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A Sad Farewell and A Zealous Welcome By Sharon Sealock It is with sadness that we notify you all that Lisa Peterman has submitted her resignation in order to pursue other personal goals. Lisa has been with the organization for four years and contributed countless hours to its operation. Her devotion and commit-ment was invaluable and an undeni-able reason for the success of FAS. All her time, effort, productivity, en-ergy, and personality was truly appre-ciated by me and the members of FAS. Lisa, you will truly be missed, but we wish you nothing but happi-ness and success in your new ven-tures.

We welcome Christine Frece as our new Administrative Assistant as she began work on Monday, December 10th. Christine is 24 years old and has played softball for the last 18 years. She grew up playing in Vi-enna and then played high school softball at Robert E Lee in Spring-field. Her entire family are devout athletes with a specific love and pas-sion for softball and basketball.

Christine brings to the organization a great knowledge of the sport in its en-tirety and a youthful creativeness that will surely spice things up. She is very excited to begin work for FAS and redi-rect her energy, knowledge and skills into our mix. I look forward to working with her and sharing her enthusiasm with all the members of FAS. Please be sure to welcome her to the ranks when you call or visit the FAS office.

ORDER YOUR SOFTBALLS FROM FAS FOR 2008!

Call The Office Today

As a convenience to teams and a small fundraiser for FAS, teams may order softballs for the 2008 season through FAS. Softballs are not a mandatory purchase but an option for any team that would like to take advan-tage of both the offer and the convenience. Both 11” and 12” softballs will be available. The 11” softball is required for all female batters in all leagues except Reston Church: women’s, coed, and corporate coed. The 12” softball is required for all male batters in all leagues. Coed teams generally need at least one dozen 11” and one dozen 12” softballs.

Volume 22, Number 1

TEAMS ARE STILL BEING ACCEPTED!

FAS is still accept-ing applications for

our Late Open program scheduled

to start in Early June. Anyone in-terested in regis-tering must do so immediately. The application can be downloaded from the FAS website.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Calendar of Events 2

President’s Report 3

What’s the Call? 4

Umpire Corner 4

Umpires in Training Photo Collage 5

Bowling Photos 7-9

Volunteer Appreciation and Photo Collage 10-11

Hall of Fame 12-13

Early Bird Tourneys 14

Bowling Tournament 6

FAS Clinic Series 15

Organizational Mtg 16


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

April 5-6 Early Bird Tournaments — Reston Men, Church, and Coed 12 Women’s Instructional Clinic — 10:00 a.m. @ Nottoway Park 12-13 Early Bird Tournament — Men’s Early Open 19-20 Early Bird Tournament — Early Coed 20 Pitching Clinic at Braddock Park 1:30 –3:30 p.m. 22 Board of Directors Meeting — 7:00 p.m. 26-27 Early Bird Tournament — Women

May 3 Batting Clinic at Braddock Park 12:00 — 1:30 p.m. 10 Batting Clinic at Braddock Park 12:00 — 1:30 p.m. 17-18 Early Bird Tournaments — Late/Corporate Coed and Seniors 21 Board of Directors Meeting — 7:00 p.m. 31 Early Bird Tournaments - Men’s Masters and Men’s Late Open

June 1 Early Bird Tournaments - Men’s Masters and Men’s Late Open 3 Mini Season Applications mailed

FAS FIELD STATUS HOTLINE

703-550-4111

Players should call this number EACH AND EVERY GAME DAY for the latest updates on field status and possible cancellations. Teams

must report to scheduled field or risk

forfeiting scheduled games unless there is an announcement on the hotline.


PRESIDENT’S REPORT By John Carney

I would like to welcome all of our returning participants, as well as each new participant, to our 2008 program and to a New Year and new season that will be filled with lots of fun, competition, cama-raderie, and hopefully a minimum number of rain outs. This Full Count is one avenue through which FAS keeps its members informed of important milestones, upcoming events, and coverage of our activities. 2007 was another very good year. Some of our highlights are as follows: • We had an outstanding season that was reflected by the lowest number of protests and disciplinary action in recent

memory. Participants are improving their conduct and keeping perspective that this is a recreation game and we all have to get up and go to work the next day.

• Sharon Sealock and Jason Yovich continue to do a great job with the umpires. The umpire efficiency ratings con-tinue to be very high. Umpire training has improved considerably over the last few years and I expect future efforts to continue that trend. Please bear in mind that we are always looking for umpires to officiate and remember, each umpire is an independent contractor. FAS volunteers provide a very comprehensive training program, so if you are interested in becoming an umpire, please call the FAS office for more information.

