January « 2014 « Mid Atlantic Vintage Base Ball League

The Elkton Eclipse lost one of its former players this past week. Alberto “Taco” Soto who played on the club from 2009 until 2011 before joining the US Air Force lost his brief battle with cancer. He was 25. Below is his obituary.

Alberto Soto, 25, of Oxford, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 after a short battle with cancer. He was the beloved husband of Sherry (Madonna) Soto.

Born in Lancaster, Alberto was son of Wanda Soto of Landenburg and Jose Soto of Nottingham.

Alberto was active duty with the United States Air Force. He had been stationed at Dover, DE from June 2012 until December 2013.

He is survived, in addition to his wife and parents, by his three children: Veronika, Kristi and Nathon, all of Oxford; his sister, Nancy Neese of Camden, De., and his foster brothers and sisters, Carrie, Kurt, Ryan and Brian Naus.

The Funeral Service will be held on Monday, January 6, 2014 at 11 AM at the Wilde Funeral Home, 434 Main St., Parkesburg, followed by interment in the Oxford Cemetery. The viewing will be held from 10 until 11 AM.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation, P.O. Box 33, Oxford, Pa. 19363 or to support.woundedwarriorproject.org.

Online condolences can be posted at http://www.wildefuneralhome.com

The MAVBBL will hold its 6th annual Presidents and Scheduling Meeting this Sunday, January 5th in Philadelphia, PA at 1pm.

At the annual meeting all of the full member clubs as well as prospective member clubs, Presidents and team representatives get together after not seeing each other for months to reconnect and go over items for the upcoming season. At this meeting, most clubs round out their schedule as well. In a scene reminesent of Wall Street, all of the clubs scramble to put together their schedules for the year and the whole process is done in about 15 minutes. Before the scheduling section though, the Presidents are hard at work ironing out issues that may have occured in 2013 and what should happen in 2014. Typical issues in the past have included safety, historical accuracy, approval of vendors, equipment, and even rule enterpretations. This year with so many new clubs coming on board in the last year or two, it looks to be a little longer as the goal is to make sure that each club is in sync with all the others in the league as far as rules and customs.

If you are interested in starting a club contact us before Saturday so we can get you on the invite list. All members of each full time club are welcomed however there will only be 2 seats directly at the table for each club but we can set up seats behind your representatives if more are coming. Each club regardless of the size of their delegation gets 1 vote in club matters.