2013 9U Tryout Information

Our goal as an organization is to develop skills, confidence, sportsmanship, teamwork and to have fun.  If this interests you, we would like to invite you to participate in our tryouts for the 2013 Lake Erie Storm 9U Travel Baseball Team.

The only requirements we have will be that our players are dedicated, work hard, have a team first attitude and the desire to improve.

We begin practice in mid-January two nights a week at our indoor facility on the border of Perry and Painesville Township, and then move outdoors to expand our development in the early spring. We plan to be in a league next year and play in five to six tournaments. Most – if not all – our games and tournaments will be played in the northeast Ohio area. During our 8U season we played in nine tournaments and all of them were in Parma, Solon, Mentor (twice), South Euclid, Eastlake, Highland Heights, Mayfield, and Willowick.

We are searching for a few players to round out our roster.  Every player will be given the opportunity to participate in all practices and to improve.  Playing time is earned, not handed out.  We as coaches will use proper judgment to ensure our team performs as a unit.

We are planning on having our first tryout on Saturday August 18th at about 6:00pm at Riverside High School (585 Riverside Dr; Painesville, OH, 44077) and a second tryout on Wednesday August 22 at 6pm at the same location. These times are subject to change, though are pretty firm. Please be sure to check back here once the date is closer to ensure the tryout date and time has not changed.

Please contact us if you are interested in joining our baseball family. If you have a son or family member interested in 10U or above teams, please let us know as our organization has teams for all ages up through 15U, so we can put you in contact with the coach of that team for tryout information.

Art Moore:  (440) 413-4257 or by e-mail: artmoore28@sbcglobal.net
Tony Lastoria: (440) 487-2424 or by e-mail: tlastoria@gmail.com

Stats updated through Eastlake tourney

Player	GP	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	TB	K	SLG	AVG
Cole Marut	21	72	30	42	32	7	3	0	55	0	.764	.583
Nick Lastoria	21	71	30	39	29	7	3	0	52	0	.732	.549
AJ Moore	21	69	38	52	22	17	12	1	96	5	1.391	.754
Eric Sisa	20	65	30	38	33	4	0	1	45	3	.692	.585
Nick Messenger	21	66	33	48	24	15	5	4	85	0	1.288	.727
Dominic Tromba	21	65	20	35	27	8	0	0	43	6	.662	.538
Michael Keller	19	57	15	30	23	5	2	0	39	0	.684	.526
Joey Conroy	20	58	17	24	14	5	5	0	39	6	.672	.414
Michael Tromba	21	60	16	27	24	3	0	0	30	4	.500	.450
Jack Sparent	21	66	26	36	35	1	0	0	37	2	.561	.545
Nick Tekavic	17	47	11	20	18	2	0	0	22	7	.468	.426
Gavin Strauss	21	54	14	23	22	1	0	0	24	2	.444	.426
Team Totals	14	750	280	414	303	75	30	6	567	35	.756	.552

Eastlake Tourney Runner-Up!

Congrats to the 8U Lake Erie Storm boys for their 2nd place finish in the Eastlake 8U Tournament the weekend of June 16-17. We started off sluggish in pool play, but played some great ball in bracket play on Sunday only to fall a run short in the championship. What a GAME that was.

We could not be any prouder of the way the boys played on Sunday. They gave it their all, played their butts off, and most importantly they had fun! While it was a tough loss and you hate to finish second, this was still a very good tournament for all the boys as every single one of them from 1 to 12 contributed to our success!

Also, congrats to Nick Messenger for winning the tournament home run derby! Way to represent big guy!

Updated stats through South Euclid tournament

Here are our updated team and player stats through last week's tournament:

Player	GP	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	TB	K	SLG	AVG
Cole Marut	15	53	27	33	24	6	3	0	45	0	.849	.623
Nick Lastoria	15	53	24	32	23	6	3	0	44	0	.830	.604
AJ Moore	15	51	30	40	17	15	7	1	72	5	1.412	.784
Eric Sisa	14	47	21	29	26	2	0	1	34	3	.723	.617
Nick Messenger	15	49	25	34	20	7	4	3	58	0	1.184	.694
Dominic Tromba	15	48	16	27	21	6	0	0	33	6	.688	.563
Michael Keller	13	40	11	24	17	5	2	0	33	0	.825	.600
Joey Conroy	14	42	11	17	10	3	4	0	28	6	.667	.405
Michael Tromba	15	45	10	19	19	0	0	0	19	4	.422	.422
Jack Sparent	15	49	23	32	31	1	0	0	33	2	.673	.653
Nick Tekavic	11	32	7	13	12	1	0	0	14	7	.438	.406
Gavin Strauss	15	41	11	16	15	1	0	0	17	2	.415	.390
Team Totals	14	550	216	316	235	53	23	5	430	35	.782	.575

South Euclid Tourney Champs!!

