Hi Everyone,

Well the Countdown is on for Registration !!
And we even extended it by 3 Days to April 13. Which also coincides with our Spring AGM, also on the 13th.
So if you Late Registers are coming to the AGM, bring your checkbook.

So let’s keep up the Great work and lets get the rest of the League signed up !!

Be sure to check out the all important dates on the website as well.
Click here for the Website,
https://www.grandslamslopitch.com/

If you are having issues or have questions about registration contact our Registrar John Schmidt at https://www.grandslamslopitch.com/organizations/3209/contact_page/contacts/196/emails/new

or Contact me, Paul McNeil at https://www.grandslamslopitch.com/organizations/3209/contact_page/contacts/7551/emails/new

Thanks Everyone,
PM

And Hey, Lets not Forget about those Amazing Guys in Blue (well Purple in our League) The Amazing Umpires, we can’t leave them out of the Fun Quote"s
“Gentleman, he was out because I said he was out.”
- Bill Klem
" I never questioned the Integrity of an Umpire, their Eye Site Yes, but never Integrity"
- Leo Durocher
“It isn’t enough for an Umpire to merely Know what he’s doing. He has to look as though he knows what he is doing, too”
- Larry Goetz

Hi Everyone,

The League wants to send out Apologies to All the New League Members and Returning Members that have not been receiving our League messages.
Website Issue, that’s possible…….. Human Error, Likely……My Human Error…. Absolutely !!

This message is just a test Run for all the New Guys.
Fingers are Crossed!!

There are lots of messages for you all to catch up on.

All New Members, Please try and respond to this message so that I will be able to sleep tonight knowing that it all worked.
And If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at

https://grandslamslopitch.com/organizations/3209/contact_page/contacts/7551/emails/new

Cheers everyone

Paul M

Hi League,

So here are a few important Dates for everyone to be aware of.

• The next Board Meeting is scheduled for Monday April 11th at 6:30pm.

• Our Annual Spring AGM is taking place on Wednesday April 13th at Triwood Community Center at 6:00pm, upstairs in Collingwood Hall.

• We have extended the Registration cut off to April 13th to coincide with our AGM. So you last minute sign up’s can bring your check to the AGM.

• Saturday April 23rd, New Player evaluations, likely to be held at Charleswood 1 or 2.
  Location and Times still to be confirmed.

• All Draft Days are now confirmed,
  - AAA Draft Monday Apr 25, 7:30 pm-9:30pm, Triwood Community Center. Upstairs in Collingwood Hall. JT’s Lounge will provide service to Collingwood
  - Draft Day for Dayball, Tuesday April 26th Triwood Community Center, 7pm-9pm in Charleswood Hall. JT’s Lounge will provide service.
  - Draft Day for AA Division Thursday April 28th at Triwood Community Center, 6pm-8pm. Upstairs in Collingwood Hall. JT’s Lounge will provide service
  -Draft Day for A Division. Triwood Community Center.10am-12pm on Saturday April 30th. Meeting in JT’s Lounge, JT’s Lounge will be closed for bar and food service , We are just using the space for this Draft.

This information and other important dates and times are posted on our website home page, on the right side of the page, look under Schedule.( Click the item then click View Event Info )
You will also find all this information under Calendar on the top of the Home Page.

• And only 37 Days from now, our new Season is set to get underway on Tues May 3rd. Schedules to Follow.

Thanks Everyone,
Paul M

Good Morning League,

This is a friendly reminder that our Rules Clinic is taking place next Saturday, April 2nd from 10am – 4pm at Triwood Community Center located at 2244 Chicoutimi Dr NW, Calgary.

It will now be held downstairs in the Foothills Hall (not upstairs in Collingwood Hall like previously mentioned)

Thank You to all the Members who confirmed their attendance for this important Clinic.
I look forward to seeing everyone there.

Any last minute attendee’s can email me at
https://www.grandslamslopitch.com/organizations/3209/contact_page/contacts/7551/emails/new

Regards,
Paul M

It’s Yogi Time,
“The towels at that Hotel were so thick I could hardly close my suitcase”
- Yogi Berra
" I never said most of the things I said "
- Yogi Berra

Hi Everyone

It has come to my attention that many members were not able to open the current Registration List I sent out a few days ago.
Apologies All around !!
I have made the necessary changes and all should be good now.
John Schmidt updated the list again and I am including it here.
If anyone is still having an issue please send me an email letting me know.

https://www.grandslamslopitch.com/organizations/3209/contact_page/contacts/7551/emails/new

And like before, here is the legend to help you understand the Status Info
Reg –Regular
DbB – both day ball and regular
DbO – day ball only

Alu – Alumni/Other
5 – Alberta 55 membership has been confirmed
A – CSMS membership has been paid for
P – payment is pending (they chose to pay offline)
W – Withdrawn
R – refund has been paid (no one yet)

Regards,
Paul M

And if you didn’t already know this, I love Yogi Berra, so here is a bit of Trivia about Yogi,
- “Yogi has more World Series Rings than any other player in MLB History”
- “Yogi has played in more world series games than any other player”
- " Yogi homered in his First Major League at Bat"
- “Yogi served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was on a Gunboat during the Normandy Landings, June 6th, 1944”