PLEASE NOTE - BIRCHWOOD PARK WEEKNIGHT PLAYOFF GAMES NEXT WEEK WILL START AT 7:45 PM DUE TO CURFEW!!!!!!

MINIMUM NUMBER OF GAMES PLAYED

A WOOD - 20  AA WOOD - 20  AAA WOOD - 15  BBCOR - 20 

Despite a 'rainy' summer, only five teams did not attain the minimum number of games required which is outstanding. Thanks to all the managers and my deputy commissioners for getting in as many games as possible.

According to league records, the following teams eligible for the playoffs were ASSIGNED LOSSES tonight:

EAST NORTHPORT TIGERS - 2     PORT WASHINGTON TRIBE - 1

ST ELIZABETH SAINTS - 1          HANKS YANKS 1 

PLAYER STATS ON LEAGUE WEBSITE

Teams still have until Monday, noon July 29th to update stats.

THE BOARD AND PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALMOST ALL OF THE TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE WHO HAVE RESPONDED TO INPUTTING STATS ON THE LEAGUE WEBSITE BY THE DEADLINE. WE ARE COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE AND THE COOPERATION OF THE TEAMS HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING:

BBCOR/A Wood/AA Wood: All teams have complied

AAA Wood: Decision was made to have first 8 teams to input stats qualify for playoffs. 8th and final team is inputting stats right now. First time in history of league, more than three teams have inputted stats. {Selden Oilers, LI Gamecocks, LI Cobras, Whitestone Indians, SJC Eagles, NS Tigers, South Bay Angels, Hanks Yanks}

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY FOR PLAYOFFS

Position Players must have 20 Plate Appearances and Pitchers must have either 17 Innings Pitched or 6 Appearances. {Special Note - a player needs to qualify under one category only}FINAL LIST WILL BE POSTED TUESDAY MORNING.

The following is a list of players that will not be eligible for post season play based on league eligibility requirements for all divisions and the players exempt & eligible to play with permission of the Board of Commmissioners & the President: {LIST WILL BE FINALIZED TODAY!]

A Wood East

Elwood Phillies - Sal Amato [0]

Bill Buckners - Dan Janke [17], 0 - Jeff DiPierro, John Castiglione, Greg Cacclenga

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR FAB BILL BUCKNERS - CHRIS SCHWENZER

LI Dodgers - Brandon DuBois [12], Jim Bilello [10]

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR LI DODGERS - MGR BOB PECK / TONY PECK 

Suffolk Yankees - 0 - Joe Garrison, Adam Singer,

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR SUFFOLK YANKEES - DAVID WHITE

A Wood West

Franklin Sq Seminoles - 0 - Andrew Pfefer, Mike Williams, Joe Maci, Anthony Cutrone, Joe Vasquez, Mike Satramo

LI Indians - Jeffrey Tyler [6], 0 - Mike Freitag, James Ferris, Larry Mastropolo, Tom Nocella, Frank Brucella

Nassau Yankees - Alvana Capella [19], Jose Hernandez [15], Brian Weil [15], Pat Minton [6], Brian Magas [0]

Oceanside Thunder - Joe Totino [11], Mike DiGiovanna [11], STeven Jacofsky [7], Mike Schepp [5], Nick Cerrapoi [4], Gioanni Cipriano [4], Fred Zaccheo [3], 0 - Jim Georgas, Joe Fabricatore, John Negrello, Phil RussO 

AA Wood East

LI Baymen - Tom MacDonald [14]

Elwood Knights - Mike Mulvill [14], Joe Pugliese [4], Richard Miller [3], Gary Moskowitz [2]

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR ELWOOD KNIGHTS - JUSTIN MULLER / JOE PUGLIESE

LI Bucs - James Weigl [6]

LI D-Backs - Will Brennan [9], 0 - Joe Troy, Pete Boyd, Keith Schroeder, Pat Montesano,  Ryan Carroll, Wayne Lee 

Huntington Reds - Mike Forelli [12], Tom Napolitano [6], Nick Carbone [6], Larry Laimo [3], 0 - Mik Garland, Dan Oddo, John Amore, Anthony Anzalone, James Byler, Jon Byler, Dave Aldrich

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR HUNTINGTON REDS - MGR PHIL BYLER

Smithtown Cobras - John Costa [3], Ed Bradsky [1], 0 - Chris Tassoulas

AA Wood West

Huntington White Lightning - 0 - Rhett Rockefeller, Adam Krebs, Brett Roeske, Danny Goldstein, Mike Massa

