MYBF Meeting January 28, 2009
Not present: Kevin Harris, Bill Donahue, Jeff Fante
Present: Bob McCarthy, Cindy Demers, Kevin Loftus, Bruce Carson, Jim Broker, Bo Maritnez, Mike McCarthy, Tom Galski, Rob Schimenti, Doug Maier, Mike Cataline, Ed Klinger, Ray Dovell
Late: Greg Button
1) Introduction of Cindy Demers, Administrative Assistant
2) Registration Numbers (as of today)
a. 58 Instructional League
b. 106 T-ball
c. 106 rookie
d. 115 A
e. 89 AA
f. 75 AAA (player moved from minors to AAA)
g. 57 minors* 2 kids in majors who should be in minors
h. 59 majors (player moved from Babe Ruth to Majors)
i. Players are able to play with same grade they are currently in, but can’t play tournament ball unless they are the proper age for grade
3) T-ball:
a. 7 and 8 y. o. use pitching machine
b. Committee: Mike McCarthy, Mike Cataline, Bo Martinez to improve the Tee ball experience
c. Proposal: Use tee for first half of season and then coach pitch or machine in second half
4) Ripken majors and minors : Combine 11 and 12 y. o. to form 10 teams (5th and 6th)
a. Not enough players for more than 5 teams per league, there is concern that leaving leagues separate will not be competitive enough for both leagues
b. Recommendation to combine both age groups into one league
c. Draft 12 y. o. first and then draft 11 y. o. second
d. These ages were combined into one league in previous years
e. Need to ensure fairness for both 11 y. o. and 12 y. o. throughout the season regarding playing time, fielding, pitching, etc.
f. VOTE: combine 11 and 12 pending guidelines
i. 2 abstain
ii. 1 opposed
iii. 11 in favor
iv. Committee (majors and minors): Rob Schimenti, Bruce Carson, Tom Galski, Ray Dovell, Kevin Harris to oversee joining of two leagues
5) Ripken Majors & Minors (total 10 teams) Commissioner-Tom Galski:
a. Frank Beideman-Gene Litt
b. Bruce Carson-Matt Lubin
c. Bill Emerson-Rob Musnug
d. Ray Dovell-Doug Maier
e. Nick Rausch-Dan Laitner
f. Gary Borne-Brian Cannuli
g. Kevin Loftus-Chuck Calhoun
h. Jeff Fante-Joel Fante
i. Kevin Harris-Lou Menendez
j. Rob Schimenti-Chris Ounjian
6) AAA (7 teams) Bruce Carson-Commissioner:
a. Eric Bielawski-Alex Cruz
b. Greg Button-Jack Kealy
c. Pat Devaney-Terry Ramey
d. Darren Meredith-Tom Galski
e. Jim Gerber-Rick Hughes
f. Greg Horn-Dan Goettle
g. Brad Parker-Toby Chrostowski
7) AA (8 teams) Greg Button-Commissioner:
a. Mark Sever-Jim Broker
b. Rick Ing-Bill Conaty
c. Chris Falcon-Mark Easie
d. Ed Kirn-Tom Wagner
e. Tom McHale-Dave Weissman
f. Homyar Karanjia-Bob West
g. Mike Ilum-Greg Gutos
h. Kevin Drzik-Mike Baker
8) A (10 teams) Mike McCarthy-Commissioner:
a. Bill Kulik-Brian McMonagle
b. Bob McCarthy-Gene Martin
c. Nicholas Penzera-Jeff Fazler
d. Brad Ryden-Scott Eiffes
e. Jim Santarpio-Dan Eichorn
f. Michael Stypanski-Pete Palko
g. Scot Tobias-Cyndee Solomon
h. Tim Button-Bryan Kim
i. Christopher Locatell-John Fallows, Jr
j. Rick DeRose-John Ginley
9) Instructional, Tee, Rookie, Babe Ruth Leagues next meeting
10) Throwing Clinic: will start last 3 weeks in Feb, March (total 4)
11) Skills evaluation: set for Feb 7
12) Equipment committee: Bo Martinez, Mike Cataline, Kevin Loftus, Rick Ing
a. Saturday clean up 11 am 2nd floor Rec Ctr
b. Set meeting for issues
13) Recommendations regarding tournament teams playing in March, fall or winter (outside of already approved times) will have to back to the sub-committee
Next Trustee meeting will be Wednesday February 11, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Next open meeting for MYBF will be on Wednesday February 25 at 7:30 pm
Meetings are in the LGI room at WAMS unless otherwise specified.
