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COPY OF THE POP-UP WINDOW ....(for those who don't get it)
July 22, 2006 - 10:00 AM --
Welcome all D Ray visitors browsing our web site from our team and from our opponent's team!
Everyone is welcome to visit here.
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<B>Todays News Flash 8-1-06</B>...
Thanks for a great season...Stay tuned for more info however we will NOT be attending the ECTB tournament in August
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15U D Rays info...
Wed vs Glendora for the championship 5:30 game ...unis are white shirt, vest and blue hat
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<B>ATTENTION ALL D RAYS</B>
Remember <B>"The Devil Ray Way"</B>
Successful teams do what unsuccessful teams don't want to do!
Respect yourself, coaches, instructors, parents, teammates, opponents, umpires and the game itself...You must give respect to get respect!
We are all about the TEAM! ... STACK IT UP!!...EVERY GAME...EVERY INNING...EVERY OUT...EVERY PITCH...EVERY PRACTICE...EVERY WORD...ALL SEASON LONG!
"See Team Philosophy for remaining details"
Coach Mario
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2006 13U D Ray Results
2006 13-U Record vs 13's...30-5
6-18-06
W-D Rays 13 vs Audubon 3
6-17-06
W-D Rays 20 vs Mt Laurel 1
6-16-06
W-D Rays 11 vs SJ Rage 9
6-14-06
W-D Rays 16 vs Glendora 6
6-11-06
W-D Rays 13 vs Haddonfield 2
6-10-06
W-D Rays 10 vs GVAA 1
6-5-06
W-D Rays 13 vs Phila Stars 8
5-27 & 5-28-06
WT Tournament
L-Spring Creek Royals 8 vs D Rays 6
W-D Rays 11 vs WT Blue 3
W-D Rays 8 vs SJ Eclipse 6
5-20-06
Del Val League Playoffs...Finals
2006 13U Del Val Champions are Jersey Devil Rays
W-D Rays 5 vs WT Cougars 0
W-D Rays 7 vs WT Cougars 0
5-18-06
Del Val League Playoffs...Semi-finals
W-D Rays 9 vs SJ Eclipse 3
5-13-06
W-D Rays 13 vs WT Blue 2
5-6-06
AAU PA Tournament Results
D Rays take 2nd in AAU Super Regional Tournament
5-6-06 Saturday
L-D Rays 4 vs Keystone Nationals 5
W-D Rays 2 vs SJ Eclipse1
5-7-06 Sunday
W-D Rays 10 vs Wissahickon Wildcats 0
W-D Rays 12 vs SJ Arsenal Blue 2
L-D Rays 4 vs Tri-State Arsenal Blue 8
5-4-06
W-D Rays 6 vs WT Cougars 0
5-2-06
L-D Rays 0 vs SJ Red Devils 4
4-30-06
W-D Rays 9 vs SJ Rage 4
W-D Rays 11 vs SJ Rage 5
4-27-06
W-D Rays 2 vs SJ Red Devils 0
4-15-06
W-D Rays 15 vs SJ Eclipse 9
4-13-06
W-D Rays 9 vs WT Blue Wave 3
4-6-06
W-D Rays 4 vs WT Cougars 2
4-2-06
W-D Rays 13 vs Clearview Muddogs 0
W-D Rays 12 vs Clearview Muddogs 2
4-1-06
W-D Rays 14 vs SJ Eclipse 8
3-18-06
AAU MD Tournament Results
D RAYS WIN BID TO NATIONALS IN MYRTLE BEACH, SC
3rd place...Out of 24 top teams in the region from Virginia to Mass.
