Dear Friends and Neighbors,

The Board of Directors welcomes you to another baseball/softball season in East Meadow. For those returning, welcome back, for those new families, we are glad you joined. Our goal is for your child to have a fun experience, make new friends, and learn fundamentals and sportsmanship.

As general information, some of our teams will be starting Saturday April 14^th our younger players will start Saturday April 21^st. Within a few days our League wide schedule will be posted on our web site: www.eastmeadowbaseballsoftball.com

Our Banner Parade this year is Saturday May 5^th, as always we will be gathering at the Veterans Pool on Prospect Ave at 9:00 AM to march to our Complex. Please have your child in full uniform to march carrying their banner with the name of their sponsor. Picture weekend is Saturday and Sunday May 19^th and 20^th Your child’s manager will be given specifics as to what day and time. We will be holding our annual Memorial Weekend Tournament starting Friday May 25^th, as well as hosting the Nassau County Challenger Tournament on Saturday June 9^th.

As some of you may or may not know, our complex is maintained solely by volunteers, everything from picking up garbage, cleaning bathrooms to grooming the fields. Any and all help would be appreciated in keeping East Meadow as the best complex on Long Island. As a reminder, parking or driving on the complex is forbidden. There are parking lots located next to Challenger and Gaglione Fields.

This year our world famous snack bar will be serving breakfast items on Saturday and Sunday donated by “A Taste of Home Bakery” and various food  items donated by” Borelli’s Restaurant”.

We are always looking for volunteers, not only to coach or manage but those who can offer various other skills to help keep costs down in running the Association. Again this year we did not increase registration for our Spring season and have offered free Fall intramural ball for all those who have registered for our Spring season.

For those who wish to get more involved, or more informed, we invite you to our various monthly meetings.

Mini League/Kick Ball is open to boys and a girl age 3-6 and has meetings on the second Monday of every month at 8:00 PM; Stew MacKay is President and can be contacted at Stew@eastmeadowbaseballsoftball.com

Senior League is open to boys age 13-17 and has meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 8:00PM; Larry Barra is President and can be contacted at Larry@eastmeadowbaseballsoftball.com

Little League is open to boys age 7-12 and has meetings on the second Wednesday of every month at 8:00 PM; Tim Stauder is President and can be contacted at Tim@eastmeadowbaseballsoftball.com

Girls Softball is open to girls age 5-17 and has meeting on the second Thursday of every month at 8:00 PM, Spiro Christoforatos is President and can be contacted at Spiro@eastmeadowbaseballsoftball.com

Challenger League is open to boys and a girl age 5 and up and has meetings on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM; Lee Cook is the Director in charge and can be contacted at Lee@eastmeadowbaseballsoftball.com

For any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Commissioner Steve La Sala at Steve@eastmeadowbaseballsoftball.com  or Vice Commissioner Jim Mazzarella at Jim@eastmeadowbaseballsoftball.com

We look forward to seeing you on the complex and hope you have a joyous and healthy holiday weekend.

Stephen La Sala
Commissioner