JPL C League Softball 2009

If you want to join or manage a team in JPL C League Softball, please contact Charlie Kaczinski (4-3974) or Richard Chen (4-1259) or Scott Morgan (4-4972).

All players must sign a release (pdf, word) before playing. http://rosters.jplsoftball.org should have all players who have signed.

SCHEDULE

• First listed team is home team and has equipment responsibility
• Equipment is obtained from assigned equipment monitor (see below).
• All games start at 5:30. Arrive by 5:20 to warm up. This means YOU!
• x-x means field not available to C League.

Reporting Games: The only requirement is to report forfeits. Forfeits consist of less than 8 players or no women. The additional information is to help a team's credibility by showing it has consistently extra players for most games, even though a game is forfeited. Please submit a report after each game.

If one of your games should be rained out, a makeup game will be added. Call Charlie Kaczinski to report rainouts. Try not to cancel games first thing in the morning if the weather looks iffy. It will frequently clear by game time.

Both managers should bring copies of the 2009 field permit (July-September, April-June) and the C League rules to every game.

FREE AGENTS

• Bogdan Oaida, 4-5517, boaida@jpl.nasa.gov

GENERAL INFO

• February 19, 2009: Organizational Meeting, 180-101, 11:30. Please distribute the flyer.
• March 20: steps for teams to join.
  1. Fill out and sign an official team fee deposit form with "C League" pre-checked.
  2. take the deposit form to the Caltech Credit Union and present it to the teller at the time of deposit
  3. deposit $440 team fee (in the form of check, cash, or credit union transfer) into the JPL Softball Program's account as listed in the registration form
  4. get the deposit form stamped by the CU teller as proof-of-payment
  5. retain the original stamped proof-of-payment for your records
  6. send a copy of the stamped proof-of-payment form, along with a valid team registration form (html, pdf, excel), and signed release of liability (pdf, word) for each rostered player to Charlie Kaczinski (location: 103-103C, Ph: 4-3974, MS: 103-106; Fax: 3-6994).
  Keep originals for proof, especially the waivers and the team fee deposit form.
• April 20: season starts
• September 2: season ends
• C League is non-competitive
• 7:3 male:female ratio
• Games on Monday through Wednesday
• Hahamonga Park
• No balls or strikes
• ~18-week season
• All players must sign a waiver (release). The team manager keeps them and sends a copy to the registrar.

Rules specific to JPL C League, and the list of illegal bats.

All games are played at Hahamongna Park near JPL (see maps).

A sample score sheet in excel, courtesy of the Gravity Fielders.

TEAMS

MAPS

The softball fields are on the lower level of Hahamonga Park. Field HN has the backstop and the dirt infield. HS is diagonally across from HN. (courtesy of Jeff Osman)

Bases are 60 feet apart with cones at 150 feet from home plate. The pitching rubber is 46 feet from home.

In case of unresolvable field conflicts, call the park ranger at (626)744-4241. Be sure to have the permit.

CHUMPS

¹Contacts for the Fields Representative

• Pasadena Parks: They control all parks in Pasadena, e.g. the Rose Bowl, Brookside, Victory, Jefferson, Hahamonga, ... Their reservation form. Contacts:
  • Marina Calderon, (626)744-6526
  • Albert Gomez, (626)744-3934, (626)744-4386 secretary
• Muir HS
• La Canada HS
• The B League web page has contacts for other organizations with fields.

Comments? Complaints? Email sent to richard.chen@jpl.nasa.gov may get acted upon.

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last update: Tuesday, 10-Apr-2018 16:50:19 CDT