The Saturday practice we'll probably have some beer and dogs at the diamond
afterwards (or else move it over to Malloy's house).
*** Important part to read if you are only skimming *** ------> The
mailing list will been purged and rebuilt with responders only. Reply now
and let us know if you can make it to practice and/or whether you want to
be added to the new email list.
Other stuff
Our cisoftball(at)usa.net general email address is going away soon, since
Netaddress decided to start charging for
it in April. I might set up another one elsewhere when the time comes.
Okay, call me an idiot but I don't recall ever even hearing of the NSA
before today. But obviously they exist or they wouldn't have a website, nor would they
have posted this rulebook. Please have
a look at both of these.
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March-9-99
(updated 8:58pm)
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Winter Meeting rescheduled again.
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Team email tonight
Meeting last saturday was cancelled due to weather, so we're planning on:
March 20th MR Sports, 12mile/Northwestern 7:30PM.
Lucky for you guys who has stuff come up last saturday, now you can make it, right?
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March-7-99
(updated 11:13pm)
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Winter Meeting Postponed again due to Snowstorm
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One sure-fire way to guarantee rain is to plan a picnic...to guarantee a snow storm, plan a CI Softball team meeting. We will be rescheduling very soon.
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Feb-21-99
(updated 2:32pm)
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Softball City bound.
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Updates
It's nearly certain we will be playing at Softball City in a low classification
this Spring. We're not sure if that's class C or D, or whether SBC is
still USSSA-sanctioned. The season starts the week of April 20th.
Creative Impressions is definitely picking up at least the entry fee.
Ump fees are still 8$ per game, and player slips (arggg) are 3.50$ per player per
game. No word yet on whether we'll be updating our uniforms this season.
Our meeting is still set for March 6th at Mr. Sports in Southfield. Just about
everyone said they plan on being there, so I guess we'll see how serious everyone
is about their softball commitments in two weeks.
Detroit Lions 1999 Schedule
No dates or times announced yet, but the opponents are set,
according to the season ticket holder info I found stuffed in
with my invoice today. Here it is:
PRESEASON HOME: Cincinnati, St. Louis
PRESEASON AWAY: Miami, Atlanta
REGULAR SEASON HOME: Green Bay, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Denver, Washington, St. Louis, San Diego
REGULAR SEASON AWAY: Green Bay, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Kansas City, Carolina, Arizona
Now I'm hoping John Elway plays one more season cuz I've never seen him play live.
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Feb-15-99
(updated 7:15pm)
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Winter Meeting scheduled for March 6th. BE THERE!
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Winter Meeting email announcement
Here's the full text of the team email that went out today to
all players:
I've just confirmed with LaRue that our Winter Meeting will be Saturday March 6th, 7:30PM, at Mr Sports in Southfield. It's on 12 mile Road between Telegraph and Northwestern Hwy, just a few doors east of Northwestern Hwy.
We chose Mr Sports because it's centrally located, they serve food and liquor, and last year's meeting was there and it worked out ok.
It's very important that you be there if you want to have a say in where we play, what night, what class, etc, because all of that is up in the air right now. We will probably make all those decisions at the meeting.
********
[EMail address paragraph snipped]
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Approximately 60 days until opening day :)
*******
Please respond to this message, so we can get a head count.
Back to Softball City?
It sounds like everyone is pretty open to that idea, so we might just
be headed back there this season. Yet another reason to show up at the
meeting.
1999 Season personnel news
LaRue has attempted to contact everyone about the Spring season.
Near as I can figure, here's how it stands as of right now:
Definites
Gerry, Mike, Dale, Mark W, Malloy, Jeff G., Bill, Danny, and LaRue, have all
commited to playing this season, with the following minor issues noted:
LaRue's job with the Redwings will continue to interfer with softball
night, depending on the playoff schedule. My perfect attendance record of 1998 is in jepardy for 1999. Julie is due
in May, so I suspect I'll miss at least one game there. Then if Jeff G.'s
experience is any indication, I will probably miss a few more games over the summer
due to daycare pickup, and sheer exhaustion.
Doubtfuls
Barry D.'s situation hasn't changed, so he probably won't be making
any commitments just yet. Mark C. is working on a photographer gig with the Detroit
Redwings, in addition to his deal with the Detroit Tigers, so he's doubtful.
