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Wednesday, February 4
BUTLER BASEBALL NEWSLETTER - January 2009

Let’s play ball!

Our recent weather makes it hard to imagine that baseball season is quickly approaching. Frigid temperatures, snow covered baseball fields and icicles in the dugouts bare no evidence of the fast paced activity behind the scenes.

Many volunteers have been working on a variety of tasks that keep the League operating like a well-oiled machine. It would be very difficult to list all the activities that have been in progress the past couple of months so I’ll list only a representative few - the League safety plan, finances, fundraisers, registration, uniforms, field maintenance and improvement plans, concession, player assessments and communications. Even with all the hours dedicated to the success of our League thus far, there is still a lot of work in front of

us and have many opportunities for anyone who may want to help.

Our League is formed from the people of our community to serve our youth by providing an avenue for a positive baseball/softball experience for any child who wants to participate. Many of the values we try to teach our children through the game of baseball and softball have been demonstrated by our volunteers as they have worked on our many activities. The talents, teamwork, dedication, cooperation and creativity from our all our volunteers have been

outstanding to date and truly reflect the abilities of all the people who make up our community.

The success of our League depends on all of us. Whether you can help a little or a lot, we can use your talents and it will be greatly appreciated. Please indicate your desire to volunteer by filling out the volunteer application during registration or contact a member of the Board or Auxiliary. Either way we’ll be sure to contact you and offer an opportunity to get involved.

Butler Area Baseball & Softball is looking forward to a great year in 2009. We will continue to strive to provide the best baseball and softball experience for the development of our children and the love of the game. Most important of all – our kids should have a blast!! See you at the field!!

A Note From the League President...

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Opening Day announcement

2

Upcoming Fundraiser Info

3

Board & Committee Listings

4

BUSINESS NAME

COVERING THE BASES

A newsletter to keep YOU informed

about what’s happening in YOUR league!

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:

  1. ? A note from the league president, Jeff Seger
  2. ? An auxiliary committee has been formed — see how you can help!

New AUXILIARY Committee Formed

The Butler Twp./Meridian Baseball Auxiliary Committee would like to welcome you to the 2009 baseball season! This new committee has been formed to improve communication throughout the season, to plan many fundraisers and league activities, and to make our league stronger overall. We encourage all parents to join the Auxiliary Committee.

We have many events scheduled for our players this year. We encourage you to get involved with the Auxiliary Committee in some way. There are many sub-committees that need chairpersons and volunteers. Our league has grown and our need for volunteers has grown as well.

Please review the volunteer

opportunities and sign up to help! Your time is precious to us and we appreciate it. If you have an interest in the newly formed Auxiliary Committee, please don’t hesitate to contact Linda Patten or Renee Lyon.

Thank you,

The Butler Baseball Association Auxiliary Committee

We encourage you to get involved with the Auxiliary Committee in some way.

January, 2009

This newsletter

is sponsored by:

( see our back page for their business card and information)

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Field Maintenance

Since the merge of Meridian Baseball and Butler Township Base-ball, we now have 8 fields to maintain. We are very fortunate to have some of the nicest facilities in the area for our kids to play on. We will be using five separate facilities for the 2009 season. These include St. Fidelis

Fields in Meridian, Adelman Fields in South Butler, Highfield, Oak Hills Church Field (for fast pitch softball) and the Connoque-nessing field for Colt and Legion. In order for these facilities to re-main a safe and enjoyable place for our kids to practice and play, countless hours each year are put into maintenance and up-keep. This includes grass cutting, weed-

eating, field prep, painting, emptying trash cans, hanging signs, sweeping dug outs...and the list goes on and on. We will be scheduling spring clean-up days and would greatly appreci-ate all the help we can get. We will also be looking for volunteers who can be called on to help with this sometimes overwhelming workload. If you’re interested, in helping please e-mail Tim Lyon at tslyon@zoominternet.net. Even a mere 20 minutes of your time can be a great help!

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Let’s Play Ball…

Opening Day set for April 18

Mark your calendars! Opening Day will be quickly upon us…imilar to years past, we hope to have community volunteers/heroes attend our ceremonies at Adelman Field. Players and siblings may be able to inspect a police car, ambulance, or fire truck right on our fields!

