Toronto IBM Club Activities Banquet and Casino (Nov. 7, 2009)

Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Sheraton Parkway Toronto North, Grand York Ballroom
Located at 600 Highway 7 East (Leslie & Hwy 7), Richmond Hill
Reception at 5:00 pm / Dinner at 6:00pm
Semi-Formal Attire Required

Join us at the elegant Sheraton Parkway for the Gala Event of the season.

Enjoy an evening of Celebration of our Activity Winners for 2009, Fine Dining, Dancing, Fun Casino Games and an opportunity to share in OVER $10,000 worth of prizes!

The Personal has kindly provided 5 pairs of tickets in their suite, to the Raptors game on Sunday December 20th against New Orleans. Tickets include the game, food and beverages. The value of the tickets totals $3000!! There are many more prizes to be one during the course of the evening but you cannot win if you are not at this event! We are proud and honoured to welcome back to our Banquet stage this year, one of Canada's pre-eminent Sports broadcasters and the dean of Olympic sports broadcasting in Canada-- Brian Williams! For over 30 years, Brian's respected broadcast style has endeared him to millions of Canadians from coast to coast.

Last year the "Prize is Right" had winners leaving with amazing prizes including a deluxe barbecue, a ThinkPad, a trip voucher, and a 50" plasma TV! By popular demand the game show will be back with more contestants and fantastic prizes!

Toronto IBM Club Members pay the same as last year--only $40 for this special night of celebration!

TICKETS GO ON SALE AT NOON ON MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 2009. Each year we sell out faster than the year before....

Photos taken at the tourney (2009 Edition)

Click on this link to see some photos taken during the tournament on September 12,2009 (Courtesy of Joe Kastelic):

http://picasaweb.google.com/joekast/IBMSloPitch2009Sep12?feat=directlink

2009 Award Winners

A Division Champs: eForce Fusion
A Division Finalists: Generals
A Division Tournament MVP: Neil Jenkins
B Division Champs: Hard Hitters
B Division Finalists: Trojans
B Division Tournament MVP: Steve Horsley

Regular Season Champs: Generals (12-3)
Most Improved Team: Code Blue (7-8 in 2009, 3-13-1 in 2008 as eSluggerz)
Most Sportsmanlike Team: Shooters


Overall Male League MVP: Sadi Khan (x86ers)



Overall Female League MVP: Nicole Huang (Shooters)

Congratulations to the 2009 A Pool Champions: eForce Fusion

eForce Fusion posing after the A Pool Championship game victory over the defending A Pool Champs (Generals)

Game ending double play to give the Hard Hitters the victory (September 12, 2009)

Congratulations to the 2009 B Pool Champions: Hard Hitters

Team Photo after the B Pool Finals victory over the Trojans



Time to get wet!



Victory tastes good!

Team by Team Male and Female MVPs and Most Improved Players

Team Male MVP Female MVP Most Improved Player
Code Blue Garvey Kowlessar Steph Pickering Danny Mallinos
Directors Scott Searle Jessica Grey Brian Tang
DirtBags Matt Horsley Erin Thompson Jill Hamilton
eForce Fusion Shane Moore Pam Ronson Bing Li
FIDO Mike Gardner Carol Duransky Julie Wiggins
Generals Greg Holmes Suz Barbara Julie Selwyn
Hard Hitters Daniel Effendi Stephanie Bassett Paul Moretto
The Legends Christien Savoie Kelly Chartrand Julien Savoie
McGlovin Stephen Morassutti Maya Fitzpatrick Joey Ward
Shooters Chris Monti Nicole Huang Dave Timms
Trojans Vincent Lee Magdalene Furukawa Helen Maric
UnderDogs Farooq Akbar Connie Choi Amy Tang
The Wrath Rick Siewierski Kim Hsiung Anthony Dias
x86ers Sadi Khan Heather Halbert Krystal Ziola

Additional Tournament Rule Clarifications (9/11/09)

Winning team in round robin earns 3 points.
Losing team earns 0 points.
Teams with game ending in a tie get 1 point each.

The team that finished better in the standings (ie. #1 Generals over #8 Directors) is the home team in each game.

Tie-breakers to be determined by:
1. Tournament Head-To-Head Results
2. Difference in Runs For and Runs Against
3. Total Runs For
4. Higher ranked team in final regular season standings

A1 is the home team vs. B2
B1 is the home team vs. A2

Home team in the finals is the team with the best record in the regular season.

Roster Reminder:

Tournament rules clarifications (V1.1 Sept. 11/09)

Clarification of Tournament Rules (V1.1 September 11, 2009)

1) Home team at first games played in A and B pool provide bases and those bases stay at the diamond all day (Generals at Diamond 4, x86ers at Diamond 2, UnderDogs at Diamond 3, and Hard Hitters at Riseborough Park)

2) Umpire schedules are posted on the website and in the note above. Please ensure that if your team needs to supply an umpire for the first game of the day, the player(s) are there 10-15 mins before first pitch (ie. 7:45am for A pool games, 9am for B pool games)

3) Foul balls that travel outside of the fence line at any park (outfield or fences in front of the benches) are out of play. Umpires must call out of play once the ball goes outside of any fence line. Note: The required 8 votes were received.

4) Cones are to be set up at each diamond 23 paces behind the first and 3rd bases on the foul lines. All outfielders must remain behind the cone line (ie. following a parallel curve of the infield from one cone to the other) until contact is made with the bat.




5) Outfielder's can not directly throw a runner out at first if they have not reached the base yet. If the runner attempts to advance to 2nd base and tries to safely return to first base, an outfielder can make a direct throw to get the runner out of first base.

6) An outfielder can relay a throw to 2b, ss, or 3b, and then that player can throw the ball to the first baseman to record an out

7) If the home team is leading after the top of the 7th inning, the game is over (the home team does not bat to add to their run total in the bottom of the 7th).
Any infielder can cover home plate when a ball is thrown home. There is no rule preventing the 1st or 3rd baseman from covering home in the event that the ball gets away from the catcher and someone else needs to cover the plate to record an out.

HR Leaders for 2009 Regular Season

League Leaders:

Daniel Effendi (Hard Hitters): 18 - 2009 Silver Slugger Award Winner
Greg Holmes (Generals): 17
Shane Moore (eForce Fusion): 17
Nicholas Gomez (x86ers): 16
Joe DiMeo (eForce Fusion): 12
Seng Keu (DirtBags): 12
Sadi Khan (x86ers): 12
Mike Gardner (FIDO): 12
Kevin Sally (FIDO): 12
David Jenkins (eForce Fusion): 11
Lee Maunu (x86ers): 11


Team Leaders:

Code Blue: Kevin Ramos and Nick Welby-Solomon - 4 each
Directors: James McKay - 4
DirtBags: Seng Keu - 12
eForce Fusion: Shane Moore - 17
FIDO: Mike Gardner and Kevin Sally - 12 each
Generals: Greg Holmes - 17
Hard Hitters: Daniel Effendi - 18
The Legends: Bryan Sippel - 6
McGlovin: Scott Fitzpatrick - 9
Shooters: Brett Aikman and Eric Yip - 4 each
Trojans: Vincent Lee - 5*
UnderDogs: Farooq Akbar - 3*
The Wrath: James Eadie - 2*
x86ers: Nicholas Gomez - 16

* = Incomplete data

Final 2009 Regular Season standings

2009 Tournament Rules

Team Captain's are responsible for ensuring the integrity of the playing rule guidelines in a sportsmanlike manner, in the spirit of Fun, Fitness, and Fellowship!! All regular season rules apply in conjunction with the following:

GENERAL GUIDELINES:
All games are 60min. or 7 innings, which ever comes first. Do not begin the last inning unless there is at least 5min. left., and, if started, the inning is permitted to complete.
All games must start at the pre-designated start time. The 60min. limit begins at the designated start time.
Games are on unless it is decided and communicated by your league directors. You must be prepared to field a team or risk default.
Teams must start a game with at least 8 players and at least 2 of them must be female (if only 2 of 8 are female, auto out at top of line up rule in effect, if less than 8 players available and/or less than 2 females, then team forfeit 7-0).
Final scores must be entered immediately after the game in the control centre (gazebo).
3 points awarded for a win. 1 point awarded for a tie. 0 Points for a loss.
Tie-breakers to be determined by: 1. Tournament Head-To-Head Results 2. Difference in Runs For and Runs Against; 3. Total Runs For; 4. Higher ranked team in final season standings.

