Mid-year SSLL Blast

This Sunday (April 27th) is our Annual Photo and Field Day with our Coach's Home Run Derby!

If you can help on Sunday (for an hour or more), please contact me at wbockholt@yahoo.com. Our Dunk Tank Operator for the previous 2 years will not be available this Sunday, so there will NOT be a Dunk Tank unless we get a LOT of help! We also need help with the Hit-a-thon!

Managers, coaches (and parents, too) can participate in our 3rd Annual Home Run Derby. Contact Doug Warmke, if you'd like to participate. (There will be prizes!) Start time is 10:00 am at Faber field.

If you have not yet been contacted by your Team Administrators with the time for your team photos, you can find the schedule here.

Please note: Every player receives a Memory Mate set with registration. (One individual and one team photo). Additional photos can be ordered on the form. All players must have a completed form.

Our only player-driven fundraiser will be happening all day.

Immediately after your photo time, please come with your team to Faber field. Each player will have 3 opportunities to hit a baseball from a tee. We will measure and mark the longest hit on a Sponsor envelope which the player takes with them and returns with pledge money. (The players will then be released to their parents.)

• Turn in an envelope with a pledge of ANY amount and Win a Sunnyvale Southern Baseball Wristband.
• Raise $25 and Win a Sunnyvale Southern T-shirt.
• Player on each team who hits the ball the farthest wins a NEW baseball.
• Top 3 Money Earners win a Sports Authority Gift Certificate.
• Highest Money Earner gets 2 tickets to a San Francisco Giants game.

Come for the photos! Stay for the Fun!

See you Sunday.

Teams Forming Soon and We Still Need Your Help

The Farm, Minors and Majors Draft will be held Wednesday, February 13th. T-ball and Pioneer Team selection will occur later this week.

Managers will be contacting players after teams are set. Fields open March 1st for practices and Opening Day is March 22nd! Mark your calendars!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Contact me at wbockholt@yahoo.com , if you can assist with one of the following volunteer opportunities!

Additional Player Evaluations Sessions added for Saturday afternoon

** PLEASE bring your own GLOVE and HELMET, if possible **

Plan to attend Player Evaluations at the Sunnyvale Middle School softball diamond on Saturday, Feb 9th. Please arrive 20 to 30 minutes early to warm-up.

Each session will go as follows:

If you cannot attend either of these sessions, please contact me at wbockholt@yahoo.com.

See you Saturday.

Wendy Bockholt
SSLL President

Closing Day is Saturday. Post Season teams are organizing. We are rapidly approaching the end of our regular season. Hope everyone had a great time!

In this message...

League General Meeting

Our Annual League General Meeting is Monday, June 18, 2007 at 7:30 pm at the Fairbrae Swim and Tennis Club Clubhouse. All league members are welcome to attend.

Open Board Positions

As I'm sure you've heard, running a Little League program takes a tremendous amount of volunteer effort. If you'd like to get more involved, please consider joining the Board. We have big jobs and little ones available. Call me at (408) 245-2870 or email me at wbockholt@yahoo.com for more information about the following Open Board Positions. We could really use your help!

Player Agent
Secretary
Equipment Director
Game, Field and Cage Scheduler
Major Division Baseball Director
T-ball and Pioneer Division Baseball Director
Tournament Director
Coaching Coordinator
Umpire Scheduler
Yearbook Director
Photo Day Director

Closing Day

Closing Ceremonies will begin on Saturday, June 16th at 9:30 am. Please have your players on the field in uniform behind your "team sign" by 9:20 am.

Uniform Returns

For Farm, Minors, and Majors players, bring an extra shirt to change into after the Ceremonies. Your Team Administrator will be collecting jerseys and belts. Once you turn in your jersey and belt, you will receive your trophies and yearbooks. (NOTE: Showcase players will need to wait until after the Showcase games. TOC representatives will also need to keep their uniforms until after the TOC games are completed.)

T-ball and Pioneer players do not return any pieces of the uniforms.

