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2008 Baseball & Softball Information |
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Welcome to another season of Hi-White baseball & softball. Our league has grown significantly in the last year and as a result, we have quite a few changes we have had to make this year.
While this is a lengthy email, it contains a lot of important information for the 2008 season. This email contains summary information. As various events approach, we will provide updated and detailed information via email.
If your email changes, be sure to visit our web site and update your email address. Almost all information this season will be sent via email, please be sure to add us to your safe list.
Thank you for choosing Hi-White, we are looking forward to a fun and exciting season.
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| Board Contact Information
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Hi-White Divisions
Shetland - T-ball ages 4 & 5; instructional
Ponytail - Coach pitch softball ages 6, 7 & 8; instructional
Pinto - Coach Pitch baseball ages 6 , 7 & 8; instructional
Minor - Player pitch softball ages 9, 10 & 11; competitive
Mustang - Player pitch baseball ages 9 & 10; competitive
Bronco - Player pitch baseball ages 11 & 12; competitive
Major - Player pitch softball ages 12, 13 & 14; competitive
Pony - Player pitch baseball ages 13 & 14; competitive
Senior - Player pitch softball ages 15 & 16; competitive
Colt - Player pitch baseball ages 15 & 16; competitive
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Important Dates
March 15 Boys Draft - Pinto, Mustang, Bronco
March 16 Girls Draft - Shetland, Ponytail & Minor
March 18 Draft - Major & Pony (subject to change)
March 22 Equipment Swap - Highland Station, 10AM - 2 PM
March 31 Practices begin
April 26 Field clean-up
April 27 Uniform distribution (tentative)
May 3 Games begin
May 12 Team Photos by JL Photo
May 13 Team Photos by JL Photo
May 14 Rain Date - Team Photos by JL Photo
May 15 Rain Date - Team Photos by JL Photo
May 17 Highland Community Parade
June 8 Lansing Lugnuts game day
June 28 All-Start games & End-of-season picnic
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Limited Registration now open
Our League has grown significantly in the last year. We have limited spots available for the 2008 season. These spots will be filled on a first come/first serve basis.
The following slots are available:
Shetland - 5
Ponytail - 10
Pinto - 10
Pony - 10
Mustang - 7
Minors - 9
Bronco - 8
Majors - 11
Colt - Open Registration
Seniors - Open Registration
For Pony and Majors, we will form a waiting list and if possible we will form 1 additional team for each which would open up 12 additional slots. Please note this is only a possibility, not a guaranty.
Limited registration is limited to mail in only. Once these slots are filled, we will form waiting lists in the event we have drops from the league.
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Team Selection
We will be selecting teams for the 2008 season starting Saturday, March 15th and finishing up on Tuesday, March 18th (tentatively). If you have not heard from your coach by Monday, March 24th, please contact us at postmaster@hi-white.org.
Colt and Senior teams will be formed most likely at the end of March. Colt and Senior seasons begin in June and end in July.
We use a draft process for all ages where coaches take turns selecting players one at a time. We accept requests, but can't guaranty that they will be honored. Our primary goal is to provide balanced competitive teams. Thank you for your understanding. |
Hi-White Equipment Exchange
On Saturday, March 18th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM we will be holding an equipment exchange in conjunction with Play It Again Sports. Bring in your gently used sporting equipment to swap with other parents or sell to Play It Again Sports for cash or credit towards sporting equipment.
The Equipment Exchange will be held at Highland Station (the old Highland Township Library, it is an old church building) which is on the southwest corner of John St. and Livingston St. in Highland.
We will be sending out more information via email on this event. |
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Hi-White has worked with Lakeland High School and Milford High School varsity softball and baseball teams to provide clinics for Hi-White Players and Coaches. The clinics will be held on the following days:
Coaches Clinics
(All Coaches clinics are $10 with pre-registration or $15 registration at the door)
Lakeland HS Baseball Coaches Clinic: Sunday, March 30th, 6:30 to 9:00 PM
Milford HS Softball Coaches Clinic: Friday, April 4th, 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Milford HS Baseball Coaches Clinic: Sunday, April 6th, 9:00 to 10:00 AM
Players Clinics
(All Players clinics are $10 with pre-registration or $15 registration at the door)
Lakeland HS Baseball Players Clinic: Sunday, April 6th, 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM (1.5 hours per age group, 2 age groups)
Optional, Pitching Camp, 3:45 to 4:45 PM, $5 additional for pitching camp
Milford HS Baseball Players Clinic: Sunday, April 6th, 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM
(1.5 hours per age group, 4 age groups)
Milford HS Softball Players Clinic: Saturday, April 26th, 3:00 to 8:00 PM
(2 hours per age group, 2 age groups)
We are strongly encouraging all coaches and any parent who intends to help out to attend at least one of the coaching clinics.
For players, we are encouraging teams to attend together and go through the clinic as a team.
