BSSL Board Minutes

Board Minutes - 9/19/2025 2PM

In Attendance

Jim O'Brien, Bill Schwartz, Jack Zupan, Aaron Sacharov, Ron Mangini, Carl Weigand, Jack Galloway, Craig Niederpruem

Agenda

Emergency Board Meeting to Discuss umpire fees and set player registration fee accordingly

A.  The board agreed on the following: Umpires fees next year softball season 2026 to increase from from $45.00 to $50.00/ game. and for the 2027 season increase from $50.00 to $55.00/ game. The Umpires agreed on the board discuss for the 2026 and 2027 increase. 

B.  The board voted to increase league fee from $100.00 to $125.00 for 2026 league year.

Next board meeting agenda for discussion.

A. Manager to rate umpires and a rating system for the managers.

B. If there is a obvious missed call by the umpire the two manager from each team will discuss the outcome of the call.

Board Meeting Minutes - 9/15/2025 2PM

In Attendance: Jim O'Brien, Bill Schwartz, Jack Zupan, Aaron Sacharov, Ron Mangini, Carl Weigand, Jack Galloway, Craig Niederpruem

Agenda:

Board Makeup

Jim O'Brien asked who will be coming back for next year's term.  Carl Weigard and Craig Niederpruem will not be returning after long years of service to the Bucks Senior Softball league. The board thanked Jim O'Brien for going over and above the call of duty this year which was very challenging with rainouts and light fixtures being installed on the Middletown Community fields.

Attending the meeting for the first time were Ron Mangini and Aaron Sacharov who will replace two members not returning.

Ron volunteered to assume Craig's responsibilities as league Treasurer  and was unamously approved by the Board of Directors.

Aaron will assume Carl's responsibilites regarding the coordination and acquisition of uniforms and supplies.

Jack Galloway will coordinate the acquistion and storage of new game balls.

Finance/Budget

Requests a budget snap shot be prepared for each board meeting and a budget for next year 2026 which will include current cost incurred, paid memberships etc. This will be coordinated with Craig Niederpruem, Ron Mangini and Aaron Scharov.

Jack Galloway was asked to get 12 dozen softballs for next season to offset any potential increase in cost.

Rule Change discussion for 2026

On the agenda for the next board meeting is starting pitching, walk rules and should each team play with 11 players for each game. This will be discussed at the next board meeting.

Ball Fields

Firefighters will be used when Middletown fields are not available when there is enough time to alert the league.

Board Meeting Minutes - 6/5/2025 1PM

In Attendance

Jim O'Brien, Bill Schwartz, Jack Zupan, Carl Weigand, Jack Galloway, Craig Niederpruem

Agenda:

All Star Game Planning and Finalization of Details

Game will be scheduled for Friday Night July 18th at 6PM.  This date has been cleared with the Middletown Parks and Recreation department and the Langhorne Athletic Association.   There will be a fee of $60 for the use of the field outside of our normal permit window.

Jim O'Brien has created and online balloting system so that each player can select 4 representative from their team to participate.

Terry Abrams will sponsor and handle the acquisition of shirts for both all-star teams.

The team will be division specific this year now that we have 2 divisions.

Bill Schwartz will coordinate the acquistion of hamburgers, hot dogs, rolls,water, ice cream bars and soda.  Jim O'Brien will provide plates, cultery, side dishes, lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard, relish, ketchup, napkins and fruit punch.

Carl will provide trash bags and boxes that can be used.

Bill Schwartz and Tom Delaney will manage the teams and coordinate which players play when and where.

Terry Abrams and Harris Braunstein will manage the concession stand and handle the cooking.  Jack Zupan and Terry O'Brien will assist.

Jim O'Brien invited Bob Johnson to throw out the first ball.

Board Meeting Minutes - 3/12/2025 2PM

In Attendance

Jim O'Brien, Bill Schwartz, Jack Zupan, Carl Weigand, Jack Galloway, Craig Niederpruem

Agenda:  Prepartion for the 2025 season

Registration Update and number of teams

We currently have 134 players registered which would indicate that we will need to expand to 10 teams for 2025.  Jim O'Brien proposed that we continue to use the two softball fields and add an additional game on one of the baseball fields.  Field 1 was recommended as it has a lower pitching mound.  It was recommended and agreed upon that since the outfield fences are 30 feet shorter than the softball fields that a player be limited to one home run per game and that subsequent ball hit over the fence by that same player would be a ground rule double.

The draft committee is in the process of ranking players and have a deadline of 3/28 to complete the draft.  This will allow Carl 4 weeks to complete procurement of hats and jerseys before the start of the season.  The draft committee members are Jim O'Brien, Ron Mangini, Steve Belenko, Bill Russell, Jack Galloway, and Jack Zupan.  Jim O'Brien has completed modification to the compute draft program to accomodate the expansion to 10 teams.

We will need to procure an additional double first base for use on field 1.  (O'Brien to handle)  We will also need a third home plate and game scorecard.

Andy Miller will pursue identify a third umpire for the early game.  Jim O'Brien check to see if Rocco would be available but he will not be as long as the Crispen Garden League is still active.

Managers for the 2025 Season will be O'Brien, Esterly, Reeber, Schwartz, Gottlieb, Cosgrove, Segal, Henritzy, Delaney and Mangini.

The new team will be named the Blues Brothers and wear Columbia Blue jerseys.