Portland Little League: My Site News

The Annual Meeting was held on September 27th at Round Table Pizza.  The following members were elected to the Portland Little League Board of Directors:

 President: Chelsea Stevens

Secretary: Jerry Pederson

Vice-President of Majors Baseball: Rob Gilhuly

Vice-President of Minors Baseball: Kris Gomez

Vice-President of Farms Baseball: Mike Lyons

Vice-President of T-Ball: Heather Adams

Information Officer: Jonathan Newman

Treasurer: Amy Platt

Player Agent Of Softball: Rod Atkinson

Safety Officer: Steve Hammond

Equipment Manager: Mike Lyons

Umpire In Chief: Keith Carey

There are still several positions open including Administrative Vice President, Player Agent of Baseball, Vice President of Softball, Coaching Coordinator and many Member-At-Large positions.

The board meetings are held the second Sunday of each month at Round Table Pizza on Foster road at 6:30.  Anyone is welcome to attend.

The season-long Wii raffle was  done at yesterday's End of the Season Picnic.

Theresa Holgate was the winner of the Wii raffle, and Rod Atkinson won the Wii Fit in the same raffle.  Thanks to all who contributed to this fund raiser!

Special Thanks to Michele White for managing and organizing this event.

DISTRICT #2  SOFTBALL   INTERLEAGUE RULES 

These supplemental “Playing Rules” (By-laws) are designed to standardize interleague playing rules throughout the district. After many years of conflict arising from different rules utilized among the leagues, the Presidents of all leagues in Oregon District #2 adopted the following standards for play in Interleague teams.  The following has also been approved by Western Region Headquarters.  Play will be governed by Little League Official Rules and Regulations with the following modifications.  

FARM SB DIVISION PLAYING RULES 

1.      No base-on-balls (walks); batters remain at plate until the ball is hit or strikes out.

2.      With pitcher development the objective, players will pitch the first four pitches, but on delivery of ball four, the coach will finish pitching to the batter. (Coach-pitch or the coach placing the ball in the pitching machine is a local league option.)  Offensive coaches will pitch to their own batters.

3.      Runners may leave their bases only when a pitch is hit by the batter. No advance is allowed by stealing, passed balls or other misplays. Any runner between bases after a hit must stop at the next base when the ball is returned to the pitcher’s circle, with or without control.

4.      Infield fly rule will not be used.

5.      Five run limit for all innings.

6.      No new inning shall start after one hour forty five minutes of play.

7.      Teams shall bat their rosters.

8.      No score should be announced.

9.      “Softie” balls will be used until May 15^th.

1.      Player pitch; umpires should have a slightly expanded strike zone as needed.

2.      Runners may advance at will on misplayed balls.

3.      Runners may not advance beyond third base on passed balls.  Runners may steal second or third base.

4.      After May 1st, all runners may attempt to advance on steals, passed balls and misplays giving coaches the opportunity to teach offensive and defensive skills before tournament season, including advancing to home.

5.      Infield fly rule will not be used.

6.      Five run limit, except for the sixth or last inning which will be open.

7.      Ten-run rule will be in effect.

8.      If a scheduled game follows, no new inning shall start after two hours of play unless the score is tied.

9.      Teams shall bat a line-up or roster as prescribed by their own local league by-laws.

1.      Five run limit for first three innings.

2.      Ten-run rule is in effect.

3.      If a scheduled game follows, no new inning shall start after two hours of play unless score is tied.

4.      Teams shall bat a line-up or roster as prescribed by their own local league by-laws. 

 Adopted for the 2009 season by vote of all league presidents in Oregon District #2 on May 15^th, 2009. 

DISTRICT 2 BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE RULES  

These supplemental “Playing Rules” (By-laws) are designed to standardize interleague playing rules throughout the district. After many years of conflict arising from different rules utilized among the leagues, the Presidents of all leagues in Oregon District #2 adopted the following standards for play in Interleague teams.  The following has also been approved by Western Region Headquarters.  Play will be governed by Little League Official Rules and Regulations with the following modifications. 

FARM DIVISION

1.      No base-on-balls (walks); batter remains at plate until he hits the ball or strikes out.

2.      With the objective being Pitcher Development, players will pitch, but upon delivery of ball four the coach will finish pitching to the batter. Offensive coaches will pitch to their own batters.  Coach or machine pitch is a local league option.

3.      Runners may leave their bases only when a pitch is hit by the batter. No advance is allowed by stealing or on passed balls (pitches not caught by the catcher}. Any runner between bases after a hit ball must stop at the next base when the ball is in control in the infield.

4.      Infield fly rule will not be used.

5.      Five-run limit for all innings.

6.      Teams shall bat their rosters.

7.      No new inning will start after one hour and forty-five minutes past game start time.

1.      Player pitch.

2.      Five-run limit, except the sixth or last inning which will be open.

3.      Ten-run rule will be in effect.

4.      No new inning will start after two hours of play unless the score is tied.

5.      Teams will bat a lineup or roster as prescribed by their own league’s by-laws. 

1.      Ten-run rule is in effect.

2.      If a scheduled game follows, no new inning shall start after two hours past game start time unless the score is tied.

3.      Teams will bat a lineup or roster as prescribed by their own leagues’ by-laws. 

Adopted for the 2009 season by vote of District #2 Presidents March 15^th, 2009.

Portland Little League operates a email list for its members.  We currently run this email list through Yahoo groups.  Membership is limited to members of the league, and those planning on joining.  To join the list go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxlittleleague or send an email to pdxlittleleague-subscribe@yahoogroups.com . 

This map shows the Portland Little League borders for the 2007, 2008, 2009 season.   The area in red is the area covered by Portland Little League.

Saturday June 13th is the End of the Season Picnic from 12:00 to 4:00 at Woodstock Park.
Free Food will be served.  A raffle will be held, with a drawing done every 30 minutes.  There will be a Dunk Tank, and rumor has it that Lucky The Beaver will be stopping by.   In addition, the drawing for the Wii raffle will be done, a silent auction held, and much more!