CALENDAR OF EVENTS

(Subject to Change) Jan. 23rd Batting Cage Practices Begin Jan 25th 7pm - Mandatory Team Parent Meeting @ Gable House Jan. 29th 6-9pm – TABB Family Night @ Torrance Batting Cages Jan 30th Official Practice Starts Feb 4th 9am – Field Clean-up Day & Mandatory Field Parent Clinic

12:00 – 1:30 – T-Ball/Shetland Clinic @ Saint Lawrence (Pinto field) NO PARKING AT CHURCH Feb 11th & 12th Practice Games Feb 18th & 19th Practice Games Feb 25th 9am to 5pm – Hit-A-Thon Mar 4th Opening Day Mar 5th Picture Day Mar 12th Make-up Picture Day Apr 8th – 16th TUSD Spring Break – NO GAMES May 13th Mother’s Day – NO GAMES May 14th End Regular Season

May 18th TABB Tournament Starts May 26th – 28th Memorial Weekend – NO GAMES Jun 3rd Championship Games & Closing Day

Dear TABB families,

Welcome to the 2017 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 30th; however batting practice can begin as soon as January 23rd. You team manager will let you know your team’s schedule.

This year is the first year the TABB Snack Shack will be run by committee. Usually we have one designated board member as the head of the Snack Shack, but we are trying something different this year. We hope that it will help break up some of the more time-consuming aspects of this job into more manageable parts and be 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 29th, 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 9th Annual TABB Hit-A-Thon Fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, February 27th. It is a fun time where 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.

More information on these events is included on later pages in this packet.

Finally, 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: 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, Jamie Jimenez, jimenez.jamie@tusd.org. 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. Deadline for page is March 17, 2017. Submit pages to tabbyearbook2017@gmail.com.

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 Karen Galang with any questions at tabbtreasurer@gmail.com.

Scorekeeper: One or two parents to volunteer to keep the scorebook for managers (Pinto, Mustang, and Bronco divisions) and keep score on field scoreboards (as applies).

Field Parents: Two or three parents to help prepare the fields at the beginning and conclusion of each game. 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 $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.

2017 TABB YEARBOOK

Submission Guidelines for Team Pages, Ads and Dedication Pages

TEAM PAGES

1. Submit 8.5”x11” .pdf at 300dpi to tabbyearbook2017@gmail.com by March 17, 2017. 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 Karen Galang,

tabbtreasurer@gmail.com.

2nd YEAR BRONCO DEDICATION PAGES:

1. Full page dedication pages are for 2nd year Bronco players only! 2. Submit 8.5”x11” .pdf at 300dpi to tabbyearbook2017@gmail.com by

March 17, 2017. 3. Cost per page is $100; payment must be received by March 17, 2017 or

page will not be printed in yearbook.

2017TABBSponsorshipApplication

Pleasechooselevelofsponsorship:Markbox

Type Amount Description

FieldSponsor $3500

Largesignonfield/scoreboard.Twobannersdisplayed,oneonbothfields.Engravedplaqueortrophyastokenofappreciationtodisplayinyourbusiness,aBUSINESSCARDSIZEADVERTISMENTonourwebsiteandaFullPageADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGEinourYearbook.

SnackBarSponsor $1500

Engravedplaqueortrophyastokenofappreciationtodisplayinyourbusiness,aBUSINESSCARDSIZEADVERTISMENTonourwebsiteandaFullPageADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGEinourYearbook.BroncosidesnackwindowADVERTISEMENTandonebannerdisplayed.

HomeRunSponsor $550

Engravedplaqueortrophyastokenofappreciationtodisplayinyourbusiness,aBUSINESSCARDSIZEADVERTISMENTonourwebsiteandaFullPageADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGEinourYearbook.Twobannersdisplayed,oneoneachfield.

PlatinumSponsor

$450

Engravedplaqueortrophyastokenofappreciationtodisplayinyourbusiness,aBUSINESSCARDSIZEADVERTISMENTonourwebsiteandaHalfPageADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGEinourYearbook.Twobannersdisplayed,oneoneachfield.

GoldSponsor

$300

Engravedplaqueortrophyastokenofappreciationtodisplayinyourbusiness,aBUSINESSCARDSIZEADVERTISMENTonourwebsiteandaQuarterPageADVERTISEMENT/MESSAGEinourYearbook.Onebannerdisplayedononefield.

SilverSponsor $150 Certificateofappreciation,aBUSINESSCARDSIZEADVERTISMENTonourwebsiteandYearbook.

BronzeSponsor $50 Certificateofappreciation,listedasaBronzeSponsoronourwebsite,andNAMErecognitioninourYearbook.

Inexchangeforyourgenerousdonationtoourleague,wearecommittedtorecognizingyoursupportandpromotingyourbusinesstothegreatestextentpossible.Bannerswillbeplacedonthefieldsonafirstcome,firstservedbasis.Uponconfirmationofyoursponsorshipyouwillbeprovidedwithartworkspecs.Itwillbeyourresponsibilitytofurnishtousprint-readyartfiles.AlldesignlayoutsmustbeapprovedbytheSponsorshipCoordinatorandtheLeaguePresident.Paymentmustbemadeinfullbeforemediaproductioncancommence.

AnyquestionspleasecontactKarenGalang,tabbtreasurer@gmail.com.

PleasemakecheckspayabletoTABB.Mailto:TABB,POBox1365,Torrance,CA90505

_____________________________ ____________________Sponsor’sSignature Date_____________________________ _________________________ContactName Email

TIN:23-7432131

TABB FAMILY NIGHT AT THE

2300 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance

Sunday, January 29 t h 6pm-9pm

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

U n l im i t e d H i t t in g – 5 0 / 5 0 R a f f l e –

C o n t e s t s D O D G E R D O G S – D R IN K S – T R E A T S

(Available for Purchase)

GET READY FOR THE TABB SEASON!

TABB Annual Hit-A-Thon Saturday, February 25, 2017

Start Getting Pledges NOW! Top Fundraisers EARN Prizes

Top Two Teams in Each Division Win a Team Pizza Party

TO SEE SCHEDULE GO TO: www.tabbpony.com

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 & Swinging Those Bats!

TABB HIT-A-THON SPONSOR SHEET

SponsorName PhoneFlat

PledgePledgePerHit

ChallengePledge

TotalDue

ExampleFamily 555-555-555 $100 $5/hit $50

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RecordedPoints:(MarkedduringatbatbyManagerorTeamMom)

Player'sChallenge:EachplayershouldprovideaChallengenumberoftotalpointspriortoobtainingpledges.SponsorsmaypledgeandawardanadditionalamountiftheplayerexceedsthisChallengeduringtheHit-A-Thon.

Player Name: _____________________________________________Division: _________________________________________________Team: ___________________________________________________Player's Challenge: ________________Actual Point Total: _________________