Fall Ball

We are pleased to be able to once again offer Fall Ball this coming Fall. There will be two progams: an instructional program for our younger/less experienced players and a districtwide games program for our incoming Minors and Majors candidates. (Games will be played on Sundays).

The July 31 registration deadline has been extended! Like all our programs, Fall Ball depends on volunteers. Please consider coaching. Click here to register.

Thanks!

I cannot say "Thank You" enough to express my appreciation to the tremendous volunteers we have in our League.

Thank you to the Board Members who help make this job doable!

Thank you to the Managers who take on the job of teaching our kids to play and love baseball.

Thank you to the Coaches for toting bags and supporting our Managers and players.

Thank you to the Parents for tirelessly working the Snack Shack, prepping the fields, driving to practices and games.

Thank you to the Players who play hard, do their best and inspire the rest of us to work hard to provide this opportunity!

This Sunday (April 29th) is the 2nd Annual SSLL Field Day.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Please contact me at wbockholt@yahoo.com if you can help for an hour or two!

Returning this year...

• Don't miss the Home Run Derby from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. Contact Doug Warmke, if you'd like to participate! (There will be prizes!)
• The Dunk Tank will be back. We're looking for volunteer dunk-ee's so don't wear your favorite shoes. : )
• The Snack Shack will be open.
• Team and Individual Photos: Every player receives a Memory Mate set with registration. (One individual and one team photo). Additional photos can be ordered on the form. All players must have a completed form.
• The Hit-a-thon! Our only player-driven fundraiser will be happening all day...
  Immediately after your photo time, please come with your team to Faber field. Each player will have 3 opportunities to hit a baseball from a tee. We will measure and mark the longest hit on a Sponsor envelope which the player takes with them and returns with pledge $. (The players will then be released to their parents.)
  Hit-a-thon PRIZES
  • Turn in an envelope with a pledge of ANY amount and Win a Sunnyvale Southern Baseball Bat Pen.
  • Raise $25 and Win a Sunnyvale Southern 50th Season T-shirt.
  • Player on each team who hits the ball the farthest wins a NEW baseball.
  • The team submitting the most money wins a Chipotle Burrito Restaurant Party.
  • Top 3 Money Earners win a Sports Authority Gift Certificate.
  • Highest Money Earner gets 2 tickets to a San Francisco Giants game.
• Back again this year! Hit the Chipotle sign and Win a Burrito! Thank you to Chipotle!
• 50th Season T-shirts will be available for $10. Other uniform pieces will also be available. Check out the SouthernWear booth!

Come for the photos! Stay for the FUN!

See you Sunday!

Wendy Bockholt
SSLL President

Opening Day is fast approaching. Just a few more days until Southern kicks off another fantastic year of baseball.

The year, BBQ Boys will be providing us with our Opening Day BBQ. Please, if you have not already done so, let your Team Administrator know if you plan to join us for the BBQ and how many hamburgers, hot dogs and/or veggie burgers you plan to eat. BBQ prices are $7.50 each which includes your choice of hamburger, hot dog or veggie burger, plus chips and a drink. Tickets will be available for purchase on Opening Day. BBQ will be served from 11 AM to ~2 PM.

Mark your calendars!

Scorekeeper's Clinic
- Thursday, March 15 at 8 PM at the Fairbrae Clubhouse

Field Maintenance Workshops (learn the basics from the City's experts)
- Saturday, March 17 at 8 AM at Washington Park (don't forget Opening Day Ceremonies start at 9:30 AM at De Anza) - Tuesday, March 20 at 5:30 PM at De Anza Park

Opening Day Ceremonies and BBQ
As we begin our 50th Season of Baseball, this year promises to be especially exciting and to commemorate this occasion, special 50th Season T-shirts will be available for purchase on Opening Day.

Game Schedules
The game schedules for the season should be posted on the website by Tuesday.

