Subject: Historical Season

If you were a member of the MMFL during this 2010 season, you've become a part of history. We have all experienced the worst year ever for rainouts and game rescheduling. Not only did we experience problems with weather conditions, but we also had to cope with the WIAA and their high school season adjustments. Subsequently we've had more scheduling changes than ever before. To date there has been a total of 93 scheduling changes (16%) of our scheduled 607 doubleheaders. Here is a summary of those scheduling changes............ Rainouts via the hotline: 22 Rainouts at the field: 10 Administrative rescheduling: 53 Normal cancellations: 6 Forfeit cancellations: 2 Based on our pre-season calculations we planned on 270 field dates for the actual summer season. We went into the season with 405 field dates available, considerably more than enough for makeup games. Was it? Obviously not, for this kind of year. July is usually our busiest month where we play the majority of our games. If you've been watching the news media, July of 2010 has already exceeded any previous July on record for rainfall, almost 10" inches. While trying to keep economics under control and your fees as low as possible, obviously all of our planning and historical information could not predict what we've experienced. Two years ago we did experience a similar summer with a lot of rain in June. We extended that summer season by a week so teams could get their makeup games in. However, the cost for that added week far exceeded the value we were offering when only three of the 16 field dates were taken advantage of by our teams. Despite this horrendous softball season, the MMFL is hoping that once all the dollar figures are in, we will be able to continue our planning strategies and move into a more successful 2011 year without attempting to recoup any lost revenue. Larry Pinkowski President, MMFL