We will have Butler Township / Meridian Baseball T-shirts, team hats and other spirit wear for sale. Come ready to begin the season with your baseball spirit!

New this year...TEAM PARENTS!

In an effort to help the coaches be coaches and spend more time on the field with our kids, the league is establishing ?eam Parents?to assist with the duties of keeping a team organized. Now, this is not the same as the team manager who organizes lines-ups and so on, but rather the team parent will help to collect and distribute such things as the

raffle tickets, newsletter, uniforms, fundraiser forms, team pictures, etc.

Please seriously consider helping out your child’s team by volunteering to be the team parent! We really need everyone’s help to get more organized this year and you just might be the person to do it!

ATTENTION ALL GIRLS!

GREAT NEWS! Softball is expanding our age groups this year! We are accepting 18 and under to hopefully expand to have an 18 and under team. We are also expanding to accept 5, 6, and 7 year olds to have an instructional league. Previously our 5, 6 and 7 year olds have played in the baseball program with coach pitch otherwise known as t-ball. We have teams from other areas in our league that they will get to play. They can

possibly experience some tournament play. This means altogether we would now have an 18U team, 16U team, 12U team, 10U team and an 8U team. There is always so much to do, so if you are available to help out in any way, we would welcome it with open arms! We have many areas you can help with, such as uniforms, concession stand, fundraisers, coaching and many others. See you at signups!

—Sheri Knox, Softball Coordinator

FARM League ........... Monday, February 16 ................. 7:30—9:30 pm

MINOR League ......... Wednesday, February 18 ........... 7:30—9:30 pm

LITTLE League ......... Monday, February 23 ................. 7:30—9:30 pm

Evaluations will be held at the

Butler County Community College in the Fieldhouse.

Player Evaluation Dates Set

Registration will be done and over with before we know it and it will be time for player evaluations. If you have a child playing in one of the following age brackets, please mark your calendars with the following dates:

W e are so excited to be holding our 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt again this year! If you were lucky enough to join us last year, you will remem-ber what a great time the kids and parents had coming together to hunt eggs and do a little ?atching up?about what they all had been up to all winter.

The cost will be $5.00 per child this year, which includes an Easter basket and up to 15 filled eggs (the basket and eggs are yours to keep)! Special drawings will be held and the concession stand will be open ready to sell those famous cheese fries that you’ve waited for ALL winter. Plan on joining us for this great day — the Easter Bunny will be waiting for you!

When you registered your child/children for the upcoming season, you should have received and paid for your raffle tickets. Once you sell your tickets, you keep the money you collect, thus reducing the cost of your registration. The ticket stubs with the buyer’s name should be turned in to your team parent by April 11, A WEEK BEFORE opening day, in order to qualify for the drawing. The winning tickets will be drawn on opening day and announced in upcoming newsletters!

Raffle Tickets

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Our pepperoni roll/pizza kit/cookie dough sale will be held once again this year to benefit improvements to our fields and facilities. Please mark your calendars for the following dates: order forms for the sale will be distributed at the start of team practices, and the final day to turn in orders will be Opening Day, April 18.

Delivery date is scheduled for Saturday, May 9, 2009.

Fundraiser Dates Set

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Saturday, March 28, 2:00 p.m. at the Meridian Fields

Butler Baseball Easter Egg Hunt

Butler Twp/Meridian

In 2008, we held our first Easter Egg Hunt to help raise money for our league! 175 kids participated!

Butler twp/meridian baseball

Fundraiser Night

WHEN: Monday, FEBRUARY 9 —AND— Thursday, FEBRUARY 26

4:00 — 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Pizza Hut (West Cunningham St. Location ONLY!)

Bring this flyer to the Pizza Hut and of your

ENTIRE purchase will be donated back to our LEAGUE.

H elp Support Our League

While Enjoying A Great Meal With Friends!

