The 2024 MVSBL spring baseball season has come to a close.

In the 13s division, Andover took North Andover to a decisive third game, but ultimately North Andover won the 13s division.

Earlier, in the 14-16 Division, Methuen Seniors Black won over Andover Seniors Gold.

Thank you everyone for your cooperation this season. I hope you'll all be back next year for another fun year of good baseball for the kids.

Oh, and I'd like to thank Mother Nature for cooperating tonight.

POSTPONEMENTS: Each town's coordinator makes the cancellation call on game day, or home team manager if no coordinator is available, based on field conditions.

1. 1. MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GET GAMES IN. That may mean getting there early to fix the field.

   2. If the Commissioner or Town Coordinator hasn’t canceled, go to the field. Don’t assume a game is called off unless you hear it is !

   3. Report cancellations or postponements, unfinished, or incomplete games to the Commissioner by text or email as soon as you can.

   4. We try to decide play/no play by 2 hours before a game, but it might be a bit if the weather is iffy.

   5. The deadline is ONE hour before the scheduled game start, or you will be paying umpires:

      1. If umpires are notified 1 hour before the game or earlier, no fee is owed.

      2. If umpires are notified less than ONE hour before the game or they show up and the game cannot be played because of field conditions ONLY, a HALF fee is owed.

      3. If umpires show up and the game is canceled without notification for a reason other than field conditions, the team at fault will pay BOTH FULL fees.

      4. If both teams are at fault, then they will split the FULL fee owed to the umpires.

   6. Town Coordinators: if the game is canceled, you are responsible for:

      1. Texting or calling the umpire assignor Jake Beaudoin 978-888-1336 

      2. Texting or calling the home team manager

      3. Notifying the Commissioner by text or email (978-886-1801, umparama@gmail.com)

   7. The home team manager is responsible is responsible for calling the visitors manager

   8. You should receive an Arbiter account so you can notify the umpires, but please let the assignor know

   9. Once you get to the field, the home team manager is the judge of whether the field is playable.

   10. Once the plate conference occurs at the start of the game and the field is deemed playable, the umpires are to receive their full fee.

   11. If the home team manager decides the field is playable but the umpires disagree, do NOT try to play. Pay them their half-fee and report the game as postponed. If you insist they start the game they’ll take the full fee, and immediately call the game off for unsafe playing conditions, and rightly so.

The two managers should work out an acceptable makeup date and time with their Town Coordinators but must get approval for the makeup from the Commissioner first before scheduling the game. Someone else may have requested that date and time and field already, thus the Commissioner must be the final authority on makeup games to avoid any field or team conflicts.

Coaches do NOT move games on their own in this league. Ever; way too many moving parts.

I need to coordinate the whole thing: fields, permits, umpires, HS schedules, AAU conflicts, and more. That field you think is open may have just been assigned a game and you don't know it yet.

If you absolutely, positively must move a game (or there’s a mistake), please inform me umparama@gmail.com or text 978-886-1801. Be very specific about the game, and your suggestion fix it. Here's an example:

Jeff, just heard from the DPW the work on Grogans won't be done now until May 2^nd. Is there an open field 4/24, or can we move it to 5/4 ? I checked, both teams are open then, and the field looks to be available.

Got it ? I now have the specific issue, the exact game, time, and field, and a suggestion to fix it. Why that nice person even checked the schedule to see when both teams were open. Be like that guy. Thanks.

Parking Regulations - please obey any posted parking regulations.

• Andover Doherty - park near the fence. If you park on the side of the street across from the fence you may be ticketed. It's posted No Parking, and the Andover police are aggressive about ticketing in this location.
  
  
• Haverhill Riverside - park in the lot near the field, or the lot near the Stadium.
  
  
• Haverhill Swasey - only on-street parking is available
  
  
• Methuen High School - park next to the field, or in the outer HS lot if it's full
  
  
• Methuen Pelham St - park in the MBTA lot next to the field, or on the street.
  
  
• Methuen Veterans - park in the lot. The coach with the equipment each team and umpires may park in the small lot next to the concession stand which has a separate entrance just before the turn into the main lot itself. DO NOT drive past the concession stand and park up near the field.
  
  
• North Andover Grogans Field - Park in the spaces on the 3b line or surrounding streets. Don’t park in the lot for the dance school on the corner. Don’t park in the spaces next to the apartments on Gilbert street. Please avoid blocking any driveways.
  
  
• North Andover High School - Park next to the field or in the upper lot near the school.
  • One coach from each team and umpires may park behind the dugouts if the gate is open and there is enough space is available to allow emergency vehicles to access the turf field.
  • Everyone else must park in the lot at the field, or in the upper lot near the school if there's no space at the field.
  • Don’t block the gate behind the backstop, this is access for emergency vehicles for the turf field.
  • WARNING: Do NOT park on the access road going up to school: it's too narrow for fire trucks to pass if cars are there. The NA Police will ticket you for parking there. If youy are lucky they'll let you move your car, but they may not.