Opening Day games are as follows:

Faber Field
11:00 (Majors) Mets vs Mariners
1:30 (Minors) White Sox vs Rangers
4:00 (Minors) A's vs Giants

De Anza #2 Field
11:00 (Farm) Marlins vs Twins
(No games on March 17th for Cubs, Tigers and Red Sox)

T-ball Field
11:00 (Challenger) Rockies
12:00 (T-ball) A's vs. Giants
1:00 (T-ball) Orioles vs. Royals
2:00 (Pioneer) Blue Jays vs Braves
3:00 (Pioneer) Cardinals vs. Phillies
4:00 (Pioneer) Pirates vs. Rockies

See you at the field!

Wendy Bockholt
SSLL President

Whew! After a whirlwind of registration, evaluations and team selections, the teams are almost all set and the season is ready to begin. Teams in all divisions except T-ball have been formed. If you have not already heard, you should be hearing from your managers in the next few days. We continue to take registrations for the T-Ball and Pioneer Divisions for our younger players (and are happy to wait-list any older players who missed the draft.) Contact Tonya Gregory at gregorys36@comcast.net for more information.

This Year, our league is celebrating its 50th Year of Baseball. If you played for Southern let us know or if you know of any former Southern players, be sure to let them know about Opening Day on Saturday, March 17th. We hope to acknowledge and celebrate many of the fabulous players, coaches, managers, umpires, board members and volunteers that have helped make Southern the incredible league it is today!

I want to send out a special THANK YOU in advance to the managers. These fine individuals donate their time and energy to give our children the opportunity to play baseball. Without them, we would be in quite a bind! Please be sure throughout the season to express your appreciation to them with words and actions. There are plenty of opportunities to help your child’s team and the league, step in and take one!

• BBQ Coordinator
• Equipment Director
• Fall Ball Director
• Field Day Coordinator
• Post Season Tournament Director
• Trophy Director

Please contact me at wbockholt@yahoo.com or (408) 245-2870, if you have questions or can help with these important jobs.

Also, if you think you might be interested in a position on the Board for the next season, let me know.

I'm looking forward to seeing you at the fields!

Wendy Bockholt
SSLL President 2006-2007

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Can you believe it? It’s already time to start thinking about baseball. This looks to be an especially exciting season as it is the 50th year of Sunnyvale Southern’s existence!

Registration dates are fast approaching. NEW this year we have ONLINE registration available. No more paper forms to fill out! Simply go to http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1385387 for more details. (Note: If you are new to the league, you will still need to provide proof of age and residency at either a walk-in registration or at evaluations.)

UPCOMING WALK-IN REGISTRATION DATES:

• Tuesday, December 12th at Fresh Choice on El Camino at Grape from 5:30 pm – 8 pm
• Saturday, January 6th at De Anza Park Building from 9 am – 12 noon (Pancake Breakfast)
• Wednesday, January 10th at Round Table Pizza on Bernardo at El Camino from 5:30 pm – 8 pm
  (LAST DAY FOR 10% EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT)
• Saturday, January 20th at De Anza Park Building from 9 am – 12 noon

EVALUATION DATES
(Players registering for Farm or above must attend at least one.)

As I’m sure you know, Little League is a volunteer-driven organization. We have a number of openings on the Board this year and could really use your help.

We are looking to fill the following positions:

• Vice President Resources (Team Administrator Coordinator)
• Safety Officer
• Equipment Director
• Tournament Director
• Trophy Coordinator
• Field Day Coordinator
• Fall Ball 2007 Coordinator

Contact me at (408) 245-2870 or wbockholt@yahoo.com if you can help out in any way or just have questions. We’ll find the perfect spot for you.

I am honored to serve as your president for this upcoming year and I look forward to seeing you at the fields.

Wendy Bockholt
SSLL President 2006-2007

Thursday, July 20th

All our post-season teams have concluded their tournaments at this point, and the District 44 Champions have been determined.

The 9-10 AllStars had a bit of a rough start to their tournament, losing to Moreland 21-6 in their first game. Moreland's pitching and hitting were a real onslaught. The team's second game was much better. They played Serra and won 14-7. Taiki and Aaron pitched well, while Trevor, Blake, Jon, and Tyler each had multiple hits in the game. The tournament ended for the 9-10's against Santa Clara Westside. Westside's pitcher dominated the game. Henry sent a ball clear to the fence for a double, but that was the only hit of the game in a 10-0 loss.

