Grass Valley Softball Blog
Date Saturday, January 27, 2018
Author Gerald Martin Davenport
Reading Time 10 minutes
Manager's meeting for the 2018 Softball Season
You are Cordially invited and Encouraged to attend.
All Manager's for — Any and All — WNCSSA Slow-Pitch Softball teams from the Past or the Future that are planning to field a team for the 2018 Spring and/or Summer seasons are cordially invited and encouraged to attend the one-time Manager's Meeting for the whole season.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Memorial Park Annex Building
7:00 PM
Meet the new Men's and Women's Presidents
Women's President
Shannon Samsky is now the Women's President taking over from Nicole. You may have seen Shannon playing Women's on Tuesday, playing Coed/Mixed on Wednesdays or Fridays, and/or managing the field at Litton.
Men's President
Trevor Robertson is now the Men's President taking over from Robert Bare. You may have seen Trevor playing Men's on Tuesday with his Inglorious Batters and/or playing Coed/Mixed on Fridays with the team of the same name.
Learn about the new rules and league structure
New Rules
There are no major changes in rules, yet a few have been or are being adjusted and will be finalized at the time of the meeting.
Coed/Mixed Leagues Structuring
For the past four years, I have been working on making the Coed/Mixed leagues more even with teams that match up with each other. There have been some lop-sided games in the past due to a powerhouse team playing against a beginner, or the “We are just out here having fun” teams. What makes it worse is the powerhouse team thinks they are just one of the other teams, but when they get ahead by 15 runs they begin to slow down their gameplay by taking one base at a time. This is not fair to the other team, You are not doing them any favors. So I have been working on restructuring the Coed/Mixed Leagues.
Thursday nights are no longer D1 Coed/Mixed play. With only 4 to 5 teams playing the last four years on that night, and a few teams that should not have been on that night, the players are tired of playing the same teams four times in a season. It is time to mix it up and get new competition.
One of the teams is moving to Friday because of their casual game play that did not match the intensity and skills of the other three teams. Another team wanted to play Friday because the men play fast-pitch on Thursdays and often had to forfeit.
Is the President giving them special favors?
I have been trying to get a few of the Wednesday night, as well as, some Friday night, teams to play on Thursday seeing they would be better matched up, but for various reasons that would not work for them. Since that plan/idea/project was a bust, the next solution was to disband the D1 League on Thursdays. There were only four teams in the league, and in actuality, there were only three teams that competed against each other evenly. And they were, as I mentioned before, getting tired of playing each other so often. And there was no way we were going to have a three-team league.
The managers of the two remaining Thursday night teams understood that they either play Wednesday or Friday night or they do not play at all because a two-team league was NEVER going to happen. And we are not going to wait to see if any new teams sign up for D1 this season, which we did the past three years and there were none.
New Coed/Mixed League Structure for 2018 Seasons
• Wednesday is D2 Medium play Coed/Mixed league. Probable teams: 10
• Thursday is open for a (D4/D3) Lower/Beginner/Casual Coed/Mixed league. Probable teams: 5+
• Friday is D1 Powerhouse Coed/Mixed league. Probable teams: 10
• Friday is D3 Lower/Beginner/Casual Coed/Mixed league. Probable teams: 8+
Teams and the league(s)/night(s) they can register in.
REGISTRATION NOTE: You can only register for the nights your team is listed. New teams, please contact gerry@wncssa.com.
Wednesday D2
Jernigan's 1, All Seasons Pools and Spas 1, Rolly's Boddy Shop 1, Ballaholics 1, J. Depue Trucking, Bulldawgs 3, Grass Valley Printers 3, JMS Builder 2, Sopa Thai 2, Date Night 2, Inglorious Batters 2, Beauties and Beasts 2, WD Painting 2.
Thursday D4
Baptist Bench Warmers 5, Bulldawgs 3, Grass Valley Printers 3, Team Briar Patch 4, The Spirit Animals 4, AJA Video 4, Fiedler Construction 4, Byers Bullets 4, Bad News Beers 4, Public Enimas 4, Melon Ballers 4, Super Rain 4, Crush 4 .
Friday D1
JMS Builder 2, Sopa Thai 2, Date Night 2, Inglorious Batters 2, Beauties and Beasts 2, WD Painting 2, Jernigan's 1, All Seasons Pools and Spas 1, Rolly's Boddy Shop 1, Ballaholics 1.
Friday D3
Team Briar Patch 4, The Spirit Animals 4, AJA Video 4, Fiedler Construction 4, Byers Bullets 4, Bad News Beers 4, Public Enimas 4, Melon Ballers 4, Super Rain 4, Crush 4, Bulldawgs 3, Grass Valley Printers 3, Baptist Bench Warmers 5.
1 team may move to D1 Friday
2 team may move to D2 Wednesday
3 recommended (not mandetory) team move to D4 Thursday or D3 Friday
4 team may move to D4 Thursday
5 team may move to D3 Friday
Misfits gave it a great effort in the top of the sixth with 4 runs and only behind by two, but Beauties, in the bottom of the sixth, scored 1 and hit base hits to run the clock out. Winning the first place trophy with a final score of 18 - 21.
Voice your opinions and concerns. Be heard.
If you do not show up, you have no right to whine, moan, and ridicule the board's decisions. If you have questions or concerns about anything related to WNCSSA Slow-Pitch Softball either for Men's, Women's or Coed/Mixed you should attend and be heard. It is the only way we can make this league better for the players, the league, and the community.
Thank You for allowing me to have a front row seat to watch you have fun, play ball, and see some exciting plays and watch you grow as a player, a team, and a softball community! - gerald martin davenport - WNCSSA Coed President
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