WITH THE SPRING 2018 SCHEDULE NEARING COMPLETION LATER THIS MONTH, THE PALM BEACH BASEBALL LEAGUE IS ACCEPTING FULL TEAM APPLICATIONS FOR THE FALL 2018 SEASON. 

TEAMS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 12 PLAYERS, AND MAY HAVE AS MANY AS 25 PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SEASON.   POST SEASON AWARDS, HOWEVER, ARE LIMITED TO 16 FOR THE TEAMS.  IF TEAMS WISH TO ORDER MORE AWARDS, THEY CAN DO SO THROUGH THE NABA NATIONAL OFFICE (WWW.DUGOUT.ORG).   

THE LEAGUE WILL ASSIST NEW AND EXISTING TEAMS IN RECRUITING PLAYERS THROUGH THE PLAYER POOL, AND BY CONTACTING OTHER AVAILABLE PLAYERS.  THE LEAGUE WILL ALSO DIRECT PLAYERS TO TEAMS, WHO MAY CONDUCT THEIR OWN, INDIVIDUAL TRYOUTS.   

FALL 2018 TEAM APPLICATION/QUESTIONNAIRE

PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM AND RETURN IT TO FLANABA@AOL.COM A.S.A.P.

LOU PALMER ENTERPRISE, INC., 1501 Old Cypress Trail, Wellington, FL 33414

 

YES. ENTERING A TEAM-------------

 

RETURNING TEAM__________NEW TEAM?__________

SORRY, NOT ENTERING A TEAM THIS SEASON _______________

 

NAME OF TEAM________________________________________________________________________

If you wish to include a sponsor name as part of your official team name, please indicate it here If undecided about a team name, please enter UNNAMED

Before purchasing uniforms, please clear your team’s name with the League President. The team name you wish may already be taken. 

 

MANAGER/TEAM ORGANIZER INFORMATION

 

MANAGER’S NAME___________________________________________________________________

 

ADDRESS_____________________________________________________________________________ 

 

CITY ____________________________________________   ST__FL_________     ZIP ____________

 

HOME PHONE _____________________CELL_______________WORK______________

(Please indicate which phone number you prefer the league to use to contact you, using 1-2-3 in order of preference) 

EMAIL ADDRESS________________________________________________ 

 

TEAM INFO

APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PLAYERS DO YOU HAVE NOW? _____________

 

(NEW SPR 2018)---DOES YOUR TEAM NEED PLAYERS?  WHICH POSITIONS?

Check which positions, if any, that your team needs

 

P________C________1B____________2B____________3B__________SS__________OF___________

 

WOULD YOUR TEAM BE WILLING TO HOLD INDIVIDUAL TRYOUTS FOR PLAYERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING, AND REFERRED TO YOU BY THE LEAGUE? _______________

 

PREFERENCES FIELDS (List in order of preference, 1 being the highest)

 Santaluces Complex, Lantana           ___________        Roger Dean Complex, Jupiter_______________

Seminole Palms Park, Royal Palm   ____________       Dyer Park, Riviera Beach  _________________

Dave Manzo Field, Lake Worth       ____________       Little Fenway, Delray Beach _________________

GAME TIMES

Morning ________________ Afternoon ___________________

 

As in the past, we will try to accommodate, but it may not always be possible

 

FALL 2018 AGENDA

Dates, Times and venues will be entered at a later date.  

 

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Cashier checks, team bank account checks, money orders or cash only will be accepted.  Sorry, we cannot accept credit cards. 

TEAM FEE--$1900 (May be adjusted if field costs are changed from Spring 2018)

If not paid in full by either preseason manager meeting, $25 will be added to the team fee of $1,900 for each week the full amount is not submitted.  

•        The team fee covers 16 players, and teams may have as many players as they wish on their roster during the season.  If more than 25 players, there will be a $50 fee for each player, which must be turned into the league office.  Schedule will be 12-14 games, plus playoffs and championships. 

•        Post season awards will be limited to 16 players.  However, teams wishing to order more than 16  awards  may do so, but must pay for them, according to NABA’s awards pricing.  

•        The team fee includes Four (4) dozen NABA logo Wilson baseballs per team

•        A league player pool throughout season

•        League web site and weekly newsletters all season long, free team web sites provided for all teams.

