- Teams - Who's in & Who's out?
- Senior (11 teams) - A's, Crew, Dbacks, Dodgers, Giants, Indians, Nationals (Mets),
Rangers, Reds, Tigers, White Sox
- Central (12 teams) - Bulls, Cubs, Dbacks, Dodgers (51s), Orioles,
Padres, Red Sox, Royals, Thunder, Twins, Yankees, S-Twins
- 40+ - teams are being formed for play on Sunday, and also week-night
- TEAMS MUST CONTACT LEAGUE OFFICE BY EMAIL (outfield7@msn.com)
BY FEBRUARY 8TH TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LEAGUE
- League Format & Schedule
- Senior Division - 5 25+ per team, 28+
- Central Division - 28+
- 40+ - two divisions, Sunday afternoon, and weeknight
- Opening day expected to be on Sunday 4/6/2008, with 11am games for
Senior Division due to the annual cancer run at Reid
- The league will play double-headers in May to help assure completion of
the league schedule
- There was a brief discussion of a change in playoff format to consider
a double-elimination format. It was decided to leave things unchanged.
- Fees
- Registration fee is $230 for one division or $315 for both divisions
- Team managers fee is $155 to compensate for work involved running the team
- Managers must submit ONE check for their team for payment of fees
- Equipment and hat requests, and any questions regarding payment of league
fees should be directed to league treasurer Dave Luera, or you can email him
at dluera@cox.net
- Fees due on 3/15/2008, minimum 14 paid players per team
- TMSBL Rules & Bylaws
- Forfeits - teams will be allowed to forfeit a game without incurring the
penalty of loss of a win ONCE during the season, provided that 48 hours notice
is given to the league Board of Directors.
- Suspended playoff games - will revert back to the last completed inning
(refer to official league rules for details).
- -5 bats will continue to legal in our league. They are NOT legal for use in
MSBL National tournaments.
- Ejections - current rules, including the profanity rule will continue to be
enforced. Managers are responsible to make sure their players know the rules,
and managers are responsible to keep their team under control on the field.
- All-Star games / League Picnic
- It was unanimously decided that these events will NOT be held on Father's Day
to allow league members to spend the day with their families.
- Whether or not to have All-Star games was discussed. A final decision on this
will be deferred until after team managers have their teams together and can get
input from players with regard to interest. The league is looking into holding the
event at a stadium, and possibly providing commemorative jerseys to All-Star players.
- The league will probably also have a picnic or similar event, date and details
to be decided later.
- League Webpage Update
- Manager's are encouraged to use the 'Manager's Checklist' available under
the 'Forms' link to keep on track with team registration
- All team managers must email and
a) provide a password that you would like to
use for submitting games results, umpire evaluations, and stats. Existing team
managers may continue to use last season's password.
b) turn in your online roster with player first and last names and jersey numbers
To send in your request for a password, or submit your online roster,
send email to Robin Badart at cybern8@yahoo.com.
- New league bulletin board / forum requires registration for any user who
wishes to post
- All teams are encouraged to enter stats from their games, but this is not a
requirement
- It was suggested that we add information to the league page recognizing
teams from Tucson who have won MSBL World Series titles
- Other
- Next manager's meeting will be February 19th at 7pm at UMC Cafeteria
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