The PSSBL has a big 4th of July holiday weekend cooked up with divisional All Star Games and a Home Run Derby.

Here's the schedule of events:

Adams All Star Game - Friday, 7/3, 7:30pm @ UW

PSSBL Home Run Derby - Sunday, 7/5, 9am @ BCC

Rocky All Star Game - Sunday, 7/5, 9am @ UW

Rocky All Stars vs. Adams All Stars - Sunday, 7/5, Noon @ UW

Smoky All Stars Game - Sunday, 7/5, 1pm @ BCC

Teton All Stars Game - Sunday, 7/5, 3pm @ UW

Olympic All Stars Game - Sunday, 7/5, 5pm @ BCC

Sierra All Stars Game - Sunday, 7/5, 6pm @ UW

The Cascade Division is planning an All Star event for another day/time - details when they become available.  Adirondack will not have an event this year.

For the first time we are making the PSSBL Home Run Derby part of the 4th of July Weekend festivities.  The competition, which is open to all Active PSSBL members, will take place this Sunday, July 5th, from 9am-Noon at Bellevue Community College.  THERE IS NO CHARGE TO PARTICIPATE.

There will be two age brackets, 21 & Over and 35 & Over.  Trophies will be awarded to the winners in each age group.  Specific rules will be available at the field on Sunday, but you can expect the competition will be fairly similar to the MLB HR Derby.  Participants should bring along their own BP pitchers.

21 & Over competitors should check in at 8:30am Sunday morning.  35 & Over players should report by 10am.  Please RVSP to president@pssbl.com ASAP, as that will help in planning the event.  Walk-ups will still be welcome, however.  In case of inclement weather, check the Rainout Line at 425-644-1901.

See you Sunday at the PSSBL Home Run Derby and congrats to all the PSSBL All Stars!

 2006 21+ HR Champ Brandon Baugh, Adams Diablos        2007 21+ HR Champ Austin Kuehn, Olympic Ravens

To view your schedule, go to your team page at www.pssbl.com and click on “Schedule”.  With several new fields in the mix and changes or renovations at some of our existing fields, please thoroughly review the Field Rules policies at http://www.pssbl.com/Manage/Content/Field%20Rules.aspx.  For example Marymoor #1 is all-turf, and metal cleats are not allowed.  Remember, all players who participate in any PSSBL game must be fully paid, Active players.  Ineligible players who play in a contest will cost their team a forfeit.

If you have a question about your game today - or any day, call the Rainout Line at 425-644-1901.  It will be updated as needed. 

Have a good, safe, and most of all FUN 2009 baseball season!

The 2009 PSSBL Draft at Sport Restaurant & Bar in Seattle is now complete. 

Here is how the April 4th draft played out - by divisions:

12-Noon-12:30pm = Smoky Results

12:30pm-1:30pm = Sierra Results

1:30pm-2:30pm = Cascade Results

2:30pm-3:30pm = Olympic Results

3:30pm-4:30pm = Adams Results

4:30pm-5:30pm = Adirondack

5:30pm-6:30pm = Teton Results

6:30pm-7:30pm = Rocky Results

92.5% of the paid, eligible draft players were selected by our teams for the 2009 season.  Those players who were not selected are offered an opportunity to join the PSSBL Taxi Pool.  All non-selected players should have been credited with a refund by now. 

You can view the complete list of registered Tryout Players here: http://www.pssbl.com/viewdraftplayers.aspx.  Those selected are lined out.

All new information for the 2009 season is posted.  To navigate to the info, please follow this link: http://www.pssbl.com/league/information.aspx.  Registration for the 2009 season will begin very soon.  If you have questions about registration or the upcoming tryouts, please contact PSSBL President Tom Evans Krause or PSSBL Player Agent Scott Dillinger.  Contact info for Tom and Scott is included within the body of the League Information page.  We're looking forward to seeing you on the field, playing in one of the nation's premier adult sports leagues - the PSSBL - in 2009.

The votes are in from the December 1st General Election Meeting.  Thanks to all candidates for offering their time and talents to the League and thanks to all members who attended the meeting to cast their votes.

