Oh Boy, Oh Boy we start again this Saturday at 4:00. Cannot wait to get back to it. Time to break out your bats and come out the Strike Zone and start getting in shape for baseball.
And one more thing..... Last night I caught a bit of a Mariners game on FSN. They replayed the 116th win. Start checking your FSN listings, I think in this downtime of sports they may start showing more old Mariner games on TV.
One thing I was really struck by last night in watching the old successful Mariners was the patience at the plate that "those" guys showed versus the hack at everything current Mariners.
And man oh man do I miss guys like Stan Javier and Mark MacLemore.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Possible Threat to Program
If you have heard the rumor, I am have to come clean and tell you the rumor is true!
Yes, Coach Cougan is contemplating abandoning the 13 year old team IF, and only IF Magnolia Baseball Club does recruit enough players to field a 1 and under year old team this year. This is only because his grandson Eli will be eligible for the team. Eli HAS signed up, but currently the roster is stuck at ONE player.
And yes, the answer to your other question is that I PULLED HIS PANTS UP LIKE THAT. After changing him I could not resist the chance to embarrass my daughter Kelsey and to embarass Eli by trying to make him look like a little old man!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Pitching Clinic
Jamie Moyer will be in town this weekend. He and Karen are coming up for the mandatory parent/player meeting 6:30 Sunday at the Magnolia Community Center.
As a bonus, Jamie will put on a pitching clinic on Saturday during our cage time at the Strike Zone. It will be for all of our teams 13-16, and will be fairly crowded (just a warning). At this time it looks like he will talk for about a half hour and then we will take turns on the bump, do some throwing and get a chance for some Jamie feedback.
Catchers - be ready to do some catching, gloves, mask and cup.
The clinic will span from 4:00 to 7:00.
Based on the crowd I have two warnings for you all.
#1 Parents - as cool as this sounds, there is probably no room for you to hang and listen. You can probably be in the room if you had planned on waiting, but the place will be teaming with kids.
#2 We might not have time to get all our guys to throw with Jamie instructing. We probably have time for 5 or 6 pitchers per team. Sorry, that is just the way it is.
Bring your ears, bring your questions and enjoy the experience. We will probably get some hitting in as well.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Congrats to Jamie!
How 'bout dem Philly's!!! How 'bout dat Moyer!
Congrats to Jamie and the Philly's. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy and a better team.
Look forward to seeing you all this Saturday at the Strike Zone for hitting. We will practice from 4:00 to 5:30. Come ready to work hard.
Congrats to Jamie and the Philly's. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy and a better team.
Look forward to seeing you all this Saturday at the Strike Zone for hitting. We will practice from 4:00 to 5:30. Come ready to work hard.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Meeting Change
It is something we hoped would happen but we have learned through the years to go on with life through a possible playoff season and you never know. BUT this year we know WE ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!! YEAH JAMIE AND PHILLIES!
So needless to say because Karen and Jamie run the mandatory parent/player meeting scheduled for Sunday, October 26 we have to reschedule!!! WE ARE RESCHEDULING THIS MEETING for Sunday, November 9 6:30pm Magnolia Community Center. We will have a major “garage sale” of old MBC merchandise so bring your check books. And we’ll need all paperwork from the website to be filled out and all player fees paid in full by this meeting.
In the meantime the new Fall/Winter workouts are posted on the http://www.magnoliabaseballclub.com/ website.
Thanks for understanding this last minute change. CHEER US ON FROM SEATTLE and be proud of Old Man Moyer. When he was your age he watched the Philadelphia Phillies in a World Series Parade and had the same dream for himself someday. Here he is at 45 living his dream. You too can dream big and let MBC help you get there! See you Nov 9!!!!
So needless to say because Karen and Jamie run the mandatory parent/player meeting scheduled for Sunday, October 26 we have to reschedule!!! WE ARE RESCHEDULING THIS MEETING for Sunday, November 9 6:30pm Magnolia Community Center. We will have a major “garage sale” of old MBC merchandise so bring your check books. And we’ll need all paperwork from the website to be filled out and all player fees paid in full by this meeting.
In the meantime the new Fall/Winter workouts are posted on the http://www.magnoliabaseballclub.com/ website.
Thanks for understanding this last minute change. CHEER US ON FROM SEATTLE and be proud of Old Man Moyer. When he was your age he watched the Philadelphia Phillies in a World Series Parade and had the same dream for himself someday. Here he is at 45 living his dream. You too can dream big and let MBC help you get there! See you Nov 9!!!!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Just a Thought
Baseball and your approach to baseball can be a great gift to you in other aspects of your life. You guys know the work and dedication it takes to improve at the game and you know the satisfaction that success brings when the effort and practice pay off in game performance. It feels so good to get that hit or to make that play. We understand the connection to working hard and reaping the rewards in baseball.
