CALENDAR OF EVENTS

(Subject to Change)

Jan. 22nd Batting Cage Practices Begin

Jan. 23rd 9am – Field Clean-up Day & Mandatory Field Parent Clinic

Jan. 24th 12:00 – 1:30 – T-Ball/Shetland Clinic @ Saint Lawrence (pinto field)

NO PARKING AT CHURCH

Jan. 27th 7pm - Mandatory Team Parent Meeting @ Gable House

Jan. 31st 6-9pm – TABB Family Night @ Torrance Batting Cages

(Subject to Change)

Feb. 1st Official Practice Starts

Feb. 13th & 14th Practice Games

Feb. 20th & 21st Practice Games

Feb. 27th 9am to 5pm – Hit-A-Thon

Mar. 5th Opening Day

Mar. 6th Picture Day

Mar. 25th Good Friday – NO GAMES

Mar. 27th Easter – NO GAMES

Apr. 2nd –10th TUSD Spring Break – NO GAMES

May 8th Mother’s Day – NO GAMES

May 27th -30th Memorial Weekend – NO GAMES

May 31st TABB Tournament Starts

June 11th Championship Games & Closing Day

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 8th Annual TABB Hit-A-Thon Fundraiser is scheduled on Saturday, February 27th. 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

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:

www.tabbpony.com

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!

TABB FAMILY NIGHT AT THE

2300 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

Sunday, January 31 s t

6pm-9pm

$10 per Chi ld (Torrance Batting Cages is donating back 100% of proceeds)

Unl im i ted H i t t ing – 50 /50 Ra f f l e –

Contes ts

DOD GE R DOGS – DR IN KS – TREAT S (Available for Purchase)

GET READY FOR THE TABB SEASON!

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, ely202020@aol.com. 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 emails 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 email 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, 2016.

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.

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 $18.00. 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.

UPDATED 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.

2016 TABB YEARBOOK

Submission Guidelines for Team Pages, Ads and Dedication Pages

TEAM PAGES

1. Submit .pdf at 300dpi to gaffney16@sbcglobal.net by March 13, 2016.

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.

2nd YEAR BRONCO DEDICATION PAGES:

1. Full page dedication pages are for 2nd year Bronco players only!

2. Submit .pdf at 300dpi to gaffney16@sbcglobal.net by March 13, 2016.

3. Cost per page is $100; payment must be received by March 13, 2016 or

page will not be printed in yearbook.

2016 TABB Sponsorship Application

Please choose level of sponsorship:

Snack Bar Sponsor $1500

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.

Home Run Sponsor $550

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.

Platinum Sponsor

$450

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.

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

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 90505

_____________________________ ____________________

Sponsor’s Signature Date

_____________________________ _________________________

Contact Name Email

TIN: 23-7432131

TABB Annual Hit-A-thon

Fundraising Event

Saturday, February 27, 2016.

TABB Fields

All-Divisions

Tee-ball, Shetland, Pinto, Mustang, Bronco

Great Prizes

Food and Fun

Each Player Gets 11 Pitches

Points accumulated (Flight of Ball;

last ball is DOUBLE POINTS)

Highest Point Total Contest

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TABB HIT-A-THON SPONSOR SHEET

Sponsor Name Phone

Flat

Pledge

Pledge

Per Hit

Challenge

Pledge

Total

Due

Example Family 555-555-555 $10 $2/hit $20

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Recorded Points: (Marked during at bat by Manager or Team Mom)

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.

Player Name: _____________________________________________

Division: _________________________________________________

Team: ___________________________________________________

Player's Challenge: ________________

Actual Point Total: _________________