• FAS continues its discussions and dialogue with the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) and the Department of Recreation and Community Services (CRS) that have resulted in improvements and changes in our program.

• We established a Marketing Committee that is chaired by Joe Morice. We expect some positive results and exciting changes in the near future. We also revived the Long Range Planning Committee that is chaired by me and Carl Coan and we look forward to positive changes that will impact our program for years to come.

• FAS sponsored a free pitching clinic, a free batting clinic and a women’s clinic designed to help all participants of our program and we will continue these efforts in 2008.

• In November, the annual election of officers was held by the Board of Directors. Incumbents President John Carney, First Vice President Jason Yovich and Treasurer Chris Voss were each elected by acclimation to a two-year term. I look forward to another fine year with their new and fresh ideas as well as their leadership. I want to thank the Board of Directors for their continued support in the recent elections. I pledge to continue to do everything in my power to keep this program what it is today, one of the best softball programs in the country!

• In December, Lisa Peterman resigned her position as Administrative Assistant to pursue other personal goals after nearly four years of dedicated and invaluable service to FAS. We welcome Christine Frece, our new administrative assistant, who brings a great knowledge of the sport, and a youthful creativeness that will surely contribute to the success of our program.

• In December, the Board of Directors voted on several rule changes for the 2008 season. When you receive the rule book, please meet with your team and go over the rules. The more knowledge each participant has of the rules of the game and sportsmanlike conduct, the better enjoyment we will all have playing the game. In addition, please remember that the umpires are human, just like each of you and sometimes make mistakes. Please refrain from abusive language and arguments.

• We had another record turnout and very successful bowling tournament in February of 2008. It resulted in a record fundraising event for FAS and Northern Virginia Special Olympics grossing nearly $12,400.

• We have just recently signed a contract to upgrade the computer system for FAS and would like to thank Steve Thamasett, the IT Committee, and FAS staff for all their hard work, research, dedication and devotion for this major undertaking.

• Chris Voss was honored as the recipient of the coveted ‘Ron Bullock Volunteer of the Year Award’ at the annual vol-unteer recognition brunch held yearly to thank the numerous volunteers from our Board who donate countless hours and energy to our program. Chris was recognized for her commitment to making the FAS women’s program the best it can be by coming up with new ideas and constantly soliciting the support and energy of the women participat-ing in our program, her continued participation in all the events organized by FAS, and her support in every fund-raiser organized by our program. Her devotion to this program is immeasurable and valued.

We encourage all FAS participants to support the vendors who advertise and support our program. We strongly encour-age you to solicit your team sponsors and associates to advertise on the FAS website. I would like to express my deep thanks and gratitude to the Executive Committee, Board and staff for their service, con-tinued hard work, dedication, contributions, and efforts in making this program run so smoothly and truly a world class operation. As always, please do not hesitate to let me know what we can do to make this program even better than it is today. I welcome all of your suggestions and all will be considered and pursued to a conclusion. Let’s all have a great, fun filled, competitive and healthy 2008 season.


UMPIRE CORNER By Jason Yovich Last November, we held our an-nual umpire banquet at Red Hot & Blue in Fairfax to recognize the much appreciated umpire accomplishments throughout the 2007 season. Ed Celinski received the Most Valuable Umpire award for his continued dedication to taking on so many games while still achieving high ratings from the managers of the games he umpired. So, this award should come as no surprise to the manag-ers, coaches, and players that had him as their um-pire. Congratulations Ed! Andy Perkins received the Rookie of the Year award for his outstanding performance in his first year of umpiring. During the training before the 2007 season began, Andy's learning curve was not steep at all. He was able to grasp the rules and, more importantly, how to apply those rules while

umpiring on the field. He consistently received high ratings throughout the season. Those high scores were not just high for a rookie umpire; but they were among the highest for all of our umpires, regardless of their experience. Con-gratulations Andy! These decisions were very difficult and there were certainly other umpires in the conversation that still deserved to be recognized for their out-standing performance. Denmark Slay, Justin "Juice" Hough, Ken Seligson, and Ronnie Rob-erts were given outstanding performance awards for the excellence they displayed on the field during the 2007 season. I would like to thank all of the umpires that gave their time, professionalism, and dedication throughout the year and I look forward to the 2008 season with extreme optimism and confi-dence in all of our umpires. Good job Blues! FAS reminds all managers to keep their players in good standing by avoiding arguing with or berating umpires. Enjoy the game!