UMPIRES:
A Home Plate Umpire and Field Umpire must be present at pre-delegated games. Captains are responsible for ensure umpire allocations.
Home Plate Umpire is responsible for: fair/foul calls, play at home, dead ball, infield fly, crossing commit line, and play at third base.
Home Plate Umpire must also monitor the 60 minute play clock.
Field Umpire is responsible for play at first base, second base, and outfield.
All decisions made by the Umpires during the game will remain final.
In the event Umpires are not present, the pitcher will resume judgment call responsibilities.

INFIELD:
INFIELD FLY RULE: The batter is out if he/she hits an infield fly and there are less than 2 outs and runners are on first and second or on first, second and third. An infield fly is a fair ball which can be caught with ordinary effort by an infielder.
Only a position player at 1st, 2nd, shortstop, or 3rd base can throw a live ball to first base in an effort to get the batter out (ie. Outfield or rover can't field the ball and throw to get the batter out on their way to first. Once the batter has touched first and is rounding the bag, any fielder can make a throw to first base.)
Dead Ball Zone clarification:
If the ball comes to a complete stop before reaching the line drawn to the left and the right of the pitcher's mound, then the ball is considered dead and the hit by the batter counts as one of their 3 or 5 respective swings per at bat

If the ball is still in motion and it is fielded within the dead ball zone prior to it coming to a complete stop, then the ball is live, the batter can run to first and the runners may attempt to advance.

If the ball comes to a stop in the groove in the infield that was created to make the dead ball zone, then the ball is live and the runners and batters may advance.

OUTFIELD:
Outfielders must stay at least 10 paces behind the infield bases before the ball is hit (cones to be placed down the left and right field line at each diamond 10 paces behind 1st and 3rd base)
A pop fly caught in foul territory is an out. There is NO Out of Play rule from the outfield fence to home plate. Foul balls that are hit beyond a park's fence line are out of play. If field conditions require an adjustment to the NO Out of Play Rule (ie. the field is wet, or other safety issues with obstacles (i.e. parking lots)), this rule can be reviewed by the team captains and the umpires prior to any game.
One base is awarded on an overthrow to first, third, or home if the ball goes past the screen, if the ball hits the screen it is still in play and the runners can advance (regardless of where the ball was thrown from or when the ball is thrown).

2009 Tournament Roster Chart

September 12, 2009 A Pool Tournament Schedule

A Pool

Diamond 2 (Group B):

8:00am x86ers against Code Blue (one player from Dirtbags and one from McGlovin umpire)
9:15am DirtBags home against McGlovin (one player from x86ers and one from Code Blue umpire)
10:30am x86ers home against DirtBags (one player from McGlovin and one from Code Blue umpire)
11:45am McGlovin against Code Blue (one player from x86ers and one from DirtBags umpire)
1:00pm x86ers home against McGlovin (one player from DirtBags and one from Code Blue umpire)
2:15pm DirtBags home against Code Blue (one player from x86ers and one from McGlovin umpire)

3:30pm Group B #1 Seed vs. Group A #2 Seed (one player from the 3rd place team in Group B and one player from the 4th place team in Group B to umpire)

Diamond 4 (Group A):

8:00am Generals against Directors (one player from eForce Fusion and one from FIDO umpire)
9:15am eForce Fusion against FIDO (one player from Generals and one from Directors umpire)
10:30am Geneals against eForce Fusion (one player from FIDO and one from Directors umpire)
11;45am FIDO against Directors (one player from Generals and one from eForce Fusion umpire)
1:00pm Generals against FIDO (one player from eForce Fusion and one from Directors umpire)
2:15pm eForce Fusion against Directors (one player from Generals and one from FIDO umpire)

3:30pm Group B #2 Seed vs. Group A #1 Seed (one player from the 3rd place team in Group A and one player from the 4th place team in Group A to umpire)

4:45pm Group B #1/A#2 Winner vs. Group B#2/A#1 Winner (A Pool Championship Game) - Umpire volunteers needed

September 12, 2009 B Pool Tournament Schedule

B Pool

Group C Pool (Diamond 3 at Milliken Mills):

9:15am UnderDogs vs. Shooters (Umpires: 2 players from Trojans)
10:30am Trojans vs. Shooters (Umpires: 2 players from UnderDogs)
11:45am UnderDogs vs. Trojans (Umpires: 2 players from Shooters)
1:00pm Group C #2 vs. Group C #3 (Umpires: 2 players from Group C #1)
2:15pm Group C #2/Group C #3 winner vs. Group C #1 (Umpires: 2 players from team that lost in Group C#2 vs. C#3 1pm game)
4:15pm Group C Pool winner vs. Group D Pool winner (Umpires: 2 players from team that lost 2:15pm game)

Group D Pool (Riseborough Park):

9:15am Hard Hitters vs. The Wrath (#14) (Umpires: 2 players from The Legends)
10:30am The Legends vs. The Wrath (#14) (Umpires: 2 players from Hard Hitters)
11:45am Hard Hitters vs. The Legends (Umpires: 2 players from The Wrath)
1:00pm Group D #2 vs. Group D #3 (Umpires: 2 players from Group D #1)
2:15pm Group D #2/Group D #3 winner vs. Group D #1 (Umpires: 2 players from team that lost in Group D#2 vs. D#3 1pm game)

Winner of Group D drives to Milliken Mills to take on the winner of Group C at Diamond 3

2009 Tournament Diamonds (September 12, 2009)

Diamond 4 at Milliken Mills Park (Round Robin: #1, #4, #5, and #8 seeds)



Diamond 2 at Milliken Mills Park (Round Robin: #2, #3, #6, and #7 seeds)



Diamond 3 at Milliken Mills Park (Round Robin: #10, #11, and #13 seeds)



Riseborough Park (Round Robin: #9, #12, and #14 seeds)



Map A) https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAizXTlqw_XuAzbBihSKtT6k-Mjz_MTEWZ7Erg7U957pmJ0bR8772lrAHI0eGhUqziuiiuku7-9TN2olhyphenhyphenOYp4EodXNJVT6Eho5FXq9_pio6R3bo1C-ydb__FTJ-k8kqOk2rGxQEwOjU/s1600-h/Riseborough+Park.jpg

Map B) Click on Riseborough Park from the list of parks on the left side of the screen and then click Zoom here within the Riseborough Park pop-up bubble: http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=111207704212976675253.000437c0d701d71ecc5e0&t=h&z=12

Standings heading into the final week of the season

Note: The Wrath have clinched the 14th seed and will start the tournament in the B Pool at Riseborough.

Current tiebreakers:
x86ers and DirtBags beat each other once. DirtBags outscored x86ers by 1 run over the course of the two games. DirtBags hold tiebreaker.

Generals beat eForce Fusion twice. Generals hold tiebreaker.

FIDO beat McGlovin twice. FIDO holds tiebreaker.

Code Blue beat the Hard Hitters once and split with the Directors. Directors split with Code Blue and beat Hard Hitters. Code Blue holds tiebreaker with Directors due to run differential between the teams.
Hard Hitters have not beaten Code Blue or Directors.

Shooters beat The Legends. Shooters hold tiebreaker.

League HR Leaders (the race for the Silver Slugger Award) as of Sept. 7, 2009

Individual team leaders in HRs:
Code Blue: Kevin Ramos and Nick Welby-Solomon 4 each
Directors: Scott Searle 3
DirtBags: Seng Keu 9
eForce Fusion: Shane Moore 16*
FIDO: Mike Gardner 11 *
Generals: Greg Holmes 15
Hard Hitters: Daniel Effendi 17
The Legends: Bryan Sippel 5
McGlovin: Scott Fitzpatrick 9
Shooters: Eric Yip 4
Trojans: Vincent Lee 5*
UnderDogs: Farooq Akbar 3*
The Wrath: James Eadie 2
x86ers: Nicholas Gomez 14

* = Incomplete stats for year

Players with 5 or more HRs to date:
Hard Hitters Effendi, Daniel 17
eForce Fusion Moore, Shane 16*
Generals Holmes, Greg 15
x86ers Gomez, Nicholas 14
x86ers Khan, Sadi 12
eForce Fusion DiMeo, Joe 11*
FIDO Gardner, Mike 11*
x86ers Maunu, Lee 11
FIDO Sally, Kevin 10*
McGlovin Fitzpatrick Scott 9
eForce Fusion Jenkins, David 9*
DirtBags Keu, Seng 9
DirtBags Baxter, Owen 8
DirtBags Hajjar, Maher 8
McGlovin Morasutti Stephen 8
DirtBags Horsley, Matt 7
DirtBags Walsh, Mark 7
x86ers Briggs, Tim 6
x86ers Hindle, Cameron 6
eForce Fusion Vuong, Hong 6*
Generals Wight, Ian 6
McGlovin Kedilerli Arman 5
Legends, The Sippel, Bryan 5
Trojans Lee, Vincent 5*
McGlovin Weatherbee Jeffrey 5

Schedule for September 9, 2009

Trojans (4-10) vs. The Legends (3-11) at Elson Park
x86ers (12-2) vs. FIDO (9-5) at Featherstone Park
Generals (11-3) vs. DirtBags (12-2) at James Edwards Park
Shooters (3-11) vs. The Wrath (1-13) at Riseborough Park
Directors (6-8) vs. Hard Hitters (6-8) at Tomlinson Park
eForce Fusion (11-3) vs. McGlovin (9-5) at Victoria Square
UnderDogs (5-9) vs. Code Blue (6-8) at Wilclay P.S.

