Let the games begin

As we kick-off our 2011 spring season, I want to extend my profound thanks to the countless hours of effort put into the league by the players, parents, coaches, town administrators, division directors, schedulers, umpires, and board members who make MBGLL possible. Our league simply does not happen without the contributions of all parties in the chain. So I tip my hat to all of you who do make it happen and make a difference in the lives of our daughters. A special thanks to Christine who rides herd on all of the ongoing activity and does it all with good humor and grace, all the while attending to the minute details. Thank you Christine.

It has been a long winter, the college seasons are underway, high schools are prepping for their seasons, and MBGLL opens its 10th year.  It must be spring! I understand that there may be some difficulty with fields for the for first couple of weeks of the season.  I would encourage towns to simply not cancel these games and attempt to reschedule them in SportsManager.  This is best achieved by leaving the original game in the schedule so it can be rescheduled. Once a game is deleted, it can not be 'resurrected' and can only be 're-created' as a scrimmage game.  Work with your opponent, find a practice time during the week that works for both teams and reschedule the game.  Give the umpire assignors at least 2 weeks notice to assign an umpire. Tip: find a high school game in your area when you could  schedule your MBGLL game to follow.

Now let's finally get rid of this snow and play some lax!   See you on the field.