BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS IN THE RIGHTFIELD AREA
OF THE JACK HACKETT SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL
FIELD
SCSL OPENING DAY CEREMONY - THURSDAY -MAY 8th.
-6;15p.m.-ATTENDING CPA CHAIRPERSON JOHN BRAND
AND ONE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS CHARLIE DEN MEAD .
THE MAYOR , CITY COUNCILORS, SANDY DENNIS. WERE ALL
INVITED BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAD OTHER ENGAGEMENTS .
-DIRECTOR JACK HACKETT AND THE SCSL OFFICERS WANTED
TO OFFICIALLY THANK THOSE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE
IN GETTING THE $400,000 GRANT FOR THE NEW
METAL POLE LIGHTING SYSTEM AND NEW SCOREBOARD.
A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM.
DIRECTOR JACK HACKETT & SCSL OFFICERS (PRESENT)
BILL SANTOS, TONY PERREIRA, JESSES KENNEDY, FRANK SOUZA,
CHRIS LaFONTAINE, BRANDON ELLIS,GREG GOLDEN,NATALIE HACKETT
Jack Ordering New Keys for SCSL
OFFICERS AND GAME OFFICIALS.
SHED-TRACTOR-BARRELS NEEDED
FOR THE 2025 SEASON.
2025 STANDING BOARD-IN STORAGE
AREA- TEAMS" WON & LOSS RECORD.
Bryan T.Salva the owner
has always helped out the SCSL.
Now he needs our Help with Parking
in front of his business.Please try not too.
It is needed for his Customers.
Thank You SCSL Officers.
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VANDALISM
AT THE JACK HACKETT
SOFTBALL FIELD
SMILE
YOU’RE NOW ON CAMERA!!!
ANOTHER SCSL/AXIS SCOREBOARD.
Jack receiving the USA Team
Scorebooks from Southern AREA USA Commissioner Dennis Kozera.
Teams Register each Season , gets USA ScoreBooks Plus a Team Liability Insurance Coverage.
GREAT DEAL!!! 2025 13 TOTAL NIGHT TEAMS REGISTERING USA.
MANY OTHER AREA LEAGUES HAVE CLOSED DOWN-THE SCSL/AXIS
LEAGUES STILL GOING STRONG- WOODEN BATS- MORE COMPETITIVE
BALLGAMES.
FAN MEMORIAL AT THE FIELD
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MAY 8th; THURSDAY
FRIENDS Joe Aguiar & Mike Rego
and Others Held a Fan Memorial
For Brian Barbosa
Plaque on the Bench
Former IPC Softball Player
and a True Fan of Ladies and Men’s
Softball- Very Rarely Missed a Game
RIP
YOUR SOFTBALL BUDDIES
SCSL/AXIS SUNDAY MORNING LEAGUE
OPEN-UP WITH 4 TEAMS ON MAY 4th.
GAMES PLAYED; 9:30 & 10:30am.
****** ENTRY FEE: $585 *********
NOT DUE UNTIL-SUNDAY- JUNE 1st.
TEAMS: ZAPPED-SCRAPPERS
SOX-TAILGATERS
***** HAVE A FUN SEASON ********
2025 SCSL/AXIS LEAGUES;
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1.PITCHERS MUST WEAR A MASK - OR NO GAME
2. LINE-UP CARDS WILL AGAIN BE FILLED OUT
AND GIVEN TO THE UMPIRE (3rd. INNING)
2025 SCSL/AXIS LEAGUE OFFICERS;
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Umpire/Chief BILL SANTOS, LOUIS PINA, JESSE KENNDY,
TONY PERREIRA ,FRANK SOUZA, CHRIS LaFONTAINE
*******DIRERCTOR: JACK HACKETT(55 SEASONS)*******
MISSING FROM PHOTO NATALIE HACKETT, BRANDON ELLIS
AND RAY MISSILDINE
UPCOMING 2025 SCSL/AXIS WOODEN BAT SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL SEASON.
MEETING OF SCSL OFFICERS & MANAGERS.
14 TEAMS- GREAT.
******* 5 NEW TEAMS ***** LOS CAPOS- GOLD SOX-SAND DEMONS
TROY CITY MAULERS - QUIT YA PITCHING - WELCOME!!!
2025 MEN-IN-BLUE UMPIRE's MEETING
GETTING READY FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.