Here are your PSSBL officials for the 2009 season:

President – Tom Evans Krause

Vice President – Tom Layson

Secretary – Matt Mega

Treasurer – Eric Koosmann

Player Agent – Scott Dillinger

Fields & Scheduling Director – Carl Detert

These six individuals will be joined by the commissioners of the eight divisions to form the 2009 Board of Directors.  Contact information for all board members and the 2009 meeting schedule will be distributed to all PSSBL members soon.

All eight divisions wrapped up the 2008 playoffs by September 24th, capping off our very successful 20th Anniversary Season.  Congratulations to the winners, runners-up, and all the PSSBL playoff teams!

Here are the final scores of the championship game in each division:

Adams Division 

Saints 10  Cobras 6

Adirondack 

Generals 25  Osprey 9

Cascade 

Orioles 13  Dodgers 0

Olympic 

Tugs 13  Mariners 4

Rocky 

Blue Rocks 5  Iron Pigs 0

Sierra 

Mariners 7  Ravens 5

Smoky 

Aqua Sox 6  Sugar Kings 2

Teton 

Silver Foxes 12  Crawfords 9

 It was another great "Day At The Show"!  For the third consecutive year, players from the PSSBL participated in exhibition games at Safeco Field and enjoyed a major league experience for a day.  Nearly 60 players, representing every one of our eight divisions, took part in an exhilarating experience while raising money for the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  Several courageous Make-A-Wish kids, battling life-threatening afflictions, came out to throw ceremonial first pitches.   A lot of money was raised for Make-A-Wish, which means another 2 to 3 kids will have their wishes granted.  We'll publish the exact total in a future post.

In addition to acknowledging the players who paid a premium fee to participate, special thanks go out  to KOMO 1000 Newsradio, Parker Staffing Services. the Seattle Mariners, Safeco Field, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Edmonds Printing, A Cappella Joy, Rob Kendrick, Steven Sterne Photography, PSUA, NBUA, Tom Layson, Brian Rogers, Scott Dillinger, Greg Duff, and John Cosfol. 

 PSSBL ALL-Stars  8   Everett Merchants  7

It was a beautiful night for baseball Saturday, June 28th, at Everett Memorial Stadium.  A PSSBL All Star team was invited to play the Everett Merchants in a benefit baseball game hosted by Veterans of Chapter XVI Society of the 173rd Airborne, Chapter 16 US Special Forces Association, and ARVN 81st Airborne Rangers.

The PSSBL team took an early 6-2 lead, but the Merchants battled back to tie the game 6-6 in the 8th.  The All-Stars scored two in the top of the 9th and held on to win, surrending one run to the Merchants in the bottom of the frame.

                                                          PSSBL All Stars

The real winner Saturday night was the Montagnard Children's Programs.  Money raised for the event will be delivered to children at the Leper Colony in Kon Tum, Viet Nam as well as assistance to TeeBall Vietnam.  The tee ball program includes construction of a certified little league ball field.

Earlier in the day, there was an excellent free youth baseball clinic for boys and girls ages 7 to 12 taught be Everett Merchant Players and Coaches.

I've added a second blog to the PSSBL site, which, from now on, will be the only place you'll see updates on new site features. From now on, the home page blog will be maintained by Tom Krause and the rest of the board for important league news. Of note, I've added a team batting page per division, you can see an example here. In order to see the site updates blog, you can click on the "Recent Updates" link at the bottom of any page, or go to Community->Blogs. Of course, you can also click here.

I've updated the schedule page to now show the games scheduled for today by default. You can see the set of games here. Additionally, I've made some minor modifications to the menu bar that should make it a little easier to browse around; Now, you click on the section you want to go to, and additional links show up in the sub menu bar. I still have lots of little updates to make in the next few days, but I think we're starting to see some stabilization. And it seems the forums are starting to pick up some steam. Have a great day, and maybe get out and watch one of our two weeknight games tonight. 

We're having some problems with the new update. Please have patience while we work through them, I expect the problems to be resolved some time this evening.

Update 12:38 AM: I think I've got most of the new home page updated and working. There are still some broken links, and some other small bugs outstanding, but most of the major issues should be fixed. There may be issues I'm unaware of, so if you see any odd behavior, please post the problem with the details in our support forums. With the new updates, there is a blog on the PSSBL homepage, and the forums are back! You need to be logged in to use the forums (this will keep down spam), but otherwise, feel free to make use of them. In the near future we'll be adding lots of new stuff including private forums/email lists per team.