Baseball Bulletins:
McCandless 10
year-olds got a chance to learn from starting All-Star Jason Bay during the All-Start Game
Fan Fest. Check out the following link: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/allstar06/news/story?id=2515821
McAA Shetland
teams to play at MLB All-Star Game Fan Fest.
You may have heard of the “Futures” All-Star game scheduled to take place during
the Major League Baseballs All-Star weekend. Perhaps
however, you overlooked the game to be played by our own “Future
All-Stars,” or should I say, “Future, Future All-Stars.” On Saturday, July 8, two McCandless Shetland
teams will square off at the Major League Baseball Fanfest.
The game starts at 3:00
p.m. Players and their families will be admitted free of
charge to Fanfest for the game. Players of
Shetland age, (5 and 6 as of April 30th), are eligible. Teams will be selected from eligible players who
are interested. The game will last
approximately one hour. Please address any
questions to the Shetland General Managers, Paul Julius and Lance Cummins.
July 27-30 –
Pony 14 Host Area Tournament To kick off July 27.
The annual PONY baseball Host Area Tournament begins July 27, 2006 with the winner proceeding directly to the
PONY baseball World Series in Washington
, PA. North Allegheny ’s entry coached by Justin Simon will
square off against other area teams who qualified by winning their respective region
tournaments. That weekend, there is no better
baseball being played at the 14 year-old level than at Vincentian Park . Come
and take a look. Past winners of the
tournament return annually to enjoy the experience. The
complex looks it’s best thanks to all of the hard work to get ready for this
showcase.
North Allegheny Palomino to Host
Eastern United States Baseball Tournament and Skills Showcase.
July 21 –
Mustang Region Tournament.
The McCandless Mustang team will host the PONY Region qualifier this year with the winner
going on to the East Zone Championship Tournament at Chesapeake , Virginia .
Tournament play will begin July 21, 22 and 23 at Viincentian - 4. The team will be managed by Jeff Trettel and will
begin tournament play on June
21, 2006 . In the last two years this team has sported a
tournament record of 31 wins and 12 losses and brought home trophies in nearly all of the
tournaments it entered.
August 22 - McCandless Team to Represent
United
States at Japan
Friendship
Series
Pony Baseball has selected a team from McCandless to represent the United States at the 2006 Japan Friendship Series which
begins August 22 in Tokyo
, Japan . The team of twenty players age thirteen to
fifteen will be coached by Justin Simon. Players will be selected based upon ability
from the the tri-state area. Once in Japan , players will be housed with host Japanese
families who are affiliated with PONY Baseball Japan . In addition to playing playing
baseball, players will visit Tokyo Disney and take several site seeing tours of
Toyko. Members of the Japan American society will be conducting classes in language
and customs. Fund-raising activities are underway to help defray some of the
expenses associated with this trip. Questions about team membership should be
directed to John Evans, Vice-President, McCandless Athletic
Association at JCE115@aol.com. The
itinerary can be found at by clicking here at Japan Friendship Series Itinerary.
For a few photos, click
here.
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