We've been unable to contact Jeff Ku., and judging from last year we're considering him doubtful.
Unconfirmed
We think these players will be returning but have no confirmation as yet:
Andy, Mike C.
Unknowns
Jeff Ka, Scott
Site news
It now looks like I will be keeping my ICNet account after all, so this
website will not be moving anytime soon. I'm keeping the account in addition
to my new cable modem account with @Home, so please use my new email
address for correspondances, and not my ic.net account, since I won't be
checking that one very often anymore.
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Jan-25-99
(updated 11:50am)
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Meeting Update, and site news.
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Our January meeting was cancelled, due to various reasons. We'll probably reschedule
it, but don't hold your breath.
Liberty Park has sent us the registration forms for the Spring season. We
have not filled them out yet. We have no real roster in mind, haven't talked to
our sponsor since fall, and have heard from only a couple of players
asking about next season.
I'm phasing out my account with ICNet soon. It's best to contact me at
my new email address now, whiotaky-at-home.com, since ICNet won't let me
access their mail server from my new account anymore. On the website
I've changed the email page
address to "cisoftball-at-usa.net", which I can check from anywhere. The site
itself will probably stay put for a little while longer, but eventually
it's moving too. It just depends on how I ultimately dispose of my prepaid
ICNet account, and whether it's disposed of before I'm prepared to set up a webserver at home.
Change the "-at-" to "@" in the addresses above, BTW.
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Jan-4-99
(updated 1:10pm)
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No news, but I'll update anyway.
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As far as I know we're still planning on a Winter Meeting on January 16th, time
and place still to be determined. A few guys responded to the December 16th team email
concerning the meeting, but most haven't. I'm beginning to fear that we may not have
enough interest to field a team next year. LaRue's shoulder injury from last
season is still real bad and he may not be able to play at all, which means we could
find ourselves without a manager. While it's way too early for me to say there won't be a
season for us next year, I will tell you that I will not be manager and
I've postponed shelling out 200 bucks for a Supercell.
Suffice to say it would be nice to hear from some of our players before I invest
my money in golf equipment.
My TCI @Home cable modem has been installed, so my Motorola Bit Surfr Pro ISDN adapter (external)
is indeed for sale. Email me if interested.
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Dec-16-98
(updated 10:43am)
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Cabal Lunch Meeting today at 12:30; Combined stats online today.
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Myself, Malloy, Gerry, and LaRue are
meeting for lunch today in Mexican Town to review the season past,
discuss our team's future, and eat lunch (mostly, we're meeting to eat lunch).
Later today, I'll post details about Winter Meetings, and a team
email will go out, most likely tonight.
The '98 season combined stats have been
compiled. This year's Golden Razor Award goes to LaRue Williams, who's
all too familiar with the award, and the chaffing that goes with it :) We'll
dry shave him from the neck down in April.
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Dec-1-98
(updated 10:55am)
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Winter news.
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I moved the '98 season news to the archives this
morning. I haven't gotten around to combining the spring and summer stats yet.
The '98 photo collection I have still hasn't turned up, so no scans yet. I'm hoping
they'll turn up when I convert our den into a nursery this winter. Yes,
Julie and I are expecting a new tax deduction in May. If it's a boy, I'll
teach him to play infield since we're pretty lacking there lately. Anyway, I'm
building a computer room in the basement to clear some room upstairs. I've
ordered Cable Modem (thank God it's finally coming to Berkley),
and hope to have it installed by the time the new room is ready.
If so, our team website will move to a dedicated webserver in my basement.
Oh, and I'll have an External Motorola BitSurfer Pro ISDN adapter available for sale
very cheap :)
LaRue and I talked this week, and we've decided to have our mid-winter
get-together after the holidays, some time in early January. This will be
an extremely important meeting, as those who attend will probably make the decisions
as to where we play next season, what classification we play, and quite possibly
who will not be playing.
I hung out with former team members Barry R. and Pat McArthy on
Saturday. Barry's got a new house out in Lake Orion, and Pat's still in Indianapolis and
has two kids now. He says he's played ball maybe two times since moving and
misses it.
Mark W. wrote me the other day, by way of his new Web TV email address
(which I don't have handy, or I'd post it here). Up 'til this week I haven't heard
much from any players so send me a message, especially if you have anything
of interest you'd like me to post here. I plan on updating this page several times
a month until the season starts.
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