SCSL OFFICER NATALIE HACKETT-GAME OFFICIALS-
ARMAND REBELLO-UMPIRE/CHIEF BILL SANTOS
STANDING; ROOKIE BILL VIENS(WELCOME)-FRANK SOUZA-
FRAN DESMARAIS-UMPIRE/CHIEF GREG GOLDEN-JIM ROBIDOUX
MISSING FROM THE PHOTO JOE CARVALHO-JEREMY ELLIS-JOE ARGO
AND MIB DIRECTOR JACK HACKETT
A SKELTON CREW- BUT A GOOD ONE. LOTS OF SOFTBALL EXPERIENCE
Director Jack Hackett Paying And Thanking
the Truck Driver Bill Beaty for Delivering
15 Yds($64/Yd)-Plus Sales Tax-Shipping
$200-INFIELD BLOND CLAY.Company
Out of StOUghton,Ma.
Porter John Now at the Field
for the 2025 SoftBall Season.
LEAGUE WILL BE
UPGRADING THE INFIELD
FOR THE 2025 SEASON.
Charging the Battery on the Infield
Dragger - Having trouble getting
it to OPERATE.
JACK WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO
STORE THOSE 2025 SCSL SEASON
SOFTBALLS? ?? NATALIE AT OUR PLACE.
IS THAT OK????
NATALIE put up 4 NEW BUTT BUCKETS.
KEEP THE FIELD AREA CLEAN
DO NOT LITTER
2025 BANNERS ON BACKSTOP
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LEDOUX MEMORIAL 8/16-8/17
FALL LEAGUE STARTS PLAY-9/13
TURKEY TROT TOURNEY-11/1 - 11/2
2025 PLAYING FIELD IMPROVEMENTS. 1.SEALED SHED 2.NEW SHELVES-
SCSL WORK CREW WILL BE GETTING FIELD READY FOR THE SEASON OF FUN.
3 .UPGRADE INFIELD 4.. NEW WHITE FENCE GUARD-Hoping-($1400 Plus Shipping)
5. 8 New USA FLAG BUNTINGS ON FENCE.6. NEW TOURNAMENT BANNERS ON BACKSTOP 7. NEW HOLLYWOOD BASES ($970-WOW) 8. SCSL WEB SITE (spsoftball-fr.com)- $450 . 9.Line Foul Lines. & 2 NEW YELLOW FOUL POLES) 10. Butt Barrels & Don't Litter Stickers 10.Repaint DugOut Benches 11. Cork Boards in Dugouts & SHED (League News On). 12.BAGS OF LIME & SPEED DRY. 13.GAS & OIL TRACTOR, ETC:
Hoping to have Funds($$) available for the Above Improvements.
BOTH DUGOUT BENCHES
WILL BE REPAIRED IN
JUNE-ONCE THEY DRY OUT.
Landscaper Ryan Carvalho's Working Crew
will becoming into
Spread And Level Off the Infield
Blond Clay for the 2025 SEASON.
EACH SEASON THEY DO AGREAT JOB.
Natalie Hackett Putting the
NEW 2025 Litter Stickers on ALL
the BARRELS. DO YOUR SHARE,
KEEP OUR FIELD AND PARK CLEAN.
Natalie Cleaning the Manual
ScoreBoard Numbers. USING
UNTIL the NEWElectric Scoreboard
is ERECTED-Being Order Now.
DID BOTH FOUL LINES. LEVELING THEM OFF.
SPREAD STONEDUST AND STAMPED IT DOWN TIGHT.
NATALIE WILL BE CLEANING AND PUTTING NEW LITTERSTICKERS ON NEW DUGOUT BARRELS. ALSO DRILLED HOLES AT THE BOTTOM SO RAIN WILL DRAIN OUT.
Early May when the Truck deliveres Loam for the Infield and the 4 Bare
Outfield Spots. Stone Dust for Leveling Both Foul Lines and the Backstop Area.
Jack will bring in Landscaper RYAN CARVALHO( Has done it Each Season) Spreads and Levels it. LOOKS GREAT & BE GREAT TO PLAY ON. RYAN does a Tremendous Job.
Director Jack Hackett and Dave Botelho will be Grading the Infield after the INFIELD CLAY has been Spread. It will Looks Great.
SCSL Officer Natali Hackett will be Cleaning up theDugouts of Leaves and Sand. Nice and Clean.
Rented a LIFT ($457) to Take down the
Old Scoreboard and Erect the
New Electric Scoreboard.
