GOFL 2009 League Meeting Minutes
Sorry for the delay, blame it on the Fitzroy Harbour Winter Carnival festivities combined with a 24-hour flu...anyway here you go, let me know if any errors or omissions.
GOFL meeting, 2009
Greater Ottawa Fastball League organizing meeting February 11, 2009 at I4C Office in Kanata
Attendees:
Adam Brown (WC Electric)
Tony Riches (Manotick)
Dave Tubman (Easton)
Cory Morrison (Easton)
Sam Oliver (Stittsville)
Dan Bradley (Stittsville)
John Craig (Stittsville)
Will Mood (Blitz)
Andrew Bruce (Blitz)
Neil Cooke (I4C Victory)
Eric Rosenquist (I4C Victory)
Trevor Wood (I4C Victory)
Kenny Fleck (Quyon)
Jeff Langford (Orleans)
Shannon Borho (Greely)
Anil Hayne (Greely)
Dave Norris (Umpires)
Harry MacIntyre (Umpires)
Umpires:
- Dave Norris is League Umpire in Chief (UIC) as well as Deputy Zone UIC. Harry MacIntyre is Deputy League UIC, Dave Herbst is the Zone UIC, George Finlay is the assignor/treasurer, Greg Johnson is the local President and Garry Callahan is the local Secretary. Dave N and Harry also sit on the discipline committee.
- Dave is asking for each team to sign a “letter of understanding” with the terms and conditions for the officials.
- Once again the umpires noted their preference for doubleheaders as much as possible.
- Payment time frames: May 1st (50% of regular season fees), June 15th (50% of regular season fees), July 15th (playoff payment).
- George Findlay will schedule umpires and be the contact for rainouts and make up games. Any changes to the schedule to be communicated to George are the responsibility of the home team.
- Softball Canada rules in effect with ISC pitching rule.
- Illegal bat rule: bats need to have the ASA 2004 stamp to be permitted. The teams are to advise the umpire if they think an illegal bat is being used. Team reps agreed to monitor their own teams to ensure legal bats.
- Umpire fees were discussed in depth – the league agreed to submit a “counter proposal” to the umpire association. Sam Oliver agreed to create the proposal.
League Meeting:
- All nine teams from the 2008 season confirmed that they are returning.
- A tenth team from Kars had previously expressed interest in joining the league but notified the league they would not be joining.
- Home diamonds and nights are as follows, generally speaking:
o WC Electric: Fitzroy Harbour on Tuesday
o Manotick: Manotick on Wednesday
o Blitz: Manotick on Wednesday
o Stittsville: Stittsville on Wednesday
o Easton: Stittsville on Wednesday until after minor ball, then Tuesday
o Note: Sam following up to see if there is any possibility of having two time slots on Wednesday to facilitate double headers and will advise when the City lets him know
o I4C Victory: Carp on Thursday
o Quyon: Quyon on Tuesday
o Orleans: Orleans on Thursday
o Greely: Greely on Monday
o Teams were asked to forward any special scheduling requests to Adam (i.e. Greely wants to play in Kenmore once again on Canada Day)
- Doubleheaders will be scheduled whenever practical as per the request of the officials. Several teams indicated that they were willing to play home games at another diamond to facilitate doubleheader nights.
- Regular season will start the first week of May, running for 12 weeks.
- Teams will play an unbalanced schedule of 20 games, similar to last season. 18 games will be played during the regular season, with 2 games per team at the Showcase.
- Showcase is tentatively scheduled for the May 30 weekend in Fitzroy Harbour. WC Electric will also host a “kid’s clinic” similar to what Greely did in 2008. (Note May 30 weekend turns out to be the Williamsburg tourney weekend - new weekend for showcase TBD)- Adam will work on a draft schedule and circulate.
- Game cancellation: if a team needs to cancel a game (for any reason other than weather), 24 hours notice should be given to the opposing team’s representative. If a visiting team fails to show up with enough players or cancels too late to notify the umpires, then the visiting team will pay for the officials’ fees. If diamond fees are going to be charged to the home team, the offending team will have to pay for the make up diamond rental fee.
- Game reports can be sent to Adam the next day so the blog can be updated. Report should at a minimum include the score, the winning and losing pitcher and any home runs hit.
- Statistics: there was a problem last year with all teams submitting statistics. Sam will investigate a system where each team can enter statistics and report back to the league reps.
- For the regular season, each team is responsible for their own diamond fees, umpire costs, balls, etc.
- Regular season tie-breaking: 1) points (2 for a win, 1 for a tie) 2) wins 3) head-to-head 4) run differential in head to head 5) coin flip
- Playoff format will continue the same as last season:
o 9th vs. 8th play-in single game
o Quarter-finals: best of three, 1st vs. winner of play-in, 2nd vs. 7th, 3rd vs. 6th, 4th vs. 5th
o Semi-finals: best of five, Top remaining seed vs. Lowest remaining seed, 2nd remaining seed vs. 3rd remaining seed
o Finals: best of five, remaining two teams
- Playoff extra innings: if a playoff game is tied, the ‘international rule’ shall being in the 8th inning.
