TEAMS FORMING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGES 5 AND UP
NEW THIS YEAR: SOFTBALL FOR GIRLS 9 AND UP!!

Registration Weekend is over, but there's still two ways to sign up! Space is limited; registration closes November 28, or sooner if teams fill up!

Pitch Number One: Sign Up Right Here Online!!
It’s New, It’s Easy, and It’s Fun!!
Just click on the registration link at the top of the home page.

Pitch Number Two: Mail in your registration! You can download a registration package from the handout below, or pick one up at:

·        North Miami Beach Parks & Recreation Department
17051 NE 19th Avenue
N Miami Bch, FL  33162

·        Sunny Isles Beach Town Hall
17070 Collins Avenue, Suite 250
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160

·        Golden Beach Town Hall
1 Golden Beach Drive
Golden Beach, FL 33160

Then mail your completed package BEFORE NOVEMBER 28 to NMBOLL, PO Box 600022, North Miami Beach, FL 33160-0022

NOTE: COPY OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE and PROOF OF RESIDENCY REQUIRED AT TIME OF REGISTRATION

At its scheduled meeting on November 16, the NMBOLL Board of Directors approved the President's manager appointments as follows: Rookie Division: Jeff Mishcon and Gil Bonwitt Minors Junior: Scott Bugay, Rob Moskovitz, Jeff Herman, Leon Egozi, Russell Karr, and Scott Leon Minors: Spencer Enslein, George Vallejo, Burt Srebrenik, Aaron Groffman, Barry Resnik, and Shawn Sherwood Majors: Howard Vernick, Evan Marbin, and Mark Weiss Juniors: Jim Allen, Hans Ottinot and Greg Thomas Seniors: Victor Santillana Little League Softball: Judi Diaz Juniors Softball: Jim Byers As you can see, we still have room for addtional managers in Rookie and Majors. We will close registration early at those levels, however, unless we get qualified volunteers. If you can, please step up and help!!

Some age groups may still be able to play. In Rookie we still can add two more teams, but WE NEED MORE MANAGERS! We especially need them in Rookie (T-ball) and Majors (11-12) divisions. If you think you have what it takes in knowledge, temperment, and attitude to manage a Little League Team, then download, print, fill out, and mail back the Volunteer Application below to: NMBOLL PO Box 600022 North Miami Beach, FL 33160-0022. We'll check out your background and let you know QUICKLY if you're the man or woman for the job. 

Check out the handout below for all of the rule changes in effect for 2005. We'll go over these at the Parent Coach Meeting on January 10.

I thought I would pass along a few observations from the World Series. Boston won in what was the most boring WS in a long time. Baseball is a funny game. I thought St Louis had the most intimidating lineup 2-6, I had ever seen. Against Houston, they hit unhittable pitches HARD. The same players were completely ineffective against Boston. This is an indication how very fine the line between raking and whiffing is. Did all these great hitters suddenly and simultaneously, develop flawed swings? Not likely. Did they slip a gear mentally? Most likely. You do not play better by trying harder. You will play worse. Under pressure any change in approach mentally will result in disaster. Yet coaches still give rousing pep talks before big games. I'm not saying that LaRusso chided his team to give more effort but it has been my experience that the team that is more relaxed and having the most fun, tends to prevail in big games. When McKeon took over the Marlins, the first thing he did was to encourage his players to have more fun. They started winning and won the WS. When Garner took over the Astros, he changed the grinder attitude so prevalent in the clubhouse and they won. Of course the "Idiots", are a bunch of loons. I love the story that when they got back to Boston in the playoffs all but one of the whirlpools were broken. Three of them showed up to relax in a whirlpool before the game. So all three piled into one little whirlpool. Talk about 'Rubba Dub Dub. Three men in a tub'! Well they won and of course, one of those baseball superstitions is started and they have to cram into the whirlpool before each game. They kept winning and you know the rest. It doesn't matter how old you are, if you can't find that essence of being 12 years old in yourself when you play baseball, you will fail. Every championship team I have ever been associated with or my son's have played on, were the loosest, goofiest bunch of Bad News Bears you could imagine. Coincidence? Yet, coaches insist on maintaining discipline on the bench, "keeping their head in the game". No wonder kids hate to sit the pine. They aren't having fun! There are a jillion games and pranks that are played in winning dugouts. I have literally had players refuse to enter the game because they were having so much fun on the bench. The ump doesn't say 'Work ball" before the game. He says 'Play ball!" So, a salute to the "Idiots". They played the game right