Things are falling into place for the 2010 season. We have now finalized our coaches for the upcoming season, made some tweaks to the schedule that should make things a little more interesting and settled on the dates for our various events.The operation is in full swing as we are purchasing all the equipment that we will need for this season, you know, the bats, balls, BBQs and bbq equipment. The individuals on the executive are now in the process of planning, reserving and leaving nothing to chance for all our fabulous events. So here are some of the highlites of the last couple of weeks:

• Registration is now open!
• June 11 - Golf tournament, same place, same time
• June 20 - Family BBQ day
• October 2- Awards night
• November 6- Banquet 
• November 8- AGM

The schedule for 2010 is now available (just click on schedule from the home page). You will find two little changes that we believe will make the start of the season and the family BBQ day more fun and interesting for everyone. As the season approaches, every player is thinking about the start of the season, that first pitch, first game, the anticipation. But every season for two teams, that was not the case. Their season started on the Tuesday or Wednesday, they miss out on the experience of opening day, that festive celebration of the start of the KMSPL season. So this year, on opening Sunday, there will be 7 games played, every team and every player (all 196), will get to see a pitch, swing the bat, eat some food and drink with their buddies. The same was true for the family BBQ day, there were always 2 teams that would miss out on our day. No food for them, no music, no celebrating with the rest of the league. So on June 20th of this year, you will also find all 14 teams on the schedule. Everyone gets to play on these two important and festive days of the season!

One more thing before announcing the coaches for 2010, we might have the opportunity of having the outfield fence extended from the current right field fence to enclose the whole outfield. It would finally be a real softball park, we can now, regrdless of the hitter, play the ball off the fence, no more running into the trees or directing traffic on a busy Sunday afternoon. The only hiccup is that the league, as we are the primary beneficiary, would need to pony up anywhere between $3K to $4K. Which essentially would be half the cost of the fence. The decision is all of ours of course and I will be posting the question on our website and hope that all of you take the time to answer us. Based on those results, we will decide if we ask the city to build it for us or not. We have reviewed our financials and seeing as we would offer to pay over a number of seasons, it would have little or no impact on our financial situation. Please share your thoughts with us. 

Coaches for 2010 are: Returning - Groombridge, Sher, Lemay, Rochette, O'Connor, Fitzgerald, Corsi, Semenchuk, Akzam, Spensieri and Lavis. New - Sorin, Binette and Leblanc. Until next time!