CALENDAR OF EVENTS. (Subject to Change) Batting Cage Practices Begin. 9am Field Clean-up Day & Mandatory Field Parent Clinic

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1 CALENDAR OF EVENTS (Subject to Change) Jan. 22 nd Jan. 23 rd Jan. 24 th Jan. 27 th Jan. 31 st Feb. 1 st Feb. 13 th & 14 th Feb. 20 th & 21 st Feb. 27th Mar. 5 th Mar. 6th Mar. 25 th Mar. 27 th Apr. 2nd 10 th May 8 th May 27 th -30th May 31 st June 11 th Batting Cage Practices Begin 9am Field Clean-up Day & Mandatory Field Parent Clinic 12:00 1:30 T-Ball/Shetland Saint Lawrence (pinto field) NO PARKING AT CHURCH 7pm - Mandatory Team Parent Gable House 6-9pm TABB Family Torrance Batting Cages (Subject to Change) Official Practice Starts Practice Games Practice Games 9am to 5pm Hit-A-Thon Opening Day Picture Day Good Friday NO GAMES Easter NO GAMES TUSD Spring Break NO GAMES Mother s Day NO GAMES Memorial Weekend NO GAMES TABB Tournament Starts Championship Games & Closing Day

2 Dear TABB families, Welcome to the 2016 TABB Season! We are just weeks away from Opening Day and even closer to upper division practice games. It s an exciting time of year! The 8 th Annual TABB Hit-A-Thon Fundraiser is scheduled on Saturday, February 27 th. It is a fun time that players can come together and compete as a team, while at the same time, support our league. The Hit-A-Thon is TABB s major fundraiser of the season. Your participation in this event will ensure that the league is able to continue hosting fun events, purchasing new baseball equipment and maintain and upgrade our facilities. How it works Pledges: Ask family, friends and neighbors to support you with a pledge. This can be in the form of a Flat Pledge (example: $20 total), a Pledge per Hit (example $2 per hit or $10 per homerun) and/or a Challenge Pledge. See the attached Pledge Form for more details. Prizes: The TABB Board will recognize and award the top fundraisers in each division, as well as the top fundraiser overall with some great prizes! The top two teams in each division will be awarded a team pizza party. All winners will be announced during Closing Ceremonies. Player Challenge: The attached form includes a layout of the point system to be used at the Hit-A-Thon (which will be scaled by division). We would like each participant to come up with a Challenge number which is a point amount that will challenge their batting skills and bring out their competitiveness. Ask your supporters to sponsor you with an additional Challenge Pledge based on this number. If you are able to meet or exceed your Challenge points, you will be able to collect additional monies for our league. Event Day: Each team will have an assigned time slot. All players MUST bring their pledge form in order to participate. Manager, coach and parent involvement will be crucial to the Hit-A-Thon running smoothly pitching, loading the tee, calling out scores, organizing pledge sheets and recording player scores. Each participant will receive a FREE slushie and treat at the Snack Shack. Start collecting pledges and swinging those bats! Regards, Keith Newmeyer TABB President

3 TABB Annual Hit-A-Thon Saturday, February 27, 2016 Start Getting Pledges NOW! Top Fundraisers EARN Prizes Top 2 Teams in Each Division Win a Team Pizza Party TO SEE SCHEDULE GO TO: Event Day Details: Each team will have an assigned time slot. All players MUST bring their pledge form in order to participate. Manager, coach and parent involvement will be crucial to the Hit-A-Thon running smoothly pitching, loading the tee, calling out scores, organizing pledge sheets and recording player scores. Each participant will receive a FREE slushie and treat at the Snack Shack. Start Collecting Pledges & Swinging Those Bats!

4 TABB FAMILY NIGHT AT THE 2300 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance Sunday, January 31 s t 6pm-9pm $10 per Child (Torrance Batting Cages is donating back 100% of proceeds) U n l i m i t e d H i t t i n g 5 0 / 5 0 R a f f l e C o n t e s t s D O D G E R D O G S D R I N K S T R E A T S (Available for Purchase) GET READY FOR THE TABB SEASON!

5 DESCRIPTION OF PARENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS Coach/Assistant Coach: Attend all practices and games. Assist the Manager by following his/her instructions for working with players. Team Parent: Attend Team Parent Meeting. Assist Manager with team communications. Communicate directly with Team Parent Coordinator, Nikky Ely, Make sure ALL positions are filled and carried out by parent volunteer. Picture Parent: Pass our picture information flyer/envelope to each family on team. Send out reminder s prior to Picture Day. Each player will need to bring their hat, glove and completed picture envelope. Distribute pictures when available. Concession Stand Parent: Get your team s schedule from Team Mom and sign up your team parents to work shift(s). Turn in a copy of this schedule to the Snack Shack. Some parents will choose buy-out rather than work a shift, please make note of this on your schedule. Send out reminder prior to shift. Contact Veronica Monarrez with any questions at vrocka32@yahoo.com. Team Page: Responsible for designing and submitting team page for the yearbook. Player names and numbers, creative graphics and photos are encouraged. Deadline for page is March 13, Ads & Banners: Encourage your team parents and their friends, relatives, etc. to purchase or renew ad space/dedication pages in the TABB yearbook and/or banners for the outfield fences. Contact April Gaffney with any questions at gaffney16@sbcglobal.net. Culture Keeper: A positive Youth Sports Culture involves not only the coaches and athletes, but also the parents and fans. Your job is to spread the word about Positive Comments Only to the parents and fans on the sidelines. It is important that you get to know the parents on your team and become familiar with the 3 principles of Positive Coaching: 1) Honoring the game, 2) Redefining Winner, and 3) Filing the Emotional Tank. There is more information on this and other ideas at the Positive Coaching website at positivecoach.org. Field Parents: Help prepare the fields at the beginning and conclusion of each game.

