Sportsmanship Award Ceremony and All Star Game

Hey Gang, It's the season that won't end, isn't it? Our presence has been requested on Wednesday night at McCambridge #2 for the 5/6 All Star Game. Please be there by 6:00 p.m. in FULL UNIFORM. As most of you know, we were announced as the 5/6 Burbank Hap Minor Sportsmanship Award Recipients at Civitan Day. They do a presentation at the All Star game. To me, this means a lot. This is voted upon by our league peers as well as league officials, park staff, etc. You parents are a HUGE part of this award. I had a discussion with Tom Ryan, who coaches the Cubs, and he told me that he had to have two drunk parents removed from their final game. I cannot thank you enough for the good decisions you make as "fans" and baseball parents. And I think you all know that I'd have you doing push-ups in the stands for misbehaving anyway ;-) Sincerely, thank you, and I hope to see you on Wednesday if you're in town and available to attend. If you're out...we'll hope to see you sooner than later! The All Star game will follow our presentation.

Civitan Day and Pictures

OK, Gang. Our PHOTO OP: Saturday morning, let's gather at 8:00 a.m. on the Clarke Avenue side of George Izay Park/Olive Park, by the "stadium" to take some fun shots. HERE IS A MAP Henry Tovmassian will be there with his camera, and I promise to do a better job distributing photos this season -- this will also offer you an opportunity to get a few great shots of your own! Once we conclude the quick photo session, we can warm up, as the fields become ineffective for getting ready to compete once EVERY TEAM from K-6 shows up following the parade...which yes, we're skipping this year. If you all remember last year, it drizzled all morning, and made for a pretty miserable day. At present the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, a high of 74, and a max. humidity of 63% - only a 10% chance of precip. What does that mean? A made-to-order day for some Gashousers to take home some hardware! Parents, the stadium bleachers are canopied, but you may wanna bring some sunscreen. I'm off to the park office to see if I can snag a field for tomorrow. If not, I'll be in touch about some cages, or whiffle ball action.

Friday June 4, Game Information

I couldn't wrangle a field for yesterday or today, so I'll hope that everyone will get some cage time in, and come ready to roll tomorrow night.

We play @ 7:45 vs. the Padres at McCambridge #1. We are the home team, and will be on the 3rd base side. PLEASE, be there no later than 7:00 so we can get a good pre-game warm up in, and hit the field with our brains set to "on" at 7:45.

As it stands, we'll be playing 9. Correct me if I'm wrong, but we're down Vicken and Jacob for the game? If that's correct, I'll get the line-up out to everyone later today. Looking forward to finishing the season strong!!