Home team is listed first

10% Discount from Quiznos on Day of the Tournament (Sept. 12, 2009)

FIDO 2009 Team Photo

Standings through August 26, 2009

Tie-Breaker Reminder:
1) Head to head record
2) Run differential in head to head
3) Total run differential (ie. all games played)
4) Fewest runs allowed
5) Coin Toss

Current tiebreaker issues:

DirtBags beat eForce Fusion earlier in the year by 8 runs
Directors, UnderDogs, and Hard Hitters went 1-1 against each other. Directors have +1 in their games against UnderDogs and Hard Hitters. UnderDogs are +0 in their two games. Hard Hitters are -1.
Shooters beat Trojans earlier this year by 6 runs

Schedule for September 2, 2009 (6pm start time)

Here is the schedule set for the games to be played at 6pm on September 2, 2009 (based on the standings as of August 27, 2009):



Please ensure your teams get to the diamond as soon as possible as it gets dark early now.

Note: Teams playing at Victoria Square on Sept. 2nd and 9th should get started no later than 6:15pm.

HR Updates through August 19, 2009

Code Blue

3 Kevin Ramos
2 Mike Daly
2 Nick Welby-Solomon
1 Danny Mallinos
1 Jorden Ozoli
1 Andre Rouselle
1 Ian Weekes

Directors

3 Scott Searle
1 Marco Butti
1 Sebastian DiMartino
1 James McKay
1 Kevin Newcombe
1 Marcus Rozycki
1 Peter Swieton

DirtBags

8 Owen Baxter
7 Maher Hajjar
6 Seng Keu
6 Mark Walsh
4 Matt Horsley
3 Jason Sham
2 Asif Khan
1 Nelson Ng
1 Cosmo Schillaci

eForce Fusion

14 Shane Moore
10 Joe DiMeo
9 David Jenkins
6 Hong Vuong
2 Dave Totton
1 Dan Bouchard
1 Dave Lapenta
1 Al Peera
1 Jeff Villaflores

FIDO

11 Mike Gardner
8 Kevin Sally
4 Shehan McLellan
3 Keith McRobbie
3 Jeff Wiggins
2 Greg Lee

Generals

13 Greg Holmes
6 Ian Wight
3 Tim Barkla
3 Mark Squires
2 Jamey Dees
2 Paul Reid
2 John Stoneburgh
2 Peter Tomes
2 Rob Totton
1 Corey Eastman
1 David Seymour

Hard Hitters

14 Daniel Effendi
2 Jason Bartlett
1 Steve Bates
1 Steve Horsley
1 Jon Stronach

The Legends

3 Tratham Kovaloff
2 Christien Savoie
2 Bryan Sippel
1 Kieron Ragoo
1 Julien Savoie

McGlovin

8 Scott Fitzpatrick
8 Stephen Morasutti
5 Arman Kedilerli
4 Doug Short
3 Jeffrey Weatherbee
2 Adam Atkinson
2 Jeffrey Iantomasi
2 Chris Pearson
1 Dylan Callan

Shooters

4 Eric Yip
2 Brett Aikman
2 Greg Houghting
2 Chris Monti
2 Ryan Reeve
1 Nicole Huang

Trojans

2 Randy Fong
2 Vincent Lee

UnderDogs

2 Farooq Akbar
1 Danny Chan

The Wrath

2 James Eadie
1 George Thoppil

x86ers

12 Sadi Khan
10 Nicholas Gomez
9 Lee Maunu
5 Cameron Hindle
3 Tim Briggs
2 Tym Frank
1 Sean Carnrite
1 Chris Hickey
1 J.P. Lovecky

Standings through August 19, 2009

Standings through August 5, 2009

More photos from Boston Pizza - August 5, 2009

x86ers (UnderDogs at table behind)



Shooters

Photos from Boston Pizza - August 5, 2009

Generals



The Legends



FIDO



eForce Fusion



McGlovin

Standings through July 29, 2009

Projected Tournament if the season ended now:

July 29, 2009 - ALL GAMES ARE A GO

After checking out Riseborough Park this afternoon, I think we will be ok to play games tonight. The shot below was taken at Riseborough Park (home plate area). If we get no additional rain over the next few hours, it would be my expectation that all fields will be playable. However, adjustments might need to be made to make each diamond more safe/playable (ie. move up batter's box at Riseborough Park).

If both teams determine that the field they are at is unplayable/unsafe, then each team will be rewarded 1 point and the final score will be 0-0.

Weather Outlook (July 29, 2009)

Games will not be formally called off any earlier than 2pm today.
If rain stops and fields have a chance to dry out, games will be on.
Keep up to date by checking www.twitter.com/coedrecslopitch

Home Run Leaders through games played on July 22, 2009

Home Run Standings:

Code Blue:

2 - Mike Daly
2 - Kevin Ramos
1 - Danny Mallinos
1 - Jorden Ozoli
1 - Nick Welby-Solomon

Directors:

1 - Marco Butti
1 - Sebastian DiMartino
1 - Kevin Newcombe
1 - Marcus Rozycki
1 - Scott Searle

DirtBags:

4 - Maher Hajjar
4 - Mark Walsh
3 - Jason Sham
2 - Seng Keu
1 - Owen Baxter
1 - Matt Horsley
1 - Asif Khan

eForce Fusion:

6 - Shane Moore
5 - Joe DiMeo
5 - David Jenkins
4 - Hong Vuong
1 - Dan Bouchard
1 - Dave Lapenta
1 - Al Peera
1 - Dave Totton
1 - Jeff Villaflores

FIDO:

10 - Mike Gardner
5 - Kevin Sally
3 - Shehan McLellan
2 - Greg Lee
2 - Keith McRobbie
2 - Jeff Wiggins

Generals

12 - Greg Holmes *
6 - Ian Wight
3 - Mark Squires
2 - Tim Barkla
2 - Jamey Dees
2 - Paul Reid
2 - Rob Totton
1 - Corey Eastman
1 - David Seymour
1 - John Stoneburgh
1 - Peter Tomes

* = Current League Leader

Hard Hitters:

10 - Daniel Effendi
2 - Jason Bartlett
1 - Jon Stronach

The Legends:

3 - Tratham Kovaloff
1 - Kieron Ragoo
1 - Christien Savoie
1 - Julien Savoie
1 - Bryan Sippel

McGlovin:

5 - Scott Fitzpatrick
4 - Stephen Morasutti
3 - Arman Kedilerli
3 - Doug Short
2 - Jeffrey Iantomasi
2 - Jeffrey Weatherbee
2 - Adam Atkinson
1 - Dylan Callan
1 - Chris Pearson

Shooters:

2 - Chris Monti
1 - Brett Aikman
1 - Greg Houghting
1 - Nicole Huang
1 - Eric Yip

Trojans:

2 - Randy Fong
1 - Vincent Lee

UnderDogs:

1 - Farooq Akbar
1 - Danny Chan

The Wrath:

1 - James Eadie
1 - George Thoppil

x86ers:

10 - Sadi Khan
7 - Nicholas Gomez
6 - Lee Maunu
5 - Cameron Hindle
2 - Tym Frank
1 - Tim Briggs
1 - Sean Carnrite
1 - Chris Hickey
1 - John Paul Lovecky

Standings through games played on July 22, 2009

July 29, 2009 Game of the Week:
7-1 x86ers vs. 7-1 Generals at Featherstone Park

Congrats to Nicole Huang for being the first female to hit a HR in 2009!

