Save the Date: 2013 Southern Little League Annual Lead-off Party

Please add the date to your calendar:
Saturday, February 9, 2013

This will be our second annual winter fundraiser for Southern Little League at Cascade Hills Country Club.

Food, drinks, entertainment, silent and live auction. Join us for a great evening of fun,
Southern Little League style!

To make this event even more successful than last year please consider donating quality
items for the auctions.

Please contact Tim Kolk (timkolk@grar.com – 616.446.7186) with any questions.

Southern Little League to Celebrate 60 years of Baseball and Softball in 2013!

Hello Everyone,

2013 will bring Southern Little League’s 60th anniversary as a chartered member of the world’s largest youth sports program -- “Little League” -- Serving the youth of Grand Rapids and East Grand Rapids with quality baseball and softball and lasting memories for many generations. We will have a celebration next summer to commemorate this exciting time and will have much more information for you after the New Year.

In February we will be hosting our 2nd annual Leadoff Party. For those of you who did not attend last year it was a fantastic party and fundraiser. We had people attend who had kids playing that are 8 years old and we had people attend that had kids play 20 years ago and many in between. A great time was had by all and important funds were raised to help with the ever rising cost of running the league for the over 750 baseball and softball players who participated in 2012. We hope you will attend the Leadoff Party 2013 in February. For additional information please contact Tim Kolk at timkolk@grar.com Tim is our event coordinator for the 2013 Leadoff Party. A huge Thank You to all of the sponsors who donated items for the silent and live auctions.

The 2012 season was another great season for Southern Little League. Fall baseball and
softball closed the season and it was a great time with generally good weather except one Sunday that was rained out. There was a disparity in fall ball minor and major baseball because Western and Northeastern had all-star teams with league age players one year older than ours. We have already informed those leagues that if we are going to include them next year they must adhere to the same rules as Southern uses. Other than that fall ball was a very positive experience for all.

Please look for signup information around the first of the year for the upcoming season and pass along the website to any potential new participants. www.southernll.org

Sincerely,
Bob Hams
Southern Little League

All Games Canceled

All Fall Ball games are canceled for Sunday, October 14, due to poor field conditions and rainy weather.

Congratulations to the 2012 American League Central Division Champion

Detroit Tigers!

Fall Minors Baseball Realignment Finalized

We have added two more teams to the fall baseball minors division. This has resulted in a complete re-do of the schedule for that division also. We know it's inconvenient, but we're optimistic that players and families will understand that our motivation was to get more playing time for each player.

That said, please follow these steps to make sure you're at the right field at the right time on Sunday:

• Start by looking thru the official rosters to determine which team your player is on. Keep in mind that part of this realignment meant moving some players to a different team. If you don't see your player on any of the teams, please double-check using the search feature (ctrl-F or cmd-F) on your browser before contacting Bob Hams at bhams@roofmelt.com.
• Once you have determined which team your player is on, take a look at the revised schedule. Also bear in mind that we have had to move some games to Manhattan Park and JC fields. Click on those links if you're not sure where those fields are located.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Bob Hams at bhams@roofmelt.com. Thanks again for your cooperation and understanding.

Changes to Fall 78ers Baseball and Softball Schedules

Due to a change in availability of playing fields, we had to move the game times for 78ers baseball and softball for the next three weeks. The online schedules have been updated to reflect the following changes:

• On September 16, 23, and 30, 78ers Softball and Baseball games have been pushed back from 1:00pm to 5:00pm.

Fall Minors Baseball Realignment

Because of the enthusiastic response to Fall Ball registration, the four minors baseball teams now have 16 or 17 players on their rosters. We will be adding two additional teams so that the rosters will now be 10 or 11 players on each team. This will allow for added playing time for each player. We appreciate your patience as we improve the situation. We will need your understanding that not every request to play with classmates or friends will be achieved, though we will do our best to make sure we accommodate to the best of our ability. The new rosters will be posted Thursday.

Fall Ball Begins on Sunday!

Sunday, September 9, marks the beginning of another season of fall baseball and softball at Southern. We'll have the grills going all afternoon, so come out and have some fun on Sunday.

Fall Ball Schedule Change in 78ers Baseball and Softball

On Sun-9-Sep, the JC East and West fields at Southern are not available, so both the softball and baseball 78ers games have been moved for that one date only.

• The Sun-9-Sep game in 78ers softball has been relocated to Manhattan Park, field #2. The game time remains 1:00pm.
• The Sun-9-Sep game in 78ers baseball has been relocated to Manhattan Park, field #2. The game time is now 3:00pm.

Fall Ball Rosters and Schedules Now Available

You can now view the rosters and schedules for 2012 Fall Ball. Just click on the Rosters link or the Schedules link on the right sidebar of the website. (We will post the baseball and softball 78ers rosters as soon as they are available.)

2012 Fall Softball 78ers Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
• Changes made after September 7 to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

2012 Fall Baseball Juniors Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout in the first game.
• Team playing the double-header does not switch dugouts.
• Round robin batting in all fall ball games.
• No inning shall start after 20 minutes before the start of the next game.
• Changes made after September 7 to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

2012 Fall Baseball Majors Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
• Round robin batting in all fall ball games.
• No inning shall start after 20 minutes before the start of the next game.
• 5:00pm game shall have a 1 hour 45 minute time limit.
• Changes made after September 7 to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

2012 Fall Baseball Minors Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
• Round robin batting in all fall ball games.
• No inning shall start after 20 minutes before the start of the next game.
• 5:00pm game shall have a 1 hour 45 minute time limit.
• Changes made after September 7 to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

2012 Fall Baseball 78ers Schedule

• League Director: Bob Hams
  email: bhams "at" roofmelt.com (replace "at" with @)
  
• We do not keep standings for this league, so there's no need to phone in scores.
• Home team will occupy the 3rd base dugout.
• Changes made after September 7 to the original schedule will be announced via email and marked on the schedule with a C in the C column. Rescheduled rain-outs are denoted by an R in that column.
• Click here to view this schedule on its own page.
• Click here to download this schedule as a PDF you can print.

2012 Fall Softball 78ers Rosters

If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. Click here to open this document on its own for downloading or printing.

2012 Fall Baseball 78ers Rosters

If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. Click here to open this document on its own for downloading or printing.

2012 Fall Baseball Juniors Rosters

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2012 Fall Baseball Majors Rosters

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2012 Fall Baseball Minors Rosters

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