WHAT’S THE CALL? By Sharon Sealock

We invite each of you to submit your playing rule ques-tions, concerns, or issues to Full Count to help clarify a situation you may be confused about. Or you may sim-ply write us with a situation that you think can “Stump the Ump”. We will answer all questions via email and post the most challenging situations here in the Full Count for all to learn and discover something new to take to the field! One frequently occurring situation that causes confu-sion during game play is the Infield Fly Rule. The infield fly rule states that with less than two outs and runners on 1st and 2nd, OR 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, the batter is out if he hits a fair fly ball, not including a line drive, which can be caught with ordinary effort by an infielder, pitcher or catcher. Q: Is the ball dead and play stopped? A: No, the batter-runner is out and the ball remains alive. Runners may advance at their own risk.

Q: Are base runners required to tag when an infield fly rule is declared by the umpire? A: If the ball is caught, a base runner cannot leave the base until the ball is touched by the defense, and if they do they are liable to be called out on ap-peal. If the ball is not caught, runners may advance at their own risk. Q: If the ball is hit high and the third baseman has to back up to the grass, maybe 10 feet on the grass and he sets under the ball for maybe 2 seconds, (high popup), does the grass change the infield fly rule, and if in this scenario, the left fielder comes in and calls off the third baseman to make the catch, does this change the infield fly rule? A: The key to the rule is “which can be (not will be or is) caught by an infielder with ordinary effort; there-fore the infielder being on the grass does not change the call. Since the infield fly is called by the umpire as soon as he believes it can be caught with ordinary effort by an infielder, the call cannot be changed re-gardless of who actually makes, or does not make, the catch.


FAS UMPIRES IN TRAINING


8TH ANNUAL BENEFIT BOWLING TOURNAMENT By Christine Frece

“Attention Bowlers! Due to the soda machine problem, you will now be able to receive a FREE cup of beer with your lunch.” “WOOOHOOO!!!!” This was just one of many highlights during Fairfax Adult Softball’s 8th Annual Benefit Bowling Tournament held on Sunday, January 27, 2008 benefiting Special Olympics, Area 26 and FAS field improvements. Each year, FAS has the honor of hosting our benefit bowling tournament to support the extraordinary work of Special Olympics. This year we had 230 bowlers and 12 volunteers team together to make this a record-setting fundraiser for our benefactors. It was not only a financial success but a fun-filled day of bowling enjoyed by all. This year we were lucky enough to have two full Special Olympic teams join us for our bowling tour-nament. Not only did they take time out of their day to participate, they also shared their Special Olympic pledge with all the teams before bowling began. They were all extraordinary people and we were grateful to have them! Donna Watson and Louise Bellows began the day by helping all of our 46 eager bowling teams reg-ister and buy some early bird raffle tickets! No one could resist these prizes! We received some in-credible donations this year that helped us to raise $9300.00 for the cause. Fellow FAS participant and a bowling team Captain, Jim Bissett, donated a Chris Cooley autographed football and cleat and also a Jason Campbell autographed jersey. We are excited to report that these prizes all raised a great amount of money! FAS 2nd Vice President, Scott Semmler, not only volunteered his time to man the prize table at the event, he also donated an Intel computer with a flat screen monitor! This silent auction item raised the most funds coming in at $475.00! Thank you Scott! All these wonder-ful prizes and many others were part of the silent auction we held that day. FAS Treasurer, Chris Voss, was in charge of this table. She kept all bidders in line and even won the bid for the Mini Hel-met signed by Redskin Star Chris Samuels! With bowling underway, beers being sipped, and pizza being served, Sharon Sealock made her way to the P.A. system to begin calling out the raffle ticket winning numbers. Handling our ever popular prize chart was none other than Fairfax Adult Softball’s President, John Carney. Tickets to all major sporting events, autographed memorabilia, Nike shoes and apparel, Golf certificates to all Fairfax County parks, and tremendous amounts of restaurant gift cards made this year’s raffle a huge suc-cess. A great big thank you to everyone who contributed! Your generosity is appreciated and went a long way! This year’s 50/50 winner was Darlene Campbell who walked away with $426.00 in cash! Then, out of the kindness of her heart, she turned around and donated $50.00 to the event. Congratulations on your win! A little over $800.00 was collected for this raffle and it would not have been so suc-cessful without the help of Steve Wells and Jim Faulk. These two men walked back and forth through the bowling alley making sure everyone who wanted to buy a ticket was given the opportu-nity!!! The 8th annual bowling tournament was overall a great achievement for everyone involved. All the participants seemed to have a great time bowling and socializing while supporting a great cause. A big thank you goes out to Fred Smith for taking such fun, candid pictures throughout the day! Every-one can view these pictures on the FAS website. Another quick thank you to Wayne Sealock and Reggie Compton for helping prepare bags, and load and unload this entire tournament! We hope to see everyone next year!


