This sunday 2/28/2010 from 1PM to 5PM, Little League District 5 will be holding a Mechanics Training class at Arthur Pack Park.

If there are any questions please call email me at umpire@crll.org.

Baseball final Tryouts are this Saturday 2/20/2010 @12:30

Baseball and Softball will draft for Majors and Minors the week of February 22nd

Baseball and Softball Coach Pitch and Baseball T-Ball teams will be put together the week of March 1st

Parents and Players will be contacted by their Managers soon after the teams are established.

Season Starts March 27th

Please bring proof of address and Birth Certificate to tryouts.

We hope to communicate and collaborate better this year.  Among the many tools we can use, we will try Facebook.  become a Friend today.

Can you or your Company sponsor CRLL???? Click on the Sponsor tab for more information.

If you are interested in volunteering to help CRLL please contact the following individuals:

Coaching - Sara Strom - coachcoord@crll.org

Help with a "Team" - Michael Waldorf - baseballvp@crll.org

Umpire - Steve Lawley - umpiremanager@crll.org

Continental Ranch Little League January 2010 Newsletter

Hello All,

As we all know spring ball is just around the corner and its now time to start registration.  Some of you are familiar and some are not with the "Team" concept that we are going to try this season.  These "Teams" will be formed to help manage the various activities that need to take place throughout the season.  We'll make sure to clearly define and explain this concept a little better at one of our next board meetings. 

That being said, I'll be leading the registration team and I'm now looking for volunteers.  These volunteers do not have to be solely CRLL board members.  We should try to get more of the community involved.  So spread the word!  Talk to friends, family, neighbors, anyone you think that might like to get involved but doesn't want a "Board Member" title.  

We're planning on setting up two registration sites.  One at the skate park fields during flag football.  The snack bar will also be open during this time.  The other will be at Monkey Business.  I think we should have three people at each site with at least one of them being a CRLL board member to answer any type of questions that may come up.  These are the dates and times we're looking at:

Jan. 9th, 16th, & 23rd 

    Skate park - 9 am to 12 pm. 

    Monkey Business - 12 pm to 3 pm.

We"ll see how the first day works out and adjust times and/or days as we need to.

If this is something you would like to get involved with or know someone who would please let me know.

Thank you,

Michael Waldorf

Great Information for Parents and coaches.

http://www.asep.com/Administrators/SportParentSurvivalGuide.pdf

If you are interested in coaching this spring, please e-mail our coaching coordinator, Sara Strom at coachcoord@crll.org
If you have already received an e-mail from Sara, you are already on the list for being considered as a CRLL coach.
Thanks so much for your interest in helping our CRLL kids!

Congratulations to the coaches, Players and Parents.  Great Job!!!!

The first Draft of the new Town of Marana Parks and Recreation Master Plan will be presented to the Parks and Recreation Citizen Advisory Commission this Thursday September 24th at the Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library.

The public is invited and encouraged to go. 

Doors Open at 5PM the presentation begins at 6PM.

Click here for more info

We hope to communicate and collaborate better this year.  Among the many tools we can use, we will try Facebook.  become a Friend today.

Attached is a 1 page sheet that will help you get to the fields used for Fall Ball Baseball.  Links have been added to the Fall Ball Pages that give Google Map Directions.

Handout: Teams by League

Hello to all......

First, on behalf of D5 I would like to express our sincere thanks to each of you for the tremendouse effort and work that has been put into assembling the D5 Fall Ball baseball divisions.  Please find attached the summary as of tonight.......As you will see listed below the response has been outstanding with this the first year of this new concept of having an Instructional Division and Competitive Division...something for everybody......Please take a look at your respective league numbers, I just want to make sure they are correct to date....If there are any changes, please let me know....

Schedules will begin to be formulated within the next day or say and should be out to all by early next week....

Pre-Season coaches rules review and roster submittal meeting reminder;  Wednesday, September 9th at the Windmill Inn--since we have 65 teams to date, it will be easier and more efficient to split the meeting into 2 sessions:

7:00 PM - Instructional Division teams

7:45 PM - Competitive Division teams

Umpires:

Instructional Divisions:  All volunteer....Home team to provide plate umpire, Visiting team the base umpire--this is a good opportunity to have assistant coaches do this task because it allows for further on the field instruction

Competitive Divisions:  2 umpires will be assigned by D5 (Mr. Bill Fronzaglio, UIC Upper Baseballs).  The blues will be compensated...The fee schedule is as follows:

Major Gold and Silver Divisions:      Both teams to provide $25.00 payable at the pre-game meeting at home plate.

Junior 80 Gold/Senior Wood Bat Divisions:  Both teams to provide $30 payable at the pre-game meeting at home plate...

For the Junior 80 Gold the first Saturday of play the umpires that are scheduled to work these games will be providing a clinic that will deal with "What constitutes a balk"  The objective is to have the blues review with all the players from both teams at the mound prior to the first game describing what a balk is, and what causes a balk...Balks will not be called the first 3 weeks of the season to allow for the pitchers to adjust to holding runners on, plus it will allow for further training when a balk is evident during these first 3 weeks--the umpire can explain to the pitcher.....

Once again, thank you to you and your staff for the effort and help on making this happen.

Bill Leith, D5

The 2010 CRLL Executive Board of Directors has been named.

Click on the Board Member tab to see who will lead our league to a many successes this year!!!!

If you would like to be put on a waiting list, email the Baseball Player Agent.

First games will start on or about September 12.

Congratulations to our new board as voted on by the league

Alicia Williams

Arlene Campos

Bernedette Romero

Candace Camamo

Cary Nesbitt

Cassi LaFaye

Chris Byars

Darrell Penny

Garrett Roberts

Jennifer Dicochea

Jessica D’Alessio

Jim Noller

Joan Crooks

Julie Penny

Kevin Williams

Michael Waldorf

Rachael Speer

Rob Swindell

Robert Buckles

Sara Strom

Steve Lawley

Tanya Shackle

William Quintero

In last years Major League Baseball draft Ryan Perry was the First Round Draft choice of the Detroit Tigers.  I will periodically post articles relating to his experience.

Here is an Article from MLB.Com:

Perry proving an asset in latest stay

Tigers to use Perry in long relief

Perry remains a key for Tigers' bullpen

Big league debut a thrill for Perry

Porcello and Perry earn roster spots

Perry continues to impress Leyland

Tigers strong at two key positions

10 Tigers prospects to watch

Perry showing poise beyond his years

Perry "Pumped" by spring outing

Prospect Perry opening eyes at camp

CRLL  4 -  Sabino Canyon 2

CRLL Junior Silver dodgers are District 5 Champions!!

The CRLL Junior team won the District 5 Silver Division West Championship Thursday night with a 4-3 win in 7 Innings over Coronado.

Bradley Gonzales Pitched 5-1/3 innings, Ryan Williams closed out the balance of the 6th inning.  Mike Doty came in at the top of the 7th to hold a 3-3 tie. 

In the Bottom of the 7th Garrett Lawley was struck by a pitch giving CRLL a runner on first with 1 out.  Dominic Dicochea replaced Garrett as a special base runner and managed to make it to 3rd on a combination of Steal and a Sacrifice.  With 2 outs Coronado intentionally walked Cody Stone bringing up Bradley Gonzales. Bradley smashed a hit to Left-Center field bringing in Dominic and sealing the Championship.

There will be a single game playoff between CRLL and the East Division Champions Sabino Canyon, Wednesday night 7PM at Mehl Park.

Major Baseball Cardinals

Minor Baseball Dodgers

CRLL 2009 Champions!!!