MONTHLY OPEN MEETING
Wednesday- November 12th, 2008 8:06 pm
William Allen Middle School
Open Meeting to elect new trustees
6 new trustees selected:
Bob McCarthy 3 year term
Jim Broker 3 year term
Doug Maier 3 year term
Mike McCarthy 3 year term
Rick Ing 3 year term
Greg Button 2 year term
Trustee Meeting
Present at meeting:
Bob McCarthy
Kevin Loftus
Jeff Fante
Kevin Harris
Ray Dovell
Doug Maier
Ed Klinger
Tom Galski
Rob Schimenti
Jim Broker
Rick Ing
Mike Cataline
Mike McCarthy
1) New Officers elected
President Bob McCarthy
Vice President Jeff Fante
Commissioner Ray Dovell
Treasurer Kevin Harris
Secretary Rick Ing
2) No meeting Wednesday before Thanksgiving. It will be rescheduled to the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
3) No meeting Wed before Christmas, It will be made up in January (3 Meetings)
4) New Sub-committees formed – Registration, Sponsor, Umpire, League Organization
5) Registration Committee
a. Kevin Harris
b. Mike Cataline
c. Kevin O’Sullivan
d. Ed Klinger
Will assist with on-line registration.
6) Sponsor Committee headed by Mike Cataline
7) Umpire Committee headed by Ed Klinger
8) League Organization Committee
a. Kevin Harris
b. Ray Dovell
c. Rob Schimenti
d. Ed Klinger
e. Tom Galski
Will discuss issues regarding organization of age groups, leagues at each level.
9) Meetings will be the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 8pm in Room LGI E-5 at WAMS. The 2nd Wednesday meeting will be an open meeting each month. Will have an informational notice sent out by e-mail for this meeting to all past participants.
10) Next meeting is Tuesday Nov 25.
M.Y.B.F. Open Meeting
March 14, 2006 8:35 pm, 3rd Floor, Rec Center
- Opening Day: Debbie Falconiero discussed opening day parade on April 1st. Line up @ UES school and walk to Salem.
- Concession: Pat Devaney discussed concession stand. Ready to go, shelving installed refrigerator donated etc.
- Photographs: Lucy Taglienti discussed pictures & photographer. Forms will be handed out with uniforms the Friday before opening day. Forms will also be available on the web. All teams to show up an hour before there scheduled game time for pictures.
- Registration: We are @ 690 registered a slight drop from last year.
- Pancake Breakfast: 3/18 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Moorestown High School. Field clean up is to follow. All parents as well as managers and coaches are welcome to come.
- Umpires: Chuck Bouchey discussed clinics held; Feb 18th, 19th, 25th & 26th: 38 umpires returning from last year, 51 altogether. Definitely down on umpires. Chuck B. will contact the umpires from last year who did not attend the clinics to see if they’ll be interested in umpiring. If so, we will have a final clinic for those boys. It was also discussed to hire outside umpires to handle some games in the Sosa league. Depends on response. Discussed adjusting umpire pay to be more in line with softball and more attractive to boys.
- Next open meeting 4/9/2006 @ 8:30PM 3rd fl. Rec. building.
