Discussion Outline

1–Jeff Langfeldt -WRLL President

  • Welcome - Introduce Board Members - Briefly discuss what it takes to make the League operate every spring.

2017 WRLL Board of Directors

VP Administration:Stephen Bachara

Treasurer:Michael Yudhishthu

Secretary:Jason Walchli

Player Agent:Kasey Hersey

Fall Ball:Matt Kohlbecker

Umpire-In-Chief:Kevin Hrin

Player/Coach Dev:Jason Myers

T-Ball Coordinator:Brendhan Quinn

Concession Manager:Jim Thompson

Equipment:Gordon Lawes

Communications:Jim Honish

Field Maintenance:Carl Brandt

Safety Officer:Zander Brown

Sponsor Rep:Michael Ivory

Marketing:Wade Siegel

  • Open Board Positions – VP Baseball Admin
  • Encourage Volunteerism
  • Delegation
  • Team Mtg / Team Parent
  • Discuss expectations
  • Practice times and attendance
  • Game day arrival times
  • Early notification of absence from game
  • Encourage and support your players, before, during and after games
  • Playing time, pitching
  • Confidence, Intellect, Skill – homework
  • Practices – start three weeks before season starts
  • 2+ sessions per week recommended in the preseason
  • 1+ session per week recommended during regular season.
  • Scorekeeping

2 – Stephen Bachara VP Baseball Operations – (Permits / Scheduling / Coach recruiting)

  • Games and Practices
  • Practice field schedule – Schedules will be emailed and posted on Bonzi
  • Medical Releases, Background Checks
  • Maintenance Day sign up

3 – Jason Walchli - WRLL Secretary

  • Important Dates:
  • Opening Day (April 8th)
  • Founders Day (May 20th)
  • TOC (est. June 1-13)
  • Closing Ceremonies (June 6th)
  • All Stars (est. June 15th)

4 – Jim Honish - Communications

  • Team Parent - Have a team meeting as early as you can to find the Team Parent! Needed for General communication and Concessions. Team Basket for raffle; Team Party
  • How to effectively utilize Bonzi!
  • WRLL Website / Resources
  • Coaching Materials / References

4 – Brendhan Quinn – Tee Ball Director

  • Scorekeeping and the importance of keeping accurate books
  • Upcoming Clinics/Training
  • Grant HS: Sat. March 18th 9-11AM (7-12yo’s)
  • Len Clarke: TBD
  • Books / Links on WRLL site
  • Rules: pitch count, line up, min play…

5 - Gus Farah - Director of 50/70 Baseball Program

  • What is 50/70?
  • Why is Little League moving towards 50/70?

6 - Zander Brown –Safety-Officer

WRLL Safety and ASAP

  • First Aid Presentation
  • CPR,
  • Concussions, etc.
  • Wear baseball gear to practice
  • Helmets on Fields
  • Protective Cup
  • Only one child on field with a bat
  • No"on-deck" circle in WRLL.

7–Kevin Hrin - Umpire In Chief:

  • League Umpires are volunteers - Do the best you can
  • Each minors and majors coaching staffs will be responsible for umpiring 6-8 games.
  • Encourage AA Farm Level Managers to participate on bases in Minors level games.
  • Umpire Clinic
  • New Rule Discussion

Rule:

Allows a local league the option to mandate batters keep one foot in the batter’s box during their at-bat. (Page 92).

Local League Option: After entering the batter’s box, the batter must remain in the box with at least one foot throughout the at bat.

Exceptions:

  1. On a swing, slap, or check swing.
  2. When forced out of the box by a pitch.
  3. When the batter attempts a “drag bunt” in Baseball [or attempts a “slap” or “slap bunt” in Softball]
  4. When the catcher does not catch the pitched ball.
  5. When a play has been attempted.
  6. When time has been called.
  7. BASEBALL:When the pitcher leaves the dirt area of the pitching mound or takes a position more than five feet from the pitcher’s plate after receiving the ball or the catcher leaves the catcher’s box.
  8. On a three ball count pitch that is a strike that the batter thinks is a ball.

