April 8, 2025 NELBL Managers Meeting Agenda & Meeting Minutes:

Agenda:

1. Accept Minutes from Last Meeting | Tim (Secretary)
2. Financial Report | Dwight (Treasurer)
3. Rules of Play (Troy, Joe, et al.)
   1. Playoff Format
   2. Approve Rules of Play & Playoff Format
4. Update on Fields
   1. Playoff Fields?
5. Waivers & Licenses
6. Other?
7. Open Discussion

• Attendees:
  1. Troy, Dwight, Steve K, Leo, Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, Steve H & Joe D.
• Minutes accepted from last meeting in March, (Vote was 7 to 1).
• Dwight has started receiving checks for the 2025 league fees.
  1. Playoff format needs to be finalized for the league to finalize payment of playoff games.
• Started discussing Playoff Format.
  1. How is seeding going to work?
  2. Discussed points vs Run percentage scenario (Fair or Unfair).
• Seeding determination voted on.
  1. 1^st Winning Percentage.
     1. Gray Sox, Brewers, Astros & Millers voted “for”.
     2. Warriors, NH Grays, Granite & Mets, “apposed”
• Dwight broke the tie voting for winning percentage.

1. 2^nd Points
   1. Unanimous vote.
2. 3ed Head-to-Head against the teams that are tied.
   1. Unanimous vote.
3. 4^th Runs given up in regular season “Per Game”.
   1. Unanimous vote.
      1. Proposal for run deferential Per Game, before Coin toss. (Apposed 6 to 2)
   2. 5^th Coin Toss
      1. Unanimous vote.

• Section 3.12.3
  1. Proposal to change the terminology in this paragraph.
     1. “Un-played games are counted as losses or not as losses”
     2. Partition to avoid a forfeit.
• Jack clarified why this section was written.
  1. Discussion & vote-
     1. Warriors, Granite & Gray Sox voted to keep original terminology.
     2. Miller, Astros NH Grays & Brewers voted to change the terminology.
     3. Mets abstained
  2. New terminology was written.
     1. All voted unanimously for the new terminology in section 3.12.3
     2. Seeding at the end of the round robin for championship team.

• 1. Round Robin format approved (voted 7 to 1)
  2. Reorganized the “seeding” in section 3.12.6, this was approved (unanimous vote)
• Rules of play for 2025
  1. Complete (voting was unanimous)

March 11, 2025 NELBL Managers Meeting Agenda & Meeting Minutes:

Agenda:

1. Accept Minutes from Last Meeting | Tim (Secretary)
2. Financial Report | Dwight (Treasurer)
3. Rules of Play (Troy, Joe, et al.)
4. Playoff Format
5. Approve Rules of Play & Playoff Format
6. Update on Fields
7. Playoff Fields?
8. Waivers & Licenses
9. Free Agent Submission Page: Is It Working?
10. Open Discussion

The minutes are as follows:

• Attendees:
  1. Troy, Dwight, Jim Hall, Reggie (Gray Sox), Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, John S (Astros), Joe D, Sean C (Pirates) & JoMo.
• Financial status:
  1. $4,500 balance in league account.
  2. Umpire assigning fee & field costs will be coming up shortly.
• Review of rules from last month’s meeting (Accept or not Accept):
  1. Steve Hardy rule (8 player or less)
     3. Added rule for 7 player line up, section 3.1.7.5
        1. Accepted, Voted yes, all 9 teams.
     4. Section 3.2.1, Passed Balls, Overthrow rules
        1. Major League Rules Throwing Runner out (Sentence/Paragraph).
           1. Struck From Rules. (Sections 3.2.2.1 & 3.2.2.2)
        2. Updated section 3.2 on stealing & base running.
           1. Updates on Section 3.2.1, Accepted, Voted yes all 9 teams.
        3. Section 3.6.5.1, Pitcher, 5 inning rule, during a continued game.
           1. Accepted, voted yes, all 9 teams.
• Review of rules (this month).
  3. Section 3.8 Courtesy Runners.
     3. Section 3.8.1, Curtesy Runners Rules (discussed)
        1. Clarification – “Last Made Out, Not Last Batted Out”
        2. Section 3.8.3 – Struck from Rules, “Redundant”
        3. Accepted, Voted yes, All 9 Teams.
     4. Section 3.9, Examples of a “Clean Hit”
        1. All examples of “Clean Hit” were struck from rukes.
        2. Added/updated section 3.9.1 to rules.
           1. Accepted, voted yes, all 9 teams.
• Section 3.12, Playoff Format & Eligibility
  1. Leo/Reggie & Jack, enquiring/requestion Fields for 27^th play in game (8^th & 9^th seed), in their areas.
  2. Keep A/B Batting rule.
  3. For Playoffs only.
  4. Section 3.12 Clarified-
     1. Team with smaller number of players vs team with greater number of players (team with greater number of players can chose to use A/B batting line up)  Accepted, 9 teams voted, 6 for, 3 not for.
• Section 3.12.4, Seeding Determination/Standings.
  1. PUSHED TO NEXT MONTHS MEETING
• Get team fees to Dwight by next meeting date 4/8/25
• $650.00 team fee for 2025 season.
• Make checks payable to “NELBL”
• Send to: Dwight Barnes, PO Box 136, Deerfield NH, 03037

Link to March 2025 Meeting Minutes .PDF