M.Y.B.F. Open Meeting Minutes
02/14/06 8:33 PM – 3rd fl. rec center
1. Registration:
* Total numbered registered: 670
* Babe Ruth 74 6 teams
* Ripken 98 9 teams (room for 10 more kids)
* Sosa 90 8 “ ( “ 6 more kids)
* Griffey 111 10 “ ( “ 9 more kids)
* C. Pitch 113 10 “ ( “ 7 more kids)
* Pong 104 9 “ ( “ 16 more kids)
* Tee 80 8 “ ( “ 16 more kids)
2. Late Registration:
* We will take registrations up to February 26, 2006 but with no guarantee there will be space available.
3. Skills Evaluation:
* First day, great showing, more than 50% of players attended.
* 2/12/06 snowed out; rescheduled for 2/19/06: times are:
Coach pitch: 3:00-3:45pm
Griffey 3:45-4:30pm
Sosa 4:30-5:15pm
Ripken 5:15-6:00pm
4. Umpire Training: Held at Moorestown Bible Church:
*1st session held on 2/18/06: 4-5:00pm (exp. umpires)
6-8:30pm (new umpires)
*2nd session held on 2/19/06: 6-8:30pm (new umpires)
*3rd session held on 2/25/06: 4-5:00pm (exp. umpires)
6-8:30pm (new umpires)
*4th session held on 2/26/06: 6-8:30pm (new umpires)
(Everyone must attend in order to umpire)
5. Pancake Breakfast:
* The pancake breakfast will be held on March 18, 2006.
* We are still in need of help unloading, loading, setting up
etc. Please contact Tony C. (league president) or Frank
Bailey for details on how to help.
* Field clean up will be immediately following pancake break-
fast. Field Commissioners will recruit two coaches or parents
from each team to help.
6. Comments:
* Comments regarding manager candidates for ages 13,14,15
yr. old tournament teams. The nominees are:
* 13 yr: Paul Kostick, Ed Nice, Rob Krone
* 14 yr: Mike Baranowsky
* 15 yr: Joe Walsh
7. Other Business:
* Discussed playing in a spring Sunday league with other towns. Details will be discussed at a later meeting.
8. Rules:
* Discussed rules regarding changes as requested.
* All rules will remain the same with the exception of:
Griffey league:
* Delayed steal will be eliminated.
Coach pitch thru Babe Ruth:
* Late player arrival will be allowed to enter the game
and will bat last in the line-up.
9. Sponsors:
* We are short 10 sponsors. If anyone would like to sponsor,
please contact Mark Morgan at:
Morganenterprises@comcast.net
* Yearbook advertising: 33 ads in; deadline to place ads is
Feb. 28, 2006. Again, please contact Mark Morgan for details.
Next open meeting - 3/14/06 8:30pm – Rec. center, 3rd floor.
Meeting adjourned 10:13pm
M.Y.B.F. Open Meeting
January 10, 2006 8:35 pm, 3rd Floor, Rec Center
1. Registration- Final day, Saturday, 1/14/06; Rec. Center.
2. Late Registration- After 1:00 this Saturday, is considered late, $20.00 late fee & no guarantee you?ll be placed on a team.
3. Skill Evaluation- 2/4 Saturday & 2/12 Sunday at Grand Slam from 1:00 to 5:00 P.M.
4. Draft- Week of 2/26 League Commissioner will choose a place for each league to handle evaluating scores & placements.
5. Umpire Training- Chuck B. & Bruno C. are handling at the All Purpose Room at the United Methodist Church. *New rule for umpiring, if you have been through the 2005 training last year, & have 3 years of experience umpiring, you do not have to attend the 2006 umpire clinics.
6. Pancake Breakfast- 3/18 ? McDonalds; on Lenola Road, donates all food, equipment, etc. Many Thanks to everyone. We also could use as much help as possible; contact Frank Bailey.
7. Field Opening / Clean Up Day following the pancake breakfast- Install new batting nets at Salem, some ground work, as well as any other issues with all the fields.
8. Cooperstown Fund Raiser- Comedy Club held at the end of February, Apparel for Sale, Magnets, as well as other ways to help fund the dream.
9. Sponsors- Very strong thus far, approximately 30 sponsors or so.
10. Rules- Mark Kaiser will hold a committee meeting to discuss c urrent rules as well as any new rule change suggestions.
