MINOR LEAGUE WORLD SERIES-LAPELS VS. PANERA BREAD

Mon, Jun 28th: 6:00pm Lynch 1 - GM 15
Wed, Jun 30th: 6:00pm Lynch 1 - GM 16
Thu, Jul 1st: 6:00pm Lyncy 1 - GM 17(if necessary)

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected by the Hingham Little League managers to represent the program in the upcoming Williamsport Tournament. Hingham will be sending 2 teams to the tournament.

American League (Coach-Reilly): Jackson Bennis, Jack Forbes, Harrison Blauer, Chris Grant, Phil Holler, Scott Hom, Robert Hutchins, Kyle Letorney, JP Reilly, Zach Silva, Ryan Swanson, Brett Tivnan.

National League (Coach-Boyle): Andrew Boyle, Andrew Brazel, Jackie Concannon, Jack Costello, Jared D'Entremont, Jack Donius, Andrew Driscoll, Peter Murphy, Matthew Nash, Matt Personeni, Ryan Reagan, Andrew Spaziani, Glenn Vinton.

Best of luck to our teams in the tournament!

The following players will represent Hingham on the 12B Team in District 8 Summer Baseball.

Matt Astrue, Cam Bevens, Michael Calvi, Chris Connelly, Chris Curran, Joe Lastoria, Owen Pellissier, Matt Personeni, Luke Pomroy, Thomas Rockett, Pete Ross, Eric Sullivan, and John Stanley.

The following players have been selected to represent Hingham on the 12A Team in District 8 Summer Baseball.

Jackson Bennis, Harrison Blauer, Jack Dedian, Chris Grant, Corey Lavoie, Brendan Lahiff, Johnny Lawless, Connor McDermott, Andrew Spaziani, Shane Sullivan, Brett Tivnan and Glenn Vinton.

The following players have been selected to represent Hingham on the 11A Teams in District 8 Summer Baseball

Hingham American
Vance Cassell, Jared Freeman, Devin Irvin, Stephen Jacobs, Pat Kane, Ryan Kenney, Jack Lemanski, Aidan Leonard, Max McCullom, Graham Peterson, Max Pomroy, Will Powers and Ryan Reagan.

Hingham National
Matt Bonbard, Matt Chiappinelli, Campbell Davies, Matt Egan, Johnnie Maffei, Aidan McElroy, Joe Menesale, Ben Minkin, Jack Muldoon, Joe Resca and Colman Sandler, Brendan Tedeschi and Justin Whitney.

Registration is still open for District 8 B teams and tryouts are not necessary. Once registation is closed the team(s) will be posted.

The following 10 year olds have been selected to represent Hingham on the 10A team in District 8 Summer Baseball.

Peyton Crosby, Brian Doherty, Michael Donius, John Fallon, Jack Koonce, Kevin McGovern, Richard Miller, Jake Quilty, Aiden Sandler, Kevin Shea, John Welch and Tom Welch.

The following players have been selected to represent Hingham on the 9A Team in District 8 Summer Baseball.

Nicholas Bern, Ryan Bern, Henry Butterfield, Brian Decelles, Zack Fortin, Eric Germain, Kevin Kenneally, Jack Linehan, Alex MacDonald, Cole Rabschuk, Henry Rentz, David Vinton.

The 2010 Hingham Little League Board of Directors elected at the annual meeting are :

Non- Coaching members: Bennis, Craven, Grant, Hartwell, Kane, Madden, Sherman, Southworth, M. Vinton, Wheeler;

Coaching members: Beniers, Ford, Hutchins, Irvin, Kenney, Phelan, Reagan, Shea, G. Vinton.

Many thanks to the members of the 2009 Board who have retired, your years of service are much appreciated:
Joe Higgins, Liz Stasio, Joe Lindsay, Rich Magner and Owen McConville.

The Minor League All Star Game will begin at 12:00, the Major & Minor League contests (Home Run Derby, Road Runner & Golden Arm) will begin at 2:30 and the Major League All Star Game will begin at 4:00pm.

MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTERS
National (Doyle): Andrew Boyle, Andrew Brazel, Jack Concannon, Jack Costello, Jack Donius, Billy Harrington, John Lastoria, Cory Lavoie, Conor McDermott, Peter Murphy, Matt Nash, Brendan O'Connor, Matt Personeni, Max Slane, Andrew Spaziani, Glenn Vinton

American (Reilly): Jackson Bennis, Harrison Blauer, Nick Cyr, Jake Dedian, Jack Forbes, Scott Hom, Brendan Lahiff, John Lawless, Kyle Letorney, Billy McNally, Bailey O'Leary, JP Reilly, Zack Silva, Sam Sullivan, Ryan Swanson, Brett Tivnan
MINOR LEAGUE ROSTERS:

National (Driscoll): Brendan Bettencourt, Casey Cavanaugh , Joe Cavanaugh, Jack Clougherty, Aidan Cusack, Brian Decelles, Brian Doherty, Harry Hernberg, Will Keohane, Kevin McGovern, John Minicus, Jake Quilty, Nate Robards, Andrew Snape, Marshall Terres and John Welch.

