We have Rep teams in every division. We invite you to go to a game now and then so you have an idea of whether you would like to try out for a Rep team in upcoming years. Tri County Rep teams are a combination of players from Sackville, LWF and Bedford Minor Baseball Associations.
Mosquito AAA Wednesday 6pm WJCC Jerry White
Mosquito AA Tuesday 6pm Les Mayo D1 Rick Sampson
PeeWee AAA Monday 6pm Joan Lenihan Greg Trueman
PeeWee AA Tuesday 6pm Les Mayo D4 Bill Harrison
Bantam AAA Wednesday 6pm Robert Lenihan Stephen Collins
Bantam AA Monday 6pm Robert Lenihan
Bruce Brinson
Midget AAA Tuesday 7pm Weir Ken Lenihan
Midget AA Monday 5:30pm Waverly Leo Meagher
Midget A Acadians Sunday/Thursday Waverly/Lenihan Christine Pinsent
Midget A Rangers Sunday/Thursday Waverly/Lenihan Steve Dalrymple
Midget A Chiefs Sunday/Thursday Waverly/Lenihan Charlie MacLean
Junior Thursday 7pm Weir Reg Awalt
Intermediate Sunday 4pm Waverly TBA
“Zero
Tolerance Policy” should read: “Ensuring a fair, safe, healthy
and fun game environment is our top priority.” Sackville Minor
Baseball Association has adopted a zero-tolerance policy for arguing
judgement calls, umpire abuse or call-related displays of poor
sportsmanship. The Zero Tolerance Policy
of Umpire Abuse highlights the special circumstances for youth
players as umpires. One of the founding principles of Sackville
Minor Baseball is positive coaching, this includes umpires that work
on all fields. Youth/adult umpires should only be talked to
positively and constructively.
Coaches will not challenge judgement calls made by the umpires.
It is acceptable to question the interpretation of a rule, but only
in a courteous non-confrontational manner.
Umpire Abuse
as Defined in this Policy
– umpire abuse at its simplest is defined as any deliberate action
that makes an umpire feel physically threatened, verbally intimidated
or emotionally humiliated. Disrespectfully objecting to calls,
yelling at, publicly calling, constantly disagreeing with an umpire
by action or verbally can be deemed umpire abuse. Coaches should
always show decorum, respect and observe all game rules whenever
questioning an umpire about a call.
Judgement Calls
- a judgement call
is a decision made by an official in a competition using their own
opinion of what they have seen.
An
umpire's judgement call is final. Most calls are based on the
judgement of the umpire ie. You may see it one way and the umpire may
see it differently. Missed calls are going to happen in every game,
that's baseball. Judgement calls include; balls & strikes, safe/
out calls on bases (force and tag), catch/ no catch calls, fair/foul,
etc. For reference only
- non-judgement calls include; interference, base runners hit by
batted balls, etc.
Guidelines for
disciplinary action range from a written reprimand for verbal abuse
to expulsion from Sackville Minor Baseball for flagrant or repeat
offenders. The details are outlined in the policy below.
Purpose of the
Policy
This policy has been
implemented to eliminate umpire abuse, both physical and verbal, and
to discourage public dissent of an umpire on all
fields. Even though public dissent may not be considered abuse, it
is not in keeping with Sackville Minor Baseball principles of
positive coaching and good sportsmanship and therefore will not be
tolerated.
It is never acceptable to
verbally abuse an umpire in any situation. There are appropriate
avenues for coaches and spectators to share concerns about the
quality of officiating. The local area Umpire-in-Chief (BNSUD.com)
is welcome to hear any constructive comments on umpires. Any
criticism or critique relating to the performance of a youth umpire
should be communicated to the youth umpire only by the
Umpire-in-Chief.
Youth umpires are an
integral part of the Sackville Minor Baseball program. This includes
development of all youth umpires. All Sackville Minor Baseball
guidelines and policies on providing a Safe, Fair and Fun environment
for players also apply to our umpires. Only Positive, Instructive,
and Encouraging comments are allowed to be directed at both players
and umpires. Verbal abuse of umpires is as unacceptable as verbal
abuse of youth players. The purpose of this policy is to make clear
that abuse (as defined in this policy) of any umpire is unacceptable,
and to adopt basic standard sanctions for improper conduct based on a
“three-strikes-you’re-out” framework.
This policy is not
intended to imply that the umpire is always right and the adult
spectator/coach is always wrong. We must simply remember that just
as youth players will make mistakes during play, adult/youth umpires
will also make mistakes in officiating, particularly in the younger
divisions where they are learning how to umpire. Please remember,
young umpires receive minimal instruction before being sent out to
officiate. Also, please keep in mind that they do not attend
practices nor do they have a coach on the field to guide them from
game to game. Given that the rules of baseball are numerous and in
any given game many difficult scenarios could unfold, it is in all of
our best interests to judge officials fairly and with reasonable
expectations. After all, we cannot play this game without these
courageous individuals.
Disciplinary
Guidelines
The penalties for any
confirmed case of umpire abuse by coach/adult team member and/or
parent/spectator on all fields will be;
-
1st
Incident - Disciplinary Committee reprimand in writing.
-
2nd
Incident - 3 game suspension for a coach/adult team member; 3
games for parent/spectator regardless of past history, coaching
experience or program involvement. This suspension will be IN
ADDITION to any suspension due to an ejection from a game.
-
3rd
Incident - Season ending ban for any offending person. (Includes
attendance at remaining games on all fields)
Ejected coaches are not
permitted to remain on the surrounding field areas, including
grandstands, and must vacate all field areas in a timely manner.
In addition, if a coach
confronts an umpire after a game in order to continue verbally
abusing an official, the penalties will include a 3 game suspension
for the 1st
incident and 6 games for the 2nd.
Any incident that involves
physical abuse by bodily threatening, shoving, bumping or harming a
youth will result in an immediate indefinite suspension and
notification of proper authorities. A manager or coach wishing to be
reinstated must appear before the Disciplinary Committee for a
hearing.
The Sackville Minor
Baseball Executive Board will enforce any and all disciplinary
action. The Disciplinary Committee will consist of the residing
President along with a minimum of 2 additional members of the current
Executive. The Umpire Coordinator will follow-up to ensure the
offending spectator or coach is not in attendance of any of the games
during his/her suspension.
All Sackville Minor
Baseball Association members are bound to report any incident of
abuse of umpires to the Sackville Board within 24 hours of the
incident occurring (if possible).
The Disciplinary
Committee, upon investigating the incident and after hearing from all
parties, shall implement any appropriate penalties before the next
game (if possible). The offending persons, board members, and the
Umpire Coordinator shall be notified of any disciplinary action.
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