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on 16-Apr-2018 All you need is 7.
Tags: batting, practice, balls
Another day closer to the start of the season. Another day of glorious training. Ah wait! Maybe not. First field work. Thank you to all who showed up and got their hands dirty in preparation for Opening day. Many hands made light work of the base cutouts, mound and home plate area. The trailer curtains proved very effective in preventing weeds and minimised the amount of work needed to tidy up the rest.
Back to the 7 ball drill. Using 7 balls across the face of home plate each batter, whilst batting, needs to pick the ball the pitch flew past. This helps with pitch location as well as bat swing and swinging plane. Thank you Luke Millar. Very informative for both player and coach. Picture taken from live video footage of Luke Borton.
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on 09-Apr-2018 Spring Training has begun
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April is under way. Easter is long gone. That only means one thing. Spring Training. Thank you to Leicester Blue Sox for hosting two great games of baseball. Both teams showed up and put out two great sides. Whilst the Great British weather took a small part in the day, spirits remained high. The banter bus was parked and the innings came thick and fast.
It was great to see smiling faces. Hear the jokes and chuckles. Leicester, rebuilding from winter loses, showed great character in pushing their crew in preparation for a hard season ahead. We, however, forged ahead after a slow start putting runs on top of runs with a solid offense. Defensively holding the opposition with errorless fielding, good communication and great pitching.
Mantra for the day "keep your balls clean!".
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on 14-Mar-2018 2018 Schedule
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The season is getting closer. The light nights are coming. The field is firming up and players are itching to get outdoors.
We've put all our fixture dates in one place. Why not see if you can put a side a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon and join us for some baseball.
There are currently 5 dates to avoid. 13th and 27th May, 17th and 24th July and 29th July. All other Sundays will see our field host 2 games of Baseball, first pitching at 12pm.
Whilst the 27th May is the only date neither team is at home and the other dates are desginated as off days due to league numbers we may well use those dates for additional training/all-star game.
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on 09-Feb-2018 Pre-Season 2018
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We have started our pre-season training with a bump. It may be cold out side but it's nice and warm inside. We are all gearing up to what is going to be an awesome season.
Some members have also taken the challenge to up their game. Not content with outdoor training drills, some have opted for working out in the gym and loosening up with Yoga classes (yes, they know who they are!).
Our hats are doffed to all our members for training hard and getting in shape. Christmas is a distance memory and the left over turkey is no more.
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on 09-Oct-2017 Awards 2017
Tags: awards
The 7th of October has come and gone and that means our end of Season Awards. We would like to express our thanks to a very special guest Gary Roberts. Gary shared his stories from his time in the US and his years with GB.
It was another tremendous turnout and exciting evening. Drinks were flowing. Food was consumed. The evening began with Gary Roberts and our Chairman, Shaun Healy and then came the awards.
Here are the 2017 Stourbridge Baseball Award winners.
Titans Awards Winner Infield Golden Glove Luke Borton Outfield Golden Glove Aaron Drew Silver Slugger Luke Borton Pitcher of the Year Stuart Walton Most Valuable Player Luke Millar Tomahawks Awards Winner Infield Golden Glove Adam Marusiak Outfield Golden Glove Paul Insley Silver Slugger Chris Hunton Pitcher of the Year Karl Ensor Most Valuable Player Chris Hunton Club Awards Winner Rookie of the Year Jake Landsborough Most Improved Player Aaron Drew Club Person of the Year Chris Hunton Under 16 Player of the Year Piotr Maculewicz Chairmans Award Trent Nash
Trent has won this award for outstanding pitcher. A 5 inning no hitter right at the close of the Season.
Well done Trent. congratulations.