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Executive Board Elections

ELECTRONIC VOTING PROCEDURES
 
From now until August 30 at 11pm, you may cast a vote online for the offices of Commissioner and Rainbow Division Representative (if you are a member of that division). 
 
The following individuals have been nominated for office.
 
Commissioner:  Reggie Brown (Rookies), Scott Filimon (Mavericks)
Rainbow Division Rep:  Kourtney Howell (Sirens), Cynthia Green (Empires)
 
In order to vote on-line, you must use the email address that you used to register as a member of the league at the beginning of the season.  If you no longer have access to that address, or share that address with another league member, or do not have an email address, please see the exception process described below.
 
Standard Process
 
Click on the "Sign In" button in the upper right corner of the front page.
 
If you have never signed in to BigAppleSoftball.com before, click on the link under "First Time Signing In."  You will need to enter the email address you used to register as a member of the league earlier this season.  If your address is found in the database, you will receive an email message containing a temporary password.
 
If you have previously activated your account at BigAppleSoftball.com, enter your email address and password.  If you have forgotten your password, you can reset it by entering your email address and pressing the button under "Forgot Your Password?".
 
If you have trouble logging in, please refer to the exception process below.
 
Once you have logged in, click on VOTE NOW, under the Elections and Polls section of your homepage to see the list of candidates.  All league members will be able to vote on the office of Commissioner.  Only members of the Rainbow Division will be able to vote on the office of Rainbow Division Rep.
 
FOR EACH OFFICE, select the candidate you are voting for and click on "Cast Vote".  (If you are voting for more than one office, you must click the "Cast Vote" button for each office.)  A display on the right side will indicate whether you have voted for the office.
 
Once you have cast your vote, you may not change it, so please carefully review your selection before pressing "Cast Vote".
 
Please remember that the deadline to cast your vote is 11pm on Monday, August 30.
 
Exception Process
 
If you are not able to log in to the BigAppleSoftball.com web site -- because you can not access the email address you used to register with the league, or because you share the account with another league member, or because you do not have an email address -- please follow this process.
 
Send an email message to Courtney Joseph (Treasurer@BigAppleSoftball.com) or call him at 646 - five two six six five three three.  Indicate your full name, your team name, the reason why you couldn't cast your vote on line, and your actual votes.  This information will be checked against information recorded in the voting database before being added to the tally of votes.
 
Please remember that the deadline to cast your vote is 11pm on Monday, August 30.
 

Playoff Champions!

Dima: Congrats to 1st place Warriors and 2nd place Mavericks
Stonewall: Congrats to 1st place Wings and 2nd place Titans
Fitzpatrick:  Congrats to 1st place Renegades and 2nd place Fusion
Rainbow:  Congrats to 1st place Sirens and 2nd place Ballbreakers
Sachs:  Congrats to 1st place gatorz and 2nd place Comets
Women:  Congrats to 1st place B-Bombers and 2nd place GO! Girls

To check out all the results, go here!

BASL All Star Games: Updated Time & Schedule!

The 2nd Annual BASL All-Star Games will be Saturday, August 28th, 2:30 & 4pm at Hudson River Fields 1 & 2. Time and schedule have been updated to make sure everyone can attend the games. Please take note.

H.R. Field #1: 2:30pm: Dima All-Stars vs. Stonewall All-Stars
H.R. Field #2: 2:30pm: Women's Division All-Stars vs. Co-Ed Women All-Stars
H.R. Field #1: 4pm: Rainbow All-Stars vs. Fitzpatrick All-Stars
H.R. Field #2: 4pm: Sachs All-Stars vs. 50+ All-Stars

There will be a party following the games at ROCKBAR. Again, we will be providing food and Rockbar will be offering the league drink specials. As a fundraiser for the league, we will have guest-star grill masters! Everyone is encouraged to make a donation into your favorite grill master's tip jar. Donations will go straight to the league.

The Social Committee is looking for volunteers for the following:

* Umpires for the games
* Equipment/bases for the games
* Grill Masters

If you would like to volunteer to help out with the day, be a grill-master at Rockbar, or umpire a game or two, please email Tarah Marvell at social@bigapplesoftball.com
 

Fall Ball Returns in Septemper!

Fall Ball team registration is now closed. There will be a 12 team BASL Fall Ball season starting in September!
 
