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August 26, 2025 NELBL Managers Meeting Agenda & Meeting Minutes

Bullet Points from 08-26-25 Playoff Edition

  1. Attendees:
    1. Troy, Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, Steve H, Joe D., Jim H, Leo, Ian & Dwight.
  2. Seeding
    1. Joe D’s Seeding/Schedule accepted (Unanimous).
  3. League pays for fields for all the playo􀆯 games.
    1. League pays for umpires only in championship game.
  4. Game balls
    1. Leo, Jim & Dave V. need Game Balls.
      1. Leo got Game Balls today at Sunrise Workout.
      2. Tim will make sure Jim and Dave V. get game balls within the next week.
  5. Rain Outs
    1. All teams are responsible for reaching out to each other to arrange fields & umpires for their specific rained out games.
  6. Sports Plex
    1. Discussed. We are passing on the sports plex this year.
  7. Wavers
    1. Wave all players in.
    2. All Reasonable Reasons accepted.
      1. All voted in favor of this.
  8. Subs in Playoff games
    1. Max of 2 subs from 9th seed team allowed.
    2. A team must have only 8 players to qualify for subs in the playo􀆯s.
    3. A team can only have a maximum of 10 players on the squad when using subs.
    4. Subs can’t pitch and must be put at the bottom of the batting order.
  9. We Play by MLB rules
    1. Umpires enforce the rules.
    2. What about the MLB rules that we don’t think about?
      1. Finish the season-
      2. Play the same way we’ve been playing this season.
      3. New rules will be voted on for next season.
  10. 60’s Fall Balla.
    1. Dates: 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25 & 11/1.
    2. I went to the department of public works in Manchester today and met with Nick Provencher, the field coordinator for Manchester. He's got all our information. We will get one of the 4 fields in Manchester for the Fall Ball 60’s but we don't know which one yet. Colt ball has a fall ball league, and they have restrictions so he's doing them first and whatever field(s) are left over, we get. He doesn't know which one yet, but we will get field(s) for those 60’s dates.  Tim-
  11. Next Meeting will be Tuesday Oct 14nd.

Link to August 26 2025 Meeting Minutes

August 12, 2025 NELBL Managers Meeting Agenda & Meeting Minutes

  1. Attendees:
    1. Troy, Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, Steve H, Joe D., Jim H, Leo, Ian & JoMo.
  2. Minutes accepted from last meeting in Jun (Vote was Unanimous).
  3. Budget was presented by Troy in Dwight’s absence.
    1. Balance as of 08/18/25 is $3,377.36
    2. Cash after AED’s for 2026 season will be $1,747.36.
    3. “Mentioned”, Raise team fees for 2026?
    4. Baseball prices going up, etc.
  4. AED’s
    1. JoMo, 2 Philips units
    2. League purchased one for “Gray Sox”
    3. Doug purchased one for “Warriors”
    4. Astros got one Donated
    5. If a Team folds AEDs go back to the league.
    6. Batteries, league or team responsibility?
      1. Tabled for future meeting.
  5. NHTI Porta Potty
    1. Please use it when at the field. We’ve had complaints.
  6. Enter Stats
    1. Hitting Stats & Pitching Stats
      1. Conclusion – None issue, move on with meeting.
  7. Home fields for Playoffs
    1. Should home teams in the first 4 seats host the playo􀆯 games?
    2. Mets & Gray Sox will Play at Home.
    3. Whatever other fields available will be used for playoffs, too.
  8. Playoff Seating
    1. Need to review by-laws for games not played for 2026 season (Joe D)
      1. Points vs Percentage, etc.
      2. Winter meeting conversation?
  9. Playoff Wavers
    1. By-Laws are/State, half of games that are played.
    2. Move September meeting to 8/26/25 in order to look at player wavers.
  10. Forfeits
    1. Games played?
    2. Playoff eligibility?
    3. Team that forfeits?
    4. Team that didn’t forfeit?
      1. Tabled this till 8/26/25 to make decision.
  11. Fall Ball
    1. Q#1 – 82% yes
    2. Q#2 – Majority vote to start after season on Saturdays.
    3. Q#3 – 58 years old +, majority voted yes.
      1. Fall ball to start after 2025 season on Saturday 9/27/25
        1. Are fields for fall ball going to be an issue?
        2. 4 managers to get together to discuss fields and teams.
  12. End of Year celebration
    1. Holman Stadium
    2. LeLacheur Park (Lowell MA)
      1. U-Lowell owns the field in Lowell now
      2. $175 an Hr, $150 a day for the AV equipment
    3. Note: Championship game is 9/26/25
    4. Note: May interfere with 60’s Fall ball.
    5. JoMo to get a hold of team managers & get a feel for the interest in a “end of year celebration” game.
    6. Jack to check on Memorial Field in Concord.
    7. Do it in a cheaper field to boost interest?

