March 11, 2025 NELBL Managers Meeting Agenda & Meeting Minutes:

1. Accept Minutes from Last Meeting | Tim (Secretary)
2. Financial Report | Dwight (Treasurer)
3. Rules of Play (Troy, Joe, et al.)
4. Playoff Format
5. Approve Rules of Play & Playoff Format
6. Update on Fields
7. Playoff Fields?
8. Waivers & Licenses
9. Free Agent Submission Page: Is It Working?
10. Open Discussion

The minutes are as follows:

• Attendees:
  1. Troy, Dwight, Jim Hall, Reggie (Gray Sox), Dave V, Tim K, Doug, Jack, John S (Astros), Joe D, Sean C (Pirates) & JoMo.
• Financial status:
  1. $4,500 balance in league account.
  2. Umpire assigning fee & field costs will be coming up shortly.
• Review of rules from last month’s meeting (Accept or not Accept):
  1. Steve Hardy rule (8 player or less)
     3. Added rule for 7 player line up, section 3.1.7.5
        1. Accepted, Voted yes, all 9 teams.
     4. Section 3.2.1, Passed Balls, Overthrow rules
        1. Major League Rules Throwing Runner out (Sentence/Paragraph).
           1. Struck From Rules. (Sections 3.2.2.1 & 3.2.2.2)
        2. Updated section 3.2 on stealing & base running.
           1. Updates on Section 3.2.1, Accepted, Voted yes all 9 teams.
        3. Section 3.6.5.1, Pitcher, 5 inning rule, during a continued game.
           1. Accepted, voted yes, all 9 teams.
• Review of rules (this month).
  3. Section 3.8 Courtesy Runners.
     3. Section 3.8.1, Curtesy Runners Rules (discussed)
        1. Clarification – “Last Made Out, Not Last Batted Out”
        2. Section 3.8.3 – Struck from Rules, “Redundant”
        3. Accepted, Voted yes, All 9 Teams.
     4. Section 3.9, Examples of a “Clean Hit”
        1. All examples of “Clean Hit” were struck from rukes.
        2. Added/updated section 3.9.1 to rules.
           1. Accepted, voted yes, all 9 teams.
• Section 3.12, Playoff Format & Eligibility
  1. Leo/Reggie & Jack, enquiring/requestion Fields for 27^th play in game (8^th & 9^th seed), in their areas.
  2. Keep A/B Batting rule.
  3. For Playoffs only.
  4. Section 3.12 Clarified-
     1. Team with smaller number of players vs team with greater number of players (team with greater number of players can chose to use A/B batting line up)  Accepted, 9 teams voted, 6 for, 3 not for.
• Section 3.12.4, Seeding Determination/Standings.
  1. PUSHED TO NEXT MONTHS MEETING
• Get team fees to Dwight by next meeting date 4/8/25
• $650.00 team fee for 2025 season.
• Make checks payable to “NELBL”
• Send to: Dwight Barnes, PO Box 136, Deerfield NH, 03037

Link to Meeting Minutes .PDF