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Chicagoland Roy Hobbs January League Minutes February 18th, 2021 7:30pmHeld at Meadow Golf Club HouseBoard Members: Roger Laurella, Dominick Catinella, Vito Ruscio, Mike Ordman, Sam PaschkaTeams in Attendance: 35sPandas - No AttendanceGiants - Vito RuscioJets - Rob StarchvillCyclones- Roger Laurella/Greg Pearson 45sCardinals - Roger LaurellaColts - Mark Harmon Giants - Vito RuscioWarriors - Rolando Q53’sGiants - Vito RuscioChiefs - Marty FloodBlues - Mike Darabarus/Hal Hahn Warriors - John ConlinKnights - No AttendanceCardinals - No AttendanceNew Teams: Colts - Mark Harmon/Roger LaurellaCardinals - Russell Walker60’sBlues - George LaidlawGiants - Dominick CatinellaRed Angels - Marty StanczakYaquis - Rich BudziakDecisions Made:League WideThe league will change from a Standing Points System to a Winning Percentage. Winning Percentage will be a fairer way to seed teams if they cannot play all their games2. In order for a player to qualify for the playoffs, he must attend/participate in one-third of the teams games 60’s DivisionInnings 1 thru 6, a team cannot score more than 5 runs. If, however runs will be counted during continued play, all runs will count. In the7th inning, a team can score unlimited amount of runs before 3 outs Next Meeting Thursday March 18th 7:30pmLocation: meadows Golf Club HouseTeams need to bring in a deposit of $1000The league feels confident that we will not be constrained by Covid Rules or date restrictions so we are planning for a full season starting around May 2nd. We will not playing on May 9th (Mothers Day) or July 2nd, 3rd, 4th 1. Sam Paschka introduced as new board member. Mike volunteered and the board unanimously voted and approved 2. If age divisions require a decision on matters, at the end of league meeting we will have age divisional VPs conducting those break-out sessions (25s-Vito, 45’s-Sam, 53s-Dom, 60’s Mike) 3. Possible new umpire association to be used this year. No decision as to whom yet. League checking with several associations. These umpire associations will come at a much higher cost than what we pay today. Another option is to add 6-8 more umpires to the crew. if we cannot add more umpires, a decision will be made on which umpire association to go with. Roger has added 4 additional new umpires 5. Social media. Facebook page, website. Search Facebook for Chicagoland Roy Hobbs. All Roy Hobbs members are welcome to post on this site. Posts must be non-political and profanity free We are trying to make our website more interesting. We are looking for team pictures to post to show accumulative history Website will provide teams with waivers, rules, rosters, schedules, stats, player playoff eligibility Need Ideas for more info to be placed on website 6. Fields: Fields we now have: Eisenhower varsity, Midlothian, Shooters, Bourbonaisse, South Holland, Westmont, Oak Lawn Fields we cannot use: Evergreen Park HS, Lewis, Brother Rice Fields to undecided: Orland Hills (expensive), Lincoln Way North Fields to look into: Burbank, Moraine Valley, South Suburban, South Holland 17300 S State, Berwyn, Eisenhower JV Need additional day fields for regular season games and reserve dates for rainouts Midlothian - Obtained 35 dates for Tuesdays thru Thursdays June thru August 7. Crossover games with MSBL will continue. Each Roy Hobbs team per age division will play each MSBL in that age division once this season8. Discussion regarding All Star games at either Ozinga, Joliet Jack Hammer or RailCats stadiums in all age divisions. Games will be played in mid-July or mid-August depending on season start date. Player selection and team managers will be discussed at a later date 9. Final Team Rosters need to be turned in before the start of the season when schedules are distributed Teams will need to have jerseys and numbers by start of the season Team rosters will be posted on website Use of lineup card will be enforced this year. Cards will contain team roster on one column and batting order with full name and number in the other column. Blank Lineup cards will be located on website to be downloaded. All substitute and injured players need to attend the game to be counted. Players not in uniform will not be allowed to play Mike Ordman will be responsible10. Starting in 2021, our League will keep stats. Mike Ordman and Sam Paschka will be Point Of Contacts. Mike discussed the procedure and has created a new scorebook format. No team will need to purchase their own score book. The league Will Provide Following each game, both managers will send a photo of the score page to Mike for him to credit the player for playing. Sam suggested using an Excel template that will contain the stats to be completed by the manager and emailed to Sam. This template can be down loaded from our league website Team Managers will have 3 days to send in their stats spreadsheet and copy of the score page. If after 3 days, no games played or stats will be counted Game accumulative Stats will be stored on the web site End of year awards banquet will be held 11. League fees and Due Date for final balance due before start of the season. Any team not paid in full, games will not count in the standings nor will player stats or game played eligibility. If a team has an outstanding balance, games also will not count12. League will renew 3 year insurance policy at $340 team. Covers all our field liability, umpires and 20 players on your roster for supplemental insurance. Covers travel to/from games and any injury incurred during the game13. We are planning to feature a Player of the Month article. League will choose a player or managers can submit a nominee 14. Discussion regarding a mid-year picnic. A recommendation was made to use Westmont picnic area15. Teams currently enrolled toplay 25’s - Cyclones, Giants, Jets, Pandas 45’s - Cardinals, Colts, Giants, Warriors 53’s - Blues, Cardinals, Chiefs, Colts, Giants, Knights, Warriors 60’s - Blues, Giants, Red Angels, Yaquis, Lobos 16. Chicagoland HOF - Rich Budziak will ChairChicagoland Roy Hobbs will have a Hall of Fame. Anyone can nominate a player, manager or umpire, but only 1 nominee per team per yearRich discussed the HOF criteria and nomination process. Rich has distributed HOF documentation to all managers. Meeting ended at 9:10pm

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