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January 12, 2026 NELBL Managers Meeting Agenda & Meeting Minutes

  1. Attendees:
    1. Troy, Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, Steve H, Dwight, Joe D., Jim H, Leo, Brian & Rich B.
  2. New Treasure intro: Rich Brouellette
  3. Jomo got the two AEDs that were ordered. (Pirates & Brewers)
  4. Baseballs Are due in at the beginning of February 2026.
    1. No deposit on them yet but we have an acknowledgement from Tricon.
  5. $750.00 team fee voted on and agreed for 2026.
  6. By-Law Proposals and Amendments: Player Eligibility
    1. Joe D’s By-Law proposal/Amendment 1.4.3 – Voted in.
    2. Leo/Joe D. (Player eligibility, Games)
      1. Leo: Senior/junior Proposal
      2. 4 innings minimum for game eligibility.
      3. Players must make the e􀀁ort to show up.
      4. Bylaw section 2.2.3 & 2.2.2
      5. NOTE: Voted on and changed. See section 2.2.2 for more detailed information
  7. Leo/Dave V. (Player Eligibility, Playo􀀁s)
    1. Section 2.2.2 of By-Laws.
    2. First 3 years a player must play a minimum of  50% of the season’s games to qualify for playoffs.
    3. After 3 years a player must play a minimum of 25% of the season’s games to qualify for playoffs.
  8. Joe D, (Seeding)
    1. Section 3.12.4
    2. Points will be  #1 (Primary) when it comes to playo􀀁 seeding.
    3. Winning % will be 2nd.
    4. Voted on and agreed to.
  9. Joe D. Section 3.3.7 (Pitch Clock) clarity.
    1. No “Pitch Clock”, No “Batter Clock” and No “Step o􀀁 the rubber”
    2. Voted on and approved.
  10. Stephan Hardy is stepping down from manager of the Granite.
    1. Tim Koukos & Gary Greene are the new Co-Managers
  11. The following topics are shelved till next meeting.
    1. Brian/Ian proposal of pitchers can pitch 7 innings a game.
    2. Doug proposal for allowing 48-year-olds to play.
    3. Schedule & number of games in 2026.

Link to January 12 2026 Meeting Minutes

December 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, Jomo & Ian
  2. Minutes from last meeting in Nov - accepted. -
  3. Baseballs have been ordered from Tricon for 2026 season.
    1. No deposit on them yet but we have an acknowledgement from Tricon.
  4. AEDs are now in stock, Jomo to purchase them, tomorrow.
  5. Competitive Discussion:
    1. Joe D sent out an e-mail in regards to competitive discussion (Survey) on 12/8/25 (See Joe’s E-mail attached)
    2.  Joe went through each line of his letter, explained, discussed and answered questions.
  6. Executive Council Voting & Winners:
    1. Treasurer - Rich Brouellette
    2. Secretary – Tim Koukos
  7. Ideas tossed about in regards to making the league more competitive.
    1. Make league X Fall ball run longer.
      1. Expand the number of games for League X
    2. Make League X run concurrent to the 50s.
    3. Home team picks the rules to play by for that game.
      1. Original 50s rules or MBL rules.
    4. Stealing, yes or no? (is the question that it all comes down to)
      1. No Stealing will change the game scores a bit but nothing drastic. Bottom line is, the top teams have better players.
    5. Bottom 4 teams play by the original 50s rules when they play each other. MLB rules when they play top teams.
  8. Courtesy runners cannot steal. (Also, Proposal for future vote)
  9. League X given till January to come up with more players. We will take another count at next meeting.
  10. Next meeting 1/12/26

Link to December 8 2025 Meeting Minutes

November 10, 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 & Dwight.
  2. Minutes from last meeting in Oct - accepted. -
    1. Update on suspension (Expelled Player/Millers).
      1. Joe reached out to suspended player & is waiting for his response/decision.
      2. Linda (ump) is glad we took action.
  3. Dwight will place order for baseballs ASAP.
    1. Concerned about tariffs
    2. Baseballs are back ordered at some distributors.
  4. Team fee for 2026 - $750.00
    1. Recommended by Dwight.
    2. Unanimous vote by all.
  5. 60+ went well for 2025 Fall season.
    1. The comment came up to find a different field other than Prouts park,
    2. We have access to 4 Manchester fields.
      1. Manchester doesn’t care for or prep their fields.
      2. Manchester fields are $25 dollars an hour.
  6. Competitiveness in the league (up for discussion)
    1. Several variations, scenarios and ideas, regarding competitiveness were presented and talked about. All have pros and cons.
    2. Majority (7 out of 9) voted to create two divisions for the 2026 season.
      1. 50s division with our current MLB rules.
      2. 60s division with our old NELBL rules.
      3. Details for these two divisions are currently being worked out.
  7. Dwight replacement Nominees (treasurer)-
    1. Rich Brouellette (Millers Nominee)
    2. Erin McNelly (Greys Nominee)
    3. Tim Koukos
      1. Tim would continue to do the secretary position also, till someone wants to take it over
  8. Nominees for league awards (Send In Votes)
    1. Hitter of the year
    2. Pitcher of the year
    3. Rookie of the year
    4. Manager of the year (managers Award)
    5. Sportsman of the year
  9. Sports Plex
    1. NH Teams $316 per 2 Hr session.
    2. Field and Cages
    3. 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Sundays
    4. Feb/March 2026
    5. Pool your players for interest
  10. Question brought up by Pirates:
    1. Why are pitchers limited to 5 innings?
  11. Next Meeting 12/08/25

Link to November 10 2025 Meeting Minutes

 

October 14, 2025 NELBL Managers Meeting Agenda & Meeting Minutes

  1. Attendees:
    1. Troy, Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, Steve H, Joe D., Jim H, Leo, Brian, JoMo & Dwight.
  2. Playoffs -
    1. All Managers thought the playoffs this year went well/smooth.
    2. Comment: the playo􀆯s being later this year seemed to a􀆯ect player turn out.
  3. Budget Report-
    1. Moving into 2026 with $4,485.36 in the kitty.
  4. Jack & Brian still need AEDs for their teams -
    1. Philips is out of stock.
    2. JoMo will check on the incoming stock.
  5. Dwight is stepping down as treasurer.
    1. Need to find a new treasurer.
  6. 60+ Ejection.
    1. A member of the 60+ Bucs
    2. Came into contact with the plate ump during a verbal disagreement–
    3. Suspended for rest of 2025 season and all the 2026 season.
    4. He needs to write a sincere apology letter to be considered back in 2027.
  7. Sunrise Division -
    1. Slow start
    2. Tim would like to try it again.
  8. 60’s Fall Ball
    1. Going well. Everyone is having fun.
  9. Competitive Discussion –
    1. 6 out of 9 managers feel something needs to be done about competitiveness in the league.
    2. This is being tabled till next month.
  10. League Zoom License –
    1. $160.00 a year..if Troy ulimately loses access to his Zoom license.
  11. Meetings are moved to Mondays.
    1. Next meeting, 2nd Monday in November, 11/10/25

 

Link to October 14 2025 Meeting Minutes

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