Edward Jones Investments

ATTENTION ALL PLAYERS! 

We will be working on Field 1 on Monday, October 21st.

Please plan to be there starting at 9:00. Bring your shovels and rakes. The more players that show up, the sooner we'll get done.

Because of the work on Field 1, 4 new teams were created out of the existing 6 teams on Tuesday, 10/15. A new schedule has also been developed.

Below are the new rosters. They can be downloaded by clicking on the Handouts link below.

The new schedule can be seen on the Schedules webpage, and can also be downloaded using the Handouts link.

If you have not been assigned to a team and want to play the rest of the season, contact Bo Wood at lobo306@verizon.net and he will assign you to a team.

Because of the work on Field 1, a revised schedule with new teams will be used starting Tuesday, October 15th. 

On the 15th, teams 1, 2 and 3 are to be at Field 2 at 9:30. Two new teams will be formed from the players on teams 1, 2 and 3, and they will then play a game. The new Team #1 will be the home team.

Teams 4, 5 and 6 are to be at Field 2 by 11:00 on the 15th. Two new teams will be formed from the players on teams 4, 5 and 6, and they will then play a game. The new Team #3 will be the home team.

On Thurday, 10/17, the games will be:

9:30 New Team #2 (Home) vs. New Team #4 (Away) (Field 2)

11:00 New Team #3 (Home) vs. New Team #1 (Away) (Field 2)

The new teams rosters and schedule will be posted here after Thursday.

IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT THE FIELDS ARE PLAYABLE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AS SCHEDULED:

HOME TEAM VS. AWAY TEAM

Team #5        vs.   Team #1             9:00 AM COG - Field #1

Team #3        vs.   Team #2            9:00 AM COG - Field #2

Team #6        vs.   Team #4            10:30 AM COG - Field #2 

DON'T FORGET - FIELD WORK DAY ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 14th STARTING AT 9:00 

The outfield on Field 1 is getting an upgrade. All existing grass is being removed. The outfield will then be smoothed out and leveled. New grass will be planted and a warning track will be added.

YOU CAN HELP!!

A work session has been scheduled for Monday, October 14th beginning at 9:00. Bring your shovels and rakes. If enough players show up, we should be done by noon.

The last day games will be played on Field 1 is Thursday, October 10th. After that, all games will be played on Field 2. New team assignments and a new schedule will be coming out shortly and will be posted on the website.

Present: Bo Wood, Harry Gowl, Keith Purdy, Dick Mullins, John Walker, John Bokop, John Mancuso, Don Clements, Jesse Bare, Mike Fleetwood, Johnny Allen, Terry Shifflett, Paul Litwin, Chris Houlday, Ed Gole, Terry Thomas, Mike Krieg and Neil Fleming.

1) President Wood brought up the matter of working on the fields, etc. The priorities are a fence for field 2 and fixing the outfield. John Walker said they planned to kill the grass, smooth out the dirt, and replant seed on Field 1. This will make it unusable, not sure of the timeline.

2) Moving the 150’ line back to increase opportunities to get hits. Discussion on whether to make it 160’ or 170’. Motion Mancuso, second Bare to move line to 165’. Motion passed.

3) Letter from Joe Gahm, sponsor of LTCI, asking that their team be allowed to be kept intact as it is for 2014 and take all the players on this team out of the draft. Discussion, no support showed, could not be allowed for only 1 team, opening up a can of worms, etc. Motion Purdy, second Don Clements that no team may stay intact from one year to another. Passed unanimously.

4) Balls: Stay with current .44 core or go to a .52 core (mush ball). There was also discussion on bats, not allowing “hot” bats. Discussion on making bats match the balls, i.e. too hard a ball on bats that could break, or those that would injury someone. Motion Thomas, second Fleetwood to stay with current balls and bats, and stay with ASA guidelines as amended by OTS. Motion Passed.

5) Number of Innings: Stay with 7, go to 8, etc. Motion Mancuso, second Fleming to stay with 7 innings, remove the slaughter rule and remove the time limit. Discussion, if we say 7 innings, play the whole 7 innings without a time limit. Also, get rid of the slaughter rule, we’re here to play. Passed unanimously.

6) Number of players per team: Current rule is 14 per team; do we want to change it? Discussion, 14 is too many on a team to manage, too many players sitting, etc. We also need to plan for if we get over 156 people registered next year. Do we split the league, if so how? Do we have 13 teams, with 1 team sitting out each game day, and move the upper limit to 169? Motion Keith, second Ed Gole to cap the number of people on a team to 13 players, with 12 teams for a total of 156. Anyone over that number goes onto a wait list, with registrations accepted as first come – first served with payment. Motion passed.

7) Replacing players after the draft: Discussion what to do with players who quit, are injured, etc. during the season. Bo discussed using the total team number after the draft, which is the rating of all the players added together. Discussion also took place about developing guidelines for the Executive Committee to use when placing players on team mid-season. Motion Purdy, second Thomas, once a team leaves the draft, their total number is their “cap”, and that no player can be placed on a team if that player’s rating would cause the team rating to exceed the team’s cap. Must be player for player, i.e. if you are missing two 12s, you cannot get a 20. Motion passed unanimously.

8) Running rule: Discussion on how to apply the running rule, should we allow substitute runners, etc. Issues including using last out automatically as the runner, moving the rubber back to behind the catcher, or letting anyone run. Motion Wood, second Thomas that the last out will be the next substitute runner. If, in the first inning, a team has no recorded outs, then anyone can run. If a team goes into the next inning with no recorded outs, the last batter in the previous inning will be the runner. Passed unanimously.

9) Player Ratings took place.

10) Makeup games: The last Wednesday of every month will be used for making up games in 2014.

Richard B. Mullins Secretary, OTS