CALENDAR OF EVENTS Jan 6 Jan 7 Jan 9 Jan 10 Jan 17 Jan 18 Jan 22 Jan 24 Jan 28 Jan 29 Feb 3 Feb 7 Feb 10 & 11 Feb 18 & 19 Feb 24 Mar 3 Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 24-Apr 1 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 26-28 June 2 Tryouts (Subject to Change) Makeup Tryouts Bronco and Mustang Drafts (Bronco 6:30pm, Mustang 7:30pm) Pinto and Shetland Drafts (Pinto 6:30pm, Shetland 7:30pm) Parent Night Meeting Tball, Shetland, 6:00pm, Pinto, 7:30pm Parent Night Meeting Mustang, Bronco, 6:00pm Batting Cage Practice Begins Team Parent Meeting TABB Family Night @ Torrance Batting Cages Official Practice Starts Field Clean-Up Day & Mandatory Field Parent Clinic T-Ball/Shetland Clinic Uniform Pickup & TABB Fundraiser @ TX Lucy s (might change depending on uniform availability) Practice Games (Pinto, Mustang, Bronco) Practice Games (Pinto, Mustang, Bronco) Hit-A-Thon & Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser Opening Day Picture Day, starts at 9:00am Makeup Picture Day, 10-11am TUSD Spring Break, No games End Regular Season Mother s Day No Games TABB Tournament Starts Memorial Weekend No Games Championship Games & Closing Day
Dear TABB families, Welcome to the 2018 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 TABB board and our wonderful parent volunteers have been working behind the scenes to produce the best baseball experience possible for our children and families. Our calendar is packed with some exciting events, and soon our schedules will be full of games and practices. We hope that tonight s Parent Night will be informative and fun. Tonight you will meet your team manager and learn about his/her coaching philosophy. You will also learn about the parent roles and select a role for yourself. We are a community, and we hope that everyone will take part in this community and volunteer in some aspect in whatever way fits your availability and ability. Practices will begin on January 29 th ; however batting practice can begin as soon as January 22 nd. Your team manager will let you know your team s schedule. This year is the second year the TABB Snack Shack will be run by committee. Last year s committee was a great success, and we hope to continue the smooth operation of the snack bar for years to come. We feel that this format helps break up some of the more time-consuming aspects of this job into more manageable parts, making it more fun for all involved. If you would like to be more involved at TABB, please consider joining the Snack Bar committee! Contact tabbsnackbar@gmail.com for more information. We have some fun fundraising opportunities planned this year. Our annual Torrance Batting Cage night will be on January 28 th, at the cages at Wilson Park. For a $10 cover charge, you will have unlimited access to cages and the turf fields. TABB will be serving hot dogs, chips, drinks, hot cocoa, and snacks at additional charge. Kids and parents alike always enjoy hitting in the cages, and the kids usually end up on the turf fields in a huge dodgeball game. This event is fun for all ages! The 10 th Annual TABB Hit-A-Thon Fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, February 24 th. It is a fun time where players can come together and play 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. This year we are adding a Pancake Breakfast fundraiser at the same time. Your Team Parent will receive tickets to distribute to all team members to sell. We will have prizes for top ticket sellers. We expect 100% participation and encourage you to invite your family and friends for this fun day. More information on these events is included on later pages in this packet. Finally, the TABB board hopes that everyone has a fun and rewarding experience this season. Our league s main goals remain the same as always, to foster character development in youth through healthy, fun competition in a nurturing community of families with children s best interests at heart. Regards, Gary Sharman TABB President
DESCRIPTION OF PARENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS Coach/Assistant Coach: his/her instructions for working with players. Attend all practices and games. Assist the Manager by following Team Parent: Attend Team Parent Meeting. Assist Manager with team communications. Communicate directly with Team Parent Coordinator, South Sharman, southie8@gmail.com. Make sure ALL positions are filled and carried out by parent volunteer. Picture Parent: Pass out picture information flyer/envelope to each family on team. Send out reminder emails prior to Picture Day. Each player will need to bring their hat, glove and completed picture envelope. Distribute pictures when available. Concession Stand Parents (3): These parents volunteer to work an extra shift for free at the TABB Snack Shack. This is a huge help to the league as we try to save money for improvements to the fields, grounds, and equipment for the kids! Team Page: Responsible for designing and submitting team page for the yearbook. Player names and numbers, creative graphics and photos are encouraged. March 30, 2018. Submit pages to yearbooktabb@gmail.com. Deadline for page is 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 Kari Hagaman with any questions at kariann_hagaman@yahoo.com. Scorekeeper: One or two parents to volunteer to keep the scorebook for managers (Pinto, Mustang, and Bronco divisions). Scoreboard Operator : One parent from the home team to check out the scoreboard remote at the snack bar and operate the scoreboard on the field from the stands. Pitch Counter : One parent to keep track of pitches thrown by each player during the game. Field Parents: conclusion of each game. Two or three parents to help prepare the fields at the beginning and This is an extremely valuable necessity for managers and coaches whose focus should be on preparing the team for the upcoming game.
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 $19.00 (cash)/$20.00 (charge). 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.
