Lebanon, Maine Little League: My Site News

             Date:             June 21, Saturday!

            Place:              STS Field – Home of Lebanon Little League

            Time:              All rides and booths are open from 10am – 4pm

            Events:           Raffle Booths                                        Face Painting

                                    Cotton Candy machine             Pitch Blast

                                    Moon Bounce (inflatable tent)   Hover Pitch

                                    The Velcro Wall                                   Radar Pitch

                                    Boom Blast                                                     

                                    Dunk Tank with Umpire and Coaches as targets

            Cost:               All venues are $1.00 each.  Proceeds go towards our league fields and next years

                                    Uniforms and equipment needs. This event is open to the public and is to raise funds for

                                    Our Kids!   Bring your friends and spread the word!

            Awards            10:45 – 12:00   T-ball, Minor, and Major Minor eat and have awards.

            Schedule:        12:30  –  1:45   Major league teams begin lunch

                                      2:00  –  3:00   Major league awards

            Food Info:       The grill will be running full blast!  There will be areas on the field for your pop up tents

                                    and tables to be positioned. 

 Team Moms and Coaches!  Contact your parents and have them bring anything else for your team.  Salads and desserts, etc.  

Bring your lawn chairs, tables and easy-up canopies! 

Everyone is welcome!

 Grandparents, friends, anyone you would like to invite.

Monday June 2, 8pm will be the next coaches, board members, and public meeting at the little league complex.  Everyone is invited attend.

All coaches from all levels are encouraged to be there.

Major-Minor baseball, Minor baseball and softball, and T-ball coaches are being sought.  We are creating the teams at this time for these areas and a few more coaches are necessary.

If you will be attending your childs games, why not help out with coaching if you will be there anyway?  Any help in this area is appreciated.

Our staff is comprised off ALL VOLUNTEERS.  Please do not call and tell us your child is disappointed they have not called with their team name..... WE KNOW !   We have kids too!  Spring fever is at a roaring pitch.

Please be patient.  We are working as quickly as we can every night.  The field have just melted the final snow away as of Wednesday. They are soft and not playable yet, but now the work them must begin to get them ready.

Because of this, if you are a handy person or good at yard work, please email us tell us when you are available to pitch in so we can finish quicker.

Thanks.

The Management

Saturday morning at 9am, the regular baseball and softball seasons begin!  On tap:  2 major league baseball games on field B, 1 major softball game on field A, followed by opening games for Major-minor baseball, minor baseball and softball, and a few T-ball games! 

Saturday will be a full and fun day for everyone.  So c'mon down, watch a game and have a hot dog.  Isn't that what spring is all about?

As per the custom of this league, the board allows use of the outfields for soccer practice.

If you are interested in practicing on the fields, please make a reservation for a time slot so we do not have chaos for the arriving parents.  

Please pick up your trash as you leave.

The Management

The following slate of officers was elected at the October 1, 2007 meeting:

Bill Ziadeh                Vice President

Chris Burke              Secretary 

Nancy Neubert        Treasurer

Robert Lefebvre     Umpire in Chief

Bruce Wood             T-Ball Representative

Jeff Taylor             Minor Leagues Player Agent

Jen Bailey                Softball Representative

Stacy Whelan           Fund Raising Chairperson

Robin Coffey            Concession Manager

Appointed Positions (volunteers) 

TBA                         Team Parent Coordinator

TBA                          Publicity Coordinator

Mike Chambers       Grounds & Buildings Manager

Chris Coffey            Major Leagues Equip/Uniforms Manager

TBA                         Minor Leagues Equip/Uniforms Manager

Anyone interested in any of the open positions, please contact any officer and let them know as soon as possible.  Meetings for 2008 are under way.

Field Day!

Please come down to the LL fields and help us clean them up in anticipation of opening day, April 26.  We will have shoveling to do, raking, and some light carpentry.  Please bring your tools if you can make it. 

We have been at the fields every night this week getting it ready.  But there is more to do!

Needed:  Carpentry tools, rakes, shovels, buckets for trash

Just show up at 1pm Sunday if you can make it.  Its all for your kids.

Junes Meeting with be Monday the 2nd, right after the games. Everyone is welcome to attend.

A game between STS and DLT last week ended due to darkness.  One team had come from behind in the 6th inning to catch up and pass the other, but darkness ensued, and the game was called when the umpire correctly judged it was becoming a safety issue. 

Little League rules state that if you have a complete game (4 innings or more played) and the game is halted for any reason, weather, darkness, etc, and the inning is incomplete, then the score reverts back to the last completed inning. 

The only scenario where this becomes a suspended game is if they end up with a tied score, then the game must be resumed and finished to establish a victor.

Steve Endsley, President, UIC

Parents!  Even though we have sunny skies, the winds are creating quite a wind chill, and it will get worse in the evening as the sun dips below the trees.

Please make sure your child dresses warmly for their game.  They must wear their jersey on the top, so dress them in a sweatshirt underneath.  Please be sure to remember this important rule:  if the child will be pitching in either baseball or softball, they can not have white or light grey sleeves showing.  This applies to Pitchers ONLY .

Please bring the extra warmth garments.  It is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and end up sick.

The Management