The 9-10's worked hard under Coach John and Coach Tony, and had a fun post-season. Congratulations to the team! Santa Clara Briarwood was the final winnder of the District 44 9-10 AllStar Tournament.

The 10-11 AllStars played in their inaugural season for SSLL this year. They also drew a tough first-round match-up against Moreland, which resulted in a 20-2 loss. The second game was better. The kids played Serra and lost 6-1. Tony pitched well and the team looked like it was starting to come together. Congratulations to Coach Kevin, Coach Chris, and the team! Moreland LL was the eventual winner of the 10-11 AllStar tourney, and will advance to the Section 5 tournament.

The 11-12 AllStars showed a lot of improvement over last year. They played good defense all around, and showed good tenacity at the plate. They lost the first game to Cupertino American by a score of 7-3. The game included an exciting inside-the-park 3-run home run by Nikko in the 6th inning. The team went on to play the always tough Campbell in the 2nd game and lost that one 9-3. The two starting pitchers (Victor and Nikko) are only 11, so watch out next year, District 44! Congratulations to Coach Vic, Coach Dave, and the team. SC Briarwood ended up taking the Major AllStar District 44 Championship with a 10-0 win over Los Altos.

The 13-14 AllStars got off to a good start in their first game, as noted previously. The next two games didn't quite go so well, with a 10-4 loss to Los Altos and a 18-5 loss to Cupertino National. It turns out that those two teams duked it out in the Championship game, so the SSLL Juniors lost to some pretty heavy duty contenders. Congratulations to the team! Cupertino defeated Los Altos 4-2 in the first game of the series, but Los Altos came back with a 4-0 win in the final Championship game.

SSLL showed improvement in every AllStar division this year. I hope that the new batting cages and the pitching clinics had something to do with that, and I hope we can continue to improve in these important skills over the next years. It takes a lot of dedication, focus, and participation on the part of everyone to build really strong baseball players out of our kids. In observing other leagues like Briarwood and Campbell over the years, I can't help but notice their strong dedication to repeatedly practicing the basics, week after week. Please keep up the good work, everyone. Let's keep making noise in the District and continue the great progress we showed this year!

Finally, a note of thanks to all the volunteers who helped prep the fields, run the snack shacks, keep score, and announce in the 26 post-season games that we hosted on SSLL Fields this season. In general our tournament games went really well, and much credit goes to Gary Hinds, our hard working SSLL Tournament Director. Thanks Gary!!! Other special thanks goes out to Lisa Miller, Amy Jasper, Sandy Agbayani, and the other stalwart snack shack volunteers. Great job, all.

See you next season!

Monday, July 3rd

Southern Nines

The "Southern Nines" reached the semifinals of the Campbell LL 9 year old Friendship tournament. In the semis last Thursday they faced Briarwood LL, always a tough match-up.

Briarwood jumped out to an early lead, but Southern played tough and held the game close, trailing 4-1 after three innings. In the 4th inning Justin Miller roped a bases-loaded double to the left field fence, way over the head of the Briarwood left-fielder. That brought the game to 4-3. The game moved into the fifth inning with Southern trailing 7-5. At that time Briarwood poured on the hits, and Southern's defense faltered a bit. Briarwood finished up a 12-5 victory in six innings.

Great job by Manager Steve Hance and the Southern Nines to reach the semis of the tournament. We were unable to pitch two of our strongest pitchers (due to illness and due to running out of innings per week) and we still played well against the traditionally strong Briarwood team.

Moreland LL went on to win the tournament, defeating Briarwood 8-5 in the Championship game on Friday.

SSLL Junior AllStars

The Junior AllStars got off to a great start last Friday, jumping all over TriCities for an 11-1 victory in five innings.