50/50 Raffle Winner– Darlene Campbell

Team High Game of 949: Jim Miller, Estelle Miller, Carole Miller, Henry Starkey and Ken Larkin

Male High Game of 269: Ken Larkin

Female High Series of 556: Tawnya Setterlund

Team High Series of 2662: Sung Yoo, Walter Kong, Chung Yoo,

Jung Choi and Dae Yoo

Male High Series: 660 - Mark Engle

WINNERS OF THE DAY!!!


FAS BOWLING HIGHLIGHTS


FAS BOWLING HIGHLIGHTS


Seasons

The FAS program is divided

into three unique seasons:

• Spring/Summer Season

• Mini Season

• Fall Season

A NEW roster is due each

season!

Rosters

ALL Rosters MUST be submitted 2 business days

before your first scheduled game!!!

There is a $20 fee for each player who lives outside of

Fairfax County.

The minimum number of players per roster is 12, the

maximum is 30.

FAS FUN FACTS Slaughter Rule

**New for 2008**

If after 4 innings

(3 1/2 if the home team is ahead,) a team is leading by 20 runs or more, the game shall end and be considered a complete

game

The 15th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event was held on February 10th at P.J. Skidoos Restaurant in Fairfax. A buffet brunch was provided for all those gracious enough to give their time to Fairfax Adult Softball in 2007. With brunch underway, FAS President, John Carney, stood up to say a few words about the day and to announce the recipient of the 2007 Ron Bullock Volunteer of the Year Award. He thanked all for giving their time and dedication to making Fairfax Adult Softball such a success . He stressed the fact that without our wonderful volunteers FAS would not be what it is today. Next was the Ron Bullock Volunteer of the Year Award. John explained that the winner of this award was recognized for her continued commitment in making the FAS women’s program the best while always volunteering and participating in all events organized by FAS, and also for all her support in fundraising. He went on to say that her involvement with this association was invaluable. This year’s recipient was Chris Voss. The event ended with the drawing for the lucky door prize! Congratulations to the Gilberts, the Ericksons, Gay Ashley, Louise Bellows, and the Waldrons for winning Washington Nationals tickets. Also congratulations to the Carneys and Jim Faulk for winning the Modell’s Gift Certificates.

A big thank you goes out to Chris Voss for donating the five pairs of Nationals tickets and to P.J. Skidoos Restaurant for hosting an exquisite event. We hope to see everyone next year!

VOLUNTEERS CELEBRATED By Christine Frece


VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION BRUNCH AT P.J. SKIDOOS


Fairfax’s Finest Inducted

By Sharon Sealock

The Washington Metropolitan Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame held its 28th Annual Induction Cere-mony on Saturday, March 15, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Arlington, Virginia. Nine individuals were inducted this year. Heading our list of inductees was our own President, John Carney. John was inducted in the Adminis-trator category in recognition of his extensive volunteer involvement with Fairfax Adult Softball. John began his participation with FAS 22 years ago when he managed two softball teams. From there, he increased his contributions by becoming a league coordinator and was then elected to the Board of Directors. John is cur-rently serving his second two-year term as President which follows his 10 years of service on the Executive Committee as Treasurer. John’s dedication and devotion to the FAS program is immeasurable. He takes particular pride in his involvement with the annual bowling tournament benefiting Special Olympics and FAS field improvements, and in his leadership as chair of the Long Range Planning Committee. John’s role in the exploration and acquisition of the new office for FAS in Centreville was immense. He is a valuable volunteer for FAS and we look forward to his continued commitment and enthusiasm. Frank Tomlinson and Toni Letaw were each inducted in the Master Player category for excelling at the highest caliber of the Senior Division of Slow Pitch Softball for a minimum of three years. Frank began play-ing softball in Fairfax County in 1969 but in 2001 he joined the senior teams of Solid Gold and Murphy’s Law. Since that time, he has contributed to over 16 championships, has made the All World Team six times, was voted Best Defensive Player four years in a row, and was the ISF World Tournament MVP in 2006. Toni began playing over 30 years ago and currently participates with the Golden Girls league, the Northern Virginia Senior Softball League, and has played in 65 tournaments. She even played on seven dif-ferent teams in 1996 where she tallied 261 games for the year. Toni was a member of the first Women’s Senior Softball Series in 1994, and has been on 11 world championship teams. She has captured individual honors in many of those tournaments being named to the All Word Team five times, and MVP in 1995 and 2001. Charles Tutt was inducted in the Player category as one who possesses the highest caliber of skill, who as excelled at the highest levels in the game of Slow Pitch Softball for a minimum of five years, and who has reached the age of 35. Charlie is considered a highly skilled team player with superb offensive talent. He is a team leader demonstrating the admirable characteristics of reliability, good sportsmanship, determina-tion, and enthusiasm. Charlie began playing Class A softball in 1991 and continued through 2000 amassing league, state, regional and NIT Championship honors. In addition, Charlie was named to the All-Tournament team seven times and received MVP honors in three tournaments. Celebrating the accomplishments of all these inductees were their family and friends. FAS members Jason Yovich, Scott Semmler, Chris Voss, and Sharon Sealock shared in this special evening with the induc-tees.