Link to August 12, 2025 Meeting Minutes .PDF

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

  1. Attendees:
    1. Troy, Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, Steve H, Joe D., Jim H, Leo.
  2. Minutes accepted from last meeting in Jun (Vote was Unanimous).
  3. Budget was presented by Troy in Dwights absence.
    1. Balance as of 07/08/25 is $8,638.36
    2. Insurance went up.
  4. Rain outs discussed:
    1. Joe D. and Ian on “Rain Game Committee”, schedule, etc.
      1. Options:
        1. Extend Season.
        2. Shorten Season.
        3. A lot of double headers coming up.
        4. 2, 3 of more games in one day.
        5. Injuries are a concern.
  5. 5) Defibrillators (AEDs)
    1. a. Defibrillators are not in stock at Philips yet, therefore there are no payouts for them yet.
  6. Availability of playo􀆯 fields
    1. Memorial Field in Concord Available in Oct (Jack to follow up)
    2. Leominster Fields Available (Leo to follow up)
    3. Derryfield Park (has lights, Manchester)
    4. Ayott Field Available after 2:00 PM (Joe D)
  7. Riley Under New Management.
    1. Jane O’Brian (Elusive Creature)
    2. Very Expensive now (REF: $300 or more, per game now)
  8. Fall Ball 60s
    1. Survey E-Mail Has Not Been Sent out yet.
    2. Waiting on “some” rosters to get e-mail addy’s for 60’s survey.
  9. Sunrise League:
    1. Pick a date to start.
  10. Next Meeting 8/12/25

Tim-

(Secretary)

(603) 770-0648

Link to July 2025 Meeting Minutes .PDF

June 10, 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, Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, Steve H, Joe D., Jim H, Leo.
  • Minutes accepted from last meeting in May, (Vote was Unanimous).
  • Budget was presented by Troy in Dwights absence.
    1. Balance as of 6/10/25 is $10k
  • Rain outs.
    1. Joe D. proposed extending the season due to rain outs.
      1. Informal vote was 50/50
      2. Consensus was to take it into consideration but would like to make up games another way.
      3. Proposal shelved till next month’s meeting. See if there are more rain outs, etc, and see how we want to deal with it at that point.
  • Defibrillators (AEDs)
    1. Voted unanimously to cut checks for 4 defibrillators (AEDs)
    2. $675.00 each (60% discount) Employee discount, allowed 2 per year.
    3. Batteries- Set up a meeting with Jim Hall to pick up batteries for current defibrillators (AEDs).
  • Fall Ball 60s
    1. Joe’s survey.
    2. Joe to clean up the survey a bit.
      1. Take “maybe” out of Q#1
      2. Change Q#2 to “check all that apply”
      3. Troy to send out via mail chimp
      4. Send out to ages 57 and up.
  • Availability of playoff fields
    1. Fields discussed and tentative:
      1. Riviera Collage, Nashua NH (Troy)
      2. Leominster Fields, “Two Fields”, “Lights” (Leo)
      3. Manchester Fields (1/2 way from Concord & MA teams)
      4. Memorial field in Concord (Jack) “Possible”
      5. Rollins Park, Concord (Jack)
      6. Holman Stadium, Nashua (Dwight)
  • Sunrise League:
    1. Unanimous vote for division to be covered under NELBL insurance policies.
    2. Managers to distribute current flyer to their players to promote interest.
    3. Current flyer to be put up on the web site to promote interest.
    4. Per request this division is currently “on trial” with NELBL.
  • Next Meeting 7/8/25
Tim-
(Secretary)
(603) 770-0648
 

