ROY HOBBS NORTHWEST OHIO BASEBALL LEAGUE

 

MANAGERS MEETING MINUTES

 

March 26 2017

 

 

 

In attendance were:

 

Troy McDaniel, President of the league, and led the meeting.

 

Josh Ball from the Hitmen

 

KC Dipman from the Expos

 

Abe Huffman from the Tide

 

Greg Szczublewski from Perrysburg

 

Troy McDaniel from SkyHawks

 

 

 

2017 Season Teams and Schedule:

 

The 2017 RHNWOBL season will now consist of 7 teams. The Ducks have folded and the Bier Stube Black Sox and The Bombers and combined teams and are now the BlackSox Bombers.

 

Unanimous vote that we will be playing a nine inning game on Father’s day June 18^th. The Aces WILL have a bye that day.

 

All Star Game has to be rescheduled due to The Ned now not being available.  Another date or possible field relocation is being looked into.

 

 

 

Teams that have secured fields:

 

Hitmen: Bedford but cannot use field until beginning of July.

 

Expos: St. John’s

 

Tide: Summerfield

 

Perrysburg: Perrysburg

 

SkyHawks: Genoa

 

Aces and Black Sox Bombers: Undecided at this time.

 

 

 

All 7 teams will make the playoffs for a double round elimination. Playoffs will start September 24^th.

 

ALL TEAMS ARE RESPOSIBLE FOR GETTING THEIR OWN BASEBALLS

 

Any team that plays

 

League Rules:

 

II. Equipment and Uniforms

 

A unanimous vote New rule stands:

 

F. All teams will be required to use the same brand of baseball throughout the season.

 

    The 2017 season all teams must use the DIAMOND D1 PRO NFHS baseball.

 

 

 

III. Substitution Rules

 

A unanimous vote New rule now stands:

 

E1. The pitcher may have a courtesy runner at any time during the game. 

 

 

 

VII Completed Games:

 

The rule stands as:

 

A. Any 9 inning regular season game can be called after 7 innings if a team is ahead by 10

 

    or more runs but can be played to its entirety no matter what the score is as long as agreed

 

    upon by both managers and umpires are notified prior to the start of the game.

 

B. Any 7 inning regular season game can be called after 5 innings if a team is ahead by 10

 

      or more runs but can be played to its entirety no matter what the score is as long as agreed

 

      upon by both managers and umpires are notified prior to the start of the game.

 

      THE RUN RULE WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE FIRST GAME OF A DOUBLE HEADER.

 

 

 

League Fees:

 

League fees of $340.00 per team are due May 21 2017.

 

 

 

Next Meeting:

 

May 21 2017 at The Bier Stube 6:30pm.

 

Bier Stube, Toledo. Oh.

Roy Hobbs Northwest Ohio Baseball League held their preseason managers meeting at the Bier Stube to discuss the upcoming 2017 season. Noted below are the meeting minutes of the discussion that took place.

 

 

 

 

Troy McDaniel, President of the RHNWOBL, present and led the meeting.

 

 

In attendance were:

 

 

Bob Soellner from the Findlay Bombers

 

 

Todd Smith from the Bier Stube Black Sox

 

 

Abe Huffman from the Toledo Tide

 

 

Greg Szczublewski from New team from Perrysburg

 

 

Scott Erdman from The SkyHawks Baseball Club

 

 

The 2017 Season will consist of 9 teams divided into two divisions as follows:

 

 

Red Division                                          Blue Division

 

 

Aces                                                        New Team

 

 

Bier Stube                                               Ducks

 

 

Bombers                                                  Expos

 

 

SkyHawks                                               HitMen

 

 

                                                                Tide

 

 

Season

 

 

• Starts June 4^th,

• All games start at 11:00am

• Same div. 9 inning.

 

 

• Cross div. DH

• Red Division teams will have one bye for the season as blue will have two.

• Do not play: July 2^nd, September 3rd.

 

 

• Table vote on playing  June 18^th Fathers Day

  If we play on Fathers day all games to be scheduled for 9 innings.

 

 

• All Star Game August 5^th.

 

 

• Red Division send 4 players each. Blue division 3 players each.

• All games resume August 6^th.

 

 

• Playoffs: Will start September 24^th if Father’s day is played or October 1^st 

                  if Father’s day is not played.

 

 

• All 9 teams make playoffs or 8^th and 9^th seed play a wild card game to determine an 8 seeded playoff tournament. Discussion/vote tabled until next meeting.

   

  Seeding

 

 

• Teams are split into two different divisions for scheduling and All Star Game purposes only.

• At the end of the season seeding will be determined as follows:

 

 

• Win vs Loss record.

• Most Runs For

• Least Runs Against

   

   

  League Rules

 

 

• The league rules were looked over and any questions were explained. A copy of  the  2015 revised addition is attached.

• Discussion about Section VII. COMPLETED GAMES

 

 

• The mercy rule IS in effect unless both managers agree, prior to the start of a game, that the game is going to go its full innings. Managers must notify the umpires they plan to play the game in its entirety before the start of a game including before the start of the first 7 inning game in a double header.

                      THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS: The mercy rule WILL BE IN

                      EFFECT in the first game of a 7 inning double header.

   

  Baseballs

 

 

• Ordering

 

 

• Discussion on baseballs if the league should order as a whole or each individual team order their own baseballs. Consensus was for each team to order their own baseballs.

 

 

• Type of baseball

 

 

• Discussion on type of baseball and consensus was “Diamond D1 Pro NFHS”.

• Discussion that all teams order the same exact baseballs and that “Type” of baseball should be put into Rule Book for exclusive use only. Further discussion/vote on type and league rule tabled until next meeting.

   

  Fees

 

 

• Roy Hobbs fee: $340.00 (Extra $75.00 if name of field/ school on ins.)

• Baseballs: about $80.00 dozen (4 to 5 Dozen) (D1 Pro NFHS)

• Umpire fees: $100.00 DH, $65.00 per 9 inning.

 

 

• Each team responsible for paying ONE of the two umpires.

 

 

• Field Fees: Up to school

• Roy Hobbs Fees of $340.00 due by: May 28 2017

   

   

   

  Team and player registration:

 

 

• Each team has to register with Roy Hobbs under our league.

• Each team member has to register with Roy Hobbs otherwise not covered under insurance policy.

• Last seasons “How to” register with Roy Hobbs:

   

 

 

To register as a Roy Hobbs member, please complete the

 

 

online contract in the link below. Once registered you will

 

 

be covered under your league’s Roy Hobbs Insurance

 

 

policy.!

 

 

!

 

 

Once you have completed entering

 

 

Your information, be sure to read the terms of the contract,

 

 

Check the appropriate “I Agree” box and select your league.

 

 

 Roy Hobbs Player Registration!

 

 

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Fields

 

 

• Find a field and secure it. Give school every Sunday date for the entire season and let them tell you what days CAN NOT be used.

• Secure fields and dates by May 14^th so I can have a hard schedule by May 21^st to hand out. Copy of last season’s insurance attached to show AD if needed.

   

  Next Meeting:

  Sunday March 26^th. 6:30 pm. At the Bier Stube.