Baseball Ends, and Begins Anew

East Cobb tryouts are August 14 & 15…the deadline is August 8th. Tryouts are actually a 2 day / 8 hour “clinic”…last year there was a great deal of good instruction. All the coaches evaluate the players during the clinic. Afterwards the coaches “draft” the players, though players are free to work a deal to play on any team they can. So many players try out that everyone doesn’t make a team…that’s why they call it a clinic, I guess.

Will had a good time playing for the 16U Rays. The competition was real tough…Will pitched against 3 of the top 10 teams in the country. The Rays hung in there pretty well, beating one of them. It was a great experience for Will. He got lots of action playing third-base and outfield, positions he’s rarely played in the past. I always think Will can hit better, but he was still one of the top hitters on the team. He and two others had about the same batting average, but Will reached base more often. He enjoyed pitching…they kept bringing him in with runners on base, and he did a great job.

I found out today the Rays coaches aren’t organizing a team next year, mostly due to personal/job reasons. We don’t know any other East Cobb coaches, besides Donnie. Audie’s coach is also the Kell High pitching coach. They had a strong team, but I heard Audie only played every other game.

We just got back from the beach, and really don’t know what we’ll do about baseball for next summer. Will has a good friend that plays for 6-4-3 Baseball…if we get some info on that, I’ll pass it to you. He will probably play 17U, because he’s thinking about sticking close to home and playing 18U in 2012.

This fall Will has a two-week school trip, the last two weeks of October. That, plus his Thursday night meetings, will cut into any fall baseball he plays.