May 13, 2025 NELBL Managers Meeting Agenda & Meeting Minutes:

Agenda:

  1. Accept Minutes from Last Meeting...minutes are on website for review | Tim (Secretary)
  2. Financial Report | Dwight (Treasurer)
    1. Did we confirm 1 or 3 championship games yet?
  3. Fields
    1. Any Surprises and/or Difficulties?
  4. Waivers & Licenses
    1. Any Issues w/ Uploading Licenses & Waivers?
    2. Good idea to also upload Rosters?
  5. AED Discussion
    1. Confirmation of Teams w/ AEDs, Teams w/o
    2. Potential Costs for New Ones
    3. Next Steps
  6. 60+ Division (Tim K)
  7. Other?  Please suggest if you'd like add a topic to the agenda
  8. Open Discussion
  • Attendees:
    1. Troy, Reggie, Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, Steve H, Joe D., Jim H, JoMo
  • Minutes accepted from last meeting in April, (Vote was Unanimous).
  • Budget was presented by Troy in Dwights absence.
    • Balance as of 5/13/25 is $10,417.54
  • Baseball Marathon Weekend Discussed (End of Season Event)
    1. Committee voted to organize this event consists of, JoMo, Tim K, Joe D. & Dwight.
  • 1 or 3 games Championship still under review.
    1. Best of three games
    2. Over one weekend?
    3. Over two or three weekends?
    4. Double Header?
    5. Night Games?
      1. Mock Vote taken:
        1. NH Grays – abstain
        2. Granite, Mets, MA Gray Sox & Astros voted for 2 out of 3 game format.
        3. Pirates, Brewers, Millers & Warriors voted for the “1” game format.
        4. Secretary (Tim), tie braking vote. 2 out of 3 game format.
  • Make up Games Discussed (Rain outs)
    1. Night games?
    2. Double Headers?
    3. Leominster has two fields with lights.
    4. Memorial Field Concord has Lights.
    5. NOTE: Consensus - Please have rain outs Scheduled no later than July Meeting.
  • Wavers & Licenses.
    1. Players have issues with licenses (info) on the cloud.
    2. Check Licenses before every season????
    3. Troy to check existing licenses.
    4. Manager to check licenses of new players.
    5. CONCLUSION: Verify & delete license info off of player participation form before uploading to the cloud.
    6. ACTION REQUIRED: Upload rosters to cloud.
  • AEDs-
    1. MA Gray Sox, Astros, Brewers, Warriors and Pirates need one
    2. Millers, Mets, Granite, Nh Grays have one.
    3. All managers in favor of every team having an AED
    4. Will get them as soon as possible
    5. Waiting to hear on pricing from Philips people (discount) and Zoll.
  • Information for weekday “Sunrise Division” and Fall ball 60s league to come.
    1. Sunrise Division information for managers
Tim-
(Secretary)
(603) 770-0648
 
 

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. 1st 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. 2nd Points
    1. Unanimous vote.
  2. 3ed Head-to-Head against the teams that are tied.
    1. Unanimous vote.
  3. 4th 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. 5th 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)
Next Meeting  05/13/25
Tim Koukos (Secretary)

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)
      1. Added rule for 7 player line up, section 3.1.7.5
        1. Accepted, Voted yes, all 9 teams.
      2. 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).
    1. Section 3.8 Courtesy Runners.
      1. 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.
      2. 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 27th play in game (8th & 9th 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