Latest From Leo - 4/18

Ahoy me matties -

 

From the west coast it is time to plan the next get together of the Pirates to do a little bit of practice!

 

The practice time for this Sunday (4/21)  is going be to move back to a 4:00 pm start!  This is due to Hikes Point having their Opening Day festivities this Sunday.

 

Right now, the head count for players confirmed to playing this year is 18.  They are:

 

Blair, Bonte, Braun, Brown, Cubero, Denney, Gabriel, Gregory, Hooper, Irish, Keeling, Mills, Nave, Ortiz, Porta, Seyffarth, Stierle, Stover.

 

I've heard from Lucas and Brotzge that they will not be playing this year.

 

That leaves me with Bright, Bruschi, and Caldwell with no definitive answer of yes or no.

 

Others who might be interested in playing:  I talked to Jeff King, Gregory has father from son's team, Mills has a friend, Ortiz had two or three guys, anyone else?

 

If any of these guys have true interest I have to start looking at "how many more do we want to have on our team".

 

Truthfully, I'd like them all to be able and play.  Honestly, it takes alot to try and give you guys equal time in the field and at bats.

 

See you on Sunday at Des Pres at 4 pm.

 

Latest From Leo - 4/8

Wow!  12 guy made it to Des Pres yesterday for practice.  That ties all time record for participation of a Pirate practice.  Thank you to all who made it and you know who you are.  I hope you are not as sore as I am!

We will have two practices this week.  Wow!

First, there will be batting practice at John Denney's batting cage on Weds. April 10th at 5:30 p.m. He has Iron Mike already to go and it will pitch for hours!

Second, we will be back at Des Pres on Sunday April 14th at 2:00 p.m. for more infield and batting practice and getting legs and arms ready.

Last night I got notification that there is no longer a Red Sox team but there is a new team  - Yankees.  The Yankees is made up of some Red Sox players and other players picked up through sign ups.

April 28th is deadline for money and waivers.  I will email waiver to you later.  I have to have money and more importantly waiver before any player steps on field.  I will hope to have it to you so you can fill out and send back and/or bring to me at future practice.

Uniforms - for those who don't have one, I am trying to find the uniforms not being used and you will have to purchase them from those individuals.  We are also going to go back to wearing the gold and white tops.  White on Sunday and gold on weeknights.  I would suggest if you don't have white pants find some.  Of course you will need gray pants.  Black socks and belt and Pirates hat. 

Go CARDS!

Leo

Latest From Leo - 4/2

Hey guys!

60 DAYS!!!! 

It is now 2 months, 60 days, 1440 hours, 86,400 minutes or 5,184,000 seconds until we start playing baseball this season!

Practice Sunday April 7th at 1:00 pm at Des Pres Park.  Its gonna be a great weekend to get out and get the arms and legs moving so we don't incur massive injuries before the season starts.

Also, time to start talking about collecting players fees ($195.00) and waivers.  I have to turn them in in the next couple weeks with roster to have our team be legit.  

The Germantown concession stand deal is dead!  We will not be working the stand on the weekend on April 20 & 21st.  We did not have enough folks commit to cover the times they needed.  

Guys, I need to firm up the roster and start getting serious about who is playing this year.  The clock is ticking.  I apologize for the lack of email and calls.  I'm a little snowed under at work/travels.  I will be sending out the waiver as soon as I get it.  I will then most likely park myself in the next couple weeks so you can bring to me with money and we can get the Pirates ready to do battle.

Questions?

Leo