Nicole Huang (Shooters) hit an inside the park home run at Riseborough Park against FIDO on July 22, 2009.

Nicole is the first female to hit a home run during the 2009 season.

Congrats Nicole!

July 22/09: GAME OF THE WEEK

This week's game of the week:

eForce Fusion (6-1) hosts the Generals (6-1)

Standings through July 15, 2009

Team Wins Losses Ties Pts Streak RF RA Delta Pos Pool Next Game
eForce Fusion 6 1 0 12 W6 122 80 42 1 A (A) Generals (6-1)
Generals 6 1 0 12 W3 108 39 69 1 A (B) eForce Fusion (6-1)
x86ers 6 1 0 12 W5 122 58 64 1 A (B) UnderDogs (2-5)
Code Blue 5 2 0 10 L2 88 78 10 4 A (A) McGlovin (4-3)
DirtBags 5 2 0 10 W4 99 73 26 4 A (A) Directors (4-3)
Directors 4 3 0 8 W3 92 76 16 6 A (B) DirtBags (5-2)
FIDO 4 3 0 8 W2 107 85 22 6 A (B) Shooters (2-5)
McGlovin 4 3 0 8 L2 127 90 37 6 A (A) Code Blue (5-2)
Hard Hitters 3 4 0 6 L3 65 75 -10 9 B (D) Trojans (1-6)
Shooters 2 5 0 4 L3 60 144 -84 10 B © FIDO (4-3)
UnderDogs 2 5 0 4 L1 62 91 -29 10 B © x86ers (6-1)
Trojans 1 6 0 2 W1 52 97 -45 12 B (D) Hard Hitters (3-4)
The Legends 1 6 0 2 L5 82 110 -28 12 B (D) The Wrath (0-7)
The Wrath 0 7 0 0 L7 44 134 -90 14 B © The Legends (1-6)

Standings through July 9, 2009 (6 weeks played)

Team Wins Losses Ties Pts Streak
Code Blue 5 1 0 10 L1 *
eForce Fusion 5 1 0 10 W5 *
Generals 5 1 0 10 W2 *
x86ers 5 1 0 10 W4 *
DirtBags 4 2 0 8 W3 *
McGlovin 4 2 0 8 L1 *
Directors 3 3 0 6 W2 *
FIDO 3 3 0 6 W1 *
Hard Hitters 3 3 0 6 L2
Shooters 2 4 0 4 L2
UnderDogs 2 4 0 4 W1
The Legends 1 5 0 2 L4
The Wrath 0 6 0 0 L6
Trojans 0 6 0 0 L6

* A Pool teams if the season ended today

HR Leaders as of July 9, 2009

Shooters:
1 Brett Aikman
1 Greg Houghting
1 Eric Yip

DirtBags:
3 Jason Sham
3 Maher Hajjar
2 Mark Walsh
1 Owen Baxter
1 Matt Horsley
1 Seng Keu
1 Asif Khan

x86ers:
9 Sadi Khan
7 Nicholas Gomez
5 Lee Maunu
3 Cameron Hindle
2 Tym Frank
1 Tim Briggs
1 Sean Carnrite
1 Chris Hickey
1 J.P. Lovecky

Hard Hitters:
7 Daniel Effendi
2 Jason Bartlett
1 Jon Stronach

FIDO:
5 Mike Gardner
3 Kevin Sally
2 Greg Lee
1 Jeff Wiggins

eForce Fusion:
4 Shane Moore
4 Joe DiMeo
2 Hong Vuong
1 David Jenkins
1 Dave Lapenta
1 Jeff Villaflores
1 Dan Bouchard
1 Dave Totton
1 Al Peera

Code Blue:
2 Mike Daly
2 Kevin Ramos
1 Danny Mallinos
1 Jorden Ozoli
1 Nick Welby-Solomon

Directors:
1 Marco Butti
1 Sebastian DiMartino
1 Kevin Newcombe
1 Marcus Rozycki

Generals:
11 Greg Holmes (League Leader)
6 Ian Wight
2 Paul Reid
2 Mark Squires
2 Rob Totton
1 Tim Barkla
1 David Seymour
1 John Stoneburgh

Trojans:
1 Randy Fong

UnderDogs:
1 Farooq Akbar
1 Danny Chan

McGlovin:
4 Scott Fitzpatrick
3 Arman Kedilerli
3 Stephen Morasutti
3 Doug Short
2 Jeffrey Iantomasi
1 Adam Atkinson
1 Dylan Callan
1 Chris Pearson
1 Jeffrey Weatherbee

The Legends:
2 Tratham Kovaloff
1 Kieron Ragoo

The Wrath:

Single link to map of 7 diamonds

Link to summary of all Slo-Pitch Dimaond Maps:

http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=111207704212976675253.000437c0d701d71ecc5e0&t=h&z=12

Thanks Rory (Trojans)

Note: Aldergrove is no longer in our rotation of fields

July 8, 2009 - All games on, report to diamonds even if light showers are falling around prior to 6pm

Looks like there is a chance for a passing shower this afternoon/early evening.

Standard rain rules will apply for this evening's games. Games will not be cancelled in advance unless the weather gets far worse than is currently projected.

Rain Out/Rain Delay Guidelines:
Q: What if both Captains declare that the field is unplayable or the weather conditions are not safe to play the game before the game even starts?
A: The game will be canceled, each team will be awarded a 0-0 tie, and each team will receive 1 point each in the standings (note: you must have a legal roster at the field in order to earn 1 point, if you do not have a legal team at the field by 6:45pm and the other team does at the time the mutual decision is made to cancel the game, then the team with the legal roster present will be awarded a 7-0 win).

Q: What if the game starts and one of the Captains decides that the game should be stopped due to poor field conditions/bad weather?
A: Once a team Captain declares they want a stoppage in play due to poor weather, the two Captains will agree to wait 10 minutes to see if the field/weather conditions improve.

If both Captains agree not to restart the game before or after the 10 minute waiting period is up, then one of 3 situations would apply:
a) The visiting team will be declared the winner if 5 full innings have been completed prior to the stoppage of play and the visiting team has the lead
b) The home team will be declared the winner if the visiting team completed a minimum of 5 turns at bat and the home team has the lead
c) If the game is tied or option a) and b) do not apply, the game will be declared a 0-0 tie and each team will get 1 point in the standings [all HR's hit in this scenario will not count in the standings]
Note: If both teams have not completed their at bats during the 6th or 7th inning when the mutual agreement to cancel the game is made, the final score will default to the score at the end of the last completed inning.

2009 Summer Family Picnic (Saturday July 18th 10am - 4pm)

Green Acres, 11123 Kennedy Road, Markham (North of Major MacKenzie Drive)

Activities include...
Arts & Crafts Races Bouncing Castles Mini Golf
Lenny Graf Swimming Pools Water Slides Face Painting
Doctor Magic Petting Zoo and Special Guests!


Ticket Information
Save $1 on each admission by purchasing your tickets on or before Friday, July 10!
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets will not be sold at the gate.
TIC Members: $6*
Guests: $11
Lunch Ticket: $3
Lunch includes a hamburger, hot dog, chips, and a drink.
Children 3 and under: FREE
Free admission does not include lunch. Lunch ticket should be purchased if required.
* A Single TIC Membership entitles the member to purchase one ticket at Member Price. Family Memberships are entitled to 1 ticket + 1 ticket for each family member listed in your membership profile at Member Price.

Tickets may be purchased from the following locations:
The Toronto IBM Club Office
The TIC Office is located in the solarium off the employee cafeteria, Module E2, at 3600 Steeles.
Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 2pm

Internal Mail
Ordering Instructions:
With your request, please include a cheque made payable to "Toronto IBM Club". On the back of the cheque write TIC Picnic, provide your IBM Serial Number and indicate the number and type of admission and lunch tickets that are required.

Send your request to:
Toronto IBM Club Office
E2/TIC/3600/MKM

TIC Directors
Tickets will be on sale from all TIC Directors. A listing of all Toronto IBM Club directors may be obtained by clicking here: TIC Directors Listing

Cafeteria Sales
Tickets will be on sale outside the cafeterias of most IBM locations in the GTA in the weeks prior to the picnic. The schedule will be posted on the TIC web site shortly.

