Athletics

It is hard to believe, but the end of our 2004 season is about a month away. We hope you have been enjoying this great game we call baseball, and will continue to do so for many years to come. The most important person in your child’s baseball life (besides you, of course!) is his or her coach. We try very hard to use the volunteers with the right knowledge, experience, and attitude for your child’s team. We want to know, from both you and your child, what you thought of this year’s manager, or head coach. To help you communicate with us, we mailed two evaluation forms to each of our families—one for parents, one for children. We must receive your completed forms no later than Sunday, May 23, 2004. At this late date, we must ask that you download them from this site (in handout below) and return them by email. If we receive them after Sunday, we will of course review them, but it will be too late to consider them in support of our decision to make Coach of the Year awards. Thanks for your continued support of the NMBOLL.

As we warned at the outset, there has been a change in location for Thursday's Majors games due to seeding. Games will be played as follows: Astros v. Athletics @ Ives (formerly Mishcon) Mariners v. Dodgers @ Mishcon (formerly Ives) Yankees v. Cardinals @ Uleta (formerly Uleta) Players should please remember to keep in touch with their managers and check this web site for updates through the rest of the playoffs.

The 2004 NMBOLL Awards Ceremony and Picnic will be held this year at Mishcon Field on Sunday June 6, starting at 4 p.m. There will be a picnic buffet which is complimentary for players and coaches, and $5.00 for guests. The trophy presentation schedule is as follows:

4:45	Rookies
5:30	Minors Junior
6:15	Minors
7:00	Majors
7:45	Juniors & Seniors

Hope to see you all there!!

We have now posted the Majors playoff schedule. Games will start on Sunday. The two teams playing in the division championship at the end will go on to a playoff against the two winners of the American Interleague (we are in the National Interleague, along with Ives Estates). Good luck, everyone!