Colorado Springs Little League: CSLL News & Updates

October 9, 2008
 
Dear District Administrative Staffs and Local Little League Baseball Officials:
 
Beginning with the 2009 Little League Baseball season, baseball bats with a diameter of 2 ¾ inches are no longer permitted for use in the Junior League Division of Baseball.
 
Baseball bats with a 2 ?-inch diameter are now the standard for all teenage baseball divisions (Junior, Senior and Big League).
 
The "minus-3" requirement - overall weight (in ounces) of a bat can be no more than three ounces below the overall length (in inches) of the bat - remains in effect in Senior and Big League Baseball divisions, but is NOT a requirement in Junior Baseball.
 
Also, in effect for the 2009 season is the requirement that all non-wood bats used in Little League Baseball Divisions and below shall be printed with a BPF (bat performance factor) of 1.15 or less.
 
Sincerely, 
 
Little League International
P.O. Box 3485
539 US Route 15 Hwy
Williamsport, PA  17701-0485
Phone: 570-326-1921
Fax: 570-326-1074

When: This Sunday, July 25th. food starts at 1pm, Celebration starts at 2pm

Where: El Pomar Youth Sports Complex Field #5

What: Help us recognize all of our All-Stars and prepare our Junior team for their trip to the Regional Tournament. We will be selling Hot Dogs, chips and drinks. We will also have raffle tickets available for some cool prizes (autographed balls, Rockie tickets, etc). We are looking for some good cooks to help with a bake sale which will go on at the same time!

Our Junior team are the Colorado State Champions! They won 25 - 7 to advance to the Regional Tournament in Odessa, Texas!

Coaches Birky and Krainock went through the District undefeated and will be playing this weekend at the state level in Arapahoe!!

Congratulations also go out to the 10-11 year old team as they finished second as did the 11-12 year old team. 

Colorado Springs Little League was competitive at all levels and a thank you goes out to all the coaches, players, parents, and league members that represented CSLL as a professional organization.  I am proud to be a small part of this organization. 

Chad Stone
Head Commissioner

Please check out this post and read about an awesome gesture from a friend of the league.

http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR/Walk2008/Denver?px=4152723&pg=personal&fr_id=1470&et=6LNeYTkuQbramxUBTKanLw..&s_tafId=263582

Please sure to check out this informative article about what to expect and how to prepare for all-stars.

http://www.active.com/baseball/Articles/Parent_s_Guide_to_Little_League_All-Stars.htm?act=EMC-eNews_Base_0508&link=11

Hit-A-Thon-  

Kids can only be involved with one fundraiser per year. This year the board has decided to make the fundraiser fun and hopefully less hectic for the parents.

The goal is for each player to raise $100. Each team has a goal of $1,000.

All players that raise $500 or more will be entered into a special drawing for a X-Box 360!

All players that raise $100 or more will be entered into a special drawing some awesome prizes which include a set of 4 tickets to a Rockies game, and other cool prizes.

Most Money Raised

1st Place           Baseball Autographed by Goose Gossage & 4 Sky Sox Tickets

2nd Place          4 Sky Sox Tickets

3rd Place           $20 in Dick’s Sporting Good gift certificates

The team that raises the most money will when a pizza party ($100 maximum & one team per division)

Most Points

1st Place           4 Sky Sox Tickets

2nd Place          $20 in Dick’s Sporting Good gift certificates

3rd Place           $10 in Dick’s Sporting Good gift certificates

Kids don’t forget, if the League raises $20,000 or more, CSLL President will get his head shaved, on the field!

You are missed.

Bring your family, friends, and neighbors and ROCK-N-ROLL with the other Little League families at Gunther Toody’s, the Fabulously Fun Fifties Diner.

Thursday, April 24th
Palmer Park Gunther Toody’s
Palmer Park & Powers
719-570-1952
4:30 PM to 9:00PM

How it works: 
Order as usual for your family.  Give your server the bottom of this flyer when paying your bill and Gunther Toody’s will pay 15-25% of all Little League family receipts back to Colorado Springs Little League.

The more participation, the larger the donation.
1-250 participants = 15%
251-325 participants = 20%
326 & above = 25%

 Download and print this flyer!

If you would like to volunteer to work on your teams individual web pages please let me know.  The eteamz website that we use allows each team to have its own website within this main site and allows for team specific news, rosters, pictures, snack schedules, etc. 

I have heard from the juniors Nationals and the minors Riverdogs already, but still need lots of help.  There is no programing or scripting knowledge necessary, just a little bit of free time.

You can either respond to your team rep and ask them to get it back to me, or you can email me at webmaster@coloradospringslittleleague.com

Thanks,
CSLL Web Admin

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Hopefully by now you should have all heard from your coaches and hopefully maybe even had a practice or two.  If you have not heard from anyone since the registration meeting, or if you're not sure where you need to be, you should contact your division commisioner.  The commisioners emails are listed below...

TBall - tballcommissioner@coloradospringslittleleague.com

Midget - midgetcommissioner@coloradospringslittleleague.com

Minor - rookiecommissioner@coloradospringslittleleague.com

Major - majorcommisioner@coloradospringslittleleague.com

Junior - headcommish@coloradospringslittleleague.com

Event goes all day at N. Carefree & Powers Chick-Fil-A.
Wednesday, April 2nd

- Invite your friends and family to eat at Chick-Fil-A
- Dining in? Ask for your receipt and place it in the receipt box
- Drive thru? Just say you're here for the fundraiser
- Place a catering order? It counts too. Just say it is for Colorado Springs Little League

Honey Baked Ham

Event goes all day at N. Carefree & Powers Honey Baked Ham store.
Saturday, April 5th 

CSLL is excited about the opportunity to offer softball. We look forward to our first season this spring!

If you are interested in playing or coaching, please email our Softball Coordinator, Scott Arnold! Scott's email is softball@coloradospringslittleleague.com!

In order to conform to the LL rule, yet offer a competitive program, we will be offering the following format:

Minor Division

• T-Ball               ages 5-6
• Midgets            ages 7-8
• 10 & under       ages 9-10 (8 year olds can try-out)
• 11 & under       ages 10-11 (9 year olds can try-out)

Major Division

• 12 & under       ages 11-12 (10 year olds can try-out)

Juniors       ages 13 – 14

Seniors       ages 15 - 16

Big League    ages 16 - 18

Colorado Springs Little League's Board of Directors are made up of volunteers who are dedicated to bringing a safe, fun, learning experience to all of the children of our league. Board members spend many hours during the year to make sure we can offer a quality program.

Your 2008 Board Members are (email addresses can be found under Contact Us):