Summer 2004

If you are looking for a team to play on, please contact Richard Chen (4-1259) or Kelly Perry (4-3382) or Scott Morgan (4-4972).

Jim Conway has an alternative web page with JPL B League information, http://www.leaguelineup.com/jplbleague.

SCHEDULE

Notes:

• Home team is the second team listed in the above schedule, e.g. team A @ team B means that team B is the home team.
• The home team provides the game ball.
• The winning team must report the score to the League statistician.
• All games are played at Loma Alta Park in Altadena.
• Questions or comments can be sent to the B-League commissioner.

STANDINGS

                      W  L  T  GB
Sharks                7  2  1   -
Last Gasp             6  3  1  1.0
Marinators            6  4  0  1.5
Diamond Cutters       6  4  0  1.5
Bad Newz              4  5  1  2.5
Maulers               3  7  0  4.5
Imperial Palace       1  8  1  6.0

Third Annual JPL SOFTBALL HOME RUN DERBY

Winners

Summary

HR Derby modeled after the Major League Derby. Last Week of JPL Softball Summer Season 2003 (Aug 30th), 8:10pm, at Loma Alta Park.

SIGN UP

Register with the Derby Commissioner, David Tseng, by email (dtseng@jpl.nasa.gov), JPL mail (122-120), phone (818/354-1066) or in person. $5 fee due before start of derby.

Derby will be limited to 21 contestants, maximum. Spaces will be filled on a first come/first served basis (by receipt of registration fee) with a maximum of 3 spaces per team.

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY

VOLUNTEERS

DERBY RULES

1. Sign in with the official scorer (preferably before 8:10pm; must be before first pitch).
2. Contest must end before 9:30pm, so delaying of the game will be issued a first warning, then a second offense will result in disqualification.
3. The Batting order will be random, announced at start of the Derby. If you arrive more than 2minutes after your name is called, you are out of the contest.
4. In the first round, each batter will have 10 outs (an out is any swing of the bat that does not result in a home run) and a maximum of 12 pitches taken (not swung at). Pitches taken after the 12th are considered outs.
5. The winner of the first round and the second place finisher (plus ties) will compete in a second round of 6 outs each. Winner of the first round will have choice of batting order in the second round. Winner of the second round is the Champion.
6. Each batter can either bring his own pitcher (who will be allowed a maximum of 4 practice pitches) or a volunteer pitcher.
7. A home run is any ball that lands on or past the imaginary straight line between two cones in the outfield as determined by the majority of homerun judges (tie goes to the batter).
8. Cone distance will be fixed at the beginning of the contest by the commissioner and volunteers. One set of cones will be the men's homerun markers, and a separate set of cones will designate the women's homerun marker. The men's markers will be placed approximately 15-20 yards past the Little League burn line (a little deeper in centerfield than the foul lines). The women's distance will be approximately 15 yards in from the burn line (i.e., near the cones).
9. Bats must be marked official softball, 1.20BPF, and certified by a recognized softball association.
10. Rules interpretations and rules not covered herein will be decided by the HR Derby Commissioner.
11. egal pitch shall be one that is thrown from the pitching mound rubber and clearly reaches a height above that of the batter's head (judgment to be made by the catcher/official scorer).

WINNERS

David Tseng
Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109
Tel: 818-354-1066
Fax: 818-393-4699

FREE AGENTS

• Ernie Chuang, category J, "24 years old, very fast, can hit the ball well and pretty much play any position, probably best suited for outfield."
• Mark Olson, category J?. "I am a lefty... 22 yrs old and very fast... played baseball all through high school and softball back home... real competitive and I hustle out there all the time."

Managers, if you acquire someone from this list (or make any other roster change), please inform the registrar.