Director Jack Hackett putting New Barrels in the Dugouts and New Butt Buckets on the Fence. Keep the Playing Field FREE of LITTER. Hope the Team Players do their Part and Help Out.
Natalie did the 2025 SCSL Standing Board. It is in the Storage Area.
13 Team Names - SCSL NIGHT LEAGUE.
5 or 6- Team Names - SCSL SUNDAY MORNING LEAGUE.
SCSL Officers Natalie Hackett putting
SCSL Labels on Butt Bucket and Sand in the Buckets,
Also puts the Litter Stickers on all the Field Barrels.
A Field Helper will be putting in New Base Holders for the 2025 Season. New Bases( $970). Each Season the League purchases a New Set of Bases.The Bases get a lot of Wear and Tear. Games played May to End of November. A Long Season of Running and Tagging the Bases.
Christine Salvo will put the New 2025
SCSL BANNERS on the Shed Door.
It is the 62nd. Season of the SCSL.
WOW - HOW THE SEASONS FLY BYE.
SCSL Officers Tony Perreira and Jesse Kennedy will be putting up the New 2025 SCSL Tournament Banners in MAY. Tony and Jesse ALWAYS THERE TO HELP OUT. GREATLY APPRECIATED .
2025 Be 3 New SCSL BANNERS:
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AWARD CEREMONY 2025 -JUNE 22nd.-SUNDAY 4:30p.m. AT THE JACK HACKETT SOFTBALL FIELD. 10 Hall of Fame Inductees & 2024 Awards Distributed
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SCSL/AXIS LOU LEDOUX Sr. MEMORIAL
TOURNEY - AUG. 16th. & 17th.
Wooden Bats - One-Pitch -Entry Fee; $150
FUN TOURNEY - ANY TEAM CAN WIN!!!
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ANNUAL TURKEY TROT TOURNEY
NOVEMBER 1st. & 2nd.
Wooden Bats - One Pitch _ Entry Fee; $190
LAST TOURNEY IN THE AREA
GREAT AWARDS GIVEN OUT TO THE WINNING TEAMS.
Well,we got it on the Lift.
Now lets get it up on the 2 Poles.
We always Enjoy Helping Jack out.
He Never forgets to Bring Bottle Water
and Especially the BEER.
Two New Pine Tar Boards erected near
the On Deck Circle. Keep the Pine Tar off of
the Fences.
2 NEW PINE TAR BOARDS
FOR 2025 SEASON
ARE ERECTED.
WOW - GREAT JOB GUYS.THANK YOU.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
EACH SEASON JACK TRIES TO BRING IMPROVEMENT
TO THE PLAYING FIELD.NEXT SEASON LOOKING
TO HYDROSEEDING THE OUTFIELD AREA. AND
PURCHASING A NEW FENCE GUARD.LET OUR
PLAYING FIELD BE THE BEST IN THE AREA.
THIS IS ALL DUE TO THE TEAMS THAT HELP
TO FINANCE THE PROJECTS.
Two New Dugout Cork Boards in each,
Listing Upcoming SCSL Events and Important
League Information. Mgrs. and Players Please
Read. Thank You Jack
JACK & NATALIE AND THE SCSL OFFICERS OBTAINED A $400,000 GRANT FROM THE CPA COMMITTEE FOR NEW METAL POLE LIGHTING SYSTEM,IN THAT GRANT IF ENOUGH FUNDS AFTER PAYING OFF THE LIGHTS THE LEAGUE WILL BE GETTING ANOTHER SCOREBOARD. JACK REQUESTED IT BE ERECTED AT THE TOP OF THE BACKSTOP. LET SEE WHAT COMES ABOUT. JACK IS ALSO STILL LOOKING TO GET THE NETTING ERECTED IN THE RIGHT FIELD AREA.
Darrell Finch Jr. was a Big Help.
New Bases are Ordered. Safety Base at First. GREAT - LESS INJURIES. League also
Uses a Safety Plate. Great to be able to go to work the next day. STOP SOFTBALL INJURIES .MOST INJURIES OCCUR AT HOME PLATE NEXT AT FIRST BASE. NOW HAVE SAFETY BASE AND SAFETY PLATE.
Natalie loading up the Storage Area with
Bags of Speed Dry.Getting ready for those
Rainy Days and Puddles.
Darrell Finch Jr.is putting in a
New Safety Plate.Limits Injuries
to the catchers and Runners
at Home Plate.
