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CYB News & Announcements
Post-Season Playoff Information
Contact: president@carlsbadyouthbaseball.org, Posted: 2008-05-13
Playoffs in all divisions are getting underway. Starting dates are:
Monday May 19th (Pinto, Mustang)
Tuesday, May 27th (Bronco)
Wednesday, May 28th (Pony)
Championship games in all divisions will be held, along with Closing Day ceremonies, on Saturday, June 7th.
See the "League News" pages for each division to see the detailed schedules and to follow the action of our favorite teams and players.
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Fundraiser Bake Sale Sucessful
Contact: president@carlsbadyouthbaseball.org, Posted: 2008-05-10
CYB hosted a fundraiser bake sale at Chase Field on Saturday, May 3rd, for the benefit of Mustang(Durham Bulls) player Zachary Rose and his mother Danielle.
Danielle suffers from a progressive central nervous system disease (Friedricks Ataxia) which is now creating physical challenges for her and life challenges for both her and Zachary.
The event was coordinated by CYB parent volunteer, Theresa O'Leary, who learned about Danielle's condition upon seeing a newspaper article by Union Tribune writer Gerry Braun. As always seems to be the case, many CYB parents jumped in to help out in putting the event together and those in attendance not only enjoyed the yummy treats but opened their pocketbooks as well.
At 10 AM, a short presentation was made. League President Tom Watson introduced Danielle and the motivation for the event. Gerry Braun then spoke, sharing insights into his involvement with Danielle's story. Finally, Charli King of "Pawsitive TEAMS" (www.pawsitiveteams.org) introduced Danielle's new assistance dog, "KUDOS", a beautiful Golden Retriever who will now become a member of the Rose household.
We are happy to report that over $2000 was raised during the day, with 100% of the proceeds going to Danielle and Zachary. Thanks to all of our CYB families for your generosity in making the day a great success!
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2008 Memorial Day Tournament Registration Now Open!
Posted: 2007-10-24
We will hold our 7th Annual Memorial Day Baseball Tournament on May 23rd thru May 25th, 2008.
See the Tournament News page for details.
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Goodwill Games Planned for June 2008
Contact: president@carlsbadyouthbaseball.org, Posted: 2007-12-27
The Carlsbad/Kauai Goodwill Games will resume this summer on the island of Kauai. For information on the event, plan to attend the event kickoff meeting:
Date: Thursday, January 24
Time: 7 PM
Location: Calavera Community Center
For updated information on the 2008 Goodwill Games, refer to the website link below:
2008 Goodwill Games
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Volunteers Welcome
Contact: president@carlsbadyouthbaseball.org, Posted: 2007-08-23
Want to support our baseball community while meeting some great new friends? Then a CYB Volunteer position may be the ideal fit for you!
Those interested in managing or coaching a team, please click on the link below.
Volunteer to Manage or Coach a Team
Those interested in finding out about other volunteer opportunities, please send an email to the address above.
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Tips for Receiving CYB Emails
Contact: webadmin@carlsbadyouthbaseball.org, Posted: 2008-01-11
As we are starting to use our online system more for communications purpose, we are finding that some people have trouble receiving our email messages or accessing the website links in the messages. Here are a couple of tips that could help to minimize problems.
1) Add the following addresses to your email address book. This should prevent your email spam filter from rejecting our emails
info@cminformation.com
info@cminotification.com
no-reply@cmiregistration.com
2) Use one of the following website browsers
PC - Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Mozilla Firefox (2 and above), and Opera (9 and above) on the Microsoft Windows platform.
Apple/Mac - Mozilla Firefox (2 and above) and Apple Safari.
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Hall of Fame Memories
Contact: president@carlsbadyouthbaseball.org, Posted: 2007-10-27
As Yogi Berra used to say, the great thing about baseball is that half of it is 90% mental.
Jerry Coleman is another lovable baseball figure, especially in San Diego. Long-time San Diego fans will never forget Jerry's legendary "Colemanisms," those sayings that were so ridiculously humorous that Sports Illustated dedicated a feature article to them. I love Jerry Coleman.
At the risk of sounding Colemanesque, I will claim that the best thing about baseball is that it lets you remember and forget.
The forgetting part is pretty good. When I go to a baseball game I totally forget a lot of my problems, the frightening world that we live in, and my obligations. All of these are put into a time capsule until the game is over. That's a good feeling.
Remembering is even better though. I have a long list of memories in baseball. Here are a few:
1) the first time I asked my Dad if we could go to see a Padre game back around 1965 and he said yes. I was 9 then.
2) staying awake in my bed in the dark, with the radio on, listening to the Padres play the Hawaii Islanders at midnight our time.
3) the song my mom made up as we were watching the Padres in a 16-inning thriller in Westgate Park.
4) striking out all 18 batters I faced in a 6-inning game at age 12; our team went 32-0 that season.
5) losing in the All Star's that same season, 3-2; I gave up a 2-run triple with 2 outs in the bottom of the 6th to lose it.