Mikkie Louthan pitched a great game for Southern, only allowing one run on 3 hits and 2 walks in five innings. Chris Latini hit a 2-RBI triple in his only plate appearance. Southern's defense was great, too, only committing one error all game. The Tri-Cities fifth inning ended on a 1-6-3 double play turned by Southern. Game over by way of the 10 run rule!

Congratulations to the Junior AllStars on their first-round win. Next up is the strong Los Altos LL Junior AllStars. The game will be played at Los Altos High on Thursday 7/6 at 5:30pm.

Wednesday, June 28th

SSLL A's WIN the Minor TOC Championship!

The A's defeated the Moreland Diamondbacks 10-9 in the Championship game at Washington Park on Tuesday night. This appears to be the first baseball TOC Championship for Southern in its 49 year history!

This time the Fighting A's had to fight their own nerves, as they struggled to hold onto a 10-5 lead going into the bottom of the sixth. But the lead held, and with the tieing run at 3rd base, pitcher Aaron Johnson got the game-winning strikeout in the nick of time.

The game was very well played by both teams. Moreland out-hit the A's 15 to 7. The A's outpitched Moreland, giving up only 1 walk while taking 8 walks off Moreland pitching. Both teams played excellent defense and showed impressive baserunning skills.

See http://www.district44.org for a more thorough recap.

The Champion A's will be honored at AllStar Night tonight (Wednesday, June 28) at McKelvey Field in Mountain View, 6:00pm.

Thanks very much to all the Southern fans who came out to cheer on the team! It was a tremendous display of league spirit.

Southern 9's advance to Campbell 9-year-old Tournament semifinals

In other news, the 9-year-old tournament team managed by Steve Hance has advanced to the semifinal round in the Campbell 9-year-old Friendship tournament. They will play tomorrow night (Thu) at Campbell's Major Field on Hamilton Ave.

The Southern 9's defeated the Metro 9's by a score of 17-10. In contrast to the A's pitching and defense strategy, the 9's decided to bludgeon the ball with the bat. In the second inning 15 Southern batters came to the plate. The first 9 all scored, making for a very interesting black streak down the second column of the scorebook!

Pitcher Taiki Maeda recorded the win for the 9's, and Steven Kwan wrapped up the game in the last two innings, only allowing one run to score.

Saturday, June 24th

Minor A's Advance to TOC Championship!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Faber Field to watch the Minor A's play against the Campbell Kiwanis in the TOC semifinals.

For those SSLL members who don't know what a "TOC" is, that means "Tournament of Champions". Our league is one of 14 leagues in Little League District 44. In the Minor and Major divisions, each league presents a champion to play in a district wide tournament, the TOC.

Yesterday the A's fought a very tough battle against Campbell. Campbell had beat both their previous opponents by wide margins, 18-8 and 16-2. Both games were halted due to the 10 run mercy rule.

In the tournament semifinal game, our A's held Campbell to only 2 runs through four innings behind rookie pitcher Erik Krogstad. Campbell broke through for 3 runs in the fifth and 3 more in the sixth. The A's advanced runners to 2nd and 3rd in several innings, but couldn't find the timely hit to bring the boys home for runs.

Entering the bottom of the sixth, the A's were down 8-0. Miraculously, the A's sent 14 hitters to the plate in the inning. A combination of walks, hits, a groundout, and a hit batter gave the A's a 9-8 victory in the game!!!

The A's have been coming back to win games all season, but this one was the king of all comebacks.

Congratulations to the A's. They will play in the TOC Championship game on Tuesday evening at 5:30pm at Washington Park.

Please come out and cheer for the A's!!! Bring folding chairs, lawn furniture, whatever it takes to enjoy a game and show support for SSLL in the District Championship. Your support is appreciated!

For more complete news on the TOC, see the District44 website at http://www.district44.org.

And, now, here are your Victorious A's (click on the picture to get a much bigger version):

Southern Eight Year Olds WIN District 44 Championship!!!

Cupertino National Little League hosted the District 44 coach pitch tournament on June 24th. Six leagues sent teams to participate. The tournament was a modified double-elimination tournament played at Jollyman Park in Cupertino. Each game lasted 4 innings, and each inning had a 5-run limit except the fourth inning.

