March 30 practice

Nice warm day for practice. Good to be on the ball field with the exception of the wind. We had a pretty good practice physically tonite. The guys did a pretty good job catching, fielding, and throwing. Our relay race looked a lot better than Sunday.

We did some baserunning, and it was kinda sad. With that said, I'll give the guys somewhat of a break, as with the wind, it was hard to hear me hollering outs.

In case you haven't heard, Josiah has been put on the DL. Fractured his foot or something at school today. Maybe we can get him back in May.

Not sure when the next practice will be. I'm gone this weekend. MAYBE Friday night. Next Tuesday is a track meet, so much of the team will be doing that. So if the guys want to get better, I'm putting it on them. First game is 2 weeks from tonite!

so-so practice today

Kinda hard with as windy as it was. It was hard to hear each other, and it was hard to throw batting practice pitches. Still it was good to get some reps. Matt did a good job today knocking down grounders down 2nd base way. Got Neil and Cody to a practice, so that is good.

Had a fun time with the relay race competition. Two teams of four. Each team had to throw from about home to first, first to short right, and short right to the right field fence and back. Good experience for throwing and catching the ball in a "pressure" situation, while they were "racing" each other.

Next practice is Tuesday from 6:30 to 8. Reminder to get gray pants if you don't have them.

Next practices

Next practice is tomorrow, Sunday, from 3:30 to 5PM
Then, we will have practice on Tuesday from 6:30 to 8PM.

Not sure after that.

Practice today went pretty well. Guys are still a little rusty on some things, but that is ok. It's just nice to get them out throwing, and running, and hitting. We booted some balls, swung and missed a lot, and didn't always throw strikes. But we had some good hits, some good defense, and some nicely thrown balls too. So, all in all, I am happy with how things are going.

I know the practice is short notice, so no biggie if you can't make it. But super if you can.

Schedule is released

The 2010 schedule is up at the league website www.eteamz.com/nscll

We have 10 games. Nice round robin schedule, with 6 teams in the league, we play everybody twice. We may add a game or two in with Ames, if our schedules can sync up.

Reminder: If you are going to miss a game, let me know as soon as possible. I have to manage a pitching rotation with our pitch count rules. So if I was planning on somebody pitching, and then I find out late somebody can't make it, that could put the team in a bind. Of course, I understand sickness, and other stuff comes up at the last minute. But if you have something planned, let me know please!

Welcome, and first practice

Hello, welcome to post #1. I am going to use this blog for commentary on games and practices, as well as updates to time and date changes of Indians events.

Had our first practice tonite. We had 9/11ths of the team there, so pretty good turnout for a short notice. It was nice to let everybody throw and run a little bit. We went over some of the rules changes for playing on the big diamond. The 8th graders should know them, but it is a big step up for the 7th graders.

Saw some good plays, and some bad plays, but that is to be expected, since most of them had not been on a diamond in 8 months.

It appears we have a good bunch of guys, so I am looking forward to the season. It will go quick. First game is tentatively Apr 13, and the last game about May 25.

Check back here for updates. And a reminder that the next Indians event is practice on Saturday at 1PM at the East Diamond