PARA 5pm
Remember...it's getting dark early, so get there as soon as you can...coach will be there by 4:30pm.
We also have a voluntary BP session scheduled for Friday 5-6pm @ Force Field.
I know it's been a long season, but let's all push ourselves to make what we can. Finish strong & remember to have fun! Only 2 weekends remain!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
This Date in Baseball
"I can't remembered the last time I missed a ground ball. I'll remember that one." -BILL BUCKNER, talking about his infamous error of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. (major league infielder, 1969-90)
1955 Branch Rickey steps down as the Pirates' general manager and will be replaced by Joe L. Brown.
1955 The Indians trade Larry Doby, the first black to play in the American League, to the White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby.
1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and will be replaced by Al Lopez.
1981 In Game 5 at Dodger Stadium, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager's back-to-back solo home runs in the seventh inning off Yankee southpaw Ron Guidry give Los Angeles a 2-1 World Series victory.
1986 One strike from defeat, the Mets tie the game on a wild pitch and then, thanks to Bill Buckner's error, win Game 6 knotting the Fall Classic at three games apiece. This event will be selected as one of baseball's 30 most memorable moments.
1987 In a series in which each team never lose a game in its home park, the Twins win the World Championship as the beat the Cards, 4-2 in Game 7. The franchise's last championship came in 1924 as the Washington Senators.
2000 Mike Piazza becomes the first player to hit a World Series home run at both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The backstop’s third inning homer off Denny Neagle are the only two runs the Mets will score in a 3-2 Game 4 defeat to the cross-town rivals.
2005 The first World Series game ever to be played in the state of Texas proves to be memorable as White Sox Geoff Blum’s 14th inning solo home run (3Oth MLer to hit a HR in first WS AB) becomes the beginning of the end of the longest Fall Classic contest ever played. The 7-5 victory, which gives the Chicago a commanding 3-0 advantage over the Astros, takes 5 hours, 41 minutes to complete and the 14 frames equals the number of innings the Red Sox needed to beat the Dodgers in Game 2 of the 1916 series.
2005 Mark Buehrle becomes first pitcher to start and save consecutive World Series contests. After receiving a no-decision starting Game 2, the 26-year old southpaw gets the final out in the 14th inning of Game 3 to record a save as the White Sox beat the Astros, 7-5.
1955 Branch Rickey steps down as the Pirates' general manager and will be replaced by Joe L. Brown.
1955 The Indians trade Larry Doby, the first black to play in the American League, to the White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby.
1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and will be replaced by Al Lopez.
1981 In Game 5 at Dodger Stadium, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager's back-to-back solo home runs in the seventh inning off Yankee southpaw Ron Guidry give Los Angeles a 2-1 World Series victory.
1986 One strike from defeat, the Mets tie the game on a wild pitch and then, thanks to Bill Buckner's error, win Game 6 knotting the Fall Classic at three games apiece. This event will be selected as one of baseball's 30 most memorable moments.
1987 In a series in which each team never lose a game in its home park, the Twins win the World Championship as the beat the Cards, 4-2 in Game 7. The franchise's last championship came in 1924 as the Washington Senators.
2000 Mike Piazza becomes the first player to hit a World Series home run at both Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium. The backstop’s third inning homer off Denny Neagle are the only two runs the Mets will score in a 3-2 Game 4 defeat to the cross-town rivals.
2005 The first World Series game ever to be played in the state of Texas proves to be memorable as White Sox Geoff Blum’s 14th inning solo home run (3Oth MLer to hit a HR in first WS AB) becomes the beginning of the end of the longest Fall Classic contest ever played. The 7-5 victory, which gives the Chicago a commanding 3-0 advantage over the Astros, takes 5 hours, 41 minutes to complete and the 14 frames equals the number of innings the Red Sox needed to beat the Dodgers in Game 2 of the 1916 series.
2005 Mark Buehrle becomes first pitcher to start and save consecutive World Series contests. After receiving a no-decision starting Game 2, the 26-year old southpaw gets the final out in the 14th inning of Game 3 to record a save as the White Sox beat the Astros, 7-5.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
This Date in Baseball
"...Jackie did more to tear down segregation, hotels and
sports arenas than any other man. Nobody will ever do more, because it won't
ever be necessary again." -DON NEWCOMBE, Dodger teammate
1908 Baseball's anthem, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, is introduced by Bill Murray. The song writing team of Albert Von Tilzer (music) and Jack Norworth (words) who created the immortal tune have never seen a game.