Volunteers Needed
We need generous people like you to make this event a success! If you would be willing to volunteer your time please contact Jeff Lee (jefflee@ca.ibm.com). For more details on volunteer opportunities, incentives, and student volunteer hour credits click here: Volunteer Opportunities

For further information on this event and a map to Camp Green Acres, see the Toronto IBM Club web site at http://w3.can.ibm.com/tic

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Ellen Kim

President - Toronto IBM Club
E2/TIC/3600/MKM - 289-333-3717
mailto:clubpres@ca.ibm.com - http://w3.can.ibm.com/tic

Boston Pizza Expenses through June 24, 2009

Team Name Expense
Generals $765.61
eForce Fusion $734.80
Shooters $581.68
Code Blue $473.45
The Legends $439.78
x86ers $369.98
McLovin $368.64
FIDO $362.66
The Wrath $298.46
Directors $160.73
UnderDogs $140.51
DirtBags $102.24
Hard Hitters $0.00
Trojans $0.00
Totals $4,798.54

$479.85 going toward our year end banquet

REMINDER: No games to be played on Weds. July 1st (Canada Day)

Reminder! There are no games scheduled for Weds. July 1st (Canada Day).

The next set of games are scheduled for July 8th.

DirtBags (3-2) host the Hard Hitters (3-2) at Elson Park
Trojans (0-5) host the Generals (4-1) at Featherstone Park
Directors (2-3) host The Legends (1-4) at James Edward Park
The Wrath (0-5) host the UnderDogs (1-4) at Riseborough Park
McGlovin (4-1) host FIDO (2-3) at Tomlinson Park
Shooters (2-3) host eForce Fusion (4-1) at Victoria Square
Code Blue (5-0) host x86ers (4-1) at Wilclay P.S.

Standings through games played on June 24, 2009

Team Wins Losses Ties Pts Streak
Code Blue 5 0 0 10 W5 *
eForce Fusion 4 1 0 8 W4 *
Generals 4 1 0 8 W1 *
McGlovin 4 1 0 8 W1 *
x86ers 4 1 0 8 W3 *
DirtBags 3 2 0 6 W2 *
Hard Hitters 3 2 0 6 L1 *
Directors 2 3 0 4 W1 *
FIDO 2 3 0 4 L3
Shooters 2 3 0 4 L1
The Legends 1 4 0 2 L3
UnderDogs 1 4 0 2 L1
The Wrath 0 5 0 0 L5
Trojans 0 5 0 0 L5

* = A Pool team for tournament if season ended today

June 17, 2009 - All games tonight are cancelled and will be rescheduled for June 24, 2009

All games scheduled for tonight have been cancelled due to rain.
Games will be made up on June 24th.

Boston Pizza Team Expenses during the month of May (2009)

Expenses at BP by team during the month of May 2009)

eForce Fusion: $366.81
McLovin: $295.28
Shooters: $284.92
Generals: $254.49
FIDO: $186.08
x86ers: $178.32
The Wrath: $125.48
Code Blue: $114.07
Legends: $87.20
Directors: $68.29
UnderDogs: $57.00
DirtBags: $14.95
Hard Hitters: $0.00
Trojans: $0.00

Standings through June 10, 2009

Team Wins Losses Ties Pts Streak
Code Blue 4 0 0 8 W4 *
McGlovin 3 1 0 6 L1 *
Generals 3 1 0 6 L1 *
x86ers 3 1 0 6 W2 *
Hard Hitters 3 1 0 6 W3 *
eForce Fusion 3 1 0 6 W3 *
FIDO 2 2 0 4 L2 *
DirtBags 2 2 0 4 W1 *
Shooters 2 2 0 4 W1
Directors 1 3 0 2 L1
UnderDogs 1 3 0 2 W1
The Legends 1 3 0 2 L2
Trojans 0 4 0 0 L4
The Wrath 0 4 0 0 L4

* = A Pool playoff team if season ended today

Trojans sporting their new threads!

Boston Pizza News (June 2008)

Week of June 8th: Hamburgers will be added to the menu below (they are good too!)

http://www.bostonpizza.com/files/pdfmenu/bp/O2_menu.pdf

June 17th, 2009: Coors Light/Maxim night: Foursome at Angus Glen Giveaway

HR Leaders through June 3, 2009

Code Blue

1 Danny Mallinos
1 Mike Daly
1 Kevin Ramos

Directors

1 Marco Butti
1 Sebastian DiMartino

DirtBags

1 Owen Baxter
1 Maher Hajjar
1 Matt Horsley
1 Asif Khan
2 Jason Sham
1 Mark Walsh

eForce Fusion

2 Shane Moore
2 Joe DiMeo
2 Hong Vuong
1 David Jenkins
1 Dave Lapenta
1 Jeff Villaflores
1 Dan Bouchard
1 Dave Totton

FIDO

3 Mike Gardner
1 Greg Lee
1 Kevin Sally

Generals

8 Greg Holmes (Current HR Leader)
1 Paul Reid
1 Mark Squires
2 Rob Totton
4 Ian Wight

Hard Hitters

2 Jason Bartlett
5 Daniel Effendi
1 Jon Stronach

Legends

2 Tratham Kovaloff

McGlovin

1 Scott Fitzpatrick
2 Jeff Iantomasi
2 Arman K
1 Stephen Morasutti
1 Chris Pearson
2 Doug Short
1 Jeff Weatherbee

Shooters

1 Greg Houghting

Trojans

None

UnderDogs

1 Danny Chan

The Wrath

None

x86ers

1 Sean Carnrite
2 Tym Frank
3 Nicholas Gomez
1 Chris Hickey
2 Cameron Hindle
3 Sadi Khan
1 J.P. Lovecky
2 Lee Maunu

Note: Not all teams have submitted HR updates for all weeks

2009 Regular Standings (Through June 3, 2009)

Team Wins Losses Ties Pts Streak
McGlovin 3 0 0 6 W3 *
Generals 3 0 0 6 W3 *
Code Blue 3 0 0 6 W3 *
FIDO 2 1 0 4 L1 *
x86ers 2 1 0 4 W1 *
Hard Hitters 2 1 0 4 W2 *
eForce Fusion 2 1 0 4 W2 *
Directors 1 2 0 2 W1 *

The Legends 1 2 0 2 L1
DirtBags 1 2 0 2 L2
Shooters 1 2 0 2 L2
UnderDogs 0 3 0 0 L3
Trojans 0 3 0 0 L3
The Wrath 0 3 0 0 L3

* Projected A Pool Team if season ended today

Town of Markham advises that we are not permitted to use the diamonds tonight (May 27, 2009)

Good Afternoon everyone,

Due to the rain we are currently receiving and the amount of rain we are expected to receive this evening all sport field permits for this evening have been cancelled. According to the weather forecast we are expected to receive 20-30mm of rain by tomorrow morning.

Operations staff will be monitoring the fields and revised forecast tomorrow in order for us to advise you when the fields will be re-opened.

In addition the York Region District School Board has cancelled all permits on all their fields until Saturday morning.

Thank you for your cooperation in staying off of the fields. In addition to preserving the fields and not causing damage you will also be avoiding the possibility of players being injured.

Thank you

Martin

Martin Barrow
Facility Allocations Coordinator
Recreation Services, Town of Markham
101 Town Centre Boulevard
Markham, ON L3R 9W3
(905) 477-7000 ext 2361
Fax (905) 475-4710

May 27th games postponed to June 3rd

The league's Twitter account has been updated to reflect that tonight's games have been postponed. www.twitter.com/coedrecslopitch

All games in the schedule will be pushed back a week: http://2009ibmcanadaslopitch.blogspot.com/2009/03/place-holder-for-2009-schedule.html

If you want to take advantage of 20% off your meal at Boston Pizza, the Warden and Steeles location will provide teams from our league an increased discount (20%, up from 15%) since no games will be played tonight.

Thanks.

Standings through games played on May 20, 2009

WEEK 2 (May 20/08)
Team Wins Losses Ties Pts Streak
FIDO 2 0 0 4 W2
Generals 2 0 0 4 W2
McGlovin 2 0 0 4 W2
Code Blue 2 0 0 4 W2
x86ers 1 1 0 2 L1
Hard Hitters 1 1 0 2 W1
The Legends 1 1 0 2 W1
eForce Fusion 1 1 0 2 W1
DirtBags 1 1 0 2 L1
Shooters 1 1 0 2 L1
UnderDogs 0 2 0 0 L2
Directors 0 2 0 0 L2
Trojans 0 2 0 0 L2
The Wrath 0 2 0 0 L2

Standings after week 1 (May 13, 2009)

Team Wins Losses Ties Pts Streak
Code Blue 1 0 0 2 W1
DirtBags 1 0 0 2 W1
FIDO 1 0 0 2 W1
Generals 1 0 0 2 W1
McGlovin 1 0 0 2 W1
Shooters 1 0 0 2 W1
x86ers 1 0 0 2 W1
Directors 0 1 0 0 L1
eForce Fusion 0 1 0 0 L1
Hard Hitters 0 1 0 0 L1
The Legends 0 1 0 0 L1
The Wrath 0 1 0 0 L1
Trojans 0 1 0 0 L1
UnderDogs 0 1 0 0 L1

BREAKING NEWS: Kink e-Business now known as McGlovin!

