March 9 meeting. Shirt orders due. Field selection will take place, if possible.
April 6 -- Distribution of balls, rule books, scorebooks, and umpire fee checks.