6) walking home crying all the way after that All Star loss.
7) The Dodgers and Don Drysdale humiliating my Padres 19-0 in 1971
8) The Padres sweeping the Dodgers in a 4-game series in Dodger staduim in the final week of the same season to knock them out of the race.
9) Hearing in disbelief when Roberto Clemente's airplane crashed on a relief mission
10) 1984
11) New Padre owner Ray Kroc announcing on the PA system that the Padres were playing the worst brand of baseball he had ever seen
12) Tony Gwynn
13) Pitching my high school team to a 1st-round playoff win over the defending CIF champions with a hamstring pull so bad I could barely walk.
14) 1998
15) Taking both of my kids to see the Padres over the last 2 decades.
16) The day Tony Gwynn announced his retirement, and my son and I looked at each other and decided we were going to the Hall of Fame
I have so many memories of baseball that I could spend a very long time to write them down. But, the most important are recent memories and involve my son, Eric.
Two springs ago, when he was 13, I was helping to coach his Pony team and we were heading with a group of his buddies to see the Padres after our game. I looked all over the place for him, and finally found him and two of his 14-year old buddies at the tot lot riding furiously on the little horsies with the springs. It was a great race, and I learned from this that these big boys were still just little children. That made me feel good, as I really don't want him to grow up too fast.
This past spring, my son's team was fortunate enough to win the Pony championship and that was pretty cool since none of his teams had ever gotten close before. I asked him if he wanted to play the next season, and he told me "no, baseball is your dream dad, not mine." At first that kind of hurt, and then I realized this meant that he is growing up, and is learning to follow his own dreams. That made me feel good.
This all brings me to my most recent and probably most important memory, which is our Hall of Fame trip last summer. As noted above, Eric and I had been planning this since 2001. At the time, we thought it would include not only Tony and Cal, but Mark McGwire as well. Mark hurt his chances with the steroid testimony.
Our trip was fabulous. We visited our friends, the Mohnacky's (former CYB Prez and long-time CYB manager) in Ohio, saw the Indians play the Red Sox at Jacobs field, stayed a night in Williamsport, PA and saw the Little League World Series site and museum.
We saw the Red Sox play the Orioles at Fenway Park. Fenway is amazing! We saw our friends the Tiltons in both Cooperstown and Massachussetts. We ran into our CYB friends the Barreras in the Red Sox team store. We saw Roger Clemens give up 8 runs in the 2nd inning and then saw the Yankees score 8 runs of their own, in Yankee Stadium. 16 runs in 1 inning. Never saw that before, even in Pinto!
We spent 13 days, saw 5 states, and 7 stops. I saw a friend from college for the 1st time in over 20 years. We saw the Boston Common, Statue of Liberty and Times Square.
All of those things were fantastic, but paled in comparison to our main attraction, the visit to Cooperstown.
We stayed at Yogi Bear campground, about 20 miles outside of the village, and had a great time there. We spent parts of 4 days in the village, which is both picturesque and nostalgic. Walking down main street is like at Disneyland, except that everything is about baseball. The Hall of Fame museum is fantastic.
We saw nearly a hundred hall of famers during our stay. We got to turn double plays with Ozzie Smith and Ryne Sandberg. We met the "human vacuum cleaner," Brooks Robinson, Earl Weaver and George Brett.
Like 70,000 others, the Hall of Famers that we really cared about were Tony and Cal, of course especially Tony for us. During our stay we learned that Tony is loved around the country almost as much as he is in San Diego. And the same with Cal. Even though there were a lot more Baltimorians than San Diegans in Cooperstown, the adulation for these players was equal, and at an alltime high.
Although from different backgrounds, these players are cut from a common cloth of humility and hard work. In an ESPN interview, Tony referred to his daily routine as "boring," and followed later by saying "I guess it's not so boring if it gets you to this podium."
Our kids can learn important things from these men.
- That good people who do the right things get rewarded.
- That teamwork gets noticed as much as writing your initials on your shoes.
- And that to be really great at something, you have to love what you're doing.
The memories of this trip with my son will be with me forever, and I know with him as well. He's OK with the fact that baseball will always be my dream, and I know that baseball will forever be a place where we can go together to forget our troubles and to remember the best moments of life.
Thinking about these memories just reinforces that baseball is a lot like life. As soon as you think you've seen it all, you see something different. As soon as you think all is lost, you win. As soon as you think you're unbeatable, you have a setback. And if things didn't go your way today, or this season, there is always hope for tomorrow.
Tom Watson
President, CYB
PS - if you'd like to see more photos from our Hall of Fame vacation, visit the CYB Photo Gallery by clicking "PHOTOS" at the top of the page.
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SPRING SCHEDULE 2008
All Star Workouts
18 May 2008
SPRING SCHEDULE 2008
Board Meeting
20 May 2008
SPRING SCHEDULE 2008
Carlsbad Memorial Day Classic tournament (thru 5/25)
23 May 2008
full calendar
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