President's Welcome
President’s welcome 2025
Well, it’s that time of year again! This will be the 34th season for the Peterborough Men’s Senior Slopitch League, and whether you’re a new player or a grizzled veteran, I know you will enjoy the competition, camaraderie, and above all fun our league provides.
We will again field 8 teams this year. We have many new players coming in and as usual a corresponding number of retirements. This turnover is one of the things that makes our league challenging to organize, but also provides an opportunity to play and socialize with an ever-changing lineup of like-minded ball players. As I said, it’s a challenge to sign up enough new players each season, so you can help by promoting our league to any friends, neighbours, or relatives you think might enjoy it. You can also save some money on your fees for the following year by bringing in a new player, so it’s a win-win for you and the league.
Other ways you can help are by volunteering to manage a team, or umpire some games. We’ve had the same few guys managing for several years, often while filling other executive positions at the same time, but for a variety of reasons some of those managers have stepped down. This is your opportunity to step up! It’s not difficult or time consuming, basically it involves making a lineup for each game and finding spares for missing players if necessary. When you look at your team list if there is not a manager already listed, please consider taking it on, even if you are new to the league. At this point we need 2 managers.
We also handle all the umpiring in our league with volunteers, mostly active players as well as a few retired players. If we had to use paid umps, your league fees would be considerably higher, so helping with this helps all of us. If you know the basic rules of slopitch and are able to see this screen, good news; you’re qualified! Also, you’re always working with a partner so you’ll have some help. Reach out to any of the executive members if you’d like to manage, umpire, or both.
As always, a big thanks to all the guys (and one gal) who volunteer their valuable time to put this league together, and to a couple of guys who have been instrumental in our league operations for many years and have decided to pass their torches along to others; Charlie Lauer, our long-time league secretary and manager who stepped away from his executive position after last season, and Tim Moody, who is in the process of handing over his duties as webmaster to Steve Lloyd. Thank you both for your dedicated service.
If you have questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to let us know. Just remember, we are out on that diamond for many reasons, but the most important one is fun! Plays will be made, or not made, and as long as we all keep a good attitude, good times will be had!
See you out there,