•        League paid Field rental and preparation, including sales tax

•        Assigned umpires, full scheduling

•        Team and individual awards for regular season division and league championship game awards for championship and team finalist awards

UMPIRE FEES-$75 per game (9 innings), $70 per game (7 innings)   Rain Policy-$25 show up fee (umpires on duty one half hour before scheduled start time), $10 per inning up to full fee in games affected by rain and/or wet grounds

•        League pays umpire fees, supplies baseballs for CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ONLY, teams pay umpire fees, supply baseballs for regular season and playoff games

•        League pays for league liability and limited personal injury insurance

PLAY DATES—TBA

PLAYOFFS—TBA  CHAMPIONSHIPS---TBA  

NO GAMES ON DEC 24 AND DEC 31 IN OBSERVANCE OF CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S

                                  

 

 

   

  

  

BEACH BUMS 6 THUNDER 5 (At Roger Dean Cardinals Field #6) Never was it clearer that baseball can be a game of inches, than when the Beach Bums’ Dylan Love, with two outs and two strikes, flared a bloop down the right field line that evaded three Thunder defenders and landed inches inside the line to give the Beach Bums a come from behind 6-5 victory in the National Division championship at the St. Louis Cardinals’ complex Field Number Six in Jupiter.

The Beach Bums entered the playoffs as the number two seeded team, and played host to the number five Thunder, the Cinderella team in the Spring ‘17 post season. While the Beach Bums drew a quarterterfinal round bye, all they had to do to get to the finale was take care of business against the number six Mets, whipping them 15-1 in the semis. The Thunder had the much tougher route, upsetting both the number three seeded Athletics 13-4, then the top seeded, 16 time league champion Los Tigres 5-4 in a ten inning thriller. For the first three innings, it looked like the Thunder would pull off another upset, building a 4-1 lead on a three-run second inning, followed by a run in the third.

The Beach Bums had scored their run in the bottom of the first for a short lived 1-0 lead. The Bums’ initial tally came on a double steal pulled off by courtesy runner Jesus Delgado, running for Love, who reached second on a single and outfield error, and manager Dave Salley, who reached first on a wild pitch after swinging at a third strike by Thunder starter Shaun Garceau. Salley drew a throw when he stole second, and the return throw home came too late to get the speedy Delgado at the plate. Garceau singled to center in the second inning, stole second and went to third on an errant throw, then scored on a double to left by Rudy Plasencia, Chris Snyder’s sharp single to right moved Placencia to third. After a walk to Roy Nino loaded the bases, Plasencia scored on a fielder’s choice attempted double play grounder up the middle off the bat of Greg Nicholson. Jake Hadad knocked in the third run on a base hit to left.

The Thunder added a run in the third mainly on singles by Eric Gormley and Snyder, two wild pitches by Love, and a passed ball. At that point, Rick Shnur came on to get the final out of the inning. Schnur was to go the rest of the way, holding the Thunder scoreless until they scored an unearned run in the top of the ninth inning. ason Bryan doubled in the fourth for the Beach Bums, and after a wild pitch advanced Salley, running for Bryan to third base, Brendan Hayden singled in Salley to make it 4-2.

Three hits, including two doubles by the Beach Bums created a 4-4 tie in the fifth inning. RJ Neal singled and stole second. He scored on a double to right by Jesus Delgado, who moved to third on an infield out and scored on Salley’s double to left. Delgado smacked a triple to right center to lead off the seventh and scored on a passed ball to give the Bums a 5-4 lead, but the Thunder had one more big thrust in the top of the ninth, Louie Napoleon smacked a grounder to third that Salley could not handle for an error. He moved to second on Gormley’s sacrifice bunt, and held there as Garceau laced a liner to right for the second out.

Then came the play of the game as Plasencia hit a sizzler to center field and Delgado uncorked a terrific throw to the plate, and Napoleon scored the tying run when catcher Nicholson could not hold on to the tag at home. With lefty Chris Kirk on the mound in the bottom of the 9th, Roberto Santiago drew a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch. The Thunder registered the next two outs, and with the count 2-0, the T Men opted to intentionally pass the lefthanded hitting Delgado. That brought Love to the plate and he proceeded to serve a blooper into no man’s island in short right field, and Santiago raced home with the game winner.

Schnur was brilliant in relief, pitching out of a no-out bases loaded jam in the fourth, and a two runners on base situation in the sixth. He wound up with no walks and a half dozen strikeouts and was chosen as the title game’s Most Valuable Player. Delgado led the Bums on offense with a triple, double, RBI and three runs scored. Conrad Forrest also hit a triple, but was stranded at third base. Kirk was charged with the loss after almost pitching out of that 9th inning. The former St. Louis Cardinals’ farmhand Garceau got a no decision, striking out eleven in a performance that was at times spectacular. Placencia had a double, single, RBI to lead the Thunder. Hadad, Napoleon and Gormley had two singles each, as the Thunder outhit the Bums 12-10, but left a proverbial “small army” on base, stranding ten.

