All Tball and Coach Pitch and 11/12 games are canceled this morning. We will update status for later games in a few hours.

All 7/8 games are also canceled. Hope weather allows play for Monday.

9/10 is canceled also. Hope weather cooperates for balance of season.

There is standing water in some locations and mud everywhere. Please stay off of the fields so they can dry.

Periodically I receive e-mails advertising Summer Camps and I receive e-mails from parents asking if I know of any Summer Camps. The list below is what I know and it will be updated as I receive info.

McDonough School Summer Camps. There are a variety of camps offered through the school - one week, multiple weeks, various age and skill levels, transportation and lunch options. See flyer for details

Al Bumbry Summer Camp at Hydes. This camp runs through CMRC and Jerry Tana. This camp has been around for many years and is positively reviewed by many CMRC participants. Carrollmanor.org has information.

Diamond Pros Baseball facility is in Glen Arm. They have indoor and outdoor/turf facilities. Their winter camps are well run. The kids love seeing themselves on TV during video anaylsis of batting and pitching. http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=76321302601e777a39eab8e82&id=e93871fc4f&e=6384e30e1e is the link or DiamondPros@msn.com for questions.

December 15, 2012 - Registration is Open

January 8 – Travel Coaches/Baseball Board Meeting – 7pm – Dan Farlow’s House

January 20 – Travel Tryouts – Diamond Pros, 5200 Glen Arm Road, Glen Arm 20157
Players MUST be registered with CMRC before participating in evaluations.

U9: noon to 1pm Coach Paul DiPino - tripledips@verizon.net

U11 and U12 – contact coach directly for arrangements
11U Coach Jon Simon - jonsimon55@gmail.com
12U Coach Mark Kirkwood. mbkirkwood@mac.com

January 27 – Travel Teams – Rosters Set, Players/Parents Notification. Players that do not make a travel team will be assigned an in-house team.

February 7 – In House Commissioners Meeting (all ages) – 7pm - Dan Farlow’s house
League Commissioner: Dan Farlow danfarlow@aol.com
Tball Commissioner/Coach Pitch Commissioner: Shannon Menapace smenapace@msn.com
7-8 Commissioner: Tom New tomjnew@gmail.com
9-10 Commissioner: Greg Chamish gchamish@gmail.com
11-12 Commissioner: John Burns jmburns5@verizon.net
13-15: We are referring players in this age group to register with Cockeysville, Hereford, or LTRC. We will not have enough players to field a full team.

February 15 – In House Evaluations – Sweet Air Park (please check back with website for any changes)
Evaluations are for every registered player in following age groups:
7-8 age group: 5:00pm to 6:30pm
9-10 age group: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
11-12 age group: 8:00 pm to 9:00pm

FREE PITCHING CLINICS. 7/8 Baseball will no longer be an exclusively machine pitch league. The first half of the 7/8 season will have players pitching half of the game phasing into the players pitching the entire game by the end of the season. To aid in the transition, we will have pitching clinics for the players registered for 7/8 baseball and players entering 9/10 for the first time (since they have never pitched). The clinics are free. Participants MUST already be registered for the 2013 baseball season. Participants will need tennis shoes and their glove. DO NOT BRING BATS. DO NOT BRING BALLS. Parent volunteers are needed to be catchers.
The clinics are from 6:00 to 7:30pm at Carroll Manor Elem School Gym on January 6, 13, 20 and February 10, 17 and 24.

March 12 through 16 – In House Coaches Meetings for team assignments and rules. Meetings to be scheduled by age group commissioners and attended by all coaches.

March 19 through 23 – Players/parents notified of coaches, team assignments, practice and game schedules

March 30 – practices and games begin. Generally, practices/games will be one evening per week and on Saturday. Schedules have not been set yet. Parents will be notified of schedule by their coach in late March.

April 27 – BASEBALL FESTIVAL and TEAM PICTURES at Hydes

May 19 – CMRC at CAMDEN YARDS
All players in uniform with coaches parade around warning track prior to Oriole game. Our players get to high-five Oriole players in the dugout! One of our players will receive an autographed ball from an Oriole in a pre-game on field ceremony. Tickets are $10 and are available for family and friends. If we have over 1000 tickets, we qualify for a drawing to have one of our players throw out the first pitch!

Early June – playoffs and all-star games for age groups 7-8 and up.

Season Ends when school ends.

Just to make things clear for safety reasons, the following is Baltimore County Recreation and Parks Lightning Policy. To keep everyone safe, parents, players and spectators must comply with the a Recreation Department Staff member, umpire, age group commissioner or coach requests as directed.

The Lightning Policy
Upon the first sound of thunder or sighting of lightning, Department staff will direct all in attendance to immediately go to their cars or enter a building, if possible. No one will be allowed to return to the field until 30 minutes after the last sound of thunder and sighting of lightning. Staff will have complete authority on any decisions made at our facilities. In the absence of Department staff, volunteer coaches, and officials should follow the same procedure.