Congrats to the 8U Lake Erie Storm boys for an outstanding weekend of baseball going 5-0 and winning the tournament!

Captains practice visit

Here are a few pics from the visit the Lake County Captains made to our practice on Tuesday 6/5. Thanks again to Bryson Myles and Jerrud Sabourin for coming. (If you have a pic you would like added, let me know and I will add it).
 

South Euclid rules

Quick Rules:
10 players in the field: 6 infielders, 4 outfielders
Continuous batting order (all bat)
Infielders only can call time, must be on the dirt
Only infielders can make a put out at a base
7 runs max per inning
12 run mercy after 4
Bats - 2 1/4", 30" max
1.5 hour time limit
Everyone plays 2 innings in the field
6 pitches to put the ball in play. If they do not it is an out.. No foul balls on the 6th pitch either... It is an out.

Tie-breakers:
Best Record
Head-to-head
Least Runs Given up in pool games
Run Differential in pool games (8 max/game)

The Captains are coming

Ok, good news, as of now I have secured two Lake County Captains players to come to our practice on Tuesday. This is always subject to change, but right now they are locked in and coming.

The players will be there the entire time and they will help the kids with fielding, throwing, hitting, situations, and mental aspects to the game. The two players expected to come are outfielder Bryson Myles and first baseman Jerrud Sabourin. I will get with them on ideas for drills, etc that they are maybe familiar with so we are organized beforehand.

I wanted one infielder and one outfielder so they could work more specifically with our guys when we split practice between infield and outfield. Myles will be able to work a lot with our outfielders on proper throwing techniques, body positioning when catching/fielding a ball, backing up outfielders, etc. Sabourin will be able to help AJ a lot at 1B with how to rotate on his pivot and positioning, and also help the other infielders with their fielding, throwing, etc.

Also, I am sure that after practice the players will have no problems signing balls or caps and posing for pictures with the players. So bring your cameras and also something for the kids to sign (if interested).

Like I mentioned in the previous email, these guys know me and I respect them a great deal, but I would feel funny no paying them for their time, especially since it is the only off day for them in a month and they make what amounts to less than minimum wage playing minor league baseball. So that having been said, I promised them $180 to split between the two of them. I figured with 12 kids at $15 per kid, that would cover it.....unless Art has any extra money left from our $400 player fee or money from sponsors to cover the full $180 or some of it.

I hope the kids enjoy it....I wanted to do something fun for them but also in a way sort of be their own personal mini-camp and get to know two exceptional human beings that play the game for a living (Myles is an extraordinary person).

Parents are free to invite their other kids to take part in the post-practice meet and greet, but outside of the players and siblings on our team, I'd leave it at that. This is their event.

Thanks and let me know if you have any questions.

Tony
440-487-2424
tlastoria@gmail.com

Updated stats through Memorial Day

Player	GP	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	TB	SLG	AVG
Cole Marut	10	34	17	19	11	5	3	0	30	.882	.559
Nick Lastoria	10	33	13	19	13	4	2	0	27	.818	.576
AJ Moore	10	33	21	27	9	12	5	1	52	1.576	.818
Erik Sisa	9	29	13	19	16	2	0	1	24	.828	.655
Nick Messenger	10	31	18	22	14	4	1	3	37	1.194	.710
Dominic Tromba	10	30	9	17	13	4	0	0	21	.700	.567
Michael Keller	8	22	7	16	10	4	2	0	24	1.091	.727
Joey Conroy	9	26	6	11	7	2	2	0	17	.654	.423
Michael Tromba	10	29	5	13	13	0	0	0	13	.448	.448
Jack Sparent	10	31	14	18	16	2	0	0	20	.645	.581
Nick Tekavic	8	22	3	7	7	0	0	0	7	.318	.318
Gavin Strauss	10	26	6	8	8	0	0	0	8	.308	.308
Team Totals	10	346	132	196	137	39	15	5	280	.809	.566

GLBL Rules for Memorial Day

1. PLAYING FIELD AND EQUIPMENT
1.1 Bases: The bases are set 60 feet apart.
1.2 Pitcher’s Mound: The pitching mound shall be in the center of the infield 40 feet from home plate.
1.3 Bat: There is no restriction on bat diameter or length-weight differential.
1.4 Cleats: Metal Cleats are not permitted.
1.5 Uniforms: Jerseys, caps and baseball pants must be worn during the games. All players on the
same team must have the same uniform during regular games.
1.6 Catchers: Any player crouching behind home plate must be wearing the proper protective
equipment, including a cup.
1.7 Regulation League Baseball will be used.