Archive for March, 2011

Coaches Reminder

Please notify your teams ASAP! I’m receiving far too many emails from parents wondering where their kids are playing this year. A simple email or phone call notifying the player of their coach, practice time and field. Also, you have the spreadsheet of your team in your team folder. There is a column labelled “Med Rel” [...]

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Umpire Clinics

For anyone interested in Umpiring games this season, Westbrook’s Certified Umpire Jim Krafty will be conducting two clinics for all interested in umpiring, current umpires, and coaches. Below is information on the two clinics: Clinic #1 —  Umpire Mechanics – Saturday March 26, 12:00 PM Westbrook Firehouse (next to LL field) –  Bring gloves and a ball [...]

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Approved Composite Bats

LICENSED COMPOSITE-BARRELED BATS (2 1/4 INCH BARRELS) THAT MEET THE BAT PERFORMANCE FACTOR (BPF) STANDARD, AND THE ACCELERATED BREAK IN (ABI) PROCEDURE, ARE LISTED BELOW. THIS LIST MAY HAVE MORE LICENSED MODELS ADDED TO IT AS MORE BATS ARE TESTED. THIS LIST IS REPRESENTATIVE OF LICENSED COMPOSITE-BARRELED BASEBALL BATS THAT ARE PERMITTED TO BE USED [...]

Friday, March 18th, 2011

Pitching Clinic

On March 18th at Devitt A from 5:30 to 7:30pm, Rob Corraro will be back to give a pitching clinic to any and all Majors and Minors level players (Ages 9 to 12) interested in pitching this season. Rob will instruct on preparation, form, practice drills, game time advice, mental preparation, exercises for arm strength and accuracy, and pitching strategy. [...]

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Mandatory Coach’s Meeting

On Friday March 11th at the Deep River Elementary School Cafeteria we will have our annual Coaches Meeting from 6 to 7pm. We’ll hand out teams to the head coaches, present conduct guidelines and advice from Player Agent Dr. Tom Allen, safety and medical advice from Dr. Mike Baldwin and Safety Officer Mike Joia, and [...]

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Player Assessment – Thank you!

I just wanted to send a quick post to the parents who endured a long night at Between the Lines (BTL). Next season we’ll cut the assessment in half and stagger the start times to minimize the waiting around time. This is the first time we’ve used BTL, and didn’t realize they would assess each [...]

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Reminder: Player Assessments

Just a gentle reminder – Deep River Little League will hold our annual player assessments for ages 8-11 year old Baseball and Softball players at Between the Lines in Clinton from 7 to 9pm. Girls Softball will be assessed first from 7 to 7:30pm. Those having conflicts or need to arrive late due to Basketball, [...]

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011