Would your business or family like to sponsor the next newsletter? For a cost of $20 your business card or family name will be listed in the league newsletter as the sponsor. This is being done to help keep the cost of publicizing a league newsletter to a minimum. Don’t have $20 to donate, but would love to participate? Then maybe your business or workplace would like to volunteer to do the copying of one of our upcoming newsletters. It would require you making about 500 (possibly double-sided) copies. If you’re inter-ested in helping out in one of these ways, please contact your team parent or Renee Lyon at 724-482-9246.

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Equipment finds...new and used!

If your youngster is just starting to learn the game of baseball, trying to find the right equipment for the little guy or gal can be tough if you don’t know where to begin. For the coach pitch age, Wal-Mart and Target have great deals on starter bats and gloves, but once your kids start moving up through the older age groups, finding equipment at a reasonable price can be difficult.

Do you have any used equipment that

your child has grown out of, but it’s still in good enough condition for someone else to use? Here’s an opportunity to post an ad in an upcoming newsletter by calling Renee Lyon (724-482-9246) and she’ll make sure it’s advertised for FREE!

Still don’t want to buy used equipment and would rather shop the big-name stores? Sign up for the Dick’s Sporting Goods ScoreCard program and receive great coupons for $10 off $50 or more (once you’ve earned the reward) and additional coupons for the

upcoming season for baseball equipment. You can also visit www.couponalbum.com and find coupons for all sorts of sports equipment on websites. Ebay and Play it Again Sports are other great ways to find used equipment.

If you’re not sure what equipment your child needs, ask your coach and see if he has any information to offer. And check the internet—there are many articles that will give you help in finding what you need.

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Communications ................ Renee Lyon

Concessions .................. Kelly Michalek

Joyce Slomers

Fundraising ....................Kelly Kowalski

Marie Bellis

Pre/Post-Season

Coordinators ..................... Linda Patten

Maureen Gross

Uniforms............................. Donna Friel

Mary Ford

Auxiliary Committee…

Can you Sponsor a League Newsletter?

President ........................... Jeff Seger

Vice-President ............. Mike Kowalski

Secretary ....................... Dan Slomers

Treasurer .......................... Curt Gross

Managers Agent ............. Daryl Patten

Player Agents ............... Dan Michalek

........................................... Dan Lynn

Safety Officer ................... Jerry Gilkey

Information Officer ......... Ron Thomas

Grounds/Maintenance .......... Tim Lyon

Board Members ..............Dan Reamer

John Baranchak

Board Officers & Committee Chairs...

NEXT AUXILIARY MEETING…Tuesday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. at the St. Fidelis building.

Are you curious about how much it costs to run our league of approximately 500 kids? Did you ever wonder how much a Port-A-Potty costs to rent for one week? Did you ever wonder how much we pay for a dumpster from Vogel for one week? In upcoming issues of ?overing the Bases?it is our intent to keep you informed

of the finances happening within our league —umpire costs, field maintenance, conces-sion stand profits and expenses, fundraiser profits, and so on— essentially what it costs to successfully run our league in a safe and enjoyable manner.

Please watch for future articles in upcoming newsletters — our goal is to keep you informed!

Our League Finances

Primarily Kids Preschool

1329 N. Main Street, Butler, PA 16001 (724-287-4325)

Licensed by the State Department of Education

Call now - classes filling fast

Bright Beginners, Pre-Kindergarten &

Transition-to-Kindergarten classes available

Tammi Delano – Owner, Director & Teacher



Monday, February 2
COACHING CLINIC ON FEBRUARY 8TH
 What:                        Baseball / Softball Coaching ClinicWhen:                       Sunday, February 8th                                     4:30 pm – 5:30 pmWhere:                      St. Fidelis ChurchWho:                          All Managers and Coaches (anyone interested in managing and/or coaching a team in 2009) Agenda:        ·        First Aid Training                                                    Lisa Anderson·        Coaching Initiatives per League                         Daryl Patten·        Core Practice Content                                           Daryl Patten & Curt Gross·        Pitching - Coaching & Fundamentals               Matt Clement & Curt Gross

Monday, February 2
EMAIL CONTACT LIST -- UPDATE
We are currently updating the contact list for BT/Meridian Baseball and Softball from last year.To be removed from this email distribution list, simply reply to this email and state that you would like to be removed.Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience that any previous emails may have caused.

