I wanted to take some time to update you on progress on the Rosters, ID Cards, Tournament Team Sign
Up and Support. If you have any question please write back:
BABE RUTH ID CARDS – Cards are now available for both regular season and tournament
teams. This year leagues access the cards from the Baberuthleague.org account (Where they do
the charter). Once they select ID Cards they have the option to pick players from either Regular
Season Rosters or Tournament Teams. Once they pick, they can open rosters and select
individual players or select all from each team roster. Once they have selected the number of
cards they need, they will be prompted to select how they would like them shipped. USMAIL,
UPS Ground, 2 DAY or Overnight. Also, they make payment by E-check or credit cards. Cards are
shipped daily and of cards are ordered by 2pm EDT they are printed and shipped that day (M-F)
TOURNAMENT TEAM SIGN UP – As we talked about at regional meetings this past fall and
several emails since, tournament teams are required to sign up for the tournament trail. This is
for all age groups of the tournament trail however only age groups that end in a World Series
have a $25 fee per team (Except 16-18 baseball that is $75) A league can access the payment
and sign up section via baberuthleague.org (where they do the charter) Select manage teams
and for tournament teams select the tournament trail section. Teams can only be pay via credit
card or e-check. Leagues are not able to mail in a payment. Once teams are signed up that will
allow a league to “submit” tournament rosters and have them mark as submitted. ( A league
can start to create rosters for tournament prior to payment in the SI- Play System but are just
not able to “submit” until payment is made back in the league account. (Rosters NOT Submitted
are marked clearly for tournament binders as NOT SUBMITTED).
Leagues having trouble ? – As we expected the greatest challenge are the leagues that use the
roster upload feature to put roster data in. These are leagues that are using CSV Files (Excel file)
to enter. This feature allows for data teams, player and coaches to go in however it must be
formatted properly or errors will happen and cause problems with the upload. This is no
different than previous years with Babe Ruth Online however that reason does not offer
support to the volunteers who are just trying to get things done. So here is the plan that we
would like your help with.
HEADQUARTERS STAFF –
• Staff will start to email each league that has not submitted or started rosters for
regular season play.
o We will provide directions, links and help files for leagues
o We will offer the league volunteer to schedule a time that they would like to
work with a staff member. We will also look to have staff available after 5pm
EDT to help volunteers with roster and other support (that is scheduled).
o For leagues that just can’t seem to grasp concepts of working on the computer
we will take the data and have it entered for the league, if the league that
provides complete data.
WHERE CAN WE HAVE YOUR HELP?
As we sent out on October 1st we would like to have leagues know to not wait till the last minute
to do rosters for regular season. Here some quick points
• Review your commissioner account for rosters
o Don’t see rosters for regular season 9 times out 10 they did not complete the
prior day and there is nothing to show you.
o Reach out to leagues and talk about your coming tournament trial and talk about
doing rosters
o For those leagues that in the past have needed help, they probably will need help
again. Send me the leagues that you think need help and we will reach to them
this coming week.
o Leagues should call us at HQ’s who are trying to do CSV uploads. 800-880-3142
9-5 EDT.
o Call HQ’s before calling SI-Play if they are CSV Upload league. Leagues that use
online registration are largely complete and they can be easily supported by SIPlay.
o Please email myself any updates or info you are coming across. The more specific
you can be the better. League name, what they are attempting to do etc. This
way we can work between our staff and SI-Play to move as quickly as possible to
help them. We will report back to you any leagues you send us to let you know
we resolved the issues.
Remember this is the crunch time of year and volunteers are easily frazzled trying to keep the
league running and preparing for tournament play to have the roster work to squeeze in. It is
important to be positive and let them know that as a Commissioner that you will work to have
HQ’s to help them get what they need. Usually when we get the league on the phone and start
to explain how much easier it is compared to the items that were problems with Babe Ruth
Online they start to understand it, feel better.
We are going to be updating you often now over the next 4-6 weeks, so sorry for all the emails
coming and hope to make them much shorter than this.
My email and cell are available for any of you.
Just let me know!
Rob Connor