DATES

• June 28: season begins
• July 30: roster freeze
• August 24: roster and $310 due for fall. Contact Kelly (230-205, 4-3382) or Richard (300-320H, 4-1259) to arrange to meet. OR
  Richard will be at the 303 cafeteria on August 24, from 11:45 to 12:45. If you want to save time, fill in a deposit form.
• August 31: home run derby run by David Tseng
• August 31: season ends

GENERAL INFO, RULES, ETC.

• B League is competitive
• Games on Mondays. Start times are 5:30, 6:50, and 8:10.
• Location: Loma Alta Park
• Paid umpires
• One 10-week season, though this is being debated.
• Address any questions, comments, or complaints about the fields or umpires to the commissioner. If there is some such problem, contact him/her the day after the occurrence to ensure prompt corrective action.
• The batter starts with a count of 1 ball and 1 strike.

Legal Bats

• In general (from Fred Lingad, the head umpire)
  Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
  From: FRED LINGAD (head umpire)
  I have prepared a 2004 SCMAF approved restricted bat list for your league. Please note this is modified for your league (JPL) in accordance to 2004 SCMAF RULES for coed. NO EXCEPTIONS!!
  1. All bats must be labeled or stamped "OFFCIAL SOFTBALL" if not because of it being a old bat final decision will be up to the umpire. If week to week one umpire allows and next week different umpire does not allow again it will up to the umpire that night.
  2. Any bat that is tampered with or can't read the label will be considered illegal and "not allowed". Can't read it can't use it.
  3. Any bat with a unique or weird sound the umpire has the right to not allow bat to be used.
  4. All bats must not exceed 1.2 BPF.
  5. Bats all must have a proper grip or not allowed.( Tape is OK )
• Specifically, this is the 2004 bat list as of April 19, 2004. All bats not listed are legal. For newer models, the umpire has the final say.

TEAMS

MAPS

Loma Alta

CHUMPS

¹Contacts for the Fields Representative

• LA County Parks: 31320 Castaic Road, Castaic, CA 91384. (800)CO-PARKS for reservations. They control Loma Alta, Farnsworth, Two Strike (no lights).
• Loma Alta Park: Penny Daniels (626)794-8811, (626)797-6826 fax. Talk to her before and after reserving.
• Loma Alta Park facilities: Oscar Harris
• Glendale Sports: (818)548-6420. Heavily boooked.
• If desperate, try City Parks, (626)744-7275. They control Victory, Jefferson, Rose Bowl, Brookside, and others, yet they rarely have available fields. Hours: 09:00 to 12:00, 14:00 to 16:00
• Another desperation location: Duarte. Not close, but very cheap for residents ($10/hour). Cesar (626)357-7931x203. Otis Gordon Park and Falkenborg. Hours: 07:30 to 18:00.

• Fred Lingad, frediuaumps@yahoo.com, 818-551-1653, 818-913-3852 cell
• Formerly, Major League Softball, Inc, 621 E Walnut Ave, Burbank, 91501, (818)559-8787x3 for Dave and Cathy (owners? managers?), (818)559-9780fax

ROSTERS

• J: JPL or Caltech employees, contractors, students, and retirees
• F: family members of J's: spouses, children, parents, and siblings
• N: anyone else, at most 20% of the roster or 4 players, whichever is less

This page contains the official rosters.

Sharks

  Cat Player               Cat Player               Cat Player
  J Aris Aspiotes          J Rich Benesh            J Steve Broberg          
  J Greg Carr              F Nancy Carr             J Becky Castano          
  J Richard Chen*          J Brad Clement           J Tony Ganino            
  J Angel Garnica          J Joe Guinn              J Earl Higa**            
  J Mitch Ingham           J Joe Jacob              J Chris Jones            
  J Pete Jones             J Cleveland Mak          J Debra Martin           
  J Tom McCarthy           J Scott Morgan           J Juliana Murphy         
  F Annette Nasif          J Rich Orozco            J Jeff Osman             
  J Frank Picha            N Linda Rios             N Holly Schmidt          
  J Amy Tumminello         J David Werntz           J Ada Yu                 
  N Anne Zavala            N Mario Zavala           

