IMPORTANT – ALL BASEBALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING EVALUATIONS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY!

We hope you all are enjoying your Memorial Day Weekend.  The weekend started off with some exciting news when Governor Sununo provided direction on the return of Youth Sports.  With this announcement came a mountain of guidelines that are to be followed and put in place. We are already working on how we can put everything together and get the kids of Salem back on the baseball fields!  The guidelines have been posted to our website and can be found here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.leagueathletics.com/Text/Documents/2342/73356.pdf

We plan to meet as Board on Tuesday evening and discuss our approach on how to return to baseball activities in Salem.  We will provide an update to everyone following that meeting on how the 2020 season may look to start. 

Play Ball!

Sean Conway - President - Salem Youth Baseball

We are happy to announce our 2020 Scholarship winners.  Each of these young men are admirable members of the Salem Youth Baseball community both during their playing years and in the years since then.  Volunteering and giving back to the program they grew up with and met many of their friends to this day.  They have gone on and become excellent High School students and all look forward to heading off to college in the Fall.  Congratulations on your High School graduation just ahead and Salem Youth Baseball would like to give each of you a $500 Scholarship:

Joseph Bodenrades

Trevor DeMinico

Ty Morris

Logan Plante

Adam Smith

Brandon Wall

Best of Luck in the Fall Boys!

Salem Youth Baseball Board of Directors

Today, Little League International announced the 2020 Little League World Series has been canceled.  Disappointing news for certain, but with that cancellation also came hope that we can play baseball in Salem, or even have all star games in our District.  LLI continues to hold May 11th as the day where local leagues can start to play ball.  We will wait to hear how the State will reopen and continue to work with the Town and the Distrcit 1 Administrator to try and move forward some sort of a baseball season in 2020.  The season would extend in to the Summer for certain.  

We will continue to offer refunds for any member who requests one, just reach out to me(conweigh77@yahoo.com).  Also, if we have to cancel or alter the season we will offer refunds based on what the season looks like.  If we are forced to cancel there will be full refunds.

We will hold a virtual Board of Directors meeting next Monday to discuss how we can attempt to move forward as the restrictions lift.  We will follow up with any information following that meeting.

Lastly we have been provided free access to online instructional videos that parents can get out in the yard and get the kids playing baseball.  Details are just below.

Thank you, be well and get out in the yard with the kids and play some baseball!

Sean Conway - President - Salem Youth Baseball

Every League in our district now has access to Big Al’s online training and development programs and resources for all of the Parents and Players for 2020.

The parent programs include…instructional videos of the fundamental skills that player should learn and practice at both the 4-8 year old and 9-12 year old levels. 

The online programs also includes a Section called Practice at Home. This section of videos includes lots of fun drills, games and challenges that you can practice at home so you can get stronger and improve your skills all season long. There is also a section on strategy and positional play with roles and responsibilities for every player on the team in a variety of game situations. 

These resources will help you and your son or daughter have fun, stay in shape and improve their skills at home over the next few weeks and all season long.

To have a quick look at what the programs include please watch the 2 short Parent Videos on the front page of www.bigalbaseball.com.

• A short Video about the online Parent 4-8 program and the resources included
• A short Video about the online Parent 9-12 program and the resources included

Parents, to activate your own personal membership at no cost go to www.bigalbaseball.com. 

1. Click on the Membership Code button in the top right corner of the webpage.
2. Select the online Parent 4-8 or Parent 9-12 Program…that fits the age of your son or daughter.
3. To activate your program fill in the registration fields and click CONTINUE.
4. Enter your Membership Code NHD1PARENTS in the box and then click on the APPLY button. (This will recalculate your membership cost to 00.00.)
5. Read and Accept the Terms and Conditions and click on the CHECKOUT button.
6. You will be taken to the Login page. Go ahead and Login with your own Username and Password. (Note: depending on your browser and computer settings you may need to enter you UN and PW twice.)
7. Please click on the link to your Parent program on the MY PROGRAMS page and enjoy!

To LOGIN the next time, please just go directly to www.bigalbaseball.com and click on the Login Button at the top right corner of the webpage and Login.

Announcement from LL International:

This afternoon, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, Stephen D. Keener, Little League® President and CEO, will be making an important announcement on our official Facebook page (Facebook.com/LittleLeague), and we hope you will be able to tune-in, if you have a chance. Please note that you do not need a Facebook account to watch the video. If you are unable to watch it live, the video will also be archived on our Facebook page and on LittleLeague.org once it concludes. 

We hope everyone is well. The folks at TSR are able to get some of their items up for sale for Salem Youth Baseball. It is a limited supply but all items will be shipped to you within 2-4 days. The store can be found here. https://salembaseball2020ss.itemorder.com/sale Show off your SYB gear and help support a local business who put together all of our uniforms and gear last season. Stay safe and be well. Sean Conway - President Salem Youth Baseball

Please join me in welcoming our 2020 Salem Youth Baseball Board of Directors.  Please also take a minute to review our vacant positions to see if it is something that YOU can help us with!

Executive Board:

• President - Sean Conway
• Vice President Baseball - Lee Stevens
• Vice President Treasury & Administration - Leo Martin
• Vice President Challenger - Vacant
• Secretary - Ashlee Stevens
• Player Agent - Ted Shpak
• Executive Advisor - Tom Plante

Board of Directors :

• Concessions Director - Ashlee Stevens & Jen Roy
• Summer Tournament Director - Vacant
• Information Officer - Tom Ward
• Safety Director - Brock Ueda
• Equipment Director - Jim Briggs
• Umpire in Chief - Ed Kuegel
• Babe Ruth Director - Tom Plante
• Majors Director - Ken Gabriel
• AAA Director - Steven Quinn
• AA Director - John Lozowski
• Tee Ball Director - Adam Abbas
• Fundraising Director - Tina Doherty
• Fall Ball Director - Ryan DeStefano
• Field Maintenance Director - Vacant
• Volunteer Coordinator - Jamie Cabral
• Coaching Coordinator - Dan DeFrancesco

Thank you for all the time and efforts put in by our Board of Directors and growing number of parent volunteers!

Sean Conway - President - Salem Youth Baseball

The Exchange Section of the web site is now open.   This service can be used to post information about used baseball equipment that is in working condition and you would like to sell.  This area will also be used as an on-line lost and found where the posting can take place.

To access the exchange, click on the "Exchange" tab on the left on the home page of SYB.  You can also see current items in the Exchange listed on the right side of the SYB home page.

Please note that the Exchange is a service for the membership of SYB and should only be used for listing your own used equipment.  It  is not to be used for non-baseball advertising by the SYB membership or by any outside companies with out the permission of the SYB Board of Directors.

Inappropriate listings and messages will be immediately removed.