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Utica Snowfari Softball Tournament

Val Bialas Ski Chalet and Rec. Center
Memorial Parkway, Utica, NY 13502
Date: Saturday Feb. 7, 2009
Time: 9:00AM
Fee: Minimum $100.00 entry fee (the more a team raises the more they get)

If a team raises Each player receives
$200-$399 Family year membership to the zoo
$400-$599 T-Shirt w/ Snowfari Logo
$600 or more All of the above

Registration Deadline: January 28, 2009, with a minimum $100.00 non-refundable deposit

For more info contact: Utica Zoo at 315-738-0472 or www.snowfari.com

All proceeds benefit the Utica Zoo

Players must be 18
Texas Style Rules (all players start with 3 balls/2 strikes)
Co-Ed Teams optional
Min. 9 players, max. 12
5 innings or 30 minutes
12 run rule after 4 full innings

Snow Softball Tournament

Date: February 28, 2009
Site: Veterans's Memorial Playfield (Oneida, NY)
Fee: $100.00 per team

6 team double elimination tournament. Texas Style Rules (3 balls, 2 strikes) pitcher gets one pitch. Games are 5 innings or 30 minutes. Teams must have a min. of 9 players and max. of 12. For more information and to register your team please contact Brandon Lovett in the Oneida Recreation Department at blovett@oneidacity.com or Oneida Softball League President Dave Trexler at dtrex@twcny.rr.com to reserve your spot.

Indoor Adult Softball League

Field of Dreams Sports Complex
2413 State Rt.5 Schuyler, Utica, NY 13502
Starts: Nov. 16, 2008
Sunday Nights
$500.00 per team

Contact Bob Cook at 724-7117 or bob@fodsports.com for more information or if
you have a team as a whole you'd like to enter.

If people want to piece together a team from Rome have them email me at
blovett@oneidacity.com. I know of two or three people who are interested in
playing, me being one of them.

Important announcement regarding the $50 insurance assessments
Minutes from October 7th Board Meeting are now available

The RMSA Board recently held a board meeting to officially close out the 2008 season and to begin the preparations for the upcoming 2009 season. For all teams and their representatives who paid the required $50 team insurance fee during the 2008 season, the Board is now offering two options. The options are as follows:

For an official copy of the minutes recorded from this meeting, please visit the Meeting Minutes page on our website.

2008 RMSA League Champions

2008 RMSA Tournament Bracket >> view

Diamond Dust >> full story

(Editor’s note: Diamond Dust is a weekly synopsis of happenings in the Rome Men’s Softball Association compiled by board member Mike Kohli and published in the Rome Sentinel. This special tournament edition features spotlight games and standout players from the 2008 RMSA League Championship Tournament.)

June 25, 2008

RMSA Open Tournament Winners and MVPs

Tournament Winners: PBA / Palisades Front Row (L-R): Team Captain Stew Rood, Rick Redmond, Don D'Aiuto, John Miller, Co-MVP Rick "The Living Legend" Kenealy Back Row (L-R): Jeff Lanigan, Derek Utter, Kris Wutsch, Scott Parsons, Tom Tharrett, John Sharrino, Daryl Finn

Tournament co-MVPs: (L): Rick Kenealy (PBA / Palisades OF) - 8 hits on the weekend. (R): Dave Guy (Galliano Club of Rome P) - 16 hits on the weekend, including 3 home runs, one a grand slam

Tourney Post-Mortem

Big thanks and Congratulations to all the teams and volunteers for making the 2nd Annual a big success. All in all, the tourney went smoothly with very few problems.

It took a lot of work to pull this one off this year. We owe a big thanks to league president Bill Menter (who, if he had hair, would have completely lost it) and 5th Ward Councilor Ron Casadei for helping navigate City Hall the two weeks leading up to the tournament.

If any of you knew what it took to get this one off the ground this year you would understand some of the slight mistakes that may have been made. A lot of our resources were being redirected just to play ball.

That said, Congrats to this year's winner Palisades/PBA, and runners-up Galliano Club and Pozzie's!

This year's co-MVPs were Dave Guy, pitcher for Galliano and Rick 'The Living Legend' Kenealy for Palisades.

Thanks also to our tireless board and all the volunteer umps both ASA guys (Bobo, Butch and Tim) and non-umps (Matt Crye, Jeff Lanigan, and our board members). Couldn't have made it through the weekend without you guys.

Another big thank you to our scorekeepers for the weekend, 'Flasci' Joe Nasci and Bob 'the silver fox' Miller. Thanks for helping out fellas!

