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District 13 Washington District Tourn Notes
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 08 Jun '22

08 Jun '22

All, Tournament Notes (AGAIN) JP

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2022 District 13 Tournament
by Steve Raab 07 Jun '22

07 Jun '22

Hi District 13 board members, We volunteered to host the district tournament this year without knowing it would be for all age groups. We have the fields and everything else figured out, but I really need your help with the umpiring side of things. Our umpire in Chief is on vacation and we only have 2 other league umpires. *I'm asking that each league bring an umpiring crew (2 umps) each day to umpire 1 game*. This will give us enough umpires that each game will have a crew from another league umpiring their game. That way we can blame it on bad calls and not biased umpiring:-) We will only need 4 crews on day 1, but having a crew from each league available will spread the work and allow us to assign games the night before. Can you please let me know if you'll be able to help out with this request? We simply don't have a lot of options. Here's the number of crews we need by day 27th - 4 28th - 3 29th - 3 30th - 2 1st - 2 or 3 2nd - Could be 0 but as many as 2 Thank You! *Steve Raab* President Liberty Lake Spokane Valley Little League PS. To keep up to date on the most recent events, please visit our website at https://www.llsvlittleleague.com or visit us on Facebook at *https://www.facebook.com/LLSVLittleLeague <https://www.facebook.com/LLSVLittleLeague>*

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Jace Grende (UPDATE) June 4th
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 06 Jun '22

06 Jun '22

All, For those of you interested, Jace apparently did better over the weekend. This will be my last posting to this group as you can follow the story on Facebook if you wish to keep up with it… Thanks so much for your support… It’s yet another picture of how big the Little League Family is… JP 6/4/22 The neuro team stopped by this morning to let us know the MRI looked good post surgery. He does have residual tumor markers present that will have to be dealt with. He was down graded to acute care status. He is moving to Children’s Hospital today after 1:00! He still isn’t moving his right side by himself or talking, but he does respond to pain on his right side. He is still very sleepy but woke up enough to SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE BED!!!!!!!! We were so so so happy to see that! He did a great job! It was only for a minute or so but he did good maintaining his head control and using his core strength. Keep the prayers coming!!!

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FW: Jace Grende Update
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 04 Jun '22

04 Jun '22

Today’s update on Jace Grende, Thanks to all for your prayers… We also obtained Abby Grende (mom) Venmo for those of you that would like to contribute to their (crushing) expenses… To remind those of you that haven’t heard, Jace is a coach pitch player out of Touchet Valley Little League (Dayton / Waitsburg) that just a few days ago discovered he had a brain tumor(s) and was rushed to the hospital after having seizures … the information about all this started about a week ago.. we encourage you to let your league and parent’s know… and yes we all have tough things we go through… in this case I thought it appropriate to share with the Little League family… your prayers are earnestly appreciated and if you want to help financially it is also much needed. JP DA WA5/13

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FW: Invitation to send umpire crew for state tournaments in District 2
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 04 Jun '22

04 Jun '22

All, For those of you with more robust umpire staff, please see attached JP DA WA5/13 From: Joe Winniford <blbbuicjo(a)aol.com> Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 5:26 PM To: Joe Winniford <blbbuicjo(a)aol.com>; brent.smithline(a)wad4llb.org; drgump11(a)comcast.ciom; dwlee(a)msn.com; jarel(a)jpiworldwide.com; jschonover98516(a)comcast.net; nickdist4(a)gmail.com; onegrumpyump(a)yahoo.com; rcboyd0560(a)comcast.net; rlittle(a)d9ump.org; strike_3(a)rocketmail.com; tim(a)neasham.com; umpirejrb(a)gmail.com; umprl12(a)gmail.com Cc: pat.ryan(a)wad2llb.org; chrismathis13(a)icloud.com Subject: Invitation to send umpire crew for state tournaments in District 2 Attached is an invitation to all district uics to send crews to District 2 for two state tournaments. Please reply ASAP. Thanks. Joe Winniford Washington District 2 Little League UIC Home 360 874-0776 Cell 360 981-8158

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Update on Jace Grende
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 03 Jun '22

03 Jun '22

All, Here is the update on Jace, the little coach pitch player from Touchet Valley… Keep in mind when the week started this week, they didn’t know he had a brain tumor… Your thoughts, prayers, and financial support are welcomed and needed. Thanks for all of you that already responded!!! JP DA WA5/13

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Time for Help....
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 02 Jun '22