1911 The World Series is resumed after six days of rain. The A's, behind the pitching of Chief Bender, beat the Giants and Christy Mathewson 4-2 to give Philadelphia a 3-1 game lead in the Fall Classic.
1951 Larry MacPhail suggests there should be four new major leagues including one located on the West Coast.
1972 The first black player of 20th century dies of heart disease at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. The 53-year old Hall of Famer broke the color line playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
1987 Amidst the deafening noise crowd of the hanky-waving fans in the Metrodome, the Twins staved off elimination as the team scores eight runs in the 5th and 6th innings of Game 6 to beat the Cardinals, 11-5.
1992 In Game 6, Canada wins its first-ever World Series as the Blue Jays beat the Braves, 4-3. Forty-one year old Dave Winfield's 11th inning double is the key hit in Toronto's victory.
2000 Orlando Hernandez (8-0, 1.90) losses his first postseason game as the Mets defeat the Yankees on a tie breaking eight inning double by Benny Agbayani, 4-2. New York native John Franco gets the win ending the Yankees' record 14-game World Series winning streak.
2000 Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Mets catcher Mike Piazza in the first inning Game 2 of the World Series.
2006 Seven month after negotiations began, the Players' Association and MLB officials announce a five-year collective bargaining agreement has been reached. The longest accord in baseball history, which will end in 2011, assures the game will have a span of 16 years without a work stoppage.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
NO PRACTICE TODAY!
We will resume workouts Wednesday @ Force Field for BP & infield work, Thursday @ PARA for final defensive work & an optional (voluntary) BP session back @ Force Field on Friday. Stay dry & we'll see you then!
This Date in Baseball
"Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in
your life." -TOM CHEEK, Blue Jays announcer signature call of Joe Carter's
dramatic ninth inning three-run homer to win 1993 World Series.
1910 A's hurler Jack Coombs picks up his record-tying third World Series win as he beats the Cubs, 7-1. Philadelphia takes the Fall Classic in five games.
1945 Dodger President, Branch Rickey, announces that Jackie Robinson has signed to play with Brooklyn's Triple A team in Montreal. The 26-year old Negro League star will be the first black player to play in organized baseball since 1884.
1951 The Associated Press selects Giants' skipper Leo Durocher as the manager of the year.
1952 The Pacific Coast League announces its teams will play 176-game schedule next season.
1993 The Blue Jays beat the Phillies 8-6 to win their second consecutive World Series thanks to Joe Carter's dramatic ninth inning three-run homer. The Toronto outfielder becomes just the second player to end the Fall Classic with a home run joining Bill Mazeroski whose Forbes Field's round tripper beat the Yankees in 1960.
1996 After losing the first two games of the Fall Classic at the Stadium, David Cone limits the Braves to four hits and one run in six innings en route to a Yankee 5-2 win. It will be first of 14 consecutive World Series victories as the Bronx Bombers start their run of four titles in five years.
1998 Davey Johnson is hired as the manager of the Dodgers. The former Met, Red and Oriole skipper has finished first with every team he has managed.
2000 Although lacking big league managerial experience, Pirates' hitting coach Lloyd McClendon is named as the team's manager replacing recently-fired Gene Lamont.
2002 Lou Gehrig's consecutive games streak being broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995 is voted as baseball's most memorable moment by the fan participating Major league baseball and MasterCard promotion. Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, Jackie Robinson becoming the first black to play in major league baseball, Mark McGwire breaking Roger Maris' single-season home run record and Lou Gehrig's farewell speech were also in the top five events selected by the fans.
2002 Joining Roberto Clemente and Thurman Munson, Darryl Kile will become the third player to appear on the 2003 Hall of Fame ballot before the mandatory five-year waiting period. The 33-year-old Cardinal pitcher, who died of heart disease, was found dead in his Chicago hotel room in June.
