More Updates from March Board Meeting

There were a couple things that were of interest at the March State Board meeting besides the Super Sectional and two week State Tournament for Class B.  On Saturday, the board was approached by Brad Weiers to play for Union Hill.  He is a junior at the University of St. Thomas and played for Commanding Edge in the summer of 2010.  He is originally from New Prague and this year he wants to play for Union Hill, the team that he came from and where his father also played. 

When asked what address he had put on the contract that he signed with Commanding Edge he said that he thought he had put  his St. Thomas address on but he wasn't sure.  The Board explained that if he put his college address on that he would have to re-establish his residence by March 15 to be eligible to play in Union Hill. 

The Board also explained to him that if he had put his New Prague address down he could have gone back to Union Hill any time he wanted.  That is because Class A has no radius and they may get ballplayers from anywhere.  Andre Lanoue, a Class A commissioner, attending the meeting said that he had Weiers' contract and would contact the Board with the official address. 

I checked with Andre on Wednesday night (March 16) and he informed me that he had checked the contract and it was a St. Paul address.  According to him, Weiers had decided to move home and commute to college in order to be able to play with Union Hill this summer.

There was a lengthy discussion of the responsibilities that managers should have to explain things like the college rule to their ballplayers.  As bad luck would have it, both the Union Hill and Commanding Edge managers were new last year. 

I'll let you know how it turns out. 

The other thing of interest involved Green Isle.  When they were allowed to move from Class B to Class C in November, it was with the stipulation that Mac Zachow would be retiring and would not play with Green Isle in 2011.  The Green Isle reps were there and said that Zachow was possibly thinking of returning again this summer.  They wanted to know from the Board if they would be moved up to Class B if that happened. 

Section 3B has already made a stipulation that if Green Isle comes back to B this year that they would be the five seed.  Green Isle informed the Board that if Zachow, who is a member of their Baseball Board and has played there for a number of years, comes back, they would like to remain in Class C.

The Board had a lengthy discussion on this also and ended up voting 5-3 that Green Isle would be moved back to Class B if Zachow does come back.  Dave Hartmann was not at the meeting and Joe Kreger, Mike Barry, and Mark Forsman voted against the motion.  So it looks like Green Isle will be moved to Class B if Zachow returns to the Irish at any time this summer.