- The league will try a new format to share costs for the playoffs. The loser of the play-in game shall pay the costs of that game plus the $100 playoff winner fund fee. The remaining eight teams shall each pay a $250 playoff charge, of which $100 will be contributed to the playoff winner fund. The remaining money will be used to for the costs of the quarter-finals. For the semi-finals and finals, the teams in each series shall split the costs of diamonds and umpires.
- Playoff winner fund will continue to pay $600 to the winner and $300 to the finalist. The I4C Trophy will be awarded to the playoff champion.
- The Blitz, I4C, Quyon and WC Electric have all paid Stittsville. Orleans, Manotick and Greely still owe to their playoff fund from last year and should make arrangements to pay one of last year’s finalists.
- Tony will order the softballs for the league through Softball Canada. Each team to contact Tony with the number of softballs (in dozens) each team requires. Same model/colour to be used at last year.
- “8 man rule”: in order to continue to ensure minimal defaults (we had none in 2008), teams will be permitted to start games with 8 players. There will be no “auto-out”. If the ninth player shows up late (or a lucky fan is found), then the team can insert this player in the ninth position in the line-up. However, if a team has only 9 players and one is ejected, the team will then forfeit the game. If a team has 9 players, and there is an injury and the player cannot continue, the team may still play with 8, but then the auto-out will apply.
- “Mercy rule”: the league will have a mercy rule – the details will be confirmed through ‘negotiations’ with the umpires.
- “2 out catcher rule”: optional.
- “Discipline”: Same as last year: first ejection player at a minimum receives a “yellow card” – next ejection automatically results in one game suspension, minimum. Each ejection will result in an umpire’s report and a team’s report. Suspension could be given for any ejection depending on severity. In the past few years this has not been a problem with the GOFL and hopefully that will continue.
- There are no restrictions on team rosters (any player, junior, senior, etc. can play). Once a player participates in the league for one team, he cannot play for another team that season. Players must play at least one game in the regular season to be eligible for playoffs. An exception to these rules may be granted based on league approval.
- The teams agreed to participate once again the ISC II Home League program and send a team or teams to the Challenge Cup to be held in September 2009 in McNab. Teams will be offered the invite spots based on regular season standings. Winner gets a berth to the 2010 ToC.
- Trevor put forward the idea of starting an “all-star” game format, possibly involving the Loughborough League or some other inter-league format. Trevor to investigate and report back to the team reps.
- Adam brought forward the proposal from Len Burger to host an event in Chapeau, QC. The league is definitely interested in participating in some way and will be in contact with Lenny to discuss, possibly involving Trevor’s all-star suggestion.
GOFL meeting, 2009
Greater Ottawa Fastball League organizing meeting February 11, 2009 at I4C Office in Kanata
Attendees:
Adam Brown (WC Electric)
Tony Riches (Manotick)
Dave Tubman (Easton)
Cory Morrison (Easton)
Sam Oliver (Stittsville)
Dan Bradley (Stittsville)
John Craig (Stittsville)
Will Mood (Blitz)
Andrew Bruce (Blitz)
Neil Cooke (I4C Victory)
Eric Rosenquist (I4C Victory)
Trevor Wood (I4C Victory)
Kenny Fleck (Quyon)
Jeff Langford (Orleans)
Shannon Borho (Greely)
Anil Hayne (Greely)
Dave Norris (Umpires)
Harry MacIntyre (Umpires)
Umpires:
- Dave Norris is League Umpire in Chief (UIC) as well as Deputy Zone UIC. Harry MacIntyre is Deputy League UIC, Dave Herbst is the Zone UIC, George Finlay is the assignor/treasurer, Greg Johnson is the local President and Garry Callahan is the local Secretary. Dave N and Harry also sit on the discipline committee.
- Dave is asking for each team to sign a “letter of understanding” with the terms and conditions for the officials.
- Once again the umpires noted their preference for doubleheaders as much as possible.
- Payment time frames: May 1st (50% of regular season fees), June 15th (50% of regular season fees), July 15th (playoff payment).
- George Findlay will schedule umpires and be the contact for rainouts and make up games. Any changes to the schedule to be communicated to George are the responsibility of the home team.
- Softball Canada rules in effect with ISC pitching rule.
- Illegal bat rule: bats need to have the ASA 2004 stamp to be permitted. The teams are to advise the umpire if they think an illegal bat is being used. Team reps agreed to monitor their own teams to ensure legal bats.
- Umpire fees were discussed in depth – the league agreed to submit a “counter proposal” to the umpire association. Sam Oliver agreed to create the proposal.
League Meeting:
- All nine teams from the 2008 season confirmed that they are returning.
- A tenth team from Kars had previously expressed interest in joining the league but notified the league they would not be joining.