Thursday, October 8
Concession and Sponsor info 2009
CONCESSION STAND SCHEDULE:       Below is the list of which home team is responsible for staffing each stand.  Meridian Stand needs four people to staff, Adelman needs three people. In order for all parents to have an opportunity to work the stands they may split their time. We need everyone’s cooperation!  Please remind your parents that this is a volunteer league and everyone is just as busy as the next. If your parents refuse to work they need to find someone to work for them. It may be a teenager 14 yrs. of age or another parent.  Their $20 will be used to pay them.  We are working on a list of teenagers that are willing to work the stand.  Remind your parents that it is their responsibility to find a replacement.  If your parents will not work the stand, it will be closed.  The umpires will need to be paid by the home team manager.  All monies paid out by a manager will be reimbursed.  You will have to come to the Meridian concession stand to get the reimbursement.  We are not out to punish the manager if their parents refuse to work. Remember as the manager you need to stress to your parents that the concession stand is vital in league operations.   Any questions (no complaints J) let me know!Thank you!Joyce Slomers – jzmslomers@zoominternet.net 
   FARM – MERIDIAN STAND ONLY 
Ron Pate - Ball Zone – Chicago Cubs -                Friday, April 24        Wednesday, June 3
Brian Davenport – Marzullo Roofing – Baltimore Orioles            Monday, April 27            Monday, June 8
Matt Piroch – Benko–McGrogan – New York Yankees            Tuesday, April 28            Tuesday, May 12
Robb Ray – Mama Rosa’s – Boston Red Sox            Monday, May 4            Monday, May 11
Greg Micheals – Family Sports Center – San Diego Padres            Wednesday, May 6            Friday, June 12
Mark Anderson – JM Heller Photography – Pittsburgh Pirates            Monday, May 18            Tuesday, May 26
Rob Bonetti – D’Anthony’s – Oakland A’s            Thursday, May 21           Wednesday, May 27
  
 MINOR – ADELMAN or MERIDIAN 
Paul Clawson – Stone Face – Colorado Rockies            Monday, April 20 – Adelman            Tuesday, May 5 – Adelman
Larry Protivnak – Armstrong Cable – Pittsburgh Pirates            Wed, April 22 – Adelman            Monday, April 27 – Adelman
Kurt Albert – Mama Rosa’s – Boston Red Sox            Friday, April 24 – Adelman            Thursday, May 28 – Adelman
Tim Lyon – Fort Pitt Capital – Chicago Cubs            Wed April 29 – Adelman            Tuesday, June 2 – Adelman
Rob Covert – Broses – Oakland A’s            Monday, April 20 – Meridian            Thursday, May 7 – Adelman
Craig Stewart – Eat-n-Park – San Diego Padres          Monday, May 11 – Adelman            Tuesday, June 9 – Adelman           
 *(Thursday, May 21 – Adelman) – you are the only scheduled game; if your parents are willing to work, let me know.  If not the stand will be closed.*
Dan Lynn – Minich Insurance – Baltimore Orioles            Tuesday, May 26 – Adelman            Friday, May 8 – Meridian            Thursday, June 4 - Adelman
Mike Kowalski – Baglier – New York Yankees            Wed, May 13 – Meridian            Tuesday, May 19 – Meridian

 
LITTLE – ADELMAN or MERIDIAN 

Ron Thomas – Howard Hanna –             Tuesday, April 21 – Adelman            Monday, June 1 – Meridian

Joe Kuharic – Benko * McGrogan –             Thursday, April 23 – Adelman            Wednesday, May 20 – Adelman

John Baranchak – Knauer Concrete –             Monday, May 4 – Adelman            Monday, May 18 – Adelman

Tim Seezox – Mike Kelly Chevrolet –            Friday, May 8 – Adelman            Wednesday, May 27 – Adelman

John Williams – Spectrum Insurance –            Thursday, April 30 – Meridian            Wednesday, May 13 – Adelman

Gil Rickert – Taxing Matters –             Thursday, May 14 – Adelman            Monday, June 1 – Adelman

 