Schedule to be updated shortly to reflect the new franchise name.

Season has been pushed back to May 13, 2009

Hi everyone.

I know that everyone is very anxious to get their respective seasons started. I wish this e-mail was going to be more favourable.

The Town of Markham operations staff, as well as the respective staff at the school boards has been keeping a close eye on field conditions this week. I have received e-mails today from both the school board and our own operations department indicating that we will not be able to open the fields this weekend as we had anticipated. Many fields are saturated and have standing water on the surface. The operations staff is having a difficult time getting equipment on the fields to perform maintenance.

The first weekend in May is historically a date that we aim for but Mother Nature does not always cooperate. This year the spring has been wet and there is more rain in the forecast for the near future. I have been given a revised opening day of Saturday May 9th. Carol will issue credits for all groups affected by the change in start date. Once the fields are open you can contact Carol at cdipfel@markham.ca in order to reschedule any games that were missed.

I would like to remind all users that playing on a field when it is in a vulnerable condition can cause extensive damage that can take a long period to repair.

Staff will be monitoring parks this weekend looking for groups using fields. I am asking for your cooperation in keeping Markham’s parks in the best possible conditions by waiting until they are playable.

Martin Barrow
Facility Allocations Coordinator
Recreation Services, Town of Markham

2009 Slo-Pitch Diamonds

Riseborough Park (Birchmount, north of Steeles) - Largest diamond in photo

League Twitter Account

https://twitter.com/coedrecslopitch

2009 Regular Season Schedule (new start date reflected)

May 13, 2009 (Week 1) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: 2 Trojans (0-1) vs. 13 FIDO (1-0)
Featherstone Park: 7 The Wrath (0-1) vs. 25 x86ers (1-0)
James Edward Park: 12 eForce Fusion (0-1) vs. 20 DirtBags (1-0)
Riseborough Park: 8 The Legends (0-1) vs. 13 Shooters (1-0)
Tomlinson Park: 9 Generals (1-0) vs. 2 UnderDogs (0-1)
Victoria Square: 5 Hard Hitters (0-1) vs. 11 Code Blue (1-0)
Wilclay P.S.: 15 Directors (0-1) vs. 24 McGlovin (1-0)

Home team is listed FIRST

May 20, 2009 (Week 2) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: 28 Hard Hitters (1-1) vs. 12 Shooters (1-1)
Featherstone Park: 6 DirtBags (1-1) vs. 24 Generals (2-0)
James Edward Park: 12 x86ers (1-1) vs. 14 eForce Fusion (1-1)
Riseborough Park: 15 McGlovin (2-0) vs. 10 Trojans (0-2)
Tomlinson Park: 8 Directors (0-2) vs. 15 Code Blue (2-0)
Victoria Square: 27 FIDO (2-0) vs. 7 The Wrath (0-2)
Wilclay P.S.: 21 The Legends (1-1) vs. 16 UnderDogs (1-1)

Home team is listed FIRST

June 3, 2009 (Week 3) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: eForce Fusion vs. FIDO
Featherstone Park: Shooters vs. Directors
James Edward Park: The Wrath vs. McGlovin
Riseborough Park: Generals vs. The Legends
Tomlinson Park: x86ers vs. DirtBags
Victoria Square: UnderDogs vs. Hard Hitters
Wilclay P.S.: Trojans vs. Code Blue

Home team is listed FIRST

June 10, 2009 (Week 4) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: DirtBags vs. The Legends
Featherstone Park: Code Blue vs. The Wrath
James Edward Park: Directors vs. UnderDogs
Riseborough Park: FIDO vs. x86ers
Tomlinson Park: Trojans vs. Shooters
Victoria Square: McGlovin vs. eForce Fusion
Wilclay P.S.: Hard Hitters vs. Generals

Home team is listed FIRST

June 24, 2009 (Week 5) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: Directors vs. FIDO
Featherstone Park: The Wrath vs. eForce Fusion
James Edward Park: UnderDogs vs. DirtBags
Riseborough Park: McGlovin vs. Hard Hitters
Tomlinson Park: Trojans vs. x86ers
Victoria Square: Code Blue vs. The Legends
Wilclay P.S.: Shooters vs. Generals

Home team is listed FIRST

July 1, 2009 (No Games scheduled - Canada Day)

July 8, 2009 (Week 6) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: DirtBags vs. Hard Hitters
Featherstone Park: Trojans vs. Generals
James Edward Park: Directors vs. The Legends
Riseborough Park: The Wrath vs. UnderDogs
Tomlinson Park: McGlovin vs. FIDO
Victoria Square: Shooters vs. eForce Fusion
Wilclay P.S.: Code Blue vs. x86ers

Home team is listed FIRST

July 15, 2009 (Week 7) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: x86ers vs. Shooters
Featherstone Park: eForce Fusion vs. UnderDogs
James Edward Park: The Legends vs. Trojans
Riseborough Park: FIDO vs. Code Blue
Tomlinson Park: Hard Hitters vs. Directors
Victoria Square: Generals vs. The Wrath
Wilclay P.S.: McGlovin vs. DirtBags

Home team is listed FIRST

July 22, 2009 (Week 8) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: The Wrath vs. The Legends
Featherstone Park: Code Blue vs. McGlovin
James Edward Park: Trojans vs. Hard Hitters
Riseborough Park: Shooters vs. FIDO
Tomlinson Park: eForce Fusion vs. Generals
Victoria Square: UnderDogs vs. x86ers
Wilclay P.S.: DirtBags vs. Directors

Home team is listed FIRST

July 29, 2009 (Week 9) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: Code Blue vs. DirtBags
Featherstone Park: x86ers vs. Generals
James Edward Park: FIDO vs. UnderDogs
Riseborough Park: Directors vs. Trojans
Tomlinson Park: McGlovin vs. Shooters
Victoria Square: Hard Hitters vs. The Wrath
Wilclay P.S.: The Legends vs. eForce Fusion

Home team is listed FIRST

August 5, 2009 (Week 10) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: UnderDogs vs. McGlovin
Featherstone Park: DirtBags vs. Trojans
James Edward Park: Shooters vs. Code Blue
Riseborough Park: eForce Fusion vs. Hard Hitters
Tomlinson Park: The Wrath vs. Directors
Victoria Square: x86ers vs. The Legends
Wilclay P.S.: Generals vs. FIDO

Home team is listed FIRST

August 12, 2009 (Week 11) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: Directors vs. eForce Fusion
Featherstone Park: Shooters vs. DirtBags
James Edward Park: Hard Hitters vs. x86ers
Riseborough Park: McGlovin vs. Generals
Tomlinson Park: FIDO vs. The Legends
Victoria Square: Code Blue vs. UnderDogs
Wilclay P.S.: Trojans vs. The Wrath

Home team is listed FIRST

August 19, 2009 (Week 12) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: Generals vs. Code Blue
Featherstone Park: FIDO vs. Hard Hitters
James Edward Park: The Legends vs. McGlovin
Riseborough Park: DirtBags vs. The Wrath
Tomlinson Park: UnderDogs vs. Shooters
Victoria Square: x86ers vs. Directors
Wilclay P.S.: eForce Fusion vs. Trojans

Home team is listed FIRST

August 26, 2009 (Week 13) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: x86ers vs. McGlovin
Featherstone Park: The Legends vs. Hard Hitters
James Edward Park: Generals vs. Directors
Riseborough Park: UnderDogs vs. Trojans
Tomlinson Park: eForce Fusion vs. Code Blue
Victoria Square: FIDO vs. DirtBags
Wilclay P.S.: The Wrath vs. Shooters

Home team is listed FIRST

September 2, 2009 (Week 14) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Featherstone Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
James Edward Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Riseborough Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Tomlinson Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Victoria Square: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Wilclay P.S.: To be announced on August 27, 2009

Home team is listed FIRST

September 9, 2009 (Week 15) 6:30pm Start Time

Elson Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Featherstone Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
James Edward Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Riseborough Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Tomlinson Park: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Victoria Square: To be announced on August 27, 2009
Wilclay P.S.: To be announced on August 27, 2009

Home team is listed FIRST

2009 League Rules

Team Captains are responsible for ensuring the integrity of the playing rule guidelines in a sportsmanlike manner, in the spirit of Fun, Fitness, and Fellowship!!

GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Games are on unless it is raining at game time. You must be prepared to field a team or risk default. Check http://2009ibmcanadaslopitch.blogspot.com/ for game status information.
Home team provides and sets up bases. They must also draw safe line, commit line, and dead ball box.
Everyone playing in the field must bat.
Outfielders must stay off the infield until the ball is hit. At least 3 paces behind the infield bases if the infield to outfield is not distinguishable.
Prior to game start (6:30pm prior to September, 6:00pm in September), Captain's may agree on any amendment of these rules that improve the safety and conditions of the game. (ie. parking lots become out of play, determine validity of bats to be used)
Score sheets must be retained by team captains until end of season and must be provided to the League Director's as requested. Final scores must be sent next day via Lotus Note to Chris Monti
Tie-breaker: Head to head record, run diffential in games between the teams that are tied in the standings, run diffential against the entire league, fewest runs allowed, coin toss
No metal cleats allowed.
Bats are not to be thrown under any circumstances - automatic out.

TEAM:
The batting order shall consist of a minimum of 8 players
All teams must field a minimum of 2 female and 6 male players.
If this minimum is not maintained, the missing player's name is kept on the score sheet and an automatic out is given when that person's turn at bat is reached.
Season Females Max. # of Males Total in field Comments
Regular 3 10 13
2 10 12
1 9 10 Automatic out at the top of the batting order
0 n/a Forfeit

The official default time is 6:45pm. A forfeit score of 7-0 is entered. Play may or may not continue at Captains discretion.
The number of players in the field (infield and outfield combined) cannot exceed 13. Additional players are permitted on the roster. If more than 13 players from your roster attend a game, each player should take a turn in the field in at least 3 innings.
If 13 or less players from your roster attend a game, all of them must take a regular turn in the batting order and play in the field.
If a player is unable to continue in the game and no legal substitution is available when he/she is due up, he/she is declared out and play continues with the next batter in the batting order. The team Captain is responsible for notifying the opposing team
Captains should advise the opposing Captain if another player or players will be arriving after the game has started. Any players that arrive late must be added to the bottom of the batting order. Players not at the field by the end of the 3rd inning may not enter the game..

PLAYING FIELD GUIDELINES:
Bases are 20 paces equally between all bases and home plate; performed by home team.
Double base shall be used at first base.
Home Plate Safe Line -- a line drawn in foul territory starting at the top left hand corner of home plate perpendicular to the third base line. A runner attempting to reach home must do so by touching the ground in foul territory on or beyond the SAFE line. The runner is out if he/she touches home plate whether or not a play is being made. A runner is not out if the plate is touched to avoid a collision.
Commitment Line -- a line in foul territory drawn from the back of home plate half way to third base. When a runner crosses this line by touching the ground beyond the line but does not reach home plate, the runner shall be called out when the ball is legally held by a defensive player in contact with home plate. Runners who have NOT crossed the line may return to third base.
Dead Ball Line -- a line in foul territory drawn from the back of home plate half way to first and third bases. The lines are drawn through the infield and meet at the pitchers mound.

DURATION:
Games must start by 6:30pm sharp otherwise risk being incomplete due to darkness. In September, a 6:00pm start time may be instituted.
A game consists of 7 innings. The game ends if the home team (batting second) has scored more runs in six innings or before the third out in the last half of the seventh inning than the other team has scored in seven innings.
A tied game will continue with 1 extra inning if both captains agree to play and extra inning prior to the start of the game. If game continues to be tied after the extra inning, each team will be awarded one point and the tie deemed final. Also subject to natural lighting conditions.
A game stopped by the captains will be considered complete if 5 innings (four and one half innings if the second team batting is leading) have been completed.

FORFEITS:
A game shall be declared a forfeit if a team fails to field the required number of players prior to or during the game, refuses to continue the game after suspension of play, intentionally tried to delay or hasten the game or intentionally violates a rule of the game after being warned. Please see disclaimer at the end of these rules.

BLOOD RULE:
Any participant who is bleeding may not participate until the bleeding is controlled. If the cleanup can be accomplished quickly, play would be suspended until the participant is ready to play. If this cannot be done quickly, the player is removed for the remainder of the inning in progress and the following complete inning. When the player has the bleeding controlled he/she must resume his/her place in the game. If a player is removed due to blood and the team does not have a legal substitute/replacement available when needed, his/her place in the batting order is simply missed and there is no penalty.

COURTESY RUNNER:
Last out of the same sex: Male for male, female for female.
The courtesy runner must be a legal player on your roster.
The courtesy runner must be announced to the opposing team Captain before he/she takes his/her place on the base.
All batters must reach base successfully before a courtesy runner substitute can be used.
If the courtesy runner is due up to bat, the team may use a second courtesy runner, following these same rules. If this cannot be implemented, the courtesy runner due up is out but remains on base and the next batter in the lineup is due up.

MERCY RULE:
Maximum 8 runs in an inning, except for the 7th inning.
A team may voluntarily withdraw from the game if they are losing by 15 or more runs any time after 3 innings (two and one half if home team).


PROFANITY/INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT:
Any team or team member openly using profanity or demonstrating inappropriate conduct (deemed as behaviour contrary to the spirit of the league - sportsmanlike manner, in the spirit of Fun, Fitness, and Fellowship - as determined by the Captains) during a game shall be reported to the activity Director's who will review for league fines and/or possible ejection from further participation. Game forfeits may be imposed for violating teams.

JEWELRY:
A batter or runner is expected to remove exposed jewelry (watches, bracelets, necklace, rings) to prevent the risk of injury. NOTE: facial jewelry should not be covered with tape.
Medical Alert jewelry is the only exception.

SCORING:
A run is scored when a player safely touches in order: first base, second base, third base and crosses the Safe Line.
A runner may not score ahead of a preceding runner who has not been retired.
A run may not score if the last out of an inning is a force out or a preceding runner declared out.
On a field without a fence, the game is over and the score is final once the winning run is scored. On a field with a fence, if a HR is hit which leads to the winning run being scored, the batter and all runners on base when the HR is hit will be counted in the final score. If a team has passed the inning HR limit at a fenced park, the game winning HR is scored as a groundrule double - the base runners advance 2 bases, all runners scoring as such count in the total score. Eg. runners at 3rd and 1B, batter hits over-limit HR. Result: batter advances to 2nd, 1B runner advances to third and 3B runner scores.

HOME RUN RULE (parks with fences only):
A limit of 2 over the fence home runs per inning will be used per game.
A batter hitting a ball over the fence in a game in excess of the limit, will be rewarded a double, the ball is deemed dead and all players will advance 2 bases from their starting positions (ie. A runner at first base will advance to third base, a runner at second base or at third base will advance to home and a run will be counted). Note: A player who hits the ball over the fence after the 2 home run per inning limit has been exceeded will have a home run rewarded to them in the league home run standings.
A batter hitting a home run (over the fence) but does not reach home because the mercy rule is invoked is credited with a home run for statistic purposes. Mercy rule limits apply.
Any ball touched by a defensive player which then goes over the fence in fair territory shall be a four base award and not considered a home run.
If a player hits an over the fence home run, but then misses a base and/or does not score, it will count towards the teams home run total.

PITCHING:
The offensive team supplies the pitcher who must pitch from between 40 ft and 50 ft in line with second base. The pitcher must be a legal player on your roster.
If a batted ball hits a pitcher, the ball is dead, and the runners return to the last base legally possessed at the time of the pitch. A Dead ball = a strike, unless it is third or fifth strike as you cannot strike out on a Dead ball.
The pitcher may not touch the ball while the defensive team is making a play. Balls from the outfield must go to an infielder who will return it to the pitcher when play has ceased. If the pitchers interferes with the play by the defensive team, the ball is dead and the runner nearest home plate is out.
Before each pitch, the pitcher must stand facing the batter with the ball held in one hand. This position must be maintained for 5-10 seconds.
NO PITCH is declared if the pitcher pitches:
During a dead ball,
Before the batter is ready,
When a runner is out for leaving the base too soon.
The ball is dead after a strike is called (runners cannot advance).
Maximum 3 pitches to men to hit a fair ball, 5 pitches to women to hit a fair ball.
Pitcher calls the safe/out plays at first, second, third, home and outfield.
A ball is considered dead if it does not pass the diagonal plane between third and first base before being touched. If touched, the ball remains live.

