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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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FW: Spokane Mariners Grand Slam Camp
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 31 May '22

31 May '22

All, I have spoken with this gentleman on a couple of occasions… might be nice to send this on to your families/players. JP DA WA5/13 From: Mark Zender <mzender(a)marinerscamps.org> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2022 8:00 AM To: jarel(a)jpiworldwide.com Subject: Spokane Mariners Grand Slam Camp Hi JP, I would like to get the attached e-Flyer sent to all Little League families in your districts. Are you able to do that? It will be helpful to us of course. So you're clear about our intent, our goal is to establish our camp for an annual visit to Spokane. The Mariners want to support the baseball community and have a presence there at a grass roots level. Typically we not only put on the camps but also free preseason coaching clinics - which provides great benefit to all attending coaches and an even greater number of kids. Ultimately our goal is that someone based in Eastern Washington would take on the camps as their own entity, truly rooting it there rather than being put on from the outside. I very much appreciate your support in getting us established. Hope the season is going well! Sincerely, Mark Mark Zender 253-632-1811 cell mzender(a)marinerscamps.org <mailto:mzender@marinerscamps.org>

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District Tournament Brackets, directions and schedule notes
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 25 May '22

25 May '22

All, I am pleased to announce the District 13 Brackets. You all have done great this year in getting more teams to the tournament than District 13 has seen in a while. There are several goals with the District Tournament: 1. To reward players that have excelled during the year 2. To start the road to Williamsport and the Little League World Series 3. To promote YOUR league to next year's players and parents 4. To show the parents the quality of your programs/leagues I'd like to ask that during each game there is at least 1 representative from boards of the Leagues that are playing to be present for the game. The president preferably, but any Board member that can represent the League is requested. Please read all of the notes in the attached docs. There is an error on the 8-10 bracket. it has to do with the field assignments. it's not a serious error and it's explained in the attached notes. (It has to do with which field is assigned to which division.. the notes are correct, the bracket is not). There is a Google Earth Image showing the location of the fields in Liberty Lake. There are plenty of warm up areas just to the west of the fields on the same complex. We will discuss that in the Manager's meeting. Steve Raab will be the Tournament Director. You can direct questions to him or me. His contact info is in the notes document. AGAIN PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY!!! IT has lots of info! On another note, West Plains Little League's Salnave field got chosen for a "Field Makeover" by KXLY and they have already begun work on it (In fact the "reveal" is Thursday!) Congrats to Stacy and her league for getting this great update! Please don't hesitate to ask questions! JP DA WA5/13

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District Tournament Draws
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 24 May '22

24 May '22

All The draws for the District Tournament will be this afternoon, and I will send out a notice after the draws are done as to schedule, brackets, etc. I am really proud of the effort that all the leagues have put forth in assembling teams for districts. I would like us to push next year to make it even better. We don't have any softball in Districts this year, and no Intermediate but we do have a good showing in the other divisions. We can have a "proper" District Tournament . This is who/how many have committed to attend Districts: South Hill - 10-11, Majors Liberty Lake - 9-10, 10-11, Majors West Plains - 9-10, 10-11, Majors Tri County - 9-10, Majors Since we don't have any committed Intermediate teams this year, we will focus on the start date of the 27th for our Tournament for Liberty Lake's planning purposes. I will be meeting with Steve this afternoon for the draws, and to get the final pieces in place for the tournament. Winners of Districts will go on to State, and the Majors and above can go on to Regionals and Williamsport. This looks good. Next year we need to get Intermediate, Juniors, and some softball going! I appreciate greatly all the Presidents doing their jobs and getting some effort behind the All-Star process! JP

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Umpires for Othello?
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 17 May '22

17 May '22

All, Since the kind folks in Othello are new to the Little League world, they were wondering if there were any umpires they can get to come up to Othello and do some games.. They have quite a few. I told them it was a bit late to be digging for umpires, but as I said, the folks there are trying to figure out how all this works. If you can let your umpires know that Othello is looking, the lady to contact is Sammy Garza at (509) 331-2770 ext.130 OR sgarza(a)othellowa.gov <mailto:sgarza@othellowa.gov> or respond to this list. BTW Othello is planning on sending 3-4 teams this year to Districts! And next year they will have a jump on things and can send people to the umpire clinics for training. JP DA WA5/13

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Still need district registrations PLEASE
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 13 May '22

13 May '22

All, Some of you have not registered for Districts yet. PLEASE get your registrations in ASAP. we are trying to do the brackets next week, order the awards, banners, pins, etc.. need a good headcount for such. The tournament director needs to know how to plan Thanks Much JP DA WA5/13

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