W-D RAYS 8 vs ROCKVILLE RED STORM (MD) 5
W-D RAYS 5 vs PITTSBURG WILD THING (PA) 4
W-D RAYS 6 vs VIRGINIA TITANS (VA) 5
W-D RAYS 5 vs SPRING CREEK ROYALS (NY) 4
L-D RAYS 5 vs LANCO COBRAS BLUE (PA) 6
2006 13U record vs 14's...4-7
4-9-06
L-D Rays vs WT Flash
L-WT Flash vs D Rays
4-18-06
W-D Rays 10 vs Williamstown 6
4-23-06
L-D Rays 2 vs Pennsville 6
4-25-06
L-D Rays 0 vs Glendora Gators 4
4-27-06
W-D Rays 2 vs SJ Red Devils 0
4-29-06
L-D Rays 4 vs Lower Bucks Bandits 11
L-D Rays 0 vs SJ Red Devils 4
5-9-06
L-D Rays 9 vs G Gators 10
W-D Rays 9 vs Williamstown 2
Combined 2006 13U & 14 U Record 23-11
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A future D Ray star...2006 Bat Boy Colin "Goose" Scully
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Civvy
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Civvy enjoying some D Ray benefits
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Nick
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Nick enjoying some of the traditional benefits of a good MD Tournament
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Scoot M is all smiles celebrating MD Tournament
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Scott M
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Scull
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Skull
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Ryan
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Z
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Jon
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JR's pretty happy after hitting the fence vs SJ Eclipse
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4-1-06 Coach Mario after SJ Eclipse win speaking about staying focused
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Hangin out as a team after beating the SJ Eclipse
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Running sprints after Eclipse victory
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13 U D Rays win AAU National Bid at their first tournament
13U D Rays win AAU National Bid Div 1 or 2 with a 3rd place. Great Job Players for our first time out and only a few practices outside.
D Rays go 4-0 and make it to the semi finals before taking a heart breaking, hard fought lost vs Lanco Cobras Blue in extra innings using the international tie breaker rules 6-5 in 8 innings.
By the way, after that game many Lanco parents approached me and said that they had never seen a team all tournament hit like our team hit. They said that they felt fortunate to get past our team because our team was the best hitting team as well as pitching team that they played by far.
D Rays win AAU National Bid Div 1 or 2 with a 3rd place. Great Job Players for our first time out and only a few practices outside.
Stack it up!!!
AAU MD Tournament Results
D RAYS 8 vs ROCKVILLE RED STORM (MD) 5
D RAYS 5 vs PITTSBURG WILD THING (PA) 4
D RAYS 6 vs VIRGINIA TITANS (VA) 5
D RAYS 5 vs SPRING CREEK ROYALS (NY) 4
D RAYS 5 vs LANCO COBRAS BLUE (PA) 6
Tournament Results/Places
3rd Annual AAU / ECTB Delmarva Super Regional (13U)
March 18th, 2006 to March 19th, 2006
Salisbury, MD
Tournament Champion
Lanco Cobras Blue
** Runners-up **
2nd - South Jersey Red Devils
3rd - Jersey Devil Rays
4th - Peninsula Pirates
5th - Jersey Shore Thunderbirds
6th - Vienna Mustangs Orange
7th - Delmarva Shorebirds Black
8th - Lake Shore GraySox
9th - Spring Creek Royals
10th - Hamilton Highlanders
11th - Pittsburgh Wild Things
12th - Newtown BlueDawgs
13th - Keystone Nationals
14th - Northeast Indians
15th - Vienna Mustangs Green
16th - Pasadena Chargers
17th - Delco Bulldogs
18th - Virginia Titans
19th - Baltimore Chop
20th - Rockville Red Storm
21st - Howard County Metro Raiders Blue
22nd - West Chester Bulldogs
23rd - Delaware Braves-$100 Consolation Penalty Due
24th - Frozen Ropes
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Coach Steve Mondile seen with D Rays after a winter workout at WT Hit Dr
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Colin "Goose" Scully 2006 13u Bat Boy
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13-U Winter workout schedule
After pricing team and pitching workouts both with the Hit Dr in WT and Sportz Central, we have decided to workout with the Hit Dr. Although we feel that both places have excellent instructors and programs, the Hit Dr was willing to reduce their prices for our team. Because we are trying to minimize costs to our players we chose the Hit Dr. Hopefully that is acceptable to all. Here is what they proposed for dates, times and costs.
We will get 10 hitting workouts for 1 hour and 10 pitching workouts for 1 hour. The first 5 workouts for each will be run by the Hit Dr instructors and the second 5 workouts each will be run by our staff.
Hitting 10 1 hr workouts will cost $10/player per session for a total of $100. Please pay $20 for every instructed hitting workout and then you would receive 1 free workout with our staff after the first 5 sessions. You may also pay $100 in advance for all 10 sessions.
Pitching 10 1 hr workouts will cost $10/player per session for a total of $100. Please pay $20 for every instructed pitching workout and then you would receive 1 free workout with our staff after the first 5 sessions. You may also pay $100 in advance for all 10 sessions.
Friday, Feb 10 from 6 to 7 pm for hitting.