We will be sending out more information on how to pre-register for all of the clinics above. |
Field Clean Up Day
Hi-White will be holding it's annual Field Clean Up Day on Saturday, April 26th. There will not be any practices held on this day. All members are strongly encouraged to attend help get our fields ready for opening day.
More information will be sent out as we get closer.
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Scheduling Adjustments
Hi-White has grown significantly in the last year. As a result, we need to move some games around to accommodate all of the house and travel team games.
We are instituting the following changes for games in 2008:
We have added 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM games on Saturday at Highland Elementary.
We have added 3:30 PM games on Saturday at Duck Lake Pines.
We have added Friday night games at Duck Lake Pines for Mustangs and Minors divisions.
On Saturdays, all Shetland, Pinto and Ponytail games will be held at Highland Elementary.
On Saturdays, all Minors and Mustangs games will be held at Duck Lake Pines.
What hasn't changed:
Shetlands, Ponytails and Minors will play at Highland Elementary on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Pinto and Mustangs will play at Highland Elementary on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Majors will play at Duck Lake Pines on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday.
Broncos and Ponys will play at Duck Lake Pines on Monday, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Schedules will be finalized around early April and will be sent out via email and posted on our web site. |
Interleague Play
This year, many of our divisions will have games scheduled against surrounding leagues.
Ponytail, Minor and Majors - We are blending our teams with Milford Youth Baseball & Softball into one larger division. The majority of games will be played on our fields, but some games will be played in Milford. We are expecting in total between Hi-White and Milford approximately 8 Ponytail teams, 9 Minors teams and 7 Major teams.
Tournament and All Stars will be played within these blended divisions for Minors and Majors. The Minors All Star game will be held at Janowski Park in Milford on June 28th and the Majors All Star game will be held at Duck Lake Pines on June 28th.
Broncos - Our Broncos teams will play the Milford Broncos teams during the regular season. Only Hi-White teams will participate in our playoffs and All Star games. On July 2nd, we will be holding a Huron Valley Championship at Milford HS between the Hi-White 1st place team and the Milford 1st place team.
Pony - Our Pony teams will only play Hi-White teams for the month of May. from June 1st to June 11th, we will have interleague games against Bloomfield and West Bloomfield house Pony teams. Playoffs and All Stars will consist of Hi-White teams.
Senior - Our new Senior division will be competing in the North Oakland Fast Pitch League. They will be playing other teams from North Oakland County.
Colt - Our new Colt division will be playing in the Intercity Colt League playing other teams from Northern Oakland and Western Wayne County.
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Lansing Lugnuts Game
This year, Hi-White will be sponsoring a game to go see the Lansing Lugnuts on Sunday, June 8th. Game time is 2:05 PM and the Lugnuts will be playing the Fort Wayne Wizards.
We will be holding a drawing to randomly select 18 players in the league to go into the dugout before the game to meet the players and be called out on the field for the National Anthem. We will also be holding a contest to choose someone to sing the National Anthem before the game.
Tickets are $8 per person and we will be sitting on the 3rd base line.
Thanks to all who responded to the survey. Less than half indicated they would attend the Tigers game at $22. About 90% indicated they would attend the Lugnuts game. Overall, 75% preferred the Lugnuts game over the Tigers game.
More details about the game and contests will be sent out in April via email.
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Raffle Tickets
We will be distributing raffle tickets with uniforms this year. You should expect to receive your raffle tickets in late April.
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The Hi-White Patriots U9 team has 100 Tiger Tickets available for purchase for the Sunday, April 6th game at 8:05 PM vs the Chicago White Sox. This game will be broadcast on ESPN. The tickets are $22 and are in the upper bowl.
For more details, please contact Paul Dreslinski at pnd@qad.com or 248.343.7233.
The team has 100 tickets available for purchase. |
| Duck Lake Field Manager, Web Site Developer and Bookkeeping
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We need one individual to serve as Field Manager for our Duck Lake Pines fields. This job involves scheduling chalking and dragging of the fields. We have individuals who do this, we just need someone to manage the process. The Field Manager also coordinates with our vendors for lawn cutting and lawn treatment.
Thanks to Holly Daucher who has agreed to Field Manager for our Highland Fields.
We are also looking for a volunteer to update and enhance our web site on a regular basis.
Finally, we are looking for an individual to help with our Bookkeeping. Any candidates should be proficient with QuickBooks.
If you are interested in volunteering for any of these positions, please contact Dave Gerathy at dave_gerathy@msn.com or at 248.245.1837. |
| Sponsors Needed
We are still seeking sponsors for the 2008 season. Sponsorship is $250 and includes company name and logo on the front of one team's uniforms, listing on our web site and invitation to the Parade and End of Season Picnic.
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Adult Umpires
For our competitive divisions (ages 9 and up), we will be using predominantly adult umpires this year. We are providing additional training which should result in a much improved quality of officiating than in previous years. | |
