Coaches Corner
This area of the Lynnfield Men’s Over-40 Softball League web site is intended to provide all coaches and their assistants with “at-a-glance” information you will need to help you manage your teams.
** IMPORTANT NOTICE – PLEASE READ **
Due to the conditions that are part of our league insurance policy, all players must sign and return their 2011 Registration & Waiver Release Form prior to the first game of the year – no exceptions. If this form has not been signed and returned – along with the accompanying payment fee – no player can participate in a league-sponsored game or play on any town field. Period. It’s really that simple.
As coaches, it’s up to you to make sure this has happened and to ensure that your team is in full compliance. Any team fielding unregistered players will be asked to remove the player from the field at once, and will forfeit the game or games in question if they don’t.
So, what do you have to do in order to avoid all this unnecessary misery and hardship? It’s easy. Just make certain that all your players have signed and returned their 2011 Registration & Waiver Release Form, and that their annual fee has also been paid in full. And if, for whatever reason, they haven’t yet done so, keep them out of your lineup and off the field until they do.
If you’re not sure who on your team may still have an outstanding form that needs to be signed and returned, contact the Commissioner.
Team Contact Information
Team # 1 – Green: Coach, Dennis Barry – Home: 781-334-3109 (automatically forwards to mobile phone); dennis.barry@donaldson.com; Assistant Coach, Kevin Pierce – Mobile: 781-325-5148; piercek@wakefield.k12.ma.us
Team # 2 – Black: Coach, Barry Silverman – Home: 978-532-5465; Mobile: 508-328-1187; bsfcp@verizon.net; Assistant Coach, Steve Bornstein – Mobile: 978-430-6700; steve.bornstein@verizon.net
Team # 3 – Red: Coach, Richie Irvine – Home: 978-536-3178; Mobile: 978-587-7931; RJI019@aol.com; Assistant Coach, Bob Lee – Home: 781-334-3396; Mobile: 978-835-9600; generalboblee52@yahoo.com
Team # 4 – Blue: Joe Maney – Home: 781-254-9706; joemaney@verizon.net; Assistant Coach, Rob Iapicca – Mobile: 781-864-7527; rob.iapicca@yahoo.com
Team # 5 – Maroon: Coach, Roy Benjamin – Mobile: 781-439-8428; roybenj@verizon.net; Assistant Coach, Tom Flaherty – Home: 781-245-3982; Mobile: 617-304-2138; tflaherty1@comcast.net
Team # 6 – Navy: Coach, Mike Leach – Home: 781-334-4100; Mobile: 781-718-2026; ryanle1@msn.com; Assistant Coach, John Gallo - Mobile: 781-334-4766; ne.medical.jgallo@gmail.com
Housekeeping Duties
It is the responsibility of the home team coach to provide two (2) new league-supplied softballs along with a league-supplied check to the umpire prior to the start of every game.
Additionally, it is the home team’s responsibility to carry the equipment (bats and bases) from and to the shed at the start and end of every game, and to also make certain the shed is securely locked prior to leaving.
Game Results
It is the responsibility of the home team coach to provide the final score of their game played to the Commissioner. Ideally, this should be done on the night that the game is actually played, but certainly no later than the Thursday night of the week of the game in question.
Rainout Procedure
As much as we would all like to have a rainout-free season, chances are that at some point over the course of the 15-week schedule Mother Nature will not cooperate with this desire.
If it has been raining heavily throughout the day of a scheduled game, or for several days in a row prior to a game, or the field conditions are such that playing a game will in any way be hazardous to the safety of all participants (e.g., standing water throughout the infield, massive puddles in the batter’s boxes, very slippery outfield, etc.), then that night’s game needs to be postponed.
It is the responsibility of both coaches to contact each other in advance to discuss the situation. If they mutually determine that a game cannot be played, then the home team coach needs to contact Jack Butler, the head of umpires, at 351-201-9657, or butlrdidit@aol.com, no later than 5:30 p.m. the day of the game in question. Both coaches, of course, then need to notify their respective teams of the same decision, plus the Commissioner. A makeup game will then be scheduled.
Once a game has been started, and the weather conditions worsen or become dangerous (high winds, sudden downpour, lightning, etc.), it is the umpire’s decision to pull players off the field and either wait out the situation and continue playing afterwards if safe to do so, or cancel the game.
Field Permit
The Lynnfield Men’s Over-40 Softball League has a formal permit with the Lynnfield Recreation Commission that grants the league the right to play at both the softball diamond behind St. Maria Goretti’s Church on Chestnut Street and the softball diamond behind Lynnfield High School on Essex Street from April 26 through August 11, starting at 6:30 p.m.
As many of you know, due to a limited supply and steady demand for facilities, portions of the town’s various athletic fields are often in use simultaneously by different sports teams and leagues. It is strongly suggested that all coaches download and print out a hardcopy of the field permit (see attached PDF file) and keep it with them somewhere with their team equipment at all times in the event any discrepancies should arise with any other athletic groups or individuals concerning the use of the two aforementioned softball fields, including the outfield areas.
St. Maria Goretti Field Usage Policy
Click here to read and download the St. Maria Goretti Parish Field Usage Policy.