Saturday, Feb 11 from 4-5 pm for pitching.
Then
Every Friday 7-8 hitting, 8-9 pitching
Feb 17, 24, March 3, 10
Any questions call my cell 856-371-2729 or call if you can't attend.
Coach Mario
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Parents and Players....Make sure you understand what type of schedule we...
...are trying to have.
Communication is important!
I know I mentioned some of this at the parent meeting as well as individually, however I want to make sure we are all on the same page.
It is the team's objective to have players who will play as Jersey Devil Rays (D Rays)as their first priority over intramurals or in-town and Districts. Most players are not playing intramurals at all. Those programs should be played as a supplement to the D Rays, to play with some friends or to get an extra at bat or two in whenever we are not playing.
We are facilitating the Del Val League to recruit competitve teams to play during the week as well as Saturdays (sometimes Sundays). Our goal would be to play 2 games during the week between Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and play a double header every Saturday. Tournament baseball will be included approximately at a minimum of once per month. Dates and locations have not been confirmed at this point and will be annouced asap.
Registration is $200 down then $200 on Feb 15. We need to purchase the proper insurances, order uniforms and pay for a couple AAU National Qualifying tournaments to start. Fundraising would then help with the remaing costs. Our budget could be 10k to 12k. You do the math, we will still need to fundraise to complete the budget and everyone will be expected to participate.
The first tournament will be March 18 weekend in Salisbury, MD. This is close to Ocean City, MD. Our tournament schedule will be designed to seek out the best competition available and put the team in position to qualify for AAU Nationals in Myrtle Beach, SC during the end of July. The Del Val League winner would also qualify for Nationals in Michigan also at the end of July. Hopefully we will have to make a choice on which tournament we want to go to by being eligible for both because we qualified. Now, if we do not get as many games scheduled with the Del Val League during the week then maybe we schedule individual games with high caliber teams and/or go to additional tournaments to get the games in.
OK, now let's talk about Middle School. I do expect to have players participating in Middle School Baseball programs. The exact amount I will not know until we pick the team. We will allow the players to serve their Middle School teams during April and May. However the are expected to come to the D Ray games immediately following their Middle School game. I will not be rescheduling our D Ray games for conflicts and will start the games with 8 players until more arrive. We have been through the type of schedule in the past and everything worked out perfectly. Middle School players will turn in their schedules asap so we will know when they will be attending late.
The D Ray philosophy regarding playing time is there are no gaurantees. Our objective is to try to find a way to have everyone get time, most of the time. Individual single games during the week give us the biggest challenge and it will be hard during close games to play everyone. The benefit of double headers is helps give more innings to split. It will benefit the team to arrive focused and win the first pitch, first out, first inning etc, etc, in order to get everyone playing time by being ahead eraly in each game.
I know it isn't cheap for everyone to join our team and I will do everything possible to provide and great service and program to your players and families. This should help clarify some information inorder for each player to make a decision when asked to join the team.
Respectfully,
Coach Mario
Jersey Devil Rays
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13's stack it up with help from the big guys.
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Hit Dr 13-U Hitting Lesson Review 2-10-06
RELAX-STEP AND THROW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STANCE
1 FEET AT SHOULDER WIDTH
(front foot even with back corner, distance set up for proper plate coverage.
2 KNEES FLEXED.
3 WEIGHT BALANCED
(keep weight between your heel and toes).
4 CORRECT BAT POSITION IN HAND
(2nd digit knuckles of both hands aligned correctly, don't squeeze bat to tight-
don't choke it !)
5 SAY "RELAX" to yourself
(focus in on the pitcher, looking at his release point).
STEP
1 STEP TOWARDS THE PITCHER
(land closed on your front of your foot-tip toe, slow speed on the step)
2 KEEP LEG STRAIGHT
(keeping your body & head still and back)
3 HAVE LIVE HANDS
(Keep hands cocked and back, move at same time as step)
4 SAME STEP EVERY TIME
(no matter if inside, outside or down the middle).
5 WEIGHT STAYS BACK
(until you throw your hands QUICKLY at the ball!
THROW
1 ALWAYS THROW YOUR HANDS AT THE BALL.
2 TAKE THE KNOB STRAIGHT TO THE BALL
(keeping the barrell up while you throw your hands, keep your hands above the ball. Don't drop your barrell)
3 ALWAYS HIT DOWN AND ON THE MIDDLE OF THE BALL
4 AT CONTACT
(your front wrist is uncocked and stiff at contact).
