SCHEDULES MAY BE VIEWED BY GOING TO STANDINGS, YOUR AGE GROUP & TYPING IN YOUR TEAM NAME IN THE SEARCH BOX!

Mailing address for checks and rosters:
7410 Matt’s Landing Point
Cumming, GA 30028

LANIER BASEBALL PICTURE DAY – February 28th. Teams have been contacted by email with details. If you have any questions please contact Joanna Cloud - joanna.cloud@mindspring.com

TEAM ROSTERS - The ONLINE “ROSTER/WAIVER” form is located in the “MEMBER LOGIN” area of the website and MUST be completed by ALL teams. Rosters must be completed, printed and signed appropriately and mailed to the league. By league rules any team that does not have an online and completed signed roster turned in will forfeit any games played. Fax missing birth certificates to 678-823-8212. PLEASE mark each page with your AGE & TEAM NAME. Teams may add players until April 15th.

GAME SCHEDULES & ONLINE CHANGES – The online schedules are now FINAL unless both coaches agree to a change!! Once a change has been agreed on by both coaches it MUST be updated online. We ask that the coach requesting the change correct the website.

BRAVES FUNDRAISER & LBL BRAVES DAY – We are working on the details (order forms & flyers) all will be posted to the website and emailed asap. The event is set for Wednesday, June 2^nd @ 1:00 vs Phillies.

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT – Set to begin June 3rd. The start date was moved up in an attempt to get the tourney wrapped up by the 8^th. More details regarding locations and tournament t-shirts will be posted soon.

PARK ADDRESSES – Have been updated. If your park address is wrong or not listed please email the park name and address/correction to tim.turner@lanierbaseball.com so it can be added or corrected.

TEAM INSURANCE – The Jan 13^th DEADLINE to purchase team insurance through the league has passed. Insurance certificates were emailed on Friday, Jan. 22^nd. If you have not mailed payment for your team insurance please do so asap. The 2010 rates are $75 for 12 and under, $90 for 13/14.

MEMBER LOGIN - This is a new feature for the league. Coaches may access team contact information, view & make date & time changes to your schedule and view other team rosters online.

COACHES CONTACTS – For a list of coaches contact information go into the “MEMBER LOGIN” area and click on the contacts button on the top right of the page.

BASEBALLS – We sold out of the 12 and under baseballs. For the 13 & 14 teams we have approximately 26 dozen left over. Please mail payment for your baseballs asap if you have not yet done so. Please email Angie if you would like to purchase baseballs.

COACHES CERTIFICATION - all head coaches must be certified through a program, such as NYSCA, Simply the Best, etc… Coaches must have the certification before games begin in March. NYSCA offers online Baseball Coaches certification that will satisfy the coach’s certification requirement. For a small fee you can complete the certification online at https://www.nays.org/nyscaonline/ The online certification is a combination of reading and video followed by 2 tests based on the content. The videos are not required, but if you do choose to watch them, we have found that they run slow. You will find that the tests aren’t real difficult and some of the questions do require that you’ve read the material while other questions may be answered using reasonable judgment.

2010 INDEPENDENT TEAMS – Each year Lanier Baseball accepts up to 2 teams in the league who do not have a home field. We call these teams “Independent”. All Independent team spots for 2010 have been filled. We are not taking any more requests at this time.

DIVISION SPLITS for 2010 – In 2010 the league will be splitting the 11 and up age groups into AAA & AA divisions where possible. The league directors have discussed the issue and for several reasons have decided to make the splits official. Returning teams will be appointed to the division in which they participated in for the 2009 Championship Tournament. There will be a few exceptions that will be reviewed by the league directors, which will include the last place team in the AAA divisions and any new teams who join the league.

                        Feeder Division – Teams who have players who are all in the same grade and will be attending the same high school. These teams are generally in the 7^th & 8^th grade, however we do have the Jr Grizzlies and other programs who have
                        teams in other ages.
                        Tournament Division - AAA teams wishing to play only 10-14 league games should register in the “Tournament” division.
                        AAA Division - Teams who have competed at the AAA level or played Lanier Baseball and finished .500 or above in 2009 should register AAA.
                        AA Division - New teams who’ve never played travel or teams who finished under .500 in Lanier Baseball in 2009 should register AA.

2010 Cooperstown Dreams Park Information:
For rising 12 year old teams who are looking to make the trip next summer here is a link to the 2010 registration form. If you are on the fence about going – GET OFF and start making your plans today! In case you haven’t heard, it’s baseball heaven. If anyone is looking for more information they may not be able to find on the Dreams Park website you may contact Angie Turner @ angie.turner@lanierbaseball.com and she will do everything possible to help.
http://cooperstowndreamspark.com/CDP_Forms/2010_TeamRegistration.pdf