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. ST. LAWRENCE PARKING T-Ball/Pinto Field Parking at St. Lawrence 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.
2018 TABB YEARBOOK Submission Guidelines for Team Pages, Ads and Dedication Pages TEAM PAGES 1. Submit 8.5 x11.pdf at 300dpi to yearbooktabb@gmail.com by March 30, 2018. Please see sample: YEARBOOK ADS: 1. Confirm the ad size (¼ page, ½ page, or full page) 2. Collect and send payment and high resolution content to yearbooktabb@gmail.com. See following page for prices. 2 nd YEAR BRONCO DEDICATION PAGES: 1. Full page dedication pages are for 2 nd year Bronco players only! 2. Submit 8.5 x11.pdf at 300dpi to yearbooktabb@gmail.com by March 30, 2018. 3. Cost per page is $100; payment must be received by March 30, 2018 or page will not be printed in yearbook.
2018 TABB Sponsorship Application Mark box Please choose level of sponsorship: Type Amount Description Field Sponsor $3500 Snack Bar Sponsor Home Run Sponsor Platinum Sponsor $1500 $550 $450 Gold Sponsor $300 Silver Sponsor $150 Bronze Sponsor $50 Large sign on field/scoreboard. Two banners displayed, one on both fields. Engraved plaque or trophy as token of appreciation to display in your business, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISEMENT on our website and a Full Page ADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGE in our Yearbook. Engraved plaque or trophy as token of appreciation to display in your business, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISEMENT on our website and a Full Page ADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGE in our Yearbook. Bronco side snack window ADVERTISEMENT and one banner displayed. Engraved plaque or trophy as token of appreciation to display in your business, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISEMENT 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 ADVERTISEMENT 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 ADVERTISEMENT on our website and a Quarter Page ADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGE in our Yearbook. One banner displayed on one field. Certificate of appreciation, a BUSINESS CARD SIZE ADVERTISEMENT on our website and Yearbook. 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 Kari Hagaman, kariann_hagaman@yahoo.com. Please make checks payable to TABB. Mail to: TABB, PO Box 1365, Torrance, CA 90505 Sponsor s Signature Contact Name TIN: 23-7432131 Date Email
TABB FAMILY NIGHT AT THE 2300 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance Sunday, January 28 th 6pm-9pm $10 per Person (Torrance Batting Cages is donating back 100% of proceeds) Unlimited Hitting 50/50 Raffle Contests DODGER DOGS DRINKS TREATS (Available for Purchase) THIS IS A SUPER FUN EVENT FOR ALL AGES!
GET READY FOR THE TABB SEASON! TABB Annual Hit-A-Thon and Pancake Breakfast! Saturday, February 24, 2018 Start Getting Pledges NOW! Top Fundraisers EARN Prizes Top Two Teams in Each Division Win a Team Pizza Party How it works TO SEE SCHEDULE GO TO: www.tabbpony.com 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 team 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 at the Snack Shack. Start Collecting Pledges & Swinging Those Bats!
TABB HIT-A-THON SPONSOR SHEET
The Pancake Breakfast will take place on blacktop outside snack bar. The menu includes all-u-can eat pancakes, sausage, orange juice, and coffee. TABB s goal for each player is to sell 10 tickets per player. The top seller on each team will get a $5 Snack bar card! The top selling team will get slushie tickets for a free slushie at the snack bar! All friends and family welcome!
Uniform Distribution Day League uniforms will be distributed on Wednesday, February 7th, 4:00-8:00pm, in conjunction with a TABB fundraiser night at Texas Loosey s. We will have a table set up where you can pick up your uniform, and you can stay if you like and enjoy some food and conversation with your TABB family! 20% of all proceeds will go to TABB. We hope to see you there!
USA Bats In conjunction with USA Baseball and its other participating national member organizations, PONY Baseball has adopted the new USA Baseball bat standard (USABat). Effective January 1, 2018, with the exception of -3 (BBCOR certified), all other 2 1/4" and 2 5/8" barrel bats with a minus factor of (-5, -7, -9, etc.), must be USABat certified with the USABat licensing stamp on the bat in order to be used for league and tournament play. All 2 1/4" and 2 5/8" minus factor bats -5, -7, -9, etc. used in 2017 will be illegal to use in 2018. Here is what the approved USA bat stamp looks like: Bats with a USSSA stamp are illegal in PONY Baseball: Tee ball bats are not required to undergo lab testing to receive approval under the USABat program. PONY does require that tee ball bats must carry the USA Baseball mark accompanied by the following text: "Only For Use With Approved Tee Ball Bats." If you already have a tee ball bat you would like to continue using, to be compliant with PONY you can purchase a USA Bat sticker directly from USA Baseball and place it on your bat. TABB also has a limited number of stickers available to purchase. You can purchase a USA Bat sticker here: https://usabaseballshop.com/products/usabat-tee-ball-sticker?variant=44877922632. Tee ball bats manufactured after the new rule was adopted will already include the USABat Baseball mark. To find out more about the USABat standard go to http://www.pony.org/default.aspx?tabid=1191154 To find PONY's official approved bat list, which is in accordance with USABat, go to https://usabat.com/