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2010 Evaluation Overview for Pinto
On behalf of the entire Orinda Baseball Association, I would like to personally welcome you to the 2010 Pinto Division season. We have been working hard to set the stage for another great season and it will be upon us very quickly.
The first step in the process is to attend the Evaluation Session on Saturday, January 9th. The RAIN DATE is Saturday January 16th with the same schedule. Outlined below is the time slot assigned to your player. I have grouped the players by age and based on whether your player is a first or second year player. The coaches players are in the final group as they are evaluated separately. Please do not switch slots with other players. If you have a significant conflict with the time slot assigned below, please let me know, but please make every reasonable effort to keep the time that has been assigned.
Where: The Evaluation will be at the Orinda Sports Field adjacent to Wagner Ranch School. We will be on the North End and using the Bronco diamond and the adjoining grass area. Please plan to use the Wagner Ranch School parking areas.
What to bring for your player: Your player should come with baseball practice attire, their cleats on(soccer OK for this if you don’t have baseball cleats yet) and their glove. You can bring your own bat, but we will have several sizes available so please do not go rush out and get a new bat yet.
Arrival and Check –in : Please be UP AT THE FIELD by the time noted below so we can check you in and get your Eval number pinned on. Please allow ample time to get from the parking area up to the field.
What they will do: Your player will be timed on a home-to-second base run, field some grounders and soft fly balls, and go through a hitting station using a regular bat hitting whiffel balls. The coaches will be present to evaluate the players for the purposes of the draft. You will be done in about an hour.
If you have any questions or concerns about the Eval, please email me. The registration for Pinto is now closed. Unfortunately, we cannot accept any more players. Should you decide to withdraw, please let me know immediately since we have players on the waiting list.
Minimum Skill requirement: If your player dramatically struggles to display the minimum skills necessary to participate, we will contact you. This is primarily a safety concern. It is not our intention to ‘cut’ anyone as we reached the 96 player limit during the regular registration period. If you have concerns about this, please contact me to discuss them.
When will teams be announced: Teams will be selected the week of Jan 18. You will be contacted by your team manager later that week. You will have family/team meeting in late January to meet your coaches and to get more details about how your team will run. Practices will start the week of February 8th.
Eval Times:
Group 1: 1:00PM check-in: Ansel, Austenfeld, Avella, Barber, Callister, Dakis, Essabhoy, Fahd, Harris, Jasper, McManus, Meredith, B Millham, Moffett, Novogradac, Parr, Wilder, Zwahlen.
Group 2: 1:45 PM check in: Austin, Ball, Bamberger, Coons, Coons, Dashiell, Duncan, Hallahan, Hollerbach, Hunt, Johansen, Johnston, Khan, Levy, Lyons, McAninch, McDermott, McIntyre, Mechelke, Medal-Katz.
Group 3: 2:30pm check in: Patten, Pieper, Rhodes, Straub, Tarkoff, Tierney, Tunney, Barry, Bruen, Goldsmith, Bohm, Bradley, Bradley, Breznikar, Buckley, Davidson, DeBusschere, Evans, Banis.
Group 4: 3:30 pm check in: Fraser, Weiner, Garcia, Geary, Hanneken, Jensen, Karachi, Kumar, Manning, Miller, Nielsen, O’Brien, Olsen, Marcus O’Neill, Painter, Peters, Queiroz, Ritchey, Smith, Watson, Watson.
Group 5: 4:15pm: Azzani, Catron, Curran, Donner, Estes, Foster, Haughey, Henderson, Hoskins, Lacour, Mollahan, R O’Neil, Richardson, Schmitt, Schwarz, Wong.
2010 Registration Guidelines
OBA Pinto Division
- Pinto division is for age 8 and under. Player birthdays must fall between May 1, 2001 and April 30, 2003. Players born after May 1, 2003 can register on the waiting list. The cutoff between being 8 and 7 is April 30, 2002.
- The division will consist of 8 teams and a maximum of 12 players each.
- There will be a formal Evaluation on the weekend of Jan 9-10, day TBA. If we exceed 96 players during the official registration period, preference to participate will be given to 1)returning 8-year-old players, 2)first year 8-year old players, 3) 7-year-old players 4)Players younger than 7 only if space is available. If we have more than 96 players register, the Commissioner and the Coaches will identity the players that may not meet the minimum skill requirements during the Evaluation. Please contact the Commissioner, David Reed, if you would like to discuss your player’s ability level ahead of registering. We would like to avoid the obvious situation of having players come to the Evaluation and not make it.
- Pinto is the 8 and under format played under the PONY system. OBA chooses to employ the coach – pitch model. The focus of the division is to expose players to the basic skill sets of baseball, teach them how to be part of a competitive team, how to handle athletic success and failure, display good sportsmanship, make new friends from all parts of town, and to have fun learning the game.
- Pinto baseball is a clear step up in competitiveness from what most players will have experienced. There are wins and losses, standings are kept, tournament and all-star teams selected, and the season is quite a bit longer. Practices start the second week of February.
- Practices: there are two scheduled practices per week plus additional practices early in the season on weekends. Players are expected to be at each practice.
- Games: there is a 12 game regular season followed by a double-loss elimination playoff round.
- There are no games on either weekend of Spring Break. Most of the games are on weekends – both Saturday and Sunday. You will have some weeks where you play both days. The season concludes with the playoffs the first week of June.
- Parents of players will be asked to help contribute to the operation of their team. This can include helping at practices and games, scorekeeping, field preparation, communication, and of course team gatherings.
- Tournament and All-star teams: Two 12-player ‘tournament’ teams will be selected in late April to play in an 8u tournament in Fremont over Memorial Day Weekend. One 12-player ‘All-star’ team will be selected the first week of June to play in an 8u tournament in San Bruno over 4th of July week. Guidelines for what to expect and how the teams are selected will be provided at your team meeting prior to the season. There will be a nominal tournament participation fee if your player earns a spot on these teams.
- Contact the Commissioner: David Reed, cell # 510 334 2428
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