16 Mar MSBL-MABL SoCo Managers' Meeting Notes

· Meeting held on 16 Mar 02 at 1030 at the Sand Creek Police Station

· Attendance

o Present

§ Committee

· Rick Forge't - President

· Aric Erickson - Vice President

· Karl Bystrom - Treasurer

· Kevin Watson - Secretary

§ Managers

· MABL

o Kevin Gould - Haynes

o Paul Mitchell - Rockies

· MSBL

o Charles Lawson - Angels

o Chris Dahl - Bombers

o Kevin Watson - Dodgers

o Drew Matalus – Indians

o Pete Morin - Red Sox

o Absent

· Committee

o Mike Luttmann – Scheduler

· Managers

o MABL

§ Chris Doyle - Braves

§ Mike Roberts - Cardinals

§ Will Jackson - Diamondbacks

o MSBL

§ Dimas Nunez - A's/Black Sox

§ Bill Park - Cardinals

§ Pete Baker - Cubs

§ Tim Hageman - Grizzlies

§ Jeff Beatty - Pirates

§ Rick Zahradnik - Rockies

§ Mike Luttmann - Twins

§ Frank Viginl - Yankees

o For those that were unable to attend, please review the attached spreadsheet and verify your team’s manager contact information

§ Please provide me any additions and/or corrections

§ At the least, I need one valid e-mail address and one phone number for each manager

§ Feel free to provide as much information as possible so I can contact you

§ Also, I need an alternate contact (assistant manager/player representative) for each team

· Please that person’s provide the name, phone number, and e-mail address to me via e-mail.

· Scorebook League and Teams Websites

o Discussed limited free functionality of website after introductory year

§ Will not provide box scores and statistics without payment

o Decided to continue to utilize the website for standings, results, and team websites this year

o Probably will use something else next year as the free services become more limited

§ Rick Forge’t described a program he developed which can provide similar functionalities

· Tourney Information

o Memorial Day tournament in Las Vegas

§ Contact Karl Bystrom for informational packets if you’re interested in putting together a team

o 4^th of Jul tournament in Denver

§ More information to follow

o Discussed:

§ Colorado Springs tournament next year

· No decision made

§ Colorado Spring All-Star Team to play Denver All-Star Team

· Rick Forge’t will contact Denver League

· Teams

o Status of MSBL teams

§ No representatives from A’s/Black Sox, Cardinals, Yankees, and Rockies

§ Decided to allow current Red Sox/former Cardinals players rejoin the Cardinals if they so choose

§ Since meeting, I have been contacted by A’s/Black Sox and Cardinals managers

o Possibly an additional MABL team after draft

· Divisional Structure

o Decided at last meeting to have three divisions (Open, Competitive, and Recreational)

§ Assuming the MSBL Rockies and Yankees will have teams, division alignment is as follows:

· Open: Braves, MABL Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Haynes, MABL Rockies

· Competitive: A’s/Black Sox, Angels, Bombers, Dodgers, Twins

· Recreational: MSBL Cardinals, Cubs, Grizzlies, Indians, Pirates, Red Sox, MSBL Rockies, Yankees

o Match-ups are as follows:

§ Open teams will play themselves and Competitive teams

§ Competitive teams will play themselves, Open, and Recreational teams

§ Recreational teams will play themselves and Competitive teams

o Number of games is as follows:

§ Open: 17

§ Competitive: 18

§ Recreational: 19

· Teams will pay league fee based on number of games

o Playoff format

§ Open

· Division-only tournament

· All five teams included in tournament

· First-place team will have first-round bye

· Double elimination

§ Competitive and Recreational

· Combined division tournament

· Top five teams from Competitive and top three teams from Recreational

· Double elimination

§ Tournament champions will play each other (one game) for city championship

o Season

§ Going to try and start season during the last two weeks in May

§ If possible, going to try to play eight games (four each day) each weekend

· Start times of 9:00, 12:30, 4:00, and 7:30

o 3-hour games with a half hour between games

· No weeknight games

o Effort to save money and eliminate player work conflicts

· Draft

o 7 Apr, 12:00, Wasson

o Reviewed draft order

§ Open: Diamondbacks, Cardinals, Rockies, Braves, Haynes

· If new team is present at draft, new team will have first pick of first round and last two picks of subsequent rounds

§ Competitive/Recreational: Dodgers, Red Sox, Yankees, Pirates, A’s/Black Sox, Cubs, Twins, Angels, Dodgers, Grizzlies, Bombers

· Indians will have first pick of subsequent rounds

· If new team is present at draft, they will pick at the bottom of the order

o Cardinals and Rockies

o Format

§ Open division will conduct its draft first

§ Competitive/Recreational will follow Open draft

o Each team must have one player, besides the manager, present at to help conduct the draft, i.e., shag balls, hit, pitch, etc.

· Wood Bats

o Discussion/decision tabled until next meeting

· Rules Revisions

o Discussion/decisions tabled until next meeting

· Treasurer Report

o Decided the Treasurer Report will be the first item of business at all future managers’ meetings

o Karl Bystrom collected $200 deposit from each team

§ If your team was not represented at the meeting, contact Karl ASAP to coordinate payment of deposit