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Welcome back for the 86th year of SHBL baseball
May 2019
The SHBL executive and league representatives have voted and decided on the following changes for the 2019 Season:
Here's to another exciting year of SHBL baseball!
The SHBL executive and league representatives have voted and decided on the following changes for the 2019 Season:
- It will be a 20 game regular season. Unfortunately the Shannonville Hawks were unable to field a team this year, so the league is down to 8 teams. Each team plays each other three times. Each player must play in 5 regular season games to be eligible for playoffs.
- The Playoff format will be changed this year. The top 3 teams from the regular season will make the playoffs and compete for the Thornton Portt Memorial Championship trophy as League Champs. The 4th and 5th place team will playoff in a one game wildcard game at the end of the Regular Season to determine entry into the 2019 Playoffs. The winner of this game joins the top 3 teams in the playoffs. The remaining 4 teams will playoff for the SHBL "B" Championship similar to what the league has done in past years.
- There has been some discussion over the past number of years about transitioning to wood bats. This year the league has imposed a mandatory minimum bat length to weight ratio of -3, meaning the if the bat is 34 inches long it cannot be any lighter than 31 ounces (33in/30oz, 32in/29oz). The batdrop must clearly be marked on the bat, to be clearly visible to the umpire upon inspection. Any illegal bat discovered will be removed from the game.
- The league will be having a 4-person best ball golf tournament again this year on Saturday July 13th, 2019, hosted by Cal Dunville and family at Briar Fox Golf & Country Club in Marysville. The cost for 18 holes with a cart and dinner will be $75 per person (only $20 for any Briar Fox Club members, and any dinner-only guests). Please contact Bat or your league representative by Tuesday July 2nd to book your spot or foursome team.
- The league is also pleased to welcome Adam Dutton to the League Executive as Vice President and Brad Casey as the Umpire-in-Chief.
- The Regular Season schedule will be uploaded to the website upon its completion.
- The next SHBL meeting will be Monday June 10th at 730pm at the Tyendinaga Rec Hall.
Here's to another exciting year of SHBL baseball!
RAIN OUT UPDATES:
Rainout Dates:
GM28 Maclan Designs at Melrose to RO10 -- Friday July 12th at 7:00
GM27 Mudhens at Parkhurst -- Sunday July 14th at 5:30 (F3)