Playing Complex: Randall’s Island (Fields 24, 25, 26)
Dates: Saturdays – September 18th – October 31st (November 6,13 – if necessary for rainouts)
Teams: 4 Competitive and 8 Recreational
Team Fee: $350 (Permit Costs, Awards, Softballs...). Keep leftover softballs from the regular season!
Umpires: 1 umpire – Teams will be responsible to pay the umpire after the game (except for play-offs) – just like the regular season.
Game Times (Double Headers): 12 noon – 6pm: 75 minute games – no new inning after 60 minutes
 
Pick-up Players: Email me your name, division (recreational or competitive) and position(s). I will forward your information to the managers.
 
The team fee should be due at the August GB Meeting. Check made payable to Big Apple Softball League (BASL). Memo – Fall Ball 2010
 
Recreational Teams

1. Chix-w-Stix

2. Empires

3. Jesters

4. Hellcats

5. Grizzlies

6. Go-Girls

7. Mudcats

8. Fusion/Lady Heat

Competitive Teams

1. Wings
2. Royals/Gridirons
3. Warriors
4. Rookies

 
Email Jeff James if you're interested in playing as pickup player!
Jeff.James@sonymusic.com

Playing for Life Needs Your Help!

Playing for Life Volunteers

Playing for Life is BASL's Annual Softball Tournament, attended by teams from NAGAAA cities from across the U.S..  This year, Playing for Life VII will take place over Labor Day weekend in Central Park.  Mike D'Antonio and Anthony Giannoccora, tournament co-directors, are seeking volunteers to assist on the weekend of the tournament.

• Unpacking and re-packing the equipment truck (for unpacking, you will need to be available very early on Saturday and/or Sunday mornings, Sept 4 and 5 -- please be available to be at the agreed upon site at the Great Lawn or North Meadow at 6:00 a.m. or 6:30 a.m., as determined by the equipment crew; and/or will need to be available between about 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. either or both evenings for re-packing).
• Registration assistance (will need to be available for a shift on Friday night, September 3 -- perhaps 4:00-6:00, 5:30-7:30, 7:00-9:00, 8:30-10:30; and/or a shift on Saturday morning, September 4 -- perhaps 7:30-9:30 or 9:00-11:00 a.m.)
• On-field assistance (will need to be available for at least one two-hour shift sometime between 7:00 am and 8:00 pm on Saturday, Sept 4 and/or Sunday, Sept 5) --  serving as runners (bringing bases, materials, first aid supplies, water, etc to each field as needed), score masters (collecting signed official scoresheets from umpires after each game and bringing those to the field table, logging the scores on the official score list at the field table; listing results on bracket boards and assisting co-directors and field captain in determining placement of teams following games, sounding the air horns (at field captain's direction) to signal starts and ends of games), welcomers (to greet out of town teams/players and assist them with finding things, answering questions, etc.), and/or general on-call assistants to assist in tasks as determined by field captain and/or co-director.
• Party Patrol (will need to be available for at least two hours -- either on Friday, Sept 3 between 5:00 and 11:00 p.m.; Saturday, Sept 4 between 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.; and/or Sunday between 5:00 and 11:00 p.m.) -- to serve as point people (for either Friday opening party at the Ritz, Saturday parties at Boxers and Henrietta Hudson, or Sunday after-party at the Eagle -- dealing with needs of tournament co-directors, bar management, djs, talent, caterers, and coordinating set-up and breakdown), and assistants (helping with a variety of tasks related to the party as needed, as determined by point person; assistants will also be needed for Sunday evening closing party at Splash, to work with point person Aaron Jusino and the tournament co-directors).

Playing for Life Fundraisers

Fundraisers and on-line donations are being solicited to help the Playing for Life Committee raise operating funds and cover up-front costs so that what is raised later through team fees and merchandising can be donated to this year's beneficiary, SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders).

Some of the up-front and operating costs include: equipment costs, permit costs, awards, promotional items, umpire fees, program coordination and printing, and supplies.

There are likely to be some other costs related to the tournament operations that are not listed here, and the committee hopes to leave some operating funds in the tournament account for next year's committee, so we have to raise quite a bit of money to get things rolling.  As you can see, there are many expenses related to running the tournament, and your participation in fundraisers and on-line contributions helps us to meet these expenses so we have a successful tournament.  Thank you for your generosity. Click here to give.

Michael D'Antonio & Anthony Giannoccora
Co-Directors, Playing for Life VII