- Home diamonds and nights are as follows, generally speaking:
o WC Electric: Fitzroy Harbour on Tuesday
o Manotick: Manotick on Wednesday
o Blitz: Manotick on Wednesday
o Stittsville: Stittsville on Wednesday
o Easton: Stittsville on Wednesday until after minor ball, then Tuesday
o Note: Sam following up to see if there is any possibility of having two time slots on Wednesday to facilitate double headers and will advise when the City lets him know
o I4C Victory: Carp on Thursday
o Quyon: Quyon on Tuesday
o Orleans: Orleans on Thursday
o Greely: Greely on Monday
o Teams were asked to forward any special scheduling requests to Adam (i.e. Greely wants to play in Kenmore once again on Canada Day)
- Doubleheaders will be scheduled whenever practical as per the request of the officials. Several teams indicated that they were willing to play home games at another diamond to facilitate doubleheader nights.
- Regular season will start the first week of May, running for 12 weeks.
- Teams will play an unbalanced schedule of 20 games, similar to last season. 18 games will be played during the regular season, with 2 games per team at the Showcase.
- Showcase is tentatively scheduled for the May 30 weekend in Fitzroy Harbour. WC Electric will also host a “kid’s clinic” similar to what Greely did in 2008. (Note May 30 weekend turns out to be the Williamsburg tourney weekend - new weekend for showcase TBD)- Adam will work on a draft schedule and circulate.
- Game cancellation: if a team needs to cancel a game (for any reason other than weather), 24 hours notice should be given to the opposing team’s representative. If a visiting team fails to show up with enough players or cancels too late to notify the umpires, then the visiting team will pay for the officials’ fees. If diamond fees are going to be charged to the home team, the offending team will have to pay for the make up diamond rental fee.
- Game reports can be sent to Adam the next day so the blog can be updated. Report should at a minimum include the score, the winning and losing pitcher and any home runs hit.
- Statistics: there was a problem last year with all teams submitting statistics. Sam will investigate a system where each team can enter statistics and report back to the league reps.
- For the regular season, each team is responsible for their own diamond fees, umpire costs, balls, etc.
- Regular season tie-breaking: 1) points (2 for a win, 1 for a tie) 2) wins 3) head-to-head 4) run differential in head to head 5) coin flip
- Playoff format will continue the same as last season:
o 9th vs. 8th play-in single game
o Quarter-finals: best of three, 1st vs. winner of play-in, 2nd vs. 7th, 3rd vs. 6th, 4th vs. 5th
o Semi-finals: best of five, Top remaining seed vs. Lowest remaining seed, 2nd remaining seed vs. 3rd remaining seed
o Finals: best of five, remaining two teams
- Playoff extra innings: if a playoff game is tied, the ‘international rule’ shall being in the 8th inning.
- The league will try a new format to share costs for the playoffs. The loser of the play-in game shall pay the costs of that game plus the $100 playoff winner fund fee. The remaining eight teams shall each pay a $250 playoff charge, of which $100 will be contributed to the playoff winner fund. The remaining money will be used to for the costs of the quarter-finals. For the semi-finals and finals, the teams in each series shall split the costs of diamonds and umpires.
- Playoff winner fund will continue to pay $600 to the winner and $300 to the finalist. The I4C Trophy will be awarded to the playoff champion.
- The Blitz, I4C, Quyon and WC Electric have all paid Stittsville. Orleans, Manotick and Greely still owe to their playoff fund from last year and should make arrangements to pay one of last year’s finalists.
- Tony will order the softballs for the league through Softball Canada. Each team to contact Tony with the number of softballs (in dozens) each team requires. Same model/colour to be used at last year.
- “8 man rule”: in order to continue to ensure minimal defaults (we had none in 2008), teams will be permitted to start games with 8 players. There will be no “auto-out”. If the ninth player shows up late (or a lucky fan is found), then the team can insert this player in the ninth position in the line-up. However, if a team has only 9 players and one is ejected, the team will then forfeit the game. If a team has 9 players, and there is an injury and the player cannot continue, the team may still play with 8, but then the auto-out will apply.
- “Mercy rule”: the league will have a mercy rule – the details will be confirmed through ‘negotiations’ with the umpires.
- “2 out catcher rule”: optional.
- “Discipline”: Same as last year: first ejection player at a minimum receives a “yellow card” – next ejection automatically results in one game suspension, minimum. Each ejection will result in an umpire’s report and a team’s report. Suspension could be given for any ejection depending on severity. In the past few years this has not been a problem with the GOFL and hopefully that will continue.
- There are no restrictions on team rosters (any player, junior, senior, etc. can play). Once a player participates in the league for one team, he cannot play for another team that season. Players must play at least one game in the regular season to be eligible for playoffs. An exception to these rules may be granted based on league approval.
- The teams agreed to participate once again the ISC II Home League program and send a team or teams to the Challenge Cup to be held in September 2009 in McNab. Teams will be offered the invite spots based on regular season standings. Winner gets a berth to the 2010 ToC.
- Trevor put forward the idea of starting an “all-star” game format, possibly involving the Loughborough League or some other inter-league format. Trevor to investigate and report back to the team reps.
- Adam brought forward the proposal from Len Burger to host an event in Chapeau, QC. The league is definitely interested in participating in some way and will be in contact with Lenny to discuss, possibly involving Trevor’s all-star suggestion.
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