email sent to 20 SPYA families to kickoff 2009 baseball campaign.
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Folks,
I know the boys baseball teams are heading into the tourney, football teams are in the playoffs, soccer is finishing, tennis is wrapping up, and basketball is starting up, but it is NOT too early to focus on next Summer and the final year of our boys youth baseball experience.
This group of boys has built a reputation competing in (and occasionally winning) local challenge tourneys, as the District All Star semi finalists (2005 and 2008) and champions (2006 and 2007) as well as State semifinalists in 2007. We want to go as far as possible next Summer as the seniors of Dixie Youth baseball and set the standard for South Park younger teams. We also have the opportunity to go to Cooperstown and play in the ultimate tournament next August.
The difficult part of the equation is that we have almost 40 boys who will be 12 years old next Spring. And there are only 12 spots for All Stars.
It is our goal to better prepare kids for real baseball and the fact that middle school ball will be a big leap. Understandably, 2009 may be the last year of baseball for some. So to give more kids a chance to make that next step, we are doing a few things differently this year. We intend to have Winter practices if you are interested. We intend to run 2 challenge teams in the Spring and play a few extra tourneys around rec ball. The extra reps will go a long way to help determine who are the 12 best baseball players that represent this group in next Summer’s important tournaments. We encourage you to make your son available to any and all of these opportunities.
Most Importantly – We have gotten a fantastic opportunity to take 2 teams (this year only) to Cooperstown in August (Aug 7-14). So even if your son doesn’t make the All Star team, he may have a chance to play in one of the best youth sports experiences of his life.
The coaches would like to get together this Sunday with parents and kids at my house to discuss our plans for more serious baseball in 2009.
Sunday Oct 26 – 5pm
4820 Drakestone Ct
Charlotte 28226
704-366-8851
We will outline our plans and seek some volunteers for organizing the 2009 baseball campaign.
I look forward to seeing you all Sunday.
Thanks
Rob



