All, Please see the attached and below for the request to use portable mounds for the Major Baseball State tournament. Just keeping you all in the loop on this. The vote was unanimous from all districts. Thank you all. Andrew Cortez says he will send the request to the tournament committee on Monday. Note, if any of the other baseball state tournaments plan to use portable mounds this same process is required for those tournaments. I don't recall that this question has been asked for any of the other tournaments. Looking ahead, District 2 votes in favor of using portable mounds that are Little League approved for all divisions of play at the State level. Regards, Pat ======================================= Pat Ryan District Administrator Little League Baseball and Softball Washington District 2 2686 NE Lillehammer Lane Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-779-1824 home 360-271-5193 mobile 888-300-6193 fax <mailto:Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org> Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org <http://www.wad2llb.org2/> www.WAD2LLB.org "If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people." Old Chinese Proverb ======================================= From: Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org <Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 10:38 PM To: 'Andrew Cortez' <acortez@littleleague.org>; 'Kit Golden' <kgolden@littleleague.org> Cc: 'Jake Gallaway' <jgallaway@littleleague.org> Subject: RE: WA State Major Baseball Game Bracket & Use of Portable Mound Andrew, Attached is a copy of the survey I did with the Washington DAs regarding the use of a portable mound for the WA State Major Baseball tournament. It was a unanimous decision to allow portable mounds. Please pass this along to the tournament committee for their consideration. Thanks, Pat ======================================= Pat Ryan District Administrator Little League Baseball and Softball Washington District 2 2686 NE Lillehammer Lane Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-779-1824 home 360-271-5193 mobile 888-300-6193 fax <mailto:Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org> Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org <http://www.wad2llb.org2/> www.WAD2LLB.org "If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people." Old Chinese Proverb ======================================= From: Andrew Cortez <acortez@littleleague.org <mailto:acortez@littleleague.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 4:16 PM To: Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org <mailto:Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org> ; Kit Golden <kgolden@littleleague.org <mailto:kgolden@littleleague.org> > Cc: Jake Gallaway <jgallaway@littleleague.org <mailto:jgallaway@littleleague.org> > Subject: RE: WA State Major Baseball Game Bracket & Use of Portable Mound Pat, This would need input from all districts in the state. You can simply gather signatures from all DAs and send me that document. If you have any questions please let me know. Thank you, Andrew Andrew Cortez West Region Assistant Director Little League International p. 909-887-6444 x4112 a. 6707 Little League Drive, San Bernardino, CA 92407 w. <https://www.littleleague.org/> LittleLeague.org From: pat.ryan@wad2llb.org <mailto:pat.ryan@wad2llb.org> <pat.ryan@wad2llb.org <mailto:pat.ryan@wad2llb.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 3:16 PM To: Kit Golden <kgolden@littleleague.org <mailto:kgolden@littleleague.org> > Cc: Andrew Cortez <acortez@littleleague.org <mailto:acortez@littleleague.org> >; Jake Gallaway <jgallaway@littleleague.org <mailto:jgallaway@littleleague.org> > Subject: WA State Major Baseball Game Bracket & Use of Portable Mound Kit, Attached is a copy of the game bracket for the Washington State Major Baseball tournament for your review. Also, the host league uses portable mounds. What do you need for approval to use these at the State tournament? The mounds are True Pitch model 302. I believe they just purchased these this year. Regards, Pat ======================================= Pat Ryan District Administrator Little League Baseball and Softball Washington District 2 2686 NE Lillehammer Lane Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-779-1824 home 360-271-5193 mobile 888-300-6193 fax <mailto:Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org> Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org <http://www.wad2llb.org2/> www.WAD2LLB.org "If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people." Old Chinese Proverb =======================================