COACH PITCH– ADELMAN or MERIDIAN 

Garrett MuskoBaseball Card Castle / Grand Central Hobby San Diego Padres            Tuesday, April 28 – Adelman            Tuesday, May 5 – Meridian

Jim Cestrone – Butler Smiles – Baltimore Orioles             Thursday, April 30 – Adelman            Tuesday, June 2 - Adelman          

  *(Friday, May 29 – Adelman) – you are the only scheduled game; if your parents are willing to work, let me know.  If not the stand will be closed.*

Steve Allison – Cubs ASA – New York Yankees            Friday, May 1 – Adelman            Tuesday, May 19 – Adelman      

 *(Wednesday, June 3 – Adelman) – you are the only scheduled game; if your parents are willing to work, let me know.  If not the stand will be closed.* 

Jeff Bailey / Pat Lemay – Honda North – Boston Red Sox            Tuesday, April 21 – Meridian            Wednesday, May 6 – Adelman

Greg Smith – Brenckles – Chicago Cubs            Wed, April 29 – Meridian            Wednesday, May 12 – Adelman

Matt McConnell – AGR – Pittsburgh Pirates            Wednesday, 4/22 – Meridian            Friday, May 15 - Adelman

Kelly Mackrell / D.J. Kotuby – Dr. Kobil’s Kids – Colorado Rockies             Thursday, April 23 – Meridian            Friday, May 1 – Meridian

Brad Wojnar – Care Chiropractic – Oakland A’s            Friday, May 15 – Meridian

            Friday, June 5 – Adelman

 

 
 
SOFTBALL – MERIDIAN STAND ONLY  
Shawn Coyle – 8u – McCaskey            Wednesday, May 20            Thursday, June 4
Kim Covert – 8u – She’Lor School of Dance             Friday, May 29            Friday, June 5
Melissa Zalukek – 10u – Mark’ Im Embroidery            Thursday, May 7            Thursday, June 11
Shane Leasure – 12u – Anna Maria’s Primo Pizzeria            Thursday, June 18            Tuesday, June 9
Charlie Barnett – 12u – Pawlowicz Dental            Thursday, May 14 Thursday, May 28
Opening Day April 18, 2009 

 

2nd Annual BTBA Golf Outing

May 30, 2009  8am.

Hiland Golf Course

  Visit www.freewebs.com/btbagolf

 

Please frequent all of Butler Baseball's Sponsors (Located on Sponsors Tab) Also below:

2009 Team Sponsor’s ~AGR International, Inc~Anna Maria’s Primo Pizzeria~Armstrong Cable~Baglier Buick GMS Madza~Baseball Card Castle/Grand Central Hobby~Benko * McGrogan Orthodontics~Brenckle’s Greenhouse~Brose’s Superette~Butler Smiles Dental Care~Care Chiropractic Center~Cubs ASA~D’Anthony’s Pizzaria~Dennis McCurdy Law~Dr. Stephanie Kobil, DMD~EAT’N PARK~Family Sports Center~Fort Pitt Capital~Honda North~Howard Hanna * Marcia Maher~J.M. Heller Photos~Knauer Concrete, Inc~Mama Rosa’s Restaurant~Mark’Im Embroidery~Marzullo Roofing~Matheny Motor Truck Co~McCaskey Orthodontics~Mike Kelly Chevrolet~Minich Insurance Agency, LLC~Pawlowicz Dental ~Right Electric Company~Sheetz~She’Lor School of Dance~Spectrum Insurance Services~Stone Face Enterprises~Taxing Matters~The Ball Zone~W. Rick’s Taproom & Grill  2009 Sign Sponsors ~3 Rivers Ice Cream~Animal Clinic of Butler~Conlon Tarker, P.C~DEIHL Automotive~Discover Chiropractic~Edy’s Ice Cream~Farmers National Bank~James Rathfon, DDS~Keen Refrigerated Logistics, LLC~Marnic Insurance Agency (Nationwide)~Moses Jewelers~Ponderosa Steakhouse~Spangler Brothers Paving, Inc.~Sir Speedy Printing Center~Steinheiser Propane, Inc.~Tri-Rivers Surgical Associates, Inc. ~YWCA of Butler 


   
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