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR HUNTINGTON WHITE LIGHTNING - NICK SAMMARTINO / JOE REILLY

Oceanside Riptides - Joe LoBello [19], Eric Mandell [17], Mike Hertling [13], Erick Kendall [6], Mike LoBello [3], Chris Artino [2], Mike Russ [1], 0 - Nick Castallas, A Zappola, Brian Senior

LI Gators - Kevin Monahan [12], Mike Weiss [3], 0 - Kevin Roach, Anthony Vicarri, Ryan Schafer, Andrew Sennick, Nick Fiore

Merillon Sharks #1 - Ron Barillas [11], Tim Aufhaviin [5], Ed McNelis [1], 0 - Danny Pate, Steven Ambrosio, Robert Wisnewski Sr, David Velasquez

NY Knights - Jake Singh [14], Billy Newbauer [7], Kevin Vega [3], Scott Rosenburg [2], Kevin Gallo [1], Mike Goren [0], Pete Alfano [0], Jeff Goren [3], Steve O,Braitis [0], Dan O'Shea [0]

St Elizabeth Saints - Jose Cruz [4], George Layer [3], Dan Gilligan [2], Mike McGovern [2], Jesse Matos [1], Bryce Derosa [1], Nick Dorogan [1], Rich Casella, Jack Baum  

BBCOR

Copiague Fun - 0 - Mike Ferro, Randy Marine, Chris Faki

Copiague Red Sox - Tommy Karn [16], 0 - Andrew Markowitz, Frank DeFranco, Rob Matrini, Jack Montessori, Kyle Rienzo, Mike Della, Kevin Salmon, Pat Chilton, Craig Barrone

East Northport Tigers - John Gionis [13], Phillip Dennis [4] 0 - Sean Lyhch, Tony Licata, Dan Hilton

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR EAST NORTHPORT TIGERS - BOBBY GELABERT

FS Bullets - Travis Hisra [19], Drew Bergman [0]

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR THE FREEPORT SILVER BULLETS - JAMMEL SAUNDERS / TONY MCCOY / CHARLIE CANNOVA

Brewers - Dan Nagorski [3], 0 - Van Thide, Alex Carforgna, Steve Forbes, Mike Carforgna

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR THE HUMGTINGTON BREWERS - LOUIS NUCCI

Northport Tigers - Jeremy Thide [13], Quinn Duncak [13], Jon DeMarco [8], Brett Greir [6], Joe Jacobsen [6], Colin O'Gara [4], 0 - Lucas Vallas, Chris Lampert

PW Tribe - David Maier [19]. Lee Schwarz [19], Jared Baiman [7], David Podlofsky [3], Max Mancer [0]

Saints - Chris Karakatsanis [6], Andy Williams [5], George Layer [2],

0 -Rudy Rufer, AJ McPartlan, Matt Capobianco    

AAA Wood

LI Game Cocks- 0 - Brian Morris, Tom Kriss Matt Kriss,RJ Going, Mike Amato, Matt Reynolds, Tyle Molston

Hanks Yanks - J Kellman, J Penna, J Hernandez, D Lattas, C Rosse, S Pastrova, E Colon, T Rosse

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR HANKS YANKS - B WILSON, B DIFO, R NEGRON 

LI Cobras - Ed Martinez [6], Wellington Delasarosa [5], Christine Martinez [3], Chris Russo [3], 0 - Keith McMormack, Joon Om, Ryan Dellinger, Joe Konstino

Whitestone Indians - Kevin Perkins [0]

North Shore Tigers - David Gerna [6], Matthew Filault [0], Johny Acosta [0]

Selden Oilers - Mike Bufano [0]

South Bay Angels - NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PLAYOFFS

SJC Eagles - Sean MCCarthy [8], Eric Gonzeles [5], 0 - R Donnelly, RonnieMasa, Chuck Zilincki

EXEMPT & ELIGIBLE FOR SJC EAGLES - JOE POLITE / FRANK TRIANFO

LI Astros - Phil Spotede [7], 0 - Erik Lucas, Mike Miele, Dan Anderson, Peter Allen, Ryan Calabrese, Andrew Renalde, Brian Rudolph, Antuan Barnett 

A PLAYER OR COACH SENT A MESSAGE INTO THE LEAGUE ON THE LISM CONTACT FORM TODAY CONCERNING BIRCHWOOD PARK LEAVING AN E-MAIL ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBER. UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER THE BOARD RESPONDED TO THE E-MAIL, WE FOUND IT WAS A PHONEY AS WELL AS THE PHONE NUMBER. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, AT LEAST GIVE US A CHANCE TO RESPOND. WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON THE PLAYOFFS.