American (Shea): Bobby Beniers, Sam Born, Graydon Boyd, Joe Dion, John Fallon, Jack Maude, Mike Freeman, Stephen Kent, Jack Johnson, Jack Koonce, Jack Linehan, Jack Ring, Tommy Smith, Aidan Sandler, Kevin Shea ,and John Sullivan.

I know this may sound simple but no one should push, shovel, rake or sweep water from infields to the grass. It kills the grass. The proper method is to pump off standing water with the hand or electric pumps then dry or roll the dryer over the wet area. After you remove as much water as you can, spread quick dry over the soil to finish the absorption. Do not dump 4-5 bags on one spot it will do nothing but waste the drying agent. If it can't be dried the game gets cancelled. You can't show up at a field 30 mins before game time and hope to get it in game condition. Sorry that's baseball

Only three adult manager/coaches are allowed in a dugout for a game. Only the manager or his designee is to address an umpire. Teams playing games are entitled to the field one half hour before game time for warm ups/pre game. Please be off the field and out of the dugout if practicing one half hour before a game. Whenever you leave a field, please rake the infield, plate, and mounds (from the grass area into the dirt area). When you are done using the field replace the tarps. Infield material that is added to fill in the holes that are dug without raking, over time will require that the plate be raised. and will form lips on the edge of the infield and baselines. (from Randy Sylvester, Highway Dept.) We spent 4,000 dollars on the infields this spring. This will all go to waste if the fields are not raked after each use.

We have or will have tarps on Fields. These are to be placed everytime you leave a field unless another coach asks you to leave them off because he is following your session. Tarps left on the grass will kill the grass. We spend thousands of dollars trying to grow grass and hindres of dollars on tarps to keep water from flooding and washing out fields.

With the season winding down, the Lost and Found bin at Lynch Field has become quite full. All items will be donated to Goodwill once the season is over. Please check it to make sure you don't have anything in there. There may be something you don't even know you were missing. It is located in the lobby of the concession stand. We also have a pair of ladies sunglasses and a set of keys. Please contact Liz Stasio to identify them (781) 844-9592...

photo credit to Joe Higgins

Reminder to all managers, coaches and parents. Little League Rules prohibit the swinging of bats in any ondeck area or cage. This is a safety issue and has been the cause of more injuries than any other single cause. On Deck batters should be told to not pick up a bat until they go to the plate. Please help us keep our kids safe.

It has been brought to the attention of Little League officials that there are a few bats for sale in stores or that may have already been purchased that carry the Little League approval, but do not have the required bat performance standard markings. The Little League Rulebook states that beginning January 1, 2009, all non-wood bats used for play in Little League Baseball (majors and below) shall be printed with a bat performance factor (BPF) of 1.15 or less. While the bats we have identified pass the BPF standard and other standards of proportion and measurement, they do not have the proper label. These bats are in the marketplace for a variety of circumstances. After review by Little League officials, it has been determined that these bats may remain in the marketplace and shall be allowed for play during the 2009 season only, with the understanding that these bats shall not be allowed for play after December 31, 2009, even though some improperly labeled bats may still remain in the marketplace, or retained by leagues and players after the 2010 deadline. Also, check the model you are purchasing. If these bats, like the Vanquish, are replaced with corrected labeling, and have the BPF 1.15 label, they will be allowed after 2009.

Specifically, the bats in question are as follow:

Adidas Vanquish Blue design (There is a newer model of this bat, also named the Vanquish and it has copper and black markings. It contains the proper labeling and therefore is not subject to the one-year rule).

DeMarini Black Coyote
Rogue
Distance
Rumble
Tengu

Easton LZ-810

Louisville Slugger YB31

Reminder to all players, coaches and parents: Please remember and read our zero tolerance policy which is posted on the downloads menu. These are our children, neighbors and friends. Thanks, HLL Board of Directors

As is the case every season, we have many lost and found items which will be posted on the Lost and Found menu on this site. The loss of a glove can ruin a season for one of our young players. We STRONGLY urge each player to follow the number 1 Rule in Baseball: put your name and phone number on precious possessions. Please check periodically and email and Elliot Sherman if you have an item which has been lost or found and it will be posted. A number of items have also been turned in to the concession stand at LYNCH field. Thanks for your help.

All rescheduled rain out games will be posted on the website in the master schedule. (filtering to the effected teams) There will be no emails or phone calls. Managers are expected to keep tabs on the schedule particularily if they have had a game postponed due to weather. Rainouts will be determined one hour prior to the start of a game