Also, big thanks to this year's vendors, the crew from the Rhine Haus and Dean's Concessions. If you didn't get one of their roast beef sandwiches this weekend, you missed out. Hopefully, most of you guys spent at least a few bucks at their tables to make their efforts worthwhile.

And finally, this tournament couldn't have happened without the guys from the city Parks & Rec. Dept. (most of whom played on the Galliano squad this weekend.) Thanks to Jim Guy, Lloyd Drake & their crew for setting up the fence, getting the grass mowed and providing the tractor. Also thanks to the softball workers Jim McQuinn & Josh Seaton.

As always, anytime we try something, it's a learning experience for us. Every year we get a little better at it and any comments or suggestions will help us all the more.

Time to start planning for #3 next year!

June 3, 2008

New "Mercy Rule" In Effect - RMSA Board Amends Rule #24

In an effort to maintain the league's overall integrety and balance, the RMSA Board has decided to amend its policy for games terminated by the "mercy rule". Effective immediately, All RMSA games will now adhere and follow the newly amended Rule #24. Rule #24 reads as follows:

Rule #24
A game will be terminated by the mercy rule at the completion of four (4) full innings if the difference in score is twenty (20) runs or more or five (5) full innings if the difference in score is fifteen (15) runs or more.

If anyone has any questions or concerns about the RMSA Board's decision to modify Rule #24, please contact Bill Menter, RMSA President at (315) 219-3240.

Jim Korpela "A Tribute to One of Rome's Living Sports Legends"
Rome Observer
Posted: May 29, 2008

As Jim and I are both toping the 50 mark this year, (I'm cresting the hill a scant six days before Jimmy), we talked a little about personal accomplishments and how they can affect you differently. Last year, Jim dropped a hole-in-one while playing with friends at Celebration Golf Course down in Florida; on hole number "5," no less.

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RMSA Sets New Deadline on the Payment for Increased Team Sponsorship Fees

The City of Rome Recreation Department (Rec. Dept.) has mandated that the Rome Men’s Softball Association secure a formal Insurance Policy for the 2008 season. In order to keep our team sponsorship fees set at the original cost of $375 per team, the Rec. Dept. was/currently is in the process of working with our Association towards allocating city funds to cover and/or off set this financial burden placed on our league.

As of today, Thursday, May 29, 2008, an agreement or settlement has not been met or reached. To ensure that our league can continue to play out the remainder of the 2008 season, the RMSA Board has no other option but to secure these funds through our Association, thus increasing each team’s sponsorship to $425 per team for the 2008 season. Until the Rec. Dept. allocates these necessary funds to our Association, the Board must set forth and enforce the following policy:

• All teams are required to deposit an additional $50 into to the league by Thursday, June 19th at 3 pm.
• The money received will be held in trust by the Board for an unspecified period of time until our Association and the Rec. Dept. can reach an official agreement regarding their insurance requirement issues.

ALL TEAMS WILL BE FULLY REIMBURSED IF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TAKE PLACE:

• The Rec. Dept. allocates the necessary funding to cover our Association’s cost of Insurance for the 2008 season or the Rec. Dept. decides to place the cost of insurance onto our Association after we reach and pass the midway point of the season (after week 6).
• The RMSA Board WILL NOT buy insurance for the 2008 season, set forth by the Rec. Dept. that late into our season. Thus, each team will be reimbursed IN FULL their additional $50 fee they deposited into the league.

If anyone has any questions or concerns about the $50 increase in team sponsorship fees, please contact Bill Menter, RMSA President at (315) 219-3240.

Memo to All Team Captains

We’ve had a great first week!  Keep up the great work!  With all the many changes we have instituted since last season, it’s nice to see the compliance we’ve received thus far.  That said, we have encountered some issues that need to be addressed as quickly as possible to keep this league moving in the right direction.

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League Dedication Ceremony for Jim Korpela set for May 15

The Rome Men's Softball Association will hold a league dedication ceremony for Jim Korpela on Thursday, May 15th at Haselton-Wright Sports Complex in Rome, NY.

The ceremony, which is open to the public, will begin at 5:45 p.m.

The RMSA will honor Korpela by naming its Thursday Night League the Jim Korpela League. Korpela will also receive a custom shirt and plaque honoring his 20+ years of outstanding service and dedication to Men’s Softball in Rome.

During that time period, in which he both played and served as the President of the league, Korpela successfully managed and sustained the RMSA, helping it become the premiere adult recreational activity in the City of Rome, with over 450 participants.

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