SO, HERE IS THE MESSAGE AND OUR RESPONSE..........

EMAIL.... ohnonotbirchwood@yahoo.com

AS WE ARE SURE YOU ARE AWARE, BIRCHWOOD HAS TO BE THE WORST FIELD ON LONG ISLAND AND THE ONE FIELD THAT CHANGES THE OUTCOME OF GAMES, AS PLAYERS WE CRINGE WHEN WE SEE WE ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY AT BIRCHWOOD. ANY CHANCE YOU CAN MOVE THE REST OF THE AA PLAYOFF GAMES [ALL REMAINING PLAYOFF GAMES FOR ALL TEAMS] TO A BETTER FIELD? WE ARE SURE STAN MUSIAL PLAYED ON BETTER FIELDS EVEN IN HIS DAY. iT IS JUST NOT FAIR TO THE PLAYERS IN THIS FINE LEAGUE TO HAVE TO PLAY HERE AFTER PLAYING ON MUCH BETTER FIELDS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESPONDED W/THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE BOARD AGREES THAT THE USE OF BIRCHWOOD UNDER ANY CONDITION IS NOT IDEAL WHETHER IT IS REGULAR SEASON OR PLAYOFFS.

HAVING SAID THAT, LET US EXPLAIN WHY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE BIRCHWOOD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PLAYOFFS.

#1 - THE NUMBER OF FIELDS AVAILBLE TO US IN THE SUMMER IS LIMITED WITH THE NUMBER OF LEAGUES PLAYING THROUGHOUT LI

#2 - NO MATTER WHEN WE SCHEDULE GAMES, TEAMS ALWAYS HAVE A PROBELM, SOME EXAMPLES, CANNOT PLAY AT BASEBALL HEAVEN, TOO LATE, TOO FAR, DON'T HAVE TURF SHOES, CANNOT PLAY OUT EAST, TOO FAR, TEAM IS FROM OUT WEST, TEAM IS FROM OUT EAST, CANNOUT PLAY OUT WEST, CANNOT PLAY SATURDAYS, CANNOT PLAY SUNDAYS, CANNOT PLAY AT BIRCHWOOD, DO NOT LIKE FIELD, BUT TEAMS PLAY AND THE LEAGUE APPRECIATES IT.....

#3 - FOR YEARS, THE SCHEDULE WAS DONE ONE ROUND AT A TIME AND SOMETIMES WE HAD TO WAIT 3 OR 4 DAYS FOR THE NEXT ROUND. THIS YEAR, WE SENT OUT THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE, WHICH MEANT WE HAD TO USE ALL AVAILABLE FIELDS INCLUDING BIRCHWOOD. HOWEVER, WE DID NOT ASSIGN ALL THE BIRCHWOOD GAMES TO AA WOOD. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BRACKETS, WE DIVIDED THE BIRCHWOOD GAMES AS EVENLY AS WE COULD ACROSS ALL 4 DIVISIONS, WHICH WAS THE BEST WE COULD DO, AND IF A TEAM HAD A HOME FIELD AVAILABLE AT THE SAME TIME AS A BIRCHWOOD SCHEDULED FIELD TIME, WE REPLACED IT FOR THE BIRCHWOOD FIELD.

#4 - THE WEEKENDS WERE SOMETIMES A LITTLE EASIER, HOWEVER, DURING THE WEEK, WE HAD BIRCHWOOD EVERY NIGHT AND A FEW FIELDS THE OTHER NIGHTS, THAT WAS IT.

#5 - NEXT WEEK, WE BASICALLY HAD ONLY BIRCHWOOD MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR NIGHT FIELDS. SO WE WENT TO THE PRESIDENT AND ASKED FOR MORE NIGHT FIELDS. WE GOT BASEBALL HEAVEN FOR 1 NIGHT, 4 FIELDS. SO REST ASSURED WE WILL GET AN E-MAIL COMPLIANING ABOUT USING BASEBALL HEAVEN.