Just a thought, but can you see other areas in your life where this can happen?
School work. Yes school work. Same things apply. Just as none of you expect to go 4-4 and play error less baseball without practicing the game, how can you expect to attain a superior understanding of the classroom material and ace that test if you do not put in the time and effort.
I have to admit, I was (and think I still am) a competitive guy. If I was going to do something, I was going to do something well. I never liked to do poorly and would look for every edge to do better, at everything I was asked, or even forced to do. If I had to do it, I was going to do it well.
Life is better when things go well.
The same formula that works for baseball works for school.
Want to get better at something - devote more time to it. Prepare so you can perform. Pitchers do better ahead in the count - read ahead of the class. Not understanding something about the game (subject)- ask your coach (teacher). Need help with some part of your game - do extra drills to make up for that skill. Just as you can observe and mimic players that are succeeding, you can also observe and mimic students that are doing better (AND I DO NOT MEAN COPY THEIR PAPERS!).
Want to be better than the average player (student)? Everybody goes to practice (class), what do you do in between practices (classes) - what do you do on YOUR OWN!
Would you not be insulted if someone said "you are good at baseball because it just comes easy to you"
Do not insult good students by thinking that it comes easy to them. Be like them and start getting your work done.
And here is my final word on the subject.
I played with players that had great talent
I played with players that had great work habits
I played with players that had great talent AND great work habits
All of the above guys were good players. Only the last set MADE IT in pro baseball.
In school some people are inherently smarter than others.
Some people work harder than others
Some people are smarter and work harder, these people become rocket scientists
You can succeed in school without being a rocket scientist. Start working harder. Don't EVER let anyone out work you.
Just a thought, but can you see other areas in your life where this can happen?
School work. Yes school work. Same things apply. Just as none of you expect to go 4-4 and play error less baseball without practicing the game, how can you expect to attain a superior understanding of the classroom material and ace that test if you do not put in the time and effort.
I have to admit, I was (and think I still am) a competitive guy. If I was going to do something, I was going to do something well. I never liked to do poorly and would look for every edge to do better, at everything I was asked, or even forced to do. If I had to do it, I was going to do it well.
Life is better when things go well.
The same formula that works for baseball works for school.
Want to get better at something - devote more time to it. Prepare so you can perform. Pitchers do better ahead in the count - read ahead of the class. Not understanding something about the game (subject)- ask your coach (teacher). Need help with some part of your game - do extra drills to make up for that skill. Just as you can observe and mimic players that are succeeding, you can also observe and mimic students that are doing better (AND I DO NOT MEAN COPY THEIR PAPERS!).
Want to be better than the average player (student)? Everybody goes to practice (class), what do you do in between practices (classes) - what do you do on YOUR OWN!
Would you not be insulted if someone said "you are good at baseball because it just comes easy to you"
Do not insult good students by thinking that it comes easy to them. Be like them and start getting your work done.
And here is my final word on the subject.
I played with players that had great talent
I played with players that had great work habits
I played with players that had great talent AND great work habits
All of the above guys were good players. Only the last set MADE IT in pro baseball.
In school some people are inherently smarter than others.
Some people work harder than others
Some people are smarter and work harder, these people become rocket scientists
You can succeed in school without being a rocket scientist. Start working harder. Don't EVER let anyone out work you.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
MBC 13's To Visit U of W Cages
You will all soon find out, if my actions haven't given it away already, that I suffer from a terrible handicap called CALENDER IMPAIRMENT. In my haste to get away last weekend, and my guilt of missing a weekend to work out, I made the WRONG assumption that our next opportunity to work out would be the weekend of the mandatory player/parent meeting.
The good news is that we have one more weekend before that meeting and I intend to use it! The EXCITING news is that this weekend I have a special treat in store for the team.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 19 at 3:00 we will all meet at the University of Washington baseball field. We will watch the current Husky baseball team play some of their annual intra-squad World Series and then go into the hitting barn out in the left field corner and hit in the cages.
These cages are great. As a Seattle U alumni we were allowed to take pre-game (US vs SU alumni game) BP in these cages. The really great aspect of these cages is that there are FOUR video cameras on you as you hit. The cameras are on a delay. After you hit your round you are then able to come out and watch yourself from four different angles. It is quite an impressive training tool. One can be told over and over of a mechanical flaw in their swing BUT seeing is believing and is the fastest way to embrace instruction.
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