5 FOLLOW THRU
(after contact, your top hand will roll over the ball).
6 ROTATE BACK FOOT
Coach Mario
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10 Tips From Phillies Hitting Coach, Milt Thompson
1. Have Fun - It's just a game
2. See the ball - Hit the ball
3. See the ball - Catch the ball
4. Relax - Step, and Throw
5. You Hit with your hands - Not your body
6. Trust your hands - Let the ball get to the front of the plate
7. Let the game come to you - Don't force it
8. Practice the way you play - Game speed
9. Trust your natural ability
10. Your goal is to have more hits than games played
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3-18-06 National Qualifier Tournament in MD Info
I just was advised that as of 4;50 pm today Feb 8, 2006 that we are gauranteed a spot in the 3-18-06 National Qualifier Tournament in Salisbury, MD...For right now just get psyched up to go and compete with the best teams in the region. More details to follow later regarding hotels, etc. Here is a list of teams
**3rd Annual AAU / ECTB Delmarva Super Regional (13U)
**This tournament has a 24 team limit.
1. Delaware Braves Dover, DE
2. Peninsula Pirates Preston, MD
3. Lanco Cobras Blue Lancaster, PA
4. Northeast Indians Elkton, MD
5. Delco Bulldogs Newtown Square, PA
6. Delmarva Shorebirds Black Salisbury, MD
7. South Jersey Red Devils Mt Laurel, NJ
8. Howard County Metro Raiders Blue Ellicott City, MD
9. Pittsburgh Wild Things McMurray, PA
10. Vienna Mustangs Orange Vienna, VA
11. Vienna Mustangs Green Vienna, VA
12. Frozen Ropes Franklin, MA
13. Spring Creek Royals Brooklyn, NY
14. Keystone Nationals Mechanicsburg, PA
15. West Chester Bulldogs West Chester, PA
16. Jersey Shore Thunderbirds Keyport, NJ
17. Baltimore Chop Baltimore, MD
18. Rockville Red Storm Rockville, MD
19. Lake Shore GraySox Pasadena, MD
20. Hamilton Highlanders Hamilton, NJ
21. Pasadena Chargers Baltimore, MD
22. Newtown BlueDawgs Newtown, PA
23. Jersey Devil Rays Sewell, NJ
24. Virginia Titans Poquoson, VA
So stack it up and let's get ready to PLAY BALL!
Remember championships are won starting the first day of practice.
Coach Mario
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D Nasty
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Dylan
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Dom
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Dom
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Jank
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Jank thinking about his next move..."on the pitching mound"
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Scott B
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Scott B explaing his nick name while celebrating the MD Tournament
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Chet
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Chet enjoying some of the D Ray traditions celebrating a good MD Tournament
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13U D Rays 1st outdoor practice 3-4-06
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2006 13-U Team Cleat announced
Nike Air Huarache 2k4 Metal
Mid Steel Blue
Available at:
Dick's Sporting Goods
More info coming by Friday's practice. Low style would be slightly different.
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2006 13-U Team Helmet announced
Wilson Adult One size fits all. If your hat size is less than 6 3/4 then go with Youth size.
They are approximately $30. Available at Sports Outlet in Runnemede. To make this easy one of the coasches could stop by and pick them all up at once. Let us know asap if you want one. Email me or call 856-371-2729
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15-U Players mentoring 13-U players on Stacking it up!
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Directions to fields 3-18-06 MD Tournament
Directions for this weekend, try to print off...Official schedule comes out Thursday after 12:00
Field Directions
Henry S. Parker Field 5 Athletic Complex
Naylor Mill Road , Salisbury, MD 21801
1st Game Saturday 3:30 (not 1:00)
From North:
95 to Rt. 13 South towards Dover, Del.
Pickup Rt. 1 Bypass South before Dover,
exit back onto Rt. 13 South (Salisbury, MD) and continue for about 1 hour into Salisbury.
Take right onto Naylor Mill Road (after Walmart @ Burger King), go approx. 2 miles to Complex entrance on Right.
2nd Game Saturday 6:30 pm
Field Directions
Wicomico Memorial Field
Civic Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21804
From: North:
Take Route 13 South to Salisbury. Take the Route 13 Bypass to Route 50 EAST (Ocean City). From 50 East turn onto Route 50 Business West Salisbury Exit. Follow Route 50 Business West (also Ocean Gate Rd) and at the 3rd traffic light, make a left onto Civic Avenue. Go through traffic light and about 1/2 mile turn right onto field.
