WELCOME TO GLL S 2016 SEASON!!

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1 FOR OVER 40 YEARS, GRANADA LITTLE LEAGUE HAS TAUGHT VALUES AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO THE YOUTH OF LIVERMORE THROUGH AMERICA S GREATEST PASTTIME.BASEBALL! WELCOME TO GLL S 2016 SEASON!! We are looking forward to kicking off a fantastic season and are glad that you are part of it! We wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with some important information. We hope you will find this helpful in planning ahead and scheduling. WEBSITE Please check the website regularly. We keep this site up to date with information regarding activities, schedules, rainouts, etc. OPENING DAY Saturday, March 5 st. This is a very exciting day, as our Granada Little League families come together to kick off the season. It is a great day of community! Plan on spending the day on the fields enjoying our special events: Opening Ceremonies/Parade of Players, Pictures, great food/bbq courtesy of our Snack Shack, and our Basket Raffle. BASKET RAFFLE Team parents or basket volunteers will collect monies (usually $10 $20 to be decided by the team) from each player in order to put together a themed basket. These baskets are then raffled off on Opening Day. Our GLL teams have put together some phenomenal baskets over the years. Can t wait to see what the 2014 season will bring! You may just go home a winner!

2 PICTURES Team pictures will be taken Opening Day, March 5 th. Your team parent will receive the order forms and schedule, and will be notified when pictures come in. LITTLE LEAGUE DAYS Each year Granada Little League players, parents and friends participate in Little League Day with the A s. This is a great event even more fun if you can get friends and teammates to go together! Ticket price includes: Little League Festival in the parking lot prior to the game, pre game parade around the field for players and coaches; and Chalk Talk (for groups of 100 or more featuring A s players and coaches). The children will also be able to run the bases after the game. SNACK BAR TICKETS Our players love receiving a snack bar ticket after each game! Tickets are $1.00 each and can be used towards a purchase of any number of fun and delicious items at the snack bar. Team parents collect snack bar ticket monies for the team and hand out tickets at the end of every game. SNACK BAR We have a mandatory buyout of $25 per player to operate the snack bar. This fee is paid at the time of registration. This fee funds the workers/teens to run the snack bar. Scheduling workers is the Board s responsibility. FUNDRAISERS/BUYOUT Fundraisers are held each year to assist the league in necessary improvements to facilities, maintenance, etc. You may opt for a flat $50 Buyout fee OR sell a minimum of 8 boxes of cookie dough to fulfill your obligation. Fundraiser info will be distributed February 9 th at the Team Parent/Fundraiser Coordinator meeting, with monies due on Opening Day. FIELD DAYS Granada Little League has some of the nicest fields and facilities in the Tri Valley area! This is a direct result of the many volunteers who work hard to maintain and keep up the conditions of our fields and facilities. Come on out for a few hours to lend a hand during our Field Day: Saturday, February 20 th from 9 am to 12 pm and February 27 th 8am to 12pm. Every volunteer hour makes a difference! THE BIG AL CLINIC Mark your calendars Feb 20th! This is a fantastic clinic offered free of charge (the league pays necessary fees) to all parents, coaches and managers. Adults only. The purpose of this clinic is to educate and show adults how to teach our young players the basic fundamentals of baseball (from proper hand/feet positions, how to throw, various drills, etc.). The morning session is geared towards the younger kids, while the afternoon session offers more advanced drills for the older kids. What a great

3 opportunity to learn some valuable tips! PUBLICITY The home team of each game is responsible for sending publicity information into the league s website, so that it may be forwarded on to the local newspapers. T ball and Farm divisions include top player names for offense and defense. Minor and Majors divisions include game information with scores. More information is available on the website. UNIFORMS Uniforms will be distributed before the season starts. All players will keep their uniforms at the end of the season. The league will provide the jersey and hat. Parents will need to purchase undershirt, pants, belt, and socks. All players must have a glove, baseball cleats and protective gear. Wait to hear from your Manager as to what color to purchase. DRAFTING/FREEZING T ball and Farm players/teams are selected randomly. A player draft will take place for Majors and all Minor divisions. Player requests for specific managers or friends are not possible for the Majors and Minor divisions. Freezing a player to a specific division is no longer allowed by Little League Baseball. The Minors and Majors are draft divisions. Each year GLL receives many requests from parents to place their child on a team with a specific manager. To maintain a competitive balance within divisions, GLL cannot accommodate these requests. UMPIRES Starting at the Minor A level, teams are required to recruit a parent volunteer to umpire their games. This person must go through the league umpire training classes that the league puts on. The home team must provide a plate umpire. Visitor teams must provide a bases umpire. Many parents and young adults have gone through this training, and have continued to umpire year after year! For Majors only, umpires are provided and scheduled by the league. SCOREKEEPERS The home team must provide a scorekeeper for all Minor and Majors divisions. This person must go through a scorekeeper s clinic provided by the league. For the Minor A division, there are no standings, and scores are kept to ensure that all players are receiving minimum play. SPONSORSHIPS Each team is encouraged to solicit sponsors. A portion of the monies collected goes to the league and a portion ($150 per sponsorship) goes to the team. These team monies can be used for team party, t shirts, outside training, paying for umpires, etc.

4 MISCELLANEOUS ** HATS No flat bill hats. ** NAMES ON JERSEYS: Some teams elect to put names on the back of their players jerseys. For the safety of our children, please use the last name only. ** ROSTERS ON THE WEBSITE: For the safety of our children, please do not use full names or post any contact information for your players on the GLL website. ** WEATHER - In inclement weather, the GLL Fields specialist will determine whether fields are open or closed. In order to minimize the rescheduling of games, we will times, always try to keep games scheduled at their original times. This means that at games could be called at the very last minute. You may check the website for field status updates. However, ultimately, your manager is your contact person for this information. ** NO DOGS ON GLL FIELDS/AREAS: The Livermore School District has a policy allow against dogs on their grounds. We are in violation of our league s use permit if we

5 them on GLL Fields or Snack Shack area. Please keep your dogs at home or take them to the dog park. ** NO BIKES, SCOOTERS, OR SKATEBOARDS: The Livermore School District has a policy against use these items in these areas. Your children are your responsibility. ** PARKING: Please park only in designated, legal parking spaces. The police have and will ticket those that are parked illegally. ** UMPIRES: Please remember that our umpires are doing their best. If you have a concern or an issue with an umpire, proper protocol is to discuss it with your manager. Be a good role model for our players. Be respectful. *** LET S PLAY BALL!!! ***