6 LIVE SCAN POLICY The safety of our participants shall always be our primary goal! TABB has adopted a MANDATORY background check policy that will be conducted through the California Department of Justice. Formal background checks, via the "LIVESCAN" System, are administered by Safe and Secure, located in Torrance. The nominal cost for this service is $ ALL managers, coaches, and board members, as well as anyone else having contact with the players must participate in this program. All managers MUST BE cleared by Live Scan no later than their first official practice and all other volunteers MUST BE cleared by Opening Day.

7 TABB PARKING PLAN Operating Hours M-F 4-8pm. Saturday 9am -7:30pm. Sunday 12-7:30pm. During normal operating hours, all access gates to the field shall be open. This will prevent any one alley-way from being overburdened. With four means of ingress and egress, any one gate will not be overused. Gate # 1 (Bottom of Doris Way hill), will be used as an entry point only, being the preferred gate for our player drop-off area between the Mustang and Bronco outfields. This area is near a walkway leading to the Main Snack Shack allowing access to both diamonds. Gate # 2 (Carol Dr. & Doris Way), will be used as an entry or exit point. Gate # 3 (Reese Rd. & Doris Way), will be used as an exit point only. Gate # 4 (Sharynne Lane & Doris Way), which leads to the main parking lot, (See attached plot plan), will be used as an entering and exiting point for parking in our main parking lot. Please note this parking lot is for handicap parking, managers, and snack bar personnel only. Also, children like to play in this alleyway, so PLEASE drive slowly. T-Ball/Pinto Field Parking at St. Lawrence UPDATED ST. LAWRENCE PARKING There is NO PARKING at St. Lawrence. Any cars parked on the basketball courts or along the T-ball field will be towed at the owner s expense. It is also proposed that during the first few weeks of the regular season, TABB will monitor the parking lots on all sides. Should there be any issues relative to parking in any of the lots; the President of TABB shall be the contact person. This Parking plan is to be used during normally scheduled games, playoffs or All-Star Tournaments.

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9 2016 TABB YEARBOOK Submission Guidelines for Team Pages, Ads and Dedication Pages TEAM PAGES 1. Submit.pdf at 300dpi to by March 13, Please see sample: YEARBOOK ADS: 1. Confirm the ad size (business card, ¼ page, ½ page of full page) 2. Collect and send payment and high resolution content to April Gaffney. 2 nd YEAR BRONCO DEDICATION PAGES: 1. Full page dedication pages are for 2 nd year Bronco players only! 2. Submit.pdf at 300dpi to gaffney16@sbcglobal.net by March 13, Cost per page is $100; payment must be received by March 13, 2016 or page will not be printed in yearbook.

10 2016 TABB Sponsorship Application Please choose level of sponsorship: Snack Bar Sponsor $1500 Home Run Sponsor $550 Platinum Sponsor $450 Gold Sponsor $300 Engraved plaque or trophy as token of appreciation to display in your business, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISMENT on our website and a Full Page ADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGE in our Yearbook. One snack window ADVERTISEMENT and one banner displayed. Engraved plaque or trophy as token of appreciation to display in your business, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISMENT on our website and a Full Page ADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGE in our Yearbook. Two banners displayed, one on each field. Engraved plaque or trophy as token of appreciation to display in your business, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISMENT on our website and a Half Page ADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGE in our Yearbook. Two banners displayed, one on each field. Engraved plaque or trophy as token of appreciation to display in your business, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISMENT on our website and a Quarter Page ADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGE in our Yearbook. One banner displayed on one field. Silver Sponsor $150 Certificate of appreciation, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISMENT on our website and Yearbook. Bronze Sponsor $50 Certificate of appreciation, listed as a Bronze Sponsor on our website, and NAME recognition in our Yearbook. In exchange for your generous donation to our league, we are committed to recognizing your support and promoting your business to the greatest extent possible. Banners will be placed on the fields on a first come, first served basis. Upon confirmation of your sponsorship you will be provided with artwork specs. It will be your responsibility to furnish to us print-ready art files. All design layouts must be approved by the Sponsorship Coordinator and the League President. Payment must be made in full before media production can commence. Any questions please contact April Gaffney, gaffney16@sbcglobal.net. Please make checks payable to TABB. Mail to: TABB PO Box 1365 Torrance CA Sponsor s Signature Date Contact Name TIN:

11 TABB Annual Hit-A-thon Fundraising Event Saturday, February 27, TABB Fields All-Divisions Tee-ball, Shetland, Pinto, Mustang, Bronco Great Prizes Food and Fun P Each Player Gets 11 Pitches Points accumulated (Flight of Ball; last ball is DOUBLE POINTS) Highest Point Total Contest

12 TABB HIT-A-THON SPONSOR SHEET Player Name: Division: Team: Player's Challenge: Actual Point Total: Player's Challenge: Each player should provide a Challenge number of total points prior to obtaining pledges. Sponsors may pledge and award an additional amount if the player exceeds this Challenge during the Hit-A-Thon. Flat Pledge Challenge Sponsor Name Phone Pledge Per Hit Pledge Example Family $10 $2/hit $20 Total Due Recorded Points: (Marked during at bat by Manager or Team Mom)