3rd Game Sunday 8:00 am
Field Directions
East Wicomico Little League Senior Field
Winterplace Pkwy., Salisbury, MD 21801
From: N-S-E-W:
FROM WEST (BALTIMORE/D.C.)
Take Route 50 East to Salisbury Maryland. Stadium is located just past the Route 13 Bypass at Hobbs Road. Turn left on Hobbs Road. Then turn right onto Winterplace Pkwy and field will be on your left-hand side. If you come to the next stop light on Hobbs Road you have gone too far.
FROM EAST (OCEAN CITY)
Take Route 50 West to Salisbury. Turn right on Hobbs Road. Then turn right onto Winterplace Pkwy and field will be on your left-hand side. If you come to the next stop light on Hobbs Road you have gone too far.
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D Rays celebrating winning a National Championship bid to Myrtle Beach, SC in July
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Coaches
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Colin
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13-U D Ray Players are determined............!
Beach...Ciavardone...Colgate...Hillard...Jankowski...Milden...Rothschild...Scully...Valori, Godfrey and Wilz...........are focused in following the winning tradition of the older D Rays...
3-18-2006
13U D Rays win AAU National Bid Div 1 or 2 with a 3rd place. Great Job Players for our first time out and only a few practices outside.
D Rays go 4-0 and make it to the semi finals before taking a heart breaking, hard fought lost vs Lanco Cobras Blue in extra innings using the international tie breaker rules 6-5 in 8 innings.
By the way, after that game many Lanco parents approached me and said that they had never seen a team all tournament hit like our team hit. They said that they felt fortunate to get past our team because our team was the best hitting team as well as pitching team that they played by far.
D Rays win AAU National Bid Div 1 or 2 with a 3rd place. Great Job Players for our first time out and only a few practices outside.
Stack it up!!!
AAU MD Tournament Results
D RAYS 8 vs ROCKVILLE RED STORM (MD) 5
D RAYS 5 vs PITTSBURG WILD THING (PA) 4
D RAYS 6 vs VIRGINIA TITANS (VA) 5
D RAYS 5 vs SPRING CREEK ROYALS (NY) 4
D RAYS 5 vs LANCO COBRAS BLUE (PA) 6
Tournament Results/Places
3rd Annual AAU / ECTB Delmarva Super Regional (13U)
March 18th, 2006 to March 19th, 2006
Salisbury, MD
Tournament Champion
Lanco Cobras Blue
** Runners-up **
2nd - South Jersey Red Devils
3rd - Jersey Devil Rays
4th - Peninsula Pirates
Other Participating Teams
Baltimore Chop
Delaware Braves-$100 Consolation Penalty Due
Delco Bulldogs
Delmarva Shorebirds Black
Frozen Ropes
Hamilton Highlanders
Howard County Metro Raiders Blue
Jersey Shore Thunderbirds
Keystone Nationals
Lake Shore GraySox
Newtown BlueDawgs
Northeast Indians
Pasadena Chargers
Pittsburgh Wild Things
Rockville Red Storm
Spring Creek Royals
Vienna Mustangs Green
Vienna Mustangs Orange
Virginia Titans
West Chester Bulldogs
3-10-2006
We have the ability to be a good team. How good depends on how you come together as a team. NOW!... Not in a month or two. We could reach goals that you have never dreamed of before.
When we annouce the upcoming winter workouts, I will expect nothing else but 100% effort and positive attitude. Championships are won the first day of practice by coming out and laying it all out on the line. What ever effort you have, I want to see it used up. Sure you going to make mistakes. What is important is how you deal with the mistakes. With a positive attitude. When you see your teammate makes a mistake, tell him "Don't worry about it, get 'em next time, you can do it!!!... It is this type of attitude that will seperate us apart from our competition. Our HUSTLE at practice and at games will be second to none. We will out hustle everyone, every game, every inning, every out, every pitch and at every practice.
I am pumped up for the challenge to take you guys as far as you want. The sky is the limit. You have to go for it, all the time. You must make it a habit, a mental strength that you can dig deep and win games especially when you are behind. We will build mental strength.
Looking forward to getting to practice to start having some fun with all the players to try to bring out the best in each and everyone of you.
Good Luck this season!
Coach Mario
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