Friday, July 30, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
What Has the Fuzzy Beagle’s Interest?
2010-07-29: DISTRICTS (District 2): Congratulations to Pinecrest, winners at Minor. Congratulations to East Nepean Little League, winners at Major, Junior and Senior. Good Luck at the Provincials.
2010-07-24: PROVINCIALS: East Nepean is hosting the Junior Provincials.
All games are scheduled for Grenfell Park, starting on Wed 28 July, so please do come out and watch.
Here is a direct link to their tournament website.
You can follow the schedules and results for the Provincials of all levels at the
Little League Ontario web site.
2010-07-21: IMPORTANT NOTES
1. Divisional Realignment - This will not be a popular decision in some quarters, but I ask you
to spare me the outraged e-mails. This decision was made by a collection of people, and only after
a lot of consideration, debate and lobbying by both sides. We have decided not to move any of the
Minor or Junior "B" teams to the "A" divisions. We are still considering Majors, but expect the
same decision there too. I do not feel like I have to explain the decision except to assure you
that we considered all the facts -- including those "B" teams who participated in Districts getting
beaten quite handily -- and all the likely outcomes of forcing a move. However, that does not mean
there won't be changes made. The convenors are being asked to "unbalance" the remaining schedule
so that the stronger teams play fewer games against the weaker teams.
2. Pitch Counts and Districts - Please repeat, understand and absorb this mantra:
"Pitch Count 'Days of Rest' *always* matter".
Some coaches seem to think that moving from regular season to Districts means they get to ignore
Days of Rest from their last Interlock game to their first District game. This is not so. (They may be
confused because there was a rule last year -- now gone -- that removed the *Game* of Rest requirement
between levels of play. The Game of Rest rule no longer exists.) The easy way to rationalize this
is that the Pitch Count rule is about protecting arms, not about imposing arbitrary restrictions on
games. If you throw 'X' pitches, then you need 'Y' days of rest. When and where doesn't matter.
3. Schedules - Postponements show up in the schedule around Districts time. We are allowing two full
days off before a team's first District game. We will also allow a day off after the team is eliminated
from Tournament, whenever that is. Teams that win Districts and are waiting around to play Provincials
probably can't play a Summer Interlock game. Why not? Because the rule book (Page T-14, rule 4(b)) says
a Tournament team's pitchers may not pitch in a regular season or Special Game while the team is still
active in Tournament. So I guess technically a team could play, but they'd have to do so without pitching
anyone they have used as a pitcher in Districts or plan to use as a pitcher in Provincials.
I think that is it for now. If I think of anything else, I'll add it here.
2010-06-27: Minor B End of Season Tournament: Orleans Little League invites Minor B teams to an end of summer tournament to be held August 20 - 22, 2010. see more here...
2010-04-29: DISTRICT POSITIONS:
I regret to announce that I have reluctantly accepted the resignation of Abraham Sudhakar from the position of District Secretary.
That means we have an opening at the Secretary position, as well as some other unfilled District positions.
From LittleLeague.org: Assistant District Administrators (ADA) are appointed by the DA to serve
at the pleasure of the District Administrator. They should include: secretary, umpire consultant,
treasurer, training officer, safety officer, information officer and individual assistants as needed
to help leagues with specific divisions of play.
Here is the list of District Positions as recommended by Little League:
| TITLE | NAME |
|---|---|
| Jim Dean | |
| unfilled | |
| unfilled | |
| Bruce Campbell | |
| unfilled | |
| Ken Allen | |
| Glen Bradley | |
| Bruce Campbell | |
| unfilled | |
| unfilled | |
| None required in District 2 | |
| None required in District 2 | |
| None required in District 2 | |
| None required in District 2 | |
| Steve Suttie | |
| unfilled |
2010-04-20: 2010 Canadian Little League Championships: This year, the Little League (Majors) championship tournament
for Canada is being held in Ontario -- District 1's Ancaster Little League is the host. One of the coordinators
of the event sent me a message that I am posting here:
This year, the Canadian Little League Championship is being held from Aug. 7-14 in Ancaster, Ontario, just outside Hamilton.
It's our goal to build on the outstanding hosting job done by Val D'Or last summer that sent the team from Hastings, B.C.
to the Little League World Series where they represented our country with distinction. Having been there to watch them play
in person, I can vouch for their skill, competitiveness and good sportsmanship. In short, they represented everything that
was good about kids' baseball.
To begin the process toward this year's championship, we are endeavoring to reach out to as many people involved in the game
as we can. As the season gets started, we want to get people thinking about the opportunity that's out there for them as
they work hard this summer. We want every 11 and 12 year old to be familiar with the championship well in advance of the
tournament opening. Further, we want to make the experience for those who win the right to come to Ancaster as memorable
as possible as it truly will be a once-in-a-lifetime moment for them.
That's where you come in. In your role as administrators of the game, you are our link to the players, parents, coaches and
fans across the country. To reach as many people as possible, we'd ask you to take a moment and check out our new web site
(ancaster2010.com). Then we'd ask you to do whatever you can to publicize it to your membership by posting a link on your
own web site, spreading it by word of mouth, e-mail, handouts and anything else that makes sense.
As the summer progresses, this site will become a central clearing house of sorts for everything on The Road To Williamsport.
I'll be in touch in future days to ask for your help in a variety of other initiatives to make this happen. But for now we're
merely seeking awareness and eyeballs.
The 2010 Canadian Little League championship is going to be a tremendously exciting tournament. Planning has been underway
for several years and is now down to the fine details. The ballpark has been completely rebuilt, a new clubhouse is going up,
major media coverage is being promised and many other things are happening.
Thanks in advance for doing your part to keep the momentum going.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at any time.
Regards,
Scott Radley
Chair of Marketing and Media
2010 Canadian Little League Championship
I will add that I attended last year's Tournament in Val D'Or, arriving in time for the playoffs and Final, and I was blown
away by how good the baseball was. I am planning on going to Ancaster this year.
see more here...
2010-03-30: WHAT LEAGUE AM I IN?: We get this question from new Little League families quite a bit. To help answer this question, I have put together a map of the Little League boundaries for District 2 (Ottawa West out to Arnprior) and District 6 (Ottawa East out to Hawkesbury). It's a Google Map, so you can zoom in to your residence and discover which boundary it lies inside. You can click this link http://tinyurl.com/ottawaLL or click the "see more here..." link, and find out what your League is, and get its web site address as well. see more here...
2010-03-03: FORMS: We have added a new link in the menu at the left, for our new FORMS page. This page has links to some of the more common forms needed by Parents, Coaches, Managers, Registrars and League Presidents. There are also links to free PDF software, and tables of information you would need to help fill out the forms. see more here...
2009-07-02: NEWSLETTER: Little League Canada has a FREE newsletter, called "The 7th Inning Stretch", excellently editted by Bob Taunton, D.A. for Ontario District 7. The newsletter contains Coaching tips, Umpire tips, quizzes, stories from across the country, and more! Sign up by sending this mail. You can also find the newsletter at the Little League Canada website. see more here...