Maulers

  J Jennifer Aiello        J Jeff Anglin            J Luis Arenas            
  F Ruy Arenas             N Russell Campbell       N Eric Cohen             
  J Adrian Downs           J Scott Dunbar           J Don Han                
  J Ben Holt               J Louise Jandura         J Dave Morreale**        
  J Kelly Perry            N Jane Pipich            J Angel Portillo         
  J Todd Quigley           N Micheal Scholen        J David Seal             
  J Richard Stiebel*       J Anthony Turner         J Sloane Wiktorowicz     

Bad Newz

  N Frank Acosta           N Juan Bugarin           J Steve Bustos           
  F Angela Calzada         J Steven Calzada         J Gina Chiappetta        
  F Jim Conway             J Freddie Garcia         J LaVerne Guzman         
  J Mike Hernandez         J William Hoffmeier      J Kevin Hughes           
  J Lionel Humphrey        N David Ibarra           J Chris Kent             
  J Kent Krueger           J Alan Kunihiro          J Edward Lovato**        
  J Mauricio Morales       J Dan Moyer              J Nelson Navarette       
  J Renee Ritter           J Adrian Salazar*        F Marlene Salazar        
  N Steven Sanchez         J Maurice Simpson        F Catalina Valdez        
  F Sara Valdez            F Nancy Vega             F Ryan Vega              

Last Gasp

  Cat Player               Cat Player               Cat Player
  J Jeff Bixler            J Jeff Boyer             J Charlene Ching         
  J David Ciardi           J Jerry Clark**          F Susan Crenshaw         
  F Robin Cresto           J Tom Cresto             J Cindee Dlugos          
  J Robert Easter          J Dave Herman            J David Hernandez        
  J Tina Jameson           J Aaron Kano             J Craig Leff             
  F Brian Martin           F Javier Ortega          N Hector Pessina         
  J Eric Rhinehart         J David Scaff*           J Art Seiden

Marinators

  Cat Player               Cat Player               Cat Player
  J Shyam Bhaskaran        J Eugene Bonfiglio**     F Kimberly Bonfiglio     
  J Len Charest            F Monique Charest        J Karla Clark              
  J Scott Evans            J Curt Henry             J Dolan Highsmith          
  F Paige Highsmith        N David Johnson          J Brian Kennedy          
  J Sonny Koliwad          N Robert Lucas           J Jan Ludwinski          
  J Bob Mase               J Fabiano Oyafuso        J Chris Potts            
  J Duane Roth             N Megan Smoley           J Jason Stauch           
  F Lynette Stauch         J Ted Sweetser           J David Tseng*           
  N Richard Walker         J Steve Williams         J Mike Wilson            
  J Shonte Wright          J Peter Xaypraseuth

Diamond Cutters

  J Brian Bone             N Barron Chuy            N Eric Danaker           
  J Doug Equils            J Toni Feldman           N John Flores            
  N Emily Greninger        F Steve Guzman           J Marcus Haughton        
  J Byron Jones            J Nancy Kapell           J Ken Lawrence*          
  F Matt Lievense          J Leticia Montanez       J Chris Quintanilla      
  J Mark Shipley           F Barbara Solorzano      F Marisa Solorzano       
  J Toby Solorzano, Jr.**  F Toby Solorzano         J Danette Villavicencio  
  F Mac Villavicencio      J Garson Yee             

Imperial Palace

  J Jacob Berlin**         J Katherine Gardner      J Nick Graham*
  J Tim Funk*              J Ian Mangion            J Jon McDonald
  J Andrew Mollner         J Rob Moncure            J Dan Sanders
  J David Tirrell          F Meg Tirrell            F Dan Tirrell
  N Amy ?

Comments? Complaints? Email sent to richard.chen@jpl.nasa.gov may get acted upon.

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