02 Jun '22

All, Today I was made aware of Jace Grende a coach pitch player in Touchet Valley Little League in Dayton/Waitsburg. It was discovered this week that he has a brain tumor that is serious. His family would appreciate your prayers, and we are undertaking a fund raising effort to help them get some of their medical costs covered. I would appreciate it if you all would consider sending them a check in any amount to help offset medical costs. and keep their family and Jace in your fervent prayers. He is undergoing surgery this week. The have removed part of his skull to relieve pressure from the tumor. and there is more to go. I don't normally do things like this as we all have things in life that are tough. but in this case, I think it is appropriate, and if there is anything you, your league, or your parents and families can do to help, it would be appreciated. Prayers are most coveted. Here is where you can send checks: Abby Grende 703 W 3rd St, Waitsburg WA 99361 Regards JP District 5/13 DA

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Voting on Little League Congress Agenda Items
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 01 Jun '22

01 Jun '22

All, Every 4 years, Little League holds a "Congress" that is designed to get all the organization "in sync" with all the International Organization (Little League Baseball Inc), new rules, input from DAs (District Administrators) and you the League Boards. All the DAs from all over the world descend on one location and meet for 4 days to outline new policies, understand the direction LL International wants to move in, and to give feedback from Local Leagues. That is coming up June 9-14 this year. I will be attending as will an ADA from District 5 and an ADA from District 13. (Brennan Moore and Stacy Ashcroft respectively). There are several items that are on the agenda that I would like to get your feedback and carry your votes to the Congress to represent the views of Leagues here in Washington State. There are some MAJOR changes they would like the DAs to vote on. I will summarize those here, and for those of you that have an opinion, just reply to this email and everyone can see your thoughts on the matter(s).(These are summarized for sake of brevity and to encapsulate the general thought of the proposed rule change). 1. Remove league boundaries. This is a major change in Little League. The new rule would allow any player anywhere to start with any league they choose. The "boundary" idea for a league would be done away with for the most part. Players could pick and choose which league they wanted to play in - THE FIRST TIME. so where a person started with Little League would become their home league. There would be a process to change leagues after starting in one and wishing to transfer to another. This could also cross district lines. This would also do away with residency requirements at tournament time, IId/School waivers, etc. The only requirement by the league for qualification of the player would be age verification. Players could even cross league boundaries between districts. There are lots of questions about this one. what do you think? 2. Change the way the teenage divisions are played - This would create a more "tournament" style of play for the Jr, Sr, and possibly intermediate divisions. Playing schedules would be more like travel ball and focusing on tournament play, or games in groups. The state DA group would be responsible for reorganizing the structure and schedule of these divisions 3. Appointment of DAs vs Election of DAs. Currently DAs are elected by the leagues in the district. The problem is many districts underperform on many levels because the DA is not active with the District. Little League would like to impose a "selection process" in conjunction with the State DA group. So the State Director/DA would nominate someone, then Williamsport would appoint after reviewing the nomination. Your thoughts? 4. Permit 3 and 4 year olds in T-Ball -They want to drop the age down to 3 for T-ball. Your thoughts? 5. Require attendance of at least 1 tryout for Minors (8-10) and above. All leagues should be holding tryouts. the language is currently "50%" of the tryout scheduled must be attended by the player. The proposed change would say "At least 1". Comments? 6. Change to the "Mercy Rule" - LLI would like to change the Mercy Rule to the following: Proposed Change: Expand the current "mercy" run-rule into the 5th or 6th Innings based upon division: * 15 after 3 Innings * 10 after 4 Innings * 8 after 5 Innings 7. Intentional Walk - the proposed rule change is to allow an "Intentional Walk" any time - even after pitches are thrown. 8. Leaving base too soon - Majors, Minors - Call the runner out if they leave too soon, instead of "no-pitch". 9. Managers/Coaches in the Dugout - Allow up to 3 managers/coaches in the dugout regardless of how many players a team brings to a tournament game. Currently the rule says that if you bring less than 12 players to a tournament, you can only have 2 managers/coaches in the dugout. The new rule would do away with that and allow up to 3 properly vetted coaches/managers in the dugout regardless of how many players on a team. 10. Change the announcement date of the All Star teams - Currently there is a fixed date (this year May 15) for announcement of All Stars. For several reasons this is an "artificial date" - in otherwords, it doesn't depend on much to meet this date. No insurance is impacted, no schedules, etc. However, the new rule being voted on would say that All-Star teams could be announced when "All appropriate conditions for qualifications to the All-Stars have been met by the league". Which means when they have all the games played in a regular season to meet qualifification, when the players have all reached 60% participation in those games, when the coaches have all been vetted and approved through the background check process, when all league fees are paid, etc. then you can announce all-stars. If that happens all on June 1, then great, or if it happens on April 15th, great. it's more of meeting all the qualifications to field an all-star team rather than a fixed date. Please take the time to respond to this as it's my job to gather as much input from the leagues and be able to discuss, ask questions, or make comments on YOUR behalf. Regards JP DA WA5/13

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