The games started at 8:30am. The Southern 8's got off to a good start in the morning, winning both their games with ease. They hit the ball hard, and the defense stonewalled the efforts of the Serra 8's and the Cupertino National 8's, limiting each team to less than 3 runs.

In the afternoon 3 of the squad had to leave to play in the A's TOC game. The remaining 9 players held down the fort, beating the Los Altos 8's by a score of 11-6 in the afternoon game.

Finally the Championship game was played at 6:30pm. Perhaps buoyed by the return of the 3 A's and the news of the victory at Faber, the Southern 8's went all out and defeated Los Altos by the convincing score of 19-1.

Congratulations to the Championship Southern 8's!!!

Justin Bockholt
Matty Burke
Jackson Crewe
Dylan Fealtman
Nicholas Hance
Matthew Kelleher
Nicholas Klein
Steven Kwan
Josh Radin
Kyle Riemenschnitter
Quentin Warmke
Bobby Wood

(click on the picture to get a much bigger version)

Friday, June 23rd

Here is the news on our post-season team results so far.

The Major Mariners won the Major Division Championship and advanced to the Tournament of Champions. They faced the Santa Clara Briarwood Pirates in their first round game. The Pirates pitching was very tough, and the Mariners came away from the game with a loss in spite of a great effort. Since then the Briarwood Pirates have advanced to the semifinal TOC game vs. Los Altos, which will be played tonight.

The Minor A's won the Minor Division Championship and represent SSLL as our Minor TOC team. The A's have had a great week of TOC baseball.

On Tuesday, the A's played the Serra Red Sox. Despite giving up 14 hits, the A's defense made clutch plays and held the Red Sox to only 5 runs. Good defense combined with solid baserunning led to a 6-5 victory.

On Thursday, the A's played the Cupertino National Braves in 100 degree heat. The game was knotted up 2-2 going into the top of the 6th. The Braves scored 2 runs on 2 outs to go up 4-2. But the A's came back to tie the game 4-4 in the bottom of the 6th!

In the 7th inning the Braves went up 7-4 on solid hitting. It looked grim, but the fighting A's came back with 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to knot it up again at 7-7!

In the 8th, the Braves went up yet again, 8-7. Gah! Finally, in the bottom of the 8th, the A's won the game 9-8 on two walks, two steals, and a 2-run walk-off single. Game time: 2 hours, 35 minutes. Exhausting for everyone, players and fans alike!

The A's will play in the Minor TOC semifinal game right on our own Faber Field, Saturday afternoon at 3pm. Please come out and cheer on the team for SSLL! It will be a tough game against Campbell LL. Campbell has 10-runned both their opponents so far in the tournament. Hopefully they are low on pitching after already playing 2 games this week!

Take a look at http://www.ssll.org for more news on TOC's and AllStars.

Go SSLL!

Sincerely,
Doug Warmke
SSLL President

We have finished rescheduling all the 2nd half games as per our "Rain Recovery Plan". Thank you for bearing with all this rain. I hope you're all really happy to see plenty of ball games being played out on the fields now!

You can find the revised schedules on the website at http://www.ssll.org/ssll-schedules.html.

Also note that the Snack Shacks have been correspondingly rescheduled. The new Snack Shack schedule has also been uploaded to the web site.

All previous game and snack shack schedules are invalid. Please throw out anything you already have and start over.

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The SSLL San Jose Giants game will be this Sunday, Apr 30. As part of your registration fee, each player should have received four tickets for the SJ Giants game. If you haven't received them yet, please contact your team administrator or manager. Hint: Many SSLL Families sit over in the bleachers and picnic tables along the 3rd base line. That's a fun place, near the food, where the kids can chase foul balls and play around a lot.

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The First Annual SSLL Field Day will take place Sunday, May 7. That is the rescheduled Photo Day, and the Hit-a-thon will take place at the Field Day, too. Please make every effort to attend your team's photo session. Since Photo Day is so late in the season, it won't be possible to get any make-up day photos into the annual Yearbook.