BEACH BUMS 6 THUNDER 5 (At Roger Dean Cardinals Field #6) Never was it clearer that baseball can be a game of inches, than when the Beach Bums’ Dylan Love, with two outs and two strikes, flared a bloop down the right field line that evaded three Thunder defenders and landed inches inside the line to give the Beach Bums a come from behind 6-5 victory in the National Division championship at the St. Louis Cardinals’ complex Field Number Six in Jupiter.

The Beach Bums entered the playoffs as the number two seeded team, and played host to the number five Thunder, the Cinderella team in the Spring ‘17 post season. While the Beach Bums drew a quarterterfinal round bye, all they had to do to get to the finale was take care of business against the number six Mets, whipping them 15-1 in the semis. The Thunder had the much tougher route, upsetting both the number three seeded Athletics 13-4, then the top seeded, 16 time league champion Los Tigres 5-4 in a ten inning thriller. For the first three innings, it looked like the Thunder would pull off another upset, building a 4-1 lead on a three-run second inning, followed by a run in the third.

The Beach Bums had scored their run in the bottom of the first for a short lived 1-0 lead. The Bums’ initial tally came on a double steal pulled off by courtesy runner Jesus Delgado, running for Love, who reached second on a single and outfield error, and manager Dave Salley, who reached first on a wild pitch after swinging at a third strike by Thunder starter Shaun Garceau. Salley drew a throw when he stole second, and the return throw home came too late to get the speedy Delgado at the plate. Garceau singled to center in the second inning, stole second and went to third on an errant throw, then scored on a double to left by Rudy Plasencia, Chris Snyder’s sharp single to right moved Placencia to third. After a walk to Roy Nino loaded the bases, Plasencia scored on a fielder’s choice attempted double play grounder up the middle off the bat of Greg Nicholson. Jake Hadad knocked in the third run on a base hit to left.

The Thunder added a run in the third mainly on singles by Eric Gormley and Snyder, two wild pitches by Love, and a passed ball. At that point, Rick Shnur came on to get the final out of the inning. Schnur was to go the rest of the way, holding the Thunder scoreless until they scored an unearned run in the top of the ninth inning. ason Bryan doubled in the fourth for the Beach Bums, and after a wild pitch advanced Salley, running for Bryan to third base, Brendan Hayden singled in Salley to make it 4-2.

Three hits, including two doubles by the Beach Bums created a 4-4 tie in the fifth inning. RJ Neal singled and stole second. He scored on a double to right by Jesus Delgado, who moved to third on an infield out and scored on Salley’s double to left. Delgado smacked a triple to right center to lead off the seventh and scored on a passed ball to give the Bums a 5-4 lead, but the Thunder had one more big thrust in the top of the ninth, Louie Napoleon smacked a grounder to third that Salley could not handle for an error. He moved to second on Gormley’s sacrifice bunt, and held there as Garceau laced a liner to right for the second out.

Then came the play of the game as Plasencia hit a sizzler to center field and Delgado uncorked a terrific throw to the plate, and Napoleon scored the tying run when catcher Nicholson could not hold on to the tag at home. With lefty Chris Kirk on the mound in the bottom of the 9th, Roberto Santiago drew a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch. The Thunder registered the next two outs, and with the count 2-0, the T Men opted to intentionally pass the lefthanded hitting Delgado. That brought Love to the plate and he proceeded to serve a blooper into no man’s island in short right field, and Santiago raced home with the game winner.

Schnur was brilliant in relief, pitching out of a no-out bases loaded jam in the fourth, and a two runners on base situation in the sixth. He wound up with no walks and a half dozen strikeouts and was chosen as the title game’s Most Valuable Player. Delgado led the Bums on offense with a triple, double, RBI and three runs scored. Conrad Forrest also hit a triple, but was stranded at third base. Kirk was charged with the loss after almost pitching out of that 9th inning. The former St. Louis Cardinals’ farmhand Garceau got a no decision, striking out eleven in a performance that was at times spectacular. Placencia had a double, single, RBI to lead the Thunder. Hadad, Napoleon and Gormley had two singles each, as the Thunder outhit the Bums 12-10, but left a proverbial “small army” on base, stranding ten.