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Informal Practice On Wednesday
CHANGE IN PLANS
FIELD WORK AT 9:00. ALL PLAYERS ARE WELCOME. BRING A SHOVEL, AND MAYBE A RAKE. THE MORE HELP WE HAVE, THE FASTER IT WILL GET DONE.
BOTH FIELDS ARE BEING ROLLED TOMORROW.
PRACTICE HAS BEEN MOVED TO 11:30. IF THERE ARE ENOUGH PLAYERS, A GAME WILL FOLLOW.
An informal, unscheduled, open practice is planned for Wednesday, 4/9. Batting practice will start at 10:00. If there are enough players, a game will be played afterward.
The regular Spring Practices resume on Thursday per the schedule.
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Practice Canceled for Tuesday
Due to the rain and wet fields, all practice sessions are canceled for Tuesday, 4/8.
Practice resumes on Thursday per the Practice Schedule.
Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Annual Meetings
Monday, March 31st was a busy afternoon and evening for OTS. Three meetings were held at the Bethany Beach Town Hall - the Executive Committee meeting, the Board of Directors meeting and the Annual meeting.
Minutes from these three meetings can be found on the Meeting Minutes webpage.
Here's a summary:
Several changes were made to the By-Laws:
- Base paths were extended to 70' (used to be 65').
- Time limits on games were eliminated. All 7 innings will be played unless the manager of the losing team chooses to concede the game. In hot weather, speed up rules will be enforced - no infield ball after the 1st inning, limited warm up pitches and a little extra hustle getting on and off the field.
- The last Wednesday of every month during the season will be scheduled for rain make-ups.
- A new Code of Conduct was added.
- Game times will not start earlier after July 4th as in past years. The first games will be scheduled at 9:00 a.m. for the entire season.
- Illegal bat rules were clarified.
- Tiebreaker rules for the end-of-season tournament seeding were enhanced.
- A new position on the Executive Committee was added. The Information Officer will maintain the league website, maintain a repository for leagu documents, assist the Vice President in schedule and serve as a back-up to the league Secretary. Tom Wendorf was appointed by the Executive Committee to fill this position for an interim term.
- Change from ASA to SS-USA rules as guidelines for the league with the exception of rules pertaining to bats.
- Teams will now be required to keep a scorebook for their own team. Keeping the scorebook for the opposing team is optional.
- Batters will start with a 0 - 1 count (no balls, one strike).
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