SLOW PITCH HALL OF FAME PICTURES

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE–

Player Category Charles Tutt

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE-

Administrator Category John Carney


Master Player Category

Frank Tomlinson


Master Player Category

Toni Letaw


Early Bird Tournaments!!!

It’s Finally HERE!!! Welcome to the 2008 softball season! Come on out and wipe off the wintry rust from your bat and

glove… sign up for the early bird tournament and get a lil’ practice in before it’s too late!

Applications for your Early Bird Tournament are available for download at the FAS website,

www.fairfaxadultsoftball.com. The entry fee is $80, and they are scheduled as follows:

Divisions Dates Deadline Reston Men’s/ Church April 5th –6th March 31, 2008 Reston Coed April 5th –6th March 31, 2008 Men’s Early Open April 12th –13th April 7, 2008 Early/Social Saturday Coed April 19th –20th April 14, 2008 Women’s April 26th –27th April 21, 2008 Late/Corporate Coed May 17th –18th May 12, 2008 Men’s Seniors May 17th –18th May 12, 2008 Men’s Late Open May 31st –June 1st May 27, 2008 Men’s Master’s May 31st –June 1st May 27, 2008

FORMAT: Each team is guaranteed five (5) games. Teams will be placed into brackets of even caliber play. There will be no double elimination advancement from bracket play. We are simply allowing teams playing time in a structured format prior to season start. There will be NO AWARDS or TOURNAMENT CHAMPION. RULES: FAS rules as contained in the Rule Book will govern tournament play. A toss of the coin determines home team. A time limit of 55 minutes may be imposed. ALL PROTESTS SETTLED ON THE FIELD AND THE UMPIRE'S DECISION IS FINAL . SCHEDULES: Schedules will be posted on the FAS website (www.fairfaxadultsoftball.com). Please check after 5:30 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the tournament for your schedule. If you do not have internet access, you may call the FAS office after Wednesday for your sched-ule. Teams will NOT be mailed their schedule. FORFEIT TIME for all games is scheduled start time. Be sure to have your team ready in advance to play. Any team forfeiting a game only for-feits that game and no further penalty will be applied, HOWEVER, teams should remember not to enter if they feel they cannot field a team for all games.


FAIRFAX ADULT SOFTBALL

PROUDLY PRESENTS:

THE INSTRUCTIONAL CLINIC SERIES!!

FAS Pitching Clinic

Mechanics and Strategy

Sunday April 20th 1:30 to 3:30

Braddock Park Fields 1 & 2

LEARN THE BASICS

ADVANCE YOUR

SKILLS

FAS Batting Clinic

Learn Basic Batting Skills

How to Stand Properly Learn to Watch the Ball

How to Grip the Bat Develop an Effective

Swing

Saturday May 3rd & Saturday May 10th

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Braddock Park — Field 4

FAS Women’s Clinic Who: Women players who have less than five years of experience, are rusty, or want to learn some tips.

What: Learn the basics of the great game of soft-ball! Get basic tips on throwing, hitting, fielding, and the rules of the game.

When: April 12th @ 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Nottoway Park

LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE!!!! Reserve your spot today at:

Phone: 703-815-9007 Email: [email protected] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT FAIRFAX

ADULT SOFTBALL

** THESE CLINICS ARE ALL FREE OF CHARGE!!**


4TH ANNUAL HOME RUN DERBY!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!

FAS will conduct it’s 4th Annual Home Run Derby

on Friday July 11th!! Please reference the FAS website in June for more details!!

2008 Organizational Meeting

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