Omaha Suburban Athletic Association

Volunteering . . . it’s a great feeling. There are many ways to get more involved at Suburban. If you would like to help we can sure use you. A commissioner’s job is very rewarding. They help put the teams together for their league, support the coaches, arrange makeup games, and ensure the season is running smoothly. There are plenty of experienced commissioners on the Suburban board to help new commissioners out as they learn the ropes. You do not have to have a child in a particular league to be its commissioner.

If being a commissioner is not for you, we have other jobs. Did you know that there are thirty spots on the board and less then half of them are baseball or softball commissioners. We need help with equipment, field services and so much more. If you do not want to get that involved coach, be an assistant coach, help with practices, help at games, keep score, be a team mom, or find one of many other ways to help. Just get involved.

If you have an idea that I have not mentioned please send it to me. Go to the website and click on the president button and email me your idea. But be careful, getting involved is contagious and you just might like it. 

New Sidewalks: The Suburban board has been very busy with off-season projects. If and when the snow clears you will see that there are new sidewalks. With the help of our friends at Pay Pal we were able to put sidewalks leading from the snack shack to field #6 and also from the parking lot to field #7, including two new handicap parking spaces. Every field at Lamp Park is now accessible by wheelchair.

New Batting Cage: With only one batting cage at Lamp, the line of kids waiting to hit is at times very long. The board felt that a new cage was important for the development of our younger players. A new cage has been put in on the west side of the park, next to field #6. The cage was build smaller on purpose; it is designed for the younger boys and girls. This should take some of the pressure off the older cage.

New Sod on Field Five: If you have had the chance to see your kids play on field #5 or have seen the field, you might have noticed a very small outfield. When we put agri-lime on that field we had hoped the grass would come back, as it did on other fields, but it did not. So with the help of some volunteers the old clumps of grass were scraped off and new sod was installed. This should improve the outfield on field #5 one hundred percent!

Expanding Field One: With the explosion in numbers in the high school boy’s league, field #1 gets used a great deal. The field is too small for this age group – it is hard to hit a double and nearly impossible to hit a triple. This spring the fence will be moved back twenty feet in some areas and the height of the fence in right center will be doubled. This should make for more interesting games. 

The Omaha Suburban Athletic Association has adopted a “Zero” Tolerance policy. All coaches, players, parents and fans must abide by the new policy or will be asked to leave the program. OSAA will no longer tolerate any unsportsmanlike behavior from coaches, players, parents or fans toward other coaches, players, parents, fans, league officials, or umpires. Click below to view the complete policy.