We’re set!  The season starts this week and our first game is Wednesday, May 16th at 9:30 – Diamond #2 at 9:30.  We’ll be playing the Honey Badgers who are new to the league so lets give them a nice warm welcome and show them why we are the 2011 League Champs.

The schedule has been posted up to July so check the schedule page and mark the dates on your calendar.  If you expect to miss any games, let us know as soon as possible so that we can confirm our numbers and get fill-ins where we need them.

See you all at the park on Wednesday.

Our tournament entry for this weekend is confirmed.  The game-times have been posted and can be found on the Schedule page.  With the exception of a couple players who are unavailable at certain times, the roster for the weekend will look like this:

1. Al Hyland
2. Jordan O’Brien
3. Steve Nurse
4. Shann Dale
5. Wes Dacon
6. Dan Marcoux
7. Ryan Styles
8. Ryan Tippin
9. Adam Jeffery
10. Rob Roncone
11. James Long
12. Rick Greif

The first game on Saturday is at 9am and it would be totally great if everyone was there 30mins before the game.  All games will be played at Lakefront Park West on Phillip Murray Ave.  The weather forecast for the weekend looks dry but cool and it will be a couple degrees colder than the forecast down by the lake so dress warm.

If you don’t know where the park is, follow these directions:

Exit 401 at Thickson Rd and head south.  Left on Wentworth St.  Right on Phillip Murray Ave.  Park will be on your right, just past the ICE Sports Arena.

See you all at the diamond on Saturday morning.

For those who are wondering and haven’t seen their email yet, Yes, we are still planning a practice for this Friday.  The early arrive’rs plan to be at East Point around 11am so it would be great if the majority of folks could be there around the same time, however, if you can’t be there that early then just get there when you can.  We’d like to get some BP in for everyone and we’d also like to get a game going if we have enough players so I could see the practice running until mid-afternoon.  Those of you who have indicated that the timing doesn’t work for you, thank you for responding anyway.  I’m sure that this won’t be our only practice before the season gets started so hopefully you’ll be able to make the next one.

The weather forecast for Friday looks good, well, 12 deg. and sunny so at least it looks dry.  Looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday; enjoy the rest of your short week.

New Year, New Slo-pitch Season, New Website

So much going on that it’s hard to keep track of it all…

Team News

First of all, I’d like to welcome everyone back for another season. It looks like we can confirm that nearly everyone from last year has committed to returning for the new season and to defend our Championship Title. That being said, congratulations to everyone on a great 2011 season and a stellar playoff victory.

For the first time in a couple years it looks like we’ll be able to start the season without a recruitment drive. The last few seasons have had their challenges as we’ve needed to fill numerous spots as a result of player turnover, however with a full commitment already for this year we’re in a much better position to start this season and hopefully that translates into some early wins.

With the awesome Spring weather already upon us, (although I’m not convinced its here to stay yet) many have started thinking about getting out to swing the bat and throw the ball around. (more…)