Every Season A New Plate and Pitcher's
Mound is Needed. Thank You to the
Fall River Park Department.
Another Great Safety Feature at the Field.
Turf Mats - No Holes in the Batters Boxes
No Tripping getting out of on a Hit Ball.
Safety Plate - No Inuries between Catcher
and the Runners. Get to go to Work the Next Day.
Two New Flag Bunting on the Outfield Fence
and Three on the Backstop. USA the Country
We Love. Brightens Up the Field.
Chris "Topher" Salvo(Strong Guy ) will be Pounding down the Stone Dust on the Foul Lines in Early May. Then Line with Chalk to help with the Fair or Foul Ball CALL. Each Season He is there to HELP OUT - IMPROVING THE PLAYING FIELD. GREATLY APPRECIATED.
All Set for the Season: Bags of Lime,
Bags of Speed Dry, Tractor, Standing Board,
and all Field Tools
The SCSL Hall of Fame Plaque at the Field.2025 Season - Sunday - JUNE 22nd......4:30p.m. at the Jack Hackett Field there will be an AWARD CEREMONY
10 New INDUCTEES.*** Well Deserved.
The Porter John is Set-Up.
What would the Players
do without one???? HELP!!!
2 New Home Plate Turf Mats wiere installed in the 2023 Season ($600)- EXPENSOVE
-Natalie during the week SWEEPS the 2 TURF MATS for that Evening Games.
Natalie and Christine putting up the
New 2023 SCSL BANNERS. Not Easy.
SCSL OFFICER LOUIE TAVARES,MIB Umpires FRANK SOUSA,
& JOE RICARDO, Player DARRELL FINCH JR. Roy Vieira.
Missing fom Photo DAVE BOTELHO & NATALIE HACKETT
TOPHER SALVO.
Field workers on May 4th.
Laid New Turf Mats down.
Filleds Stone Dust on Both Foul Lines.
Chalked the Foul Lines and safety Line.
Repainted The Dugout Benches. - Natalie did
Grated (Tractor) the Infield. Laid Old Mats as Coaches Boxes.
Put Up the Foul Pole Flags.
Erected 2 Dugout Cork Boards and Large Cork Board9SCSL NOTICES)
IT WILL ALSO ONCE AGAIN BE CLEAN-UP DAY OF LITTER AT ALL PARKS IN THE USA. GREAT TO HAVE HELP AT OUR PARK. THE CLEANUP CREW DOES A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU TO THOSE VOLUNTEERS.
Well Mike it was a lot of Work.You Guys did a Great Job.
So did you Natalie. All worked as a TEAM.
SCSL Officer Dave Botelho and Joe Aguiar
removing the Energy Bulbs that Jack bought
last season ($160)-the Old Board needed more
then BULBS. Joe also took the Old Scoreboard to be
RECYCLED.
Team Balls for the Season 20 Dozen
JACK puts the Team Balls for the
Games each Night & Sunday Morning
In the Shed for the UMPIRES.
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Jack usually Drag the infield for the Games . Jack is now getting Natalie to Drive the Tractor in 2025. The Field will be in TIP-TOP SHAPE for the GAMES. SHE IS A JACK-OF-ALL TRADES- A WORKING & HELPFUL WOMAN.GREAT HAVING HER.
Dave Conlon fixing the Dugout Benches.
He did a TREMENDOUS JOB.
"THANK YOU"
The Benches will be REPAINTED for
the Upcoming Season
JACK WAS SQUEEGEEING THE WATERED DOWN FIELD ON MONDAY -MAY 6th. THE SCSL NIGHT LEAGUE OPENING UP THAT EVENING.A TOUGH WAY TO START THE SEASON.
WEATHER WISE IT HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE SPRING.
THANKS TO NATALIE AND JACK'S HARD WORK THE GAMES WERE PLAYED.
HERE COMES SOFTBALL
by LLOYD (SKIP) SHERMAN
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I say this Mates.with a Grin
Softball Season's to Begin.
So grab a Ball , grab your Bat
Tie your Cleats and Don your Hat,
Take the Field, hit the Grass
The Summer Season soon will Pass.
Let's all try to Crank One Out,
So the Outcome won't be in Doubt.
Through Slumps and Losses
Don't get down,We got the Team
That will Win the Crown.
OUR FRIEND SKIP PAST AWAY IN THE 2018 SEASON.