11. Next open meeting will be on February 14th,2006 @ the rec. center.
12. Meeting Adjourned at 9:04 P.M.
M.Y.B.F. Open Meeting Minutes
11/8/05 8:35 PM – 3rd floor rec. center
1. Field closing: all fields are closed; participation could have been better, thank you to all who helped.
2. High school program: Bill Donahue, attended meeting and filled us in on upcoming events in the year to come. Talked about fundraising, parent group help, possibly sending the varsity team to Florida. Bill has also offered to possibly hold free clinics after the pancake breakfast to help some of the boys with hitting, pitching, etc.
3. Eligibility date change: discussed what to do for kids who want to play up or down. Several alternatives were discussed at length, including
• Applying the new dates without any exceptions or grandfathering.
• Applying the new dates to all leagues, but grandfathering all existing play ups and play downs and consider further requests for play ups and play downs in Pony league and above.
• Applying new dates to all leagues and allowing play ups and play downs for grade appropriate with grandfathering of current play ups and play downs.
• Tony clearly and strongly recommended that we not allow our league to adopt the 12 year-old swing player option. Tony explained that this is essentially a play up for talent and that is something MYBF has never allowed. Tony explained it has been MYBF philosophy to have a strong player play with his league and enjoy star status.
4. Karen Fetchko has agreed to be our Administrative Coordinator.
5. Lucy Taglienti has agreed to handle all pictures.
6. Discussed the use of some of the M.Y.B.F funds.
• Batting cages will be installed at Salem upper behind the right field fence.
• A score board will be installed for Salem upper as well.
7. Meeting adjourned at 9:20 PM
Next open meeting: January 10th 2006 @ the Rec Center, 3 rd floor.
M.Y.B.F. Open Meeting Minutes
10/11/05 8:35 PM – 3rd floor rec. center
1. Fall Ball: is going well so far, lights working, fields are okay, no complaints.
2. Instructional Program: Bill Luthy reports approx. about 20-22 boys involved in being taught fundamentals, batting stances, as well as basics of baseball.
3. Field Closing: November 5th, at 9 A.M, all fields will be closed, removal of tarps, putting equipment away, etc. All are welcome to help.
4. Discussed appreciation night, to be held on 10/22/05, 7:30 P.M at Willowbrook Country Club.
5. Trustee nominees were picked and announced.
6. The new trustees are: Ed Nice, Steve Schurer, & Pat Devany. Welcome to the board of trustees everyone!
7. Tony announced that our sponsoring league has changed birth date requirements for each league, moving them to May 1, from their current date of August 1. The new window will be May 1 – April 30. The old window was August 1 – July 31. There were questions from the audience regarding the impact on play ups and play downs. Tony explained the impact of the change and that no decision had been made yet.
8. Meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M.
9. Next meeting on 11/08/2005 at 8:30 P.M, at the Rec. Center, 3rd floor.
M.Y.B.F. Open Meeting Minutes
05/09/06 8:30 PM – 3rd fl. rec. center
Field Update:
1. Tony C. – Lenola has been irrigated.
2. Salem Upper is in bad shape. We decided to re-sod. All games will be temporarily moved.
3. New schedule has been issued to keep field open.
4. Batters box template missing from Salem Upper. Must start to lock it up.
5. Need insert @ Memorial #4 2nd base.
Commission Report:
1. Bo M. (Tee & Pony) Keeping kids in same position for more than one inning. Also trying to bat through line up. Must keep to the rules. If you have not read them, please do so.
2. Mark K. (Coach Pitch) Umpire situation: parents on one side became a little vocal causing the umpire to feel intimidated. The team involved sent out an e-mail correcting the problem. All should be well.
3. Pat D. (Griffey) All good reports.
4. Ed N. (Sosa) All good reports.
5. (Ripken) All good reports.
6. (Babe Ruth) Games are behind, must get these games in.
7. All Star Games: Ed N. May 21st Field to be determined at a later date.
8. Skills competition: May 20th Field to be determined.