BATTING:
Players must bat in the order listed on the score sheet.
A strike is a legally pitched ball that is swung at and missed by the batter, or a batted ball that is ruled foul.
A batted ball may be classified as one of the following:
Fly ball -- a batted ball that has not yet touched the ground or any object other than a fielder.
Line drive -- a fly ball that is batted sharply and directly into the playing field.
Bunt -- a tapped ball not swung at but met with the bat.
Chopped ball -- a batted ball intentionally directed downward so that the ball bounces high into the air.
Ground ball -- a batted ball that touches the ground in fair territory
Infield fly -- a fair fly ball that can be caught by an infielder with a normal effort.
Foul tip -- a batted ball that goes directly into the catcher's glove and does not go above the batter's head.
Batted balls are ruled fair (batter and runners may advance) or foul (strike) by the bat catcher.

INFIELD FLY RULE: The batter is out if he/she hits an infield fly and there are less than 2 outs and runners are on first and second or on first, second and third. An infield fly is a fair ball which can be caught with ordinary effort by an infielder.

A BATTER IS OUT. THE BALL IS DEAD AND NO RUNNERS ADVANCE IF:
He has three strikes
She has 5 strikes
He/she illegally bats the ball
He/she bunts or chops downward on a pitch
A fielder deliberately drops an infield fly ball with at least a runner on first base and less than two out
The batter, before reaching first base, retreats towards home plate to avoid a tag
Fly ball (fair or foul) is legally caught
The batter is discovered to be wearing exposed jewelry


RUNNING:
When the batter runs to first, he/she may overrun first base and safely return to the base provided he/she does not try to advance to second base. Note: The Captains may agree prior to the start of the game whether a base runner may run past the first base bag instead of making contact with the safety bag when running to first base (to provide add'l safety). It is mandatory to touch a portion of first base prior to advancing to second base.
On the batter's first attempt to first base and the play is made at first, he/she must use the orange portion of the double base. Once the batter has safely reached first base, he/she must now use the white portion. The defensive player always uses the white portion.
A runner may run the bases:
When a fair ball is hit
When a ball is overthrown and remains in play
A runner may NOT advance to the next base:
When a caught fly ball is first touched
A runner is advanced (only one additional base is awarded):
When a ball is overthrown after a caught fly ball in the outfield and goes out of play
When a fair batted ball goes out of play
When a thrown ball is contacted by a thrown glove
When a live ball is carried or dropped out of play
When a defensive player obstructs the runner as he progresses around the base paths.
A runner must return to the base:
When the pitcher is ready to pitch
When a foul ball is hit
When the batter or another runner interferes with the defensive team (unless forced by the batter being awarded first base)
When the ball is batted illegally
When a fly ball is caught
During a live ball, a runner may return to touch a base unless he/she has left the field of play or a succeeding runner has scored. He/she must proceed in reverse order touching all intervening bases.





RUNNING (Con't):
September 12/08 Clarification:
Situation:
Fly ball is caught with less than 2 outs.
A runner strays too far off the base they were on.
An attempt is made by the fielder to throw out the runner who is too far off the base

Guidance to umpires
Once the ball is thrown in a clear attempt (umpires call) to catch a runner who has not returned to a base yet, the ball is live.
If the ball is overthrown and goes out of play (ie. behind the fence line), then the ball is dead, all runners who successfully returned to their previous base advance 1 base (ie. from 1st to 2nd).
If the ball is thrown in an attempt to pick off a runner who has strayed off the base and the ball gets away from the fielder receiving the throw, all runners may advance at their own risk (no limit to number of bases until the play is dead - ie. last out recorded, ball returned to pitcher, etc.).
The runner does not automatically advance on an overthrow that does not go out of play.

General rules to be obeyed at each diamond:
1) A ball hit in foul territory can be caught on the fly for an out within or beyond the Home and Visitor bench fence lines
2) Prior to the start of a game, both captains must agree to play an 8th inning if the game is still tied after the completion of the top and bottom half of the 7th inning. If both captains do not come to an agreement to play an 8th inning prior to the start of the game, the game will be over after the 7th inning if the game is tied and each team will be rewarded a point.
3) Any diamond that has a tree in the field of play (ie. Within the foul lines):
If the batted ball makes contact with a tree on a bounce, the batter will be assigned a ground rule double and all runners on base should advance two bases from the base they started at.
If the batted ball makes contact with a tree on the fly, the batter will be assigned a Home Run

A RUNNER IS OUT, AND THE BALL IS DEAD IF:
On a pitched ball, he/she leaves the base before the ball has reached the plate, hits the ground or is swung at by the batter
He/she fails to return to their base following a halt in play
While off the base, he/she is hit by a fair batted ball before it has passed an infielder
He/she deliberately runs into a fielder who has the ball and is waiting to tag him/her He/she interferes with an attempt to field a ball or with a thrown ball ("A defensive player must be given the opportunity to field the ball anywhere on the playing field. The offensive player must not hinder, confuse, or impede the defensive player attempting to make a play. There is nothing in the rule book about the runner having a right to a clear path to the base.")
The runner is discovered wearing exposed jewelry

A RUNNER IS OUT, AND THE BALL IS ALIVE IF:
He/she runs more than 1m, outside the established base paths to avoid a tag
On a force out, the fielder, while holding the ball, touches the base before the runner
While off his/her base, he/she is touched with the ball by a fielder
He/she overtakes a preceding runner





ADDITIONAL INFIELD RULES:
Infielders must stay behind the baselines until the ball is hit.
Minimum of one women per team must play an official infield position, either first, second, short stop or third.
Catcher calls the fair and foul balls and cannot play any ball hit by the batter.
No intentional sliding or diving into any base - automatic out.

ADDITIONAL OUTFIELD RULES:
Outfielders must stay off the infield until the ball is hit. At least 3 paces behind the infield bases if the infield to outfield is not distinguishable.
One base on an overthrow to first, third, or home if the ball goes past the screen, if the ball hits the screen it is still in play, regardless of where the ball was thrown from.

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY:
Signed waiver: A player cannot participate without a signed waiver.
Waivers must be submitted to the League Director prior to the season beginning.
Players must be registered with the league as part of your submitted team roster to be eligible to play in the year end tournament.
Players with an active TIC Membership need to pay $25 to the Toronto IBM Club (TIC) to participate. Players without a TIC Membership need to pay $40 prior to being able to play.

Rain Out/Rain Delay Guidelines:
Q: What if both Captains declare that the field is unplayable or the weather conditions are not safe to play the game before the game even starts?
A: The game will be canceled, each team will be awarded a 0-0 tie, and each team will receive 1 point each in the standings (note: you must have a legal roster at the field in order to earn 1 point, if you do not have a legal team at the field by 6:45pm and the other team does at the time the mutual decision is made to cancel the game, then the team with the legal roster present will be awarded a 7-0 win).

Q: What if the game starts and one of the Captains decides that the game should be stopped due to poor field conditions/bad weather?
A: Once a team Captain declares they want a stoppage in play due to poor weather, the two Captains will agree to wait 10 minutes to see if the field/weather conditions improve.

If both Captains agree not to restart the game before or after the 10 minute waiting period is up, then one of 3 situations would apply:
a) The visiting team will be declared the winner if 5 full innings have been completed prior to the stoppage of play and the visiting team has the lead
b) The home team will be declared the winner if the visiting team completed a minimum of 5 turns at bat and the home team has the lead
c) If the game is tied or option a) and b) do not apply, the game will be declared a 0-0 tie and each team will get 1 point in the standings [all HR's hit in this scenario will not count in the standings]
Note: If both teams have not completed their at bats during the 6th or 7th inning when the mutual agreement to cancel the game is made, the final score will default to the score at the end of the last completed inning.

DISCLAIMER:
All decisions made by the team Captain's during the game will remain final.
If a game situation cannot be resolved satisfactorily by the Captain's during the game, both teams will receive a score of zero for that game regardless of the result. Captains must find a compromise to continue the game, and will also notify the league's Directors the next day. The Directors will review the situation and provide direction within two business days.