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Baseball

Convenor: Murray Riddell (794-6711) mriddell@shaw.ca

Program Information for Rally Cap, Rookie, Mosquito, Peewee, Bantam, and Midget
(Ages 10-18 year olds)

Player tryouts and evaluations for Mosquito, Peewee, Bantam, and Midget players along with team selections will take place during April likely at Crescentwood Community Centre. Teams will be formed and team practices will start in late April or early May. Each team will likely have 11 to 13 players on it. We will attempt to keep roster sizes small to maximize playing time; in turn players are asked to make a commitment to practices, league games and playoffs. You will be contacted by a volunteer after registration with a specific time, date and location of your tryout/evaluation time.

General Information

Tuxedo CC Baseball is for boys and girls ages 5 to 18. The baseball season runs from late April through June with games usually scheduled twice per week Sunday through Thursday evenings. We offer development teams for players who have not played before along with more competitive teams. Players aged 10 years and older will be asked to attend evaluation sessions during April.

Tuxedo CC Baseball is part of Winnipeg South Minor Baseball Association . Check out their website for league schedules and standings throughout the year.

Typical Game Schedule

Depending upon field availability, some games may be scheduled for Sunday evenings. Games that are cancelled due to bad weather may be rescheduled to other days. Teams may schedule practices for weekday evenings or weekend days and tournaments will be played on some weekends during the season. Baseball, like all activities, is a sport which gets better as players acquire more skills. The most effective way of developing skills is through practice. While it is up to each team to decide how many practices a week they intend to have, past experience has shown the more practices the better. Players and fans will find the season is more rewarding as players improve. A teams will typically practice about once per week; AA teams may practice two or three times per week.

Each team will typically have three or four volunteer coaches (one of whom must be level 1 certified by playoff time), a team manager, equipment manager and pitch counters.

Tuxedo is part of the Winnipeg South Minor Baseball Association, which encompasses the community centres of Charleswood, Crescentwood, Fort Garry, Fort Richmond, River Heights, Riverview, Sanford, MacDonald, St. Norbert, Sir John Franklin, Tuxedo and Waverley. Tuxedo Community Centre will form teams with River Heights, Sir John Franklin, and Crescentwood community centres. Rookie, Mosquito and Peewee home games for Tuxedo hosted teams will be played at Tuxedo Community Centre. Rally Cap home games will likely be played at Wellington Park on Wellington Crescent. Non Tuxedo hosted Mosquito, Peewee, Bantam and Midget games will be played at suitably sized fields in the area.

Teams will usually be scheduled to play one home game and one away game per week during the season. For teams that qualify playoffs are scheduled to take place as follows:

• League Playoffs - Saturday, June 20 to Wednesday, June 24
• City Championships - Saturday, July 4 to Wednesday, July 8
• Provincial Championships - Thursday, July 16 to Sunday, July 19

All players should be aware of the City and Provincial playoff schedule. During 2008 four of the nine Winnipeg South Mosquito AA teams (including Tuxedo) qualified for the Provincial Championships in Boissevain.

Players (in particular pitchers) are encouraged to start throwing as soon as possible. Rookies Batting Cages on Berry Street is a good place to fine tune a players batting swing. Rookies also offers skill development programs.

A $50.00 deposit is required and payable at time of uniform pick-up. Please bring a post-dated cheque payable to "Tuxedo Community CentreÓ when you come to collect your jersey for your Team.

The following equipment to be supplied by Tuxedo Community Centre: bats and balls, catcher's equipment, uniform top and baseball cap.

The following equipment must be supplied by the players: baseball glove, batting helmet, protective cup and slider, baseball pants (Players should not purchase baseball pants until they are notified what team they will play on as team colours vary. Baseball pants are not required by Rally Cap players). It is strongly recommended that players 10 yrs and older purchase a pair of baseball cleats. Players can bring their own baseball bats if they wish and batting gloves if they prefer.

A pitch count program was introduced in 2008 for Mosquito and Peewee pitchers. The objective of the pitch count program is to protect young arms by restricting the number of pitches that can be thrown by a pitcher. A side benefit of the pitch count program is that more players will have the opportunity to pitch. For information on the pitch count program go to the Baseball Manitoba website.

Coaching Certification

All coaches and on-field volunteers must complete the 'Respect in Sport' program (available on line at Sport Manitoba ) prior to the start of the season. Each team must also have a certified coach before playoffs. About one-half of the coaching certification program may also be completed on-line at Baseball Manitoba.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers will be needed for all teams. In addition to coaches, most teams will need a scorekeeper, pitch counters, a manager, a first aid person, an equipment manager, someone to install the bases before each game, and, if possible, someone who can umpire if the scheduled umpire cannot make it. All of these positions are volunteer positions. If we do not have volunteers to help out the kids don't play. Please keep in mind that we need volunteers when you register your players. Knowledge of baseball is not a pre-requisite to volunteering.

Volunteers required now: (Contact Murray Riddell 794-6711 mriddell@shaw.ca to Volunteer)

• Clinicians for Max Bell / U of M clinics at spring break
• Coaches to be certified prior to the start of the season
• Umpires to be certified prior to the start of the season
• An umpire scheduler
• Evaluators for the tryouts in late April
• Someone to coordinate player registration data and assemble a distribution list after registration

Umpires Needed

Older players (13+) may want to consider umpiring. It's fun and the pay is great! Please contact Murray Riddell at 794-6711 mriddell@shaw.ca if you or anyone that you know would be interested in being certified as an umpire. Home plate umpires are paid from $24.00 for Mosquito games up to $33 game for higher levels. We also will require a volunteer umpire coordinator.

Rally Cap

The Rally Cap program is for players aged five to seven and is designed to ensure skill development in a fun structure. Teams will consist of six players. Teams are rotated through a number of "stations" to give each player an opportunity to learn the basic skills. Since the Rally Cap program uses baseball diamonds differently than other baseball leagues, this program will be co-coordinated centrally and share a field with a number of other community centres.

Rookies

The Rookie program, for players who are 8/9 is designed to ensure skill development in a fun, games-oriented structure. The program fosters success for every ability level and tries to ensure players are constantly active throughout the sessions.

Mosquito

Players who are 10/11 will usually play one home and one away game each week. The focus at this level is on skill development and fun. There are two "levels" of Mosquito baseball. The A level is intended to introduce baseball to players who may not have played before or for players who have played before but would like a more casual experience. There is more emphasis on skill development at the Mosquito A level. At Mosquito AA skill development is also emphasized; however, AA baseball is for players who have developed basic skills and would like to play at a more competitive level.

Pee Wees (12/13)

Teams will play twice a week.

Bantam (14/15)

Teams will play twice a week.

Midget (16/17)

Teams will play twice a week.

The governing body for all baseball in the province is:

Baseball Manitoba
200 Main Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4M2
(204) 925-5763

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