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Good afternoon Orioles, thank you all one last time for a wonderful season as I couldn't be more happy with a 12-4 overall record. Even though it ended on a note none of us had in mind; we had a great season and at utmost had fun! Each and every one of your players improved immensely (So I did my job)!
Thank you all for attending the event (practice on Tuesday night), along with a huge thank you to the Shirey's for getting the team pizza and goodies for us to eat afterwards.
Take good care, see you around the ball fields - COACH GRIFF
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Good afternoon, We will have our "FOR FUN'' final team event at our field on Tuesday 6/21 from 6 to 8pm.
Thank you all for requesting and giving me a day that worked for you. See you this coming Tuesday at 6.
- Coach Griff
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Team, thanks for a great season! We have a lot to be proud of and to just keep our heads high.
I’d like to finish off this great season with your young men and women with a for “fun practice”. I know going home last night unhappy wasn’t the best feeling for all of us. So lets end on a good note, all together one last time.
I’m throwing out 2 days and times. Please respond to what works for you. I want the WHOLE team in attendance as you WONT wanna miss this. I’ll follow up with the final date once I hear back from you.
Monday at 6pm 5/20
Tuesday at 6pm 5/21
- Coach Griff
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Good afternoon, this evenings practice is ON!
See you tonight - Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, below are this week's reminders for our practice and first playoff game.
This week 6/13 - 6/19
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16
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PLATINUM 2
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WED
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6/15
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6:30
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Lake Shore #3
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LS NAVY/WHITE (4)
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BNECK ORIOLES (5)
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Arrival ready to go at 5:30
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Please arrive on time and dress accordingly. Have all your equipment and uniform for practice…you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. Let's prepare well on Tuesday night and come ready to play Wednesday.
Any questions or concerns please reach out, Thank you all!
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Team, we will move tomorrow’s practice to evening at 5:30 for 2Hrs. The players that couldn’t make morning can do evening, besides the rain this weekend will help it dry out.
All updates for the coming week are in GameChanger so please check it out along with Wednesdays address.
P.s please make sure you have picked up your bat and a ball this week and not totally disregarded it! See you Sunday evening - Coach Griff
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Team, our practice tonight is Canceled! Our staff and including myself just can’t make tonight work, we appreciate your understanding.
We will practice this Sunday. Would anyone prefer Sunday night around 5pm or 6 instead of the morning practice? I know a few said Sunday morning isn’t the best. Let me know.
Our first round playoff game was announced and details are as follows. If you’d like to look up the whole bracket see the attached link and follow to our platinum page.
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WEDNESDAY |
6/15/2022 |
6:30 |
Lake Shore #3 |
LS NAVY/WHITE (4) |
BNECK ORIOLES (5) |
We will likely practice on Tuesday night at 6pm the 14th to be more prepared.
Thank you for understanding for tonight’s cancellation of practice stay tuned about Sunday practice time. - Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, this week is for us to prepare for the playoffs. No games!
This week 6/6 - 6/12
Hopefully the weather works out for us! Playoffs (round 1) will start on the 14th, 15th, 16th. The rounds will follow beyond that. On my behalf, great job to us for finishing the season 12-3. Now let's go prove our spot and fight to win it all! Once I know our first opponent and information I'll send it out asap.
Please arrive on time and dress accordingly. Have all your equipment and uniform for practice…you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. Please let me know of any conflicting dates from here on out in June if it's many dates. I was told to have playoffs done by June 30th if we make it all the way.
Any questions or concerns please reach out, Thank you all!
Let's Practice hard this week.
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Team, we are good to go this evening for practice 6pm -8pm. Hope to see most of you there.
- Coach Griff
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Team,
as storms roll in this afternoon I am CANCELING practice due to the amount of rain in the forecast for the next few hours.
Plan for a practice tomorrow night at 6pm unless told otherwise if it’s too wet. We do play at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon in Gorc. The address is in GameChanger.
Thank you - Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, below reminders with usual other updates as we have 2 games to go this week. The playoffs will begin not long after but a small buffer as we all finish our seasons.
This week 5/30 - 6/5
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14
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219
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Monday
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5/30/22
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6:30
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Andover Park #6
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LF ORIOLES
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BNECK ORIOLES
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Arrive 5:30
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15
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237
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Saturday
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6/4/22
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3:30
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GORC #7
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GORC
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BNECK ORIOLES
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Arrive 2:30
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 2022 Orioles Schedule
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Game sheet is attached as always for a better look, Practices are noted on Game changer and weekly reminders.
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Please contact Noah's mom for rides this week!
Contact info
or 808-387-2064
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This week we are practicing on Thursday at 6pm weather permitting like last week.
Please arrive on time and dress accordingly. Have all your equipment and uniform for games and practice. Practice.. you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. I believe I’m aware of who will NOT be in attendance for us going forward but of course if anything comes up let me know.
Any questions or concerns reach out, Thank you all!
Let's finish strong this week Orioles!
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Team, just a reminder we will not have anything this weekend. Enjoy your weekend safely.
We will be playing on Monday (memorial day). The other team is ready to go.
