TINSELTOWN GAZETTE Tinseltown Division Newsletter Spring 2009 - Week 1
Tinseltown Gazette TINSELTOWN BASICS Game Days Tuesday & Wednesday Park Info Poinsettia Park 7341 Willoughby Ave. TABLE OF CONTENTS Meet Your Board 3 Week 1 in Review 4 Current Standings 5 What to Watch For 5 Rules in Review 6 Photos 9 BAR Happy Ending Bar 7038 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046 Tinseltown Division Newsletter, Spring 2009 Week 1 2
Meet Your Board Check out the board members for the Spring 2009 season! If you have questions, concerns, issues, etc. don t hesitate to find one of them! President Missy Shapin Zing! Social Committee Carina Pena Vice President Krystle Tabangcura Menace 2 Sobriety Newsletter Editor Laurhen LeBlanc Shin Music Rules Chair/Head Umpire Ninad Nads Pandit Charity Chair Katie Vickers Concerned Balls Rules/Scheduling Dave Nancarni Zing! Jeremy Katz Weho Straights Social Chair Karen Heffelfinger Your Mom WAKA Regional Rep Gerrit Ritt We are still looking for a webmaster. If you have the skills, contact gerrit@kickball.com Tinseltown Division Newsletter, Spring 2009 Week 1 3
Week One in Review Kickin It Old School 5, Weho Straits 3 One Kick Wonders 7, Zing 2 Concerned Balls 4, Shin Music 0 It was a rematch of the of the Fall 2008 inaugural game, but this time Concerned Balls took the win over the revamped Shin Music. Concerned Balls scored 1 run early in the game and followed it up with a busy 4 th inning all while holding Shin Music to no runs. Despite the WeHo road closures Shin Music proved themselves strong, as the only team with nearly all players at the bar! Your Mom 3, R U Serious 3 Menace 2 Sobriety 6, Kappa Kappa Beta Lambda 0 Kick in a Box 2, Los Borrachos 1 BYE: Booze on First, Party Foul Is the recap from your game missing? Be sure to email your recaps each week to Tinseltownnewsletter@yahoo.com by Monday in order to have it included in the weekly newsletter. Tinseltown Division Newsletter, Spring 2009 Week 1 4
Current Standings What to Watch For: WEEK 2 DAY Team 1 Team 2 REF 7:15 MON Jun 1 - Party Foul Kappa Kappa Beta TBD GRASS Lambda 7:15 Tues Jun 2 Concerned Balls Your Mom Zing! 8:15 Tues Jun 2 Zing! Menace 2 Sobriety Your Mom 9:15 Tues Jun 2 One Kick Wonders Booze on First Menace 2 Sobriety 7:15 Wed Jun 3 Los Borrachos Weho Straits Shin Music 8:15 Wed Jun 3 Kick in a Box Shin Music R U Serious 9:15 Wed Jun 3 R U Serious Kickin it Old School Kick in a Box Tinseltown Division Newsletter, Spring 2009 Week 1 5
Rules in Review Still confused about the rules? Understanding of the rules will improve your Kickball experience. Although we encourage you to read the rulebook in its entirety, here s a brief clarification of the most commonly misunderstood rules: Umpires should make every attempt to follow the published Rules to the best of their ability. Every team was issued a Scorebook with the Rules included. If you are uncertain of the correct ruling on any play, please take a moment to consult the Official Rules. While participating in WAKA kickball, players must properly wear and fully display the official WAKA athletic clothing designated for their use. Teams with players who fail to abide by this rule forfeit that game. Fielders must stay out of the base line. Fielders trying to make an out on base may have their foot on base, but must lean out of the baseline. If a fielder playing at a base is leaning out of the baseline, they are not obstructing the runner. Each game shall last five innings o After five innings if it is a tie score, the game will be marked as a tie. The Head Referee must begin each game by reading the following to BOTH ENTIRE TEAMS: "Every player must be 21 years or older, have adequate current health insurance, and be officially registered with WAKA to participate. I am the Head Referee, my name is and I will issue all final rulings if necessary. The only participants who may dispute a call are the team's designated Captain and Co-Captain. Who are the Captains and Co- Captains for tonight's games? (Get Names) Rules to keep in mind include: the pitcher and all fielders must stay behind the pitching strip line until the ball is kicked; the catcher must play behind the kicker; the kicker must kick at or behind home plate; once the pitcher has the ball in control and on the mound, the play ends; and all fielders must stay out of the baseline - fielders may have their foot on the base, but must lean out of the baseline. Are there any questions?" Tinseltown Division Newsletter, Spring 2009 Week 1 6
Referees have jurisdiction over play and may: o Call a time out o Call off a game due to darkness, rain or other cause at the referee's discretion o Penalize a player, including game ejection, for any reason. This includes but is not limited to un-sportsman like conduct, fighting, delay of game and excessive verbal abuse. Ejected participants must leave the field area and may not return to the game. Failure to accept an Umpire's final ruling is BOTH unsportsmanlike conduct AND delay of game, and is sufficient grounds for ejection. Each team shall have one Captain and one Co-Captain who are jointly responsible for the team. The Team Captains must ensure that: All team players present must kick in the written scorebook order, but do not have to field. The first infraction of this Rule by a team will result in an out for the next kicker in the written scorebook order. A second infraction by a team will result in a forfeit of that game. The kicking lineup does not require a specific sex order. ONLY the Captain and Co-Captain may dispute calls with the Head Referee. A team Captain may raise protest with the Referee for blatant rule infraction, but will accept the Head Referee's final ruling. The division will consider protest beyond the Head Referee at its discretion. The team Captain will designate a scorekeeper who will record game statistics in a scorebook. Refs should never be sole score keepers. Remember, a team playing a non-registered person, an improperly registered person, or a person not registered on that team, division, and season, will forfeit that game (see Rule 4.01c). This team will also lose the right to play in any division tournament or World Kickball Championship. So just don t do it! PLAYERS: There is no place in WAKA for yelling at an Umpire. The only people who should even be having a conversation with an Umpire are the DESIGNATED CAPTAINS AND CO-CAPTAINS FOR EACH TEAM. There are precisely four (4) people in a given game who may discuss a call with an Umpire. If you are not one of those 4 people (2 from each team), you must discuss your concern with your team Captain or Co-Captain, who will then decide whether to bring it up with the Umpires. UMPIRES: Please make your call quickly and confidently, in as loud and clear a voice as possible. Often tension can be avoided simply by making a call loud enough for everyone to be clear about the ruling. Tinseltown Division Newsletter, Spring 2009 Week 1 7
More Friendly Reminders... We know you love to drink, but in order to continue playing kickball we must abide by the Los Angeles Parks policy, which specifically prohibits alcohol (and smoking) from Park grounds. So wait until you reach Happy Ending after your game. Clean up after yourself. Pick up your water bottles and other trash after the game. Be careful leaving the park at night. There have been a couple incidents in the area and we want everyone to make it home safely. Have fun! Tinseltown Division Newsletter, Spring 2009 Week 1 8
Photos Would you like to have your photos included in next week s newsletter? Send them to Tinseltownnewsletter@yahoo.com Tinseltown Division Newsletter, Spring 2009 Week 1 9