Players and parents, it's almost time for the 2012 Spring Little-League Season
Registered SOFTBALL players -- If you haven't been contacted by your new manager by January 29th, please call Bo Longshore at 786-8400.
Registered BASEBALL and T-BALL players -- If you haven't been contacted by your new manager by February 3rd, please call Rufus Kite-Powell at 789-5151.
If your child is new to TBLL, please make sure you have complied with our New-Player documentation requirements, which can be found by clicking here. Failure to do so will negate insurance coverage and keep them out of post-season play, should they qualify.
Schedule of Important Spring 2012 Dates:
Note: a yellow highlight indicates a date/time change
December 14 – Open On-Line Registration
December 17 – Registration at Manhattan 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
January 4 – Registration at Manhattan 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
January 7 – Registration at Manhattan 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
January 9 – Manager Interviews – 6:00 p.m.
January 10 – Board Meeting to Select Managers – 6:30 p.m.
January 12 – Tryouts/Registration
January 14 – Makeup Tryouts for Baseball
January 18 – Softball Draft and T-Ball
January 23-27 – Baseball Drafts
January 29 – Baseball Practices Begin
February 6 – Mandatory Coaches Meeting at Jan Platt Library
February 11 – Coaches Clinic
February 11 – Park Clean Up
February 25 – Opening Day
Please consider becoming a TBLL sponsor. All individual and corporate donations are tax deductible. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, click here:
Please be sure to extend your appreciation, as we do, to our current donors, who are identified via the "Our Sponsors" link in the main menu.
2012 TBLL Board of Directors
Name
Position
Phone
Paul Watson
President
546-6975
Rufus Kite-Powell
Director of Baseball
789-5151
Bo Longshore
Director of Softball
786-8400
Diane Scott
Registration
340-6137
Steve Cohen
Player Agent – Majors BB
245-0695
Bill Schifino
Player Agent – Minor A BB/Fundraising
924-2733
Ed Bulleit
Player Agent – Minor B BB
784-2945
Jeff Caglianone
Player Agent – Minor C&T BB
226-8899
Jeff Krone
Player Agent – Majors SB
466-8384
Randy Rubin
Player Agent – Minor A, B, and C SB
486-7120
Bill Alexander
Safety
267-7316
Jack Rybicki
Treasurer
376-3914
Gary Trupp
Facilities/Fields
493-6375
Congratulations to our 2011 summer All-Stars! Here's what they accomplished ...
Our SB Majors All-Stars (pictured below) captured the District 6 and Section 7 Championships.
Our SB 10-11s made a good showing in their automatic berth to the Section 7 tournament.
Our BB Majors All-Stars fought to a second place fininsh in their District 6 tourney.
Meanwhile, our BB 10-11s and SB Minor All-Stars concluded their post-seasons as District 6 semi-finalists.
A special thanks to Rufus Kite-Powell and the TBLL volunteers
who hosted a portion of the 10-11 District 6 Baseball All-Star tournament this year. If you have ever been to one of these tournaments, you know how much effort is involved in putting on a quality event. We hope all of the players and parents had an enjoyable and memorable experience.
Congrats to all of the 2011 TBLL Park Champions.
Pictured below are the BB Minor B1 champions, the Giants, and runners-up, the Braves.
Baseball 8-U 2011 District 6 Invitational Tournament
First Place !!!
Our 8-yr old team, behind great defense and pitching, built an early lead and held on to win 8-3 against a high-powered Bayshore team in the finals of the Annual Citrus Park Invitational tournament. This squad is the first TBLL boys team to win this event.
Front Row – Dominick DeCarlo, Joseph Ringewald, Matty Cedola, Carlos Baldor and Harrison Harper
Second Row – Evan Parmer, Dan Fields, Jared Watson, Jake DePagter, Sam Meade and Reese Soper
Third Row – coaches Scott Cedola, Paul Watson, Jim DeCarlo and Rob Meade. Not pictured -- Jac Caglianone and Mgr. Jeff Caglianone
Baseball Minor A 2011 District 6 Tournament of Champions
Second Place !!
The Minor A Rangers represented TBLL in the District 6 Tapi Tournament and finished runner-up, winning three games before losing to Bayshore in the finals.
The team is pictured here after their victory in the TBLL Minor "A" Park Championship game: (front row left to right) Aiden Kruggel, Wilson Andersen (bat boy), Bronson Ford, Jacob Bennett, Clark Wichman, Jonah Chad, and Dylan Barry; (middle row) Donnie Perez, Bennett Andersen, Jack Craig, Mike O'Drobinak, Alex Simington, and Devin Perez; (back row) Coaches Ron Ford, Carter Andersen, Bill Craig, Richard Chad, and Carlos Noriega; (not in picture) Coaches Bill Geary and Ryan Barry
Softball Juniors 2011 District 6 Tournament of Champions
First Place !!!
Congratulations to our TBLL Juniors girls, with teammates from BS-IBLL. They advanced to the finals without a loss and defeated Northside 8-2 in the championship game.
Danielle Scott fired up the team with her inside-the-park homerun. Caroline Kimbler, Alana Healy, Maren Burns, Julia Schifino, and Mac Herron put their bats on the ball all night and points on the board. Danielle Tringali pitched the 7-inning complete game, giving up only one earned run. Solid defense and sacrifice at-bats by Lauren Lastras, Sabrina Weldon, and Shelby Harris contributed to the victory. Libby couldn't play in the finals but helped the team get there. Nice job ladies!
Parents - please help us ensure your child's safety!
It is absolutely against Little League policy (see Rule 1.08) to allow "on-deck" batters in T-ball through Majors BB and SB divisions, in games or in practice. The only time a child should swing a bat is at the plate or in the batting cages. Coaches are taught this each season but sometimes forget, especially in the younger teams.
Remind them of Rule 1.08 whenever you see it happening. Click here for something that may help.
Bat-buyers beware!
In the interest of safety, there are many new rules this year regarding Little-League approved bats for all baseball (but not softball) divisions. Please consult the official Little League website www.littleleague.org before purchasing a new bat.
For a listing of the currently approved non-wood bats, click here:
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