THE BOARD IS DOING THE BEST IT CAN. WE PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS AND WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANYONE UPSET OVER THIS. HOWEVER, WE CAN ONLY WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

LIKE YOU E-MAIL NAME, BUT SIGNING YOUR NAME AND REAL PHONE NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER TOUCH.

E-MAIL SENT TONIGHT - RETURNED NO SUCH ADDRESS

SO 'OHNONOTBIRCHWOOD' THE BOARD HAS ANSWERED TO YOUR 'FORM' NEXT TIME GIVE US A WAY TO RESPOND, AT LEAST AN E-MAIL........................ONE FINAL THOUGHT, BIRCHWOOD IS THE ONLY LEAGUE FIELD WE HAVE ON SATURDAYS, NOT MUCH OF A CHOICE OF WHERE TO PLAY ON THAT DAY!

GOOD LUCK IN THE PLAYOFFS

MEMO

Date: December 31, 2013

TO: All Long Island Stan Musial Managers and New Teams for 2014

FROM: Jimmy Rose

RE: Winter Meeting - 2014 Season

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Happy New Year. I hope you all are enjoying this holiday season.

Please be advised that we will be having out first winter meeting as per the date below, at The  Clarion Hotel formerly The Holiday Inn Ronkonkoma at 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779. The phone number is 631-585-9500.

The meeting will allow you the opportunity to get all your questions answered, and see what division your team should participate in.

If you or a team representative cannot attend, please advise me.

We will discuss divisions for the 2014 season.

As a reminder to our Metal Division teams, our new standard for this year will be to use BBCOR aluminum bats only!

We wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year and look forward to seeing you on January 14th.

DAY DATE TIME

Tuesday January 14, 2014 8:00 pm All Divisions

Thank you!

To ensure all LISM teams are aware of the most important rules of the league and to prevent any miscommunication bewteen league officials and managers with respect to same, all teams this upcoming season will be required to sign the 2014 Baseball Contract.

This Contract will cover the following league regulations: schedules, rosters, uniforms, games, stats, fees and playoffs. Anything covered in the contract will not be changed by a league official verbally unless voted on by the full Board of Commissioners and President without exception. This will ensure that teams are all playing under the same set of rules.

We thank all teams for their anticipated cooperation.

The 2014 Board of Commissioners

{The Contract is listed under Printable Forms on the League Website} 

IF YOUR GAME IS RAINED OUT, YOU MUST CALL UMPIRE DISPATCH AT LEAST 90 MINUTES BEFORE GAME TIME OR YOUR TEAM WILL BE CHARGED A TRAVEL FEE.

DISPATCH: 631 772-4645

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HUNTINGTON BREWERS FOR WINNING THE BBCOR TITLE!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LONG ISLAND DODGERS FOR WINNING THE A WOOD TITLE!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LONG ISLAND BAYMEN FOR WINNING THE AA WOOD TITLE!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LONG ISLAND GAME COCKS FOR WINNING THE AAA WOOD TITLE!

WITH THE HORRIBLE WEATHER WE ARE HAVING I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH TO TEAMS THAT YOU CANNOT, I REPEAT, YOU CANNOT DO WORK ON FIELDS THAT ARE UNPLAYABLE AT GAME TIME. IF THE FIELD IS YOU OWN PERSONAL PERMIT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT BUT IF YOU CAUSE THE LEAGUE TO LOOSE A PERMIT FOR ONE OF OUR FIELDS YOUR TEAM WILL BE IMMEDIATLY THROWN OUT OF THE LEAGUE WITH NO REFUND. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOOSE ANY OF THE FIELDS WE HAVE.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX FIELDS!!! JUST CANCEL THE GAME AND WE WILL RESCHEDULE.

The 2013 LISM LEAGUE RULES and 2013 LEAGUE MANUAL are now available on PRINTABLE FORMS. The League Rules will provide you with all of our rules including DH, EH, sliding, lightning. THe LISM Manual will assist experienced and new managers with all the requirements and deadlines of the league. This year's version has been consolidated and set-up for easier to follow reading.

Page #1 - Board of Commissioners / LISM Communication Process

Page #2 - Season Dates / Playoffs / Schedules

Page #3 - Forfeits / League Fees / Team Placements

Page #4-5 {NEW FEATURE} League Deadlines by Dates [6/15, 6/30, 7/15, EOS]

Strongly suggested every manager print a copy of both and familiarize yourself with rules and league requirements, deadlines and support.

LISM Board of Commissioners