Also, we are looking for volunteers to participate in the coach's home run derby. Any league parent can be considered a "coach" for this event. Please let me know if you would like to participate. It takes place at 11am at Faber Field. Email me at doug_warmke@mentor.com.

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Speaking of the Yearbook, I would like to remind you that the photos for the yearbook come from YOUR photos. It would be a good idea for each team to have at least one designated photographer. You can drop photos and/or CD's into the black SSLL Yearbook Photos drop boxes in each snack shack. You can also email them to our Yearbook Director, Jane Kwan. Jane's email address is jane_kwan2000@yahoo.com. Please make sure digital photos have sufficient resolution (2Mpixel or higher), otherwise they will be unusable.

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For those of you who are returning league families, it will be great to see you out at the fields and at the snack shack again. And if you are a new league family, you are in for a treat. Welcome!

Our league is run 100% by volunteers. Almost all of them are parents of players. All our games, uniforms, equipment, and activities are only made possible by volunteers committing their time and energy to our kids. Thank you for all you do.

We have a great season planned this year. Our Opening Day Ceremonies and Barbeque will be held starting at 9:30 am on Saturday, March 25. Please make sure to attend both the ceremonies and the BBQ. It's a lot of fun and a great way to get to know other league families.

If you haven't noticed already, we have a brand new batting cage ready for league use at De Anza Park. This was the result of many years of savings and hard work by SSLL. I hope our players benefit a lot from this new facility and start hitting up a storm at game time!

This season marks our first annual "SSLL Field Day". It will be held on Sunday, May 7th. We will combine Photo Day, the Hit-a-thon, a Coach's Home Run Derby, and other fun activities all into that one day. Come on out and enjoy - let's make this a really fun and worthwhile league tradition.

You can keep current with League events, schedules, and all kinds of other information by regularly visiting this website. We also have a league email list, which I strongly encourage you to sign up for if you're not on it already. It's the best way to get late-breaking league news. Please email me at doug_warmke@mentor.com if you would like to get on our email list.

Finally, please do your best to support ALL the players, coaches, and umpires. (Not just your team!) Positive energy will reflect its way all over the league, into every youngster, and make the season as enjoyable as it can possibly be.

Thanks and have a great Spring!

SSLL is offering registration sessions in December on the following dates:

• Saturday December 3rd (this Sat!), De Anza Rec Building, 9am-1pm
• Wednesday December 14th, 5pm-8pm, Fresh Choice at Grape and El Camino.

SSLL also offers signups by mail. Mail your completed application, along with copies of proof-of-address and birth certificate to:

SSLL
P.O. Box 2054
Sunnyvale, CA 94087

You can download the registration from from the Registration section of this website.

Even if you come to sign-ups in person, you might want to download the form and fill it out in advance in order to have a smooth time at registration.

Finally, we are offering a 5% discount this year to anyone who brings in a new player to the league. We are trying to increase enrollment as much as possible, especially at the younger ages. If you love baseball and our league, please do your best to help recruit new players in. Word of mouth is the best possible advertising, and we can all pitch in.

Thanks and hope to see you soon!

This wouldn't be possible without the enthusiasm and participation of the league community. Each year dozens of families contribute their time and energy to the league, in both small and large ways. I would like to thank everyone who helps out. It is all about the kids, and I think our league knows that better than most.

We are planning on having a terrific season with many fun events, and of course some real good softball and baseball. Some of the events are the Hit-a-thon, the annual San Jose Giants game, the Opening Day BBQ, Closing Day Ceremonies, Fundraiser nights at local restaurants, and more.

You can keep current with League events, schedules, and all other kinds of information by visiting the SSLL website regularly (http://www.ssll.org).

Finally, please do your best to support ALL the players, coaches, and umpires. (Not just your team!) Positive energy will reflect its way all over the league, into every youngster, and make the season as enjoyable as it can possibly be.

Thanks and have a great Spring!

Sincerely,
Doug Warmke
SSLL President

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