Penalty:

  • If the batter leaves the batter’s box or delays play and none of the exceptions apply, the umpire shall warn the batter. After one warning on a batter, the umpire shall call a strike. Any number of strikes can be called on each batter.
  • Minor/Major Division Baseball and All Softball Divisions:No pitch has to be thrown, the ball is dead, and no runners may advance.
  • Intermediate (50-70) Division:No pitch has to be thrown and ball is live.

NOTE:The batter may return their position in the batter’s box and assume the new count at any time during the at-bat, unless such enforced penalty is the third strike.

8 – Jim Thompson– Concessions Director - Sign up and schedule

  • Find a Team Parent ASAP
  • Every family must sign up to participate.
  • Concessions stands: Wilshire Park, Riverside and Beaumont MS.
  • Opening Day Pancake Breakfast (Saturday April 8th)
  • 8:30am start
  • Volunteers are needed for set-up!
  • Every team will be at the field.
  • Founders Day: Saturday May 20th and Raffle Fundraiser
  • Important source of revenue for the league

9–Michael Ivory– Sponsorship Co-Director

  • Find a team Parent to help Organize Team responsibilities.
  • Founders Day: Saturday May 20th Raffle Fundraiser
  • Major Fundraising Event of the WRLL Season
  • Stress importance of selling raffle tickets for the fundraise
  • Funds used to sustain league operaions: Field Maint; Improvements; Scholarships, etc.
  • Team Basket needed for closing ceremonies

10 – Jason Walchli – Uniforms

  • Equipment / Gear Swap
  • Uniform Distribution Date & Process

11 - Wade Siegel – (Marketing Director)

  • WRLL Apparel and Merchandise

12 - Carl Brandt - Field Maintenance & Beaumont Field (Minors)

  • Distribution of Keys
  • Work weekend: 3/11, all fields, (because so many people are gone during of spring break... 3/25- 4/2)
  • All Majors' coaches & available Parents at Riverside
  • All Minors' coaches & available Parents at Beaumont
  • Weekend of 3/25 is the "back up" or finish up weekend.
  • Coaches: Help may be needed on the second weekend depending on the cooperation of weather, etc. Encourage participation from parents and players!
  • Beaumont "Permanent" Fence Installation:
  • 2 or 3 sledge-hammers (8lb is plenty) to drive steel stakesWheel barrows to move stakes and hardware to the field
  • Work Gloves
  • Socket sets for hardware connections
  • Channel lock pliers are helpful
  • Enough guys to move all the panels

13 - Gordon Lawes – Equipment

  • Equipment Bag pick-up @ Riverside; baseballs, first Aid kits, etc.

The Season - Opening Day is April 8th

  • Opening Ceremonies @ Riverside Field
  • Pancake Breakfast starts at 8:30 – Volunteers are needed to help with set-up!
  • Every team will be at the field. Local news sometimes covers
  • Team Photography – Minors & Majors
  • Picture day for team photos at Wilshire Park. Date TBD

16–Kasey Hersey- WRLL Player Agent

  • In-Season Pool Play rules - Minor & Majors, Junior's and 50/70

17–Mike Yudhishthu – Wrap up.

  • Trash Service - Majors -Portland Disposal picks up on Wednesday at Riverside.
  • Minors - ???!
  • No Tobacco. No Seeds or Food in dugout.
  • Announce Field Meetings:
  • Tee ball and Single A – Beaumont MS - OPEN
  • Farm AA level – Wilshire Park – OPEN
  • Minors – Beaumont – Carl Brandt
  • Majors – Riverside – Michael Ivory

** Dismiss Coaches to retrieve their equipment at Riverside. **

Field Meetings

Field Preparation and Maintenance -

  • 1 hour before game time set up by home team
  • Rain and other maintenance guideline(inform umpire if rainout)
  • Clean-up