2005 For 14th time in World Series history, a walk off home run ends Game 2 as Scott Podsednik's ninth inning blast at Chicago’s U.S. Cellular Field beats the Astros, 7-6. In 1960, Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski was the first player to accomplish the feat as his game-ending homer makes the Pirates World Champions.
2005 On the verge of the first World Series game in Texas, much to the chagrin of the Astros, MLB rules Houston must play Game 3 of the Fall Classic with its Minute Maid Park roof open. During the regular season, the team had a much better record (38-17) when ballpark was enclosed than in games started in open air (15-11) .
2006 Extending his scoreless streak to 24 1/3 postseason innings, dating back to 2003 with the Twins, Kenny Rogers blanks the Cardinals for eight innings as the Tigers beat the Cardinals 3-1 to even the World Series at a game a piece. The "Gambler's" recent play-off success comes under suspicious as TV cameras spot an unknown dark spot on the right-hander's pitching hand in the first inning which he claims to be only mud
This week in force health and fitness
"We are underexercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living." John F. Kennedy
If John Kennedy said this in the sixties, imagine what he would say today. Being physical is essential to a healthy lifestyle, healthy aging and enjoyment of life to its fullest.
It is important as parents and coaches that we encourage our children to be active, to fuel the body instead of feed it and to see who they are on the inside as well as the outside as being a magnificiant creation.
The generation of our children will grow to become the generation who exerperiences those preventable lifestyle diseases at a much younger age. It has been stated that the life expectantcy of adults will decrease when this generation becomes adults. The reason being, is that this generation plays video games inside rather than riding their bikes outside. This generation thinks good food comes out of a box and vegtables are eaten only as a side dish rather than the main staple of their plate.
This generation doesn't know what it is like to play outside from dusk until dawn.
We can teach them. Be an encouragement to your child to play outside the walls of the house everyday. Encourage your child to try new foods, good foods. Learn with them, model it to them.
Lets help our children beat the odds of what the statistics say is in store for them.
If John Kennedy said this in the sixties, imagine what he would say today. Being physical is essential to a healthy lifestyle, healthy aging and enjoyment of life to its fullest.
It is important as parents and coaches that we encourage our children to be active, to fuel the body instead of feed it and to see who they are on the inside as well as the outside as being a magnificiant creation.
The generation of our children will grow to become the generation who exerperiences those preventable lifestyle diseases at a much younger age. It has been stated that the life expectantcy of adults will decrease when this generation becomes adults. The reason being, is that this generation plays video games inside rather than riding their bikes outside. This generation thinks good food comes out of a box and vegtables are eaten only as a side dish rather than the main staple of their plate.
This generation doesn't know what it is like to play outside from dusk until dawn.
We can teach them. Be an encouragement to your child to play outside the walls of the house everyday. Encourage your child to try new foods, good foods. Learn with them, model it to them.
Lets help our children beat the odds of what the statistics say is in store for them.
Monday, October 22, 2007
NEW Practice Schedule for the Week!
In light of our circumstances w/the weather this week, we've had to ammend our schedule somewhat. Please make a note of the following:
Wednesday >>> Force Field for BP & infield work
Thursday >>> PARA for final defensive tune-up
Friday >>> (Optional) Force Field for BP
Wednesday >>> Force Field for BP & infield work
Thursday >>> PARA for final defensive tune-up
Friday >>> (Optional) Force Field for BP
Happy Birthday!
Force Baseball Nation would like to send out happy birthday wishes to some of our most valuable momma's. We hope that your day was special & are looking forward to many more w/you. Thanks for all that you do!
Happy birthday Loy, Amy & Melissa!
Happy birthday Loy, Amy & Melissa!
Practice Schedule for the Week
Tues >>> Force Field for BP & infield work 5pm
Thurs >>> PARA to focus on team defense & final tune-up for this weekend 5pm
Next to last weekend looms...
Be prepared to work hard & finish strong!
Scheduled start time is 5pm, but be there as early as you can!
Coach will be there & ready by 4:30pm!
Thurs >>> PARA to focus on team defense & final tune-up for this weekend 5pm
Next to last weekend looms...
Be prepared to work hard & finish strong!
Scheduled start time is 5pm, but be there as early as you can!
Coach will be there & ready by 4:30pm!
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