Dear JFKS Community,

as many of you know, one of our students, Justin, recently passed away. It has been a very big shock to our tight-knit community and our thoughts and prayers go to him and his family. Many have approached me to ask how they can help the family in this time of need. Here is how you can help…
The Berlin Scouting community is organizing a memorial service, with the assistance of the JFKS, for Justin on Tuesday, June 14th, followed by a reception, which will be open to the JFKS community. We will need the support of your donations to make this possible. If you would like to help, please send your donation to the JFKS Verein and include (under Zweck): “For Justin”. More details about the memorial service will be announced next week.
Thank you so much for your support.
Vanessa Hansen

On Monday June 6th several of our Kids traveled to the home of the Flamingos in northern Berlin to Participate in the MLB-PAA clinic with MLB alumni Todd Haney and Desmond “Desi” Relaford.

Provided we have good weather our GOAL IS TO GET ALL OF OUR PHOTOGRAPHS DONE ON JUNE 11TH. Please work with your players to have everyone available. Makeup day is on June 18th but we will specify a time and any makeups will have to conform to our schedule regardless of when they are scheduled to play that day.

Here is the plan:

0800 – 0900

Photographer 1: ML teams – Cubs and Pirates (0900 game start Field A – Note: ML teams go directly from the photo shoot to the field for 0900 game)

Photographer 2:  TB teams – Red Sox and Phillies (Field B – Note: TB starts later if necessary but this is normal)

0900 – 1000

Photographer 1: ML teams – Giants and Tigers (1115 start Field A – Note: Leaves one hour to warm up before game)

Photographer 2: ML teams – Reds and Mets (1115 start Field B – Note: Leaves one hour to warm up before game)

BREAK – Flex time to catch up on stragglers

1100 – 1200 UPDATE 1045 – 1115

Photographer 1: LL teams – Blue Jays and Brewers (1330 start Field A – Note: Photographer has to leave at 1120 – 1:45 min  hour to warm up before game)

1100 – 1200

Photographer 2: LL teams – Braves and A’s (1330 start Field B – Note: Leaves 1 ½  hour to warm up before game)

LUNCH BREAK

1330 – 1430

Photographer 1: Junior teams – White Sox and Yankees (1600 start Field A)

June 18^th is makeup/weather delay day but if we work things right we should be able to get this done on the 11^th.

We have another 4 scheduled weeks with the next three repeating the schedule we have had for the season so far. Here is what it looks like:

Week 7 

Field A – Brewers vs. Braves
Field B – Blue Jays vs. A’s
Week 8

Field A – Braves vs. Blue Jays 
Field B – Brewers vs. A’s
Week 9

Field A – Blue Jays vs. Brewers
Field B – Braves vs. A’s

Home team will be determined by the W-L record at the time of play, the team with the worse overall season record will be given “home team advantage”.

Week 10 is still to be determined but will most likely be based on the the overall W-L records of the 4 Little League teams. 

Week 11 is in the calendar as back-up day for a rain outs, we’ve been lucky so far but you never know what the weather has in store for us. If there are no rain outs it will be determined on how to best use this day.

More info on weeks 10 & 11 will be coming soon.

Lastly, please keep in mind that each Little League team is required to have a helper in the Snack Shack from 13:00 – 15:00, games can be delayed if a helper is not there.

Mark your calendars, Saturday June 11, 2016 is the ALLBB picture day, with the back up day being the following Saturday June 18th. More info regarding the exact schedule for when the teams are to be photographed will be posted soon.

Hello ALLBB Players and Families, 

We are excited to have our opening day of baseball this Saturday, April 16th. Games start early and run the whole day with an “opening ceremony” scheduled from 1100 to 1130. Here is the schedule of the day:

0845 –  1045   Field B – Mets @ Giants (ML)

0930 – 1030  Field A (outfield location) – Phillies @ Red Sox (Tee Ball)

1100 – 1130   Opening Day Ceremonies

1130 – 1330   Field A – Reds @ Pirates (ML)

1130 – 1330    Field B – Cubs @ Tigers (ML)

1345 – 1545    Field A – Brewers @ Braves (LL)

1345 – 1545    Field B – Blue Jays @ A’s (LL)

1615 – 1815   Field A – Juniors

Please mark your calendars for both your teams game time but also the very important and fun opening ceremonies that begin at 11 a.m. More details about the opening ceremony will be coming shortly but do plan to attend!!

The best way to start off a season is to get to know each other, and that’s what we did on Saturday the 9th of April, 2016 our beloved ALLBB did just that. The kids came out enforce to meet their baseball buddies, get back into the swing of things and show the coaches what they’ve got.

But now we look ahead and before you know it we’ll be meeting up for practices and then of course games. There’s a lot to do in a short time, but it’s for the love of our game, so let’s get out there and get it done. There’s the player draft, team practices, an umpires clinic (Thursday the 14th of April, 16-19:30) and I bet you Tom will be out there fixing up the field in every moment between. We’ll kick off our 2016 season next Saturday, come on out end enjoy the uphoria of baseball with us!

Spring field clean-up for our 2016 season was a great success, we re-built a vandalized dug out, restored a picnic bench, cleaned the fields up of weeds and debris, repaired fences all around the field and cleaned up the batting cages and even built a bullpen behind field-B! Great work, thanks for showing up and helping out!

But we’re just getting started, and we still need your help. We’re looking for volunteers to help umpire games, we could really use some coaches to lead a team and we still have ideas on how to improve our ballpark. Contact us, every effort makes a difference.

Leading up to our 2016 season we’ll be holding a Player Evaluation on Saturday, April 9th at 10:00. It’s a great way to get out and hang out with your baseball buddies while getting in a workout and showing the coaches what you’ve got. Parents, do you have some time to spare, we could use your help too.

The following day the coaches will meet up and draft their teams. News and practice times will follow shortly after.

And what would baseball be without umpires, meet up with Jakie Poklington on Thursday, April 14th at 16:00 – 19:30 for the Umpire Training Clinic. Jackie has you covered with your umpire needs, you can contact him at: allbb-uc@berlin.com

It’s that time of the year – baseballs, dirt and cracks of the bats – let’s enjoy it together!