I ask for attendance purposes, for you to ONLY reply if you WILL NOT be there. I think we will be fine, but just want a more accurate count. If you do not reply that means you’ll be there.
Thanks - Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, Great games last week! Sorry for the delay but below are the reminders for this week, Amongst other updates as we have 3 games to go then should follow the playoffs!
This week 5/23 - 5/29
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13
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202
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Wed
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5/25/22
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6:30
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Sawmill Park #4
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GB RED SOX
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BNECK ORIOLES
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Arrival 5:30
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Practice night May 26, Thurs 6PM-8 @Broadneck Park 3
 2022 Orioles Schedule
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As always I am updating our schedule on the sheet frequently so for a better look… go into it through there but remember... only games are on that sheet. Practices are noted on Game changer and weekly reminders.
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Please contact Noah's mom for rides this week!
Contact info
or 808-387-2064
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This week are practicing on our normal Thursday at 6pm
Please arrive on time and dress according to the weather. Have all your equipment and uniform for games and practice. Practice.. you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. If you cannot attend this week or soon in the future please let me know.. The sooner the better. Communication is important!
Any questions or concerns please reach out. Thank you all! Have a great week. See you ready to play this week.
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reminder for this weeks practice
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Good morning, almost afternoon.
Remember we will NOT hold a practice this (Thursday 19th) due to a make up for the other team. In place of that we will practice on (Friday 20th) from 6-8pm. I told the team if we won 5 or 4 games last week (which we did) we wouldn't practice but I think we really need to work on situations defensively and hitting.
Thanks, see you friday. - Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, Great record last week going 3-1. Let's go into this week with the same mentality. Below are the reminders for this week, Amongst other updates.
This week 5/16 - 5/22
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174
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Tuesday
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5/17/2022
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6:30
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Bell Branch #2
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CROFTON
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BNECK ORIOLES
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5:30PM Arrival
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12
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189
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Saturday
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5/21/2022
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9:00
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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SMLL BLACK
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8Am Arrival
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Practice night May 20,Fri 6PM-8 @Broadneck Park 3
 2022 Orioles Schedule
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Again I am updating our schedule on the sheet frequently so for a better look… go into it through there but remember... only games are on that sheet. Practices are noted on Game changer and weekly reminders.
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Noah Beall and his mom will still need some help to get him to events this week too so please help out. Please if anyone lives around the Arnold area to give him rides she'd greatly appreciate it. PLEASE CONTACT ASAP
Contact info
or 808-387-2064
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Practices are 6pm from now on. This week we will practice on Friday due to field availability taken thursday.
Please arrive on time and dress according to the weather. Have all your equipment and uniform for games and practice. Practice.. you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. If you cannot attend this week or soon in the future please let me know.. The sooner the better. Communication is important!
Any questions or concerns please reach out. Thank you all! Have a great week. See you ready to play this week enjoy the monday off.
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Team, our game tomorrow got moved to 12:30P start time instead of 12 (NEW arrival 11:30A).
The umpires asked me to move it, sorry for any inconveniences. See you then.
Thanks - Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, Hope you moms enjoyed your mothers day..Below are the reminders for this week, Amongst other updates.
This week 5/9 - 5/15
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144
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Tuesday
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5/10
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6PM
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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KI NAVY
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Arrival 5pm
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1
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12
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Thurs
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5/12
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6PM
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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BNECK ROCKIES
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In place of practice. Arrival 5pm
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10
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157
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Saturday
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5/14
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9AM
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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KI NAVY
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Arrival 8Am
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121
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Sunday
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5/15
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12PM
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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ELVATON
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Arrival 11Am
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We will NOT practice this week, but prove to me that we don't need to by winning.
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Our game on Tuesday 5/10 could possibly be canceled due to how wet it is... That is why I rescheduled for a game on Thursday in place of practice. I've already reached out and offered many dates to the KI Navy team about Tuesday's game.
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I am updating our schedule on the sheet frequently so for a better look go into it through there but remember... only games are on that sheet. Practices are noted on Game changer.
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Noah Beall and his mom are in need of some big help to get him to events starting this week and then forward. Please if anyone lives around the Arnold area to give him rides she'd greatly appreciate it. PLEASE CONTACT ASAP
Contact info
or 808-387-2064
Please arrive on time and dress according to the weather. Please have all your equipment and uniform for games and practice. Practice.. you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. If you cannot attend this week or soon in the future please let me know.. The sooner the better. Communication is important!
Any questions or concerns please reach out. Thank you all! Have a great week. See you ready to play this week.
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Good afternoon Orioles, Happy Friday!
**Our game tomorrow (5/7) is CANCELLED due to rain. The makeup date is set for Sunday (5/15) @12PM, arrival 11AM.
However, we should still have pictures tomorrow (inside). PLEASE be there as they're at 9:45AM.
- We will make up our first game of the season that was vs the other Bneck team on Thursday (5/19) @6PM, arrival 5PM.
- Lastly, we do play on Memorial day 5/30 (it is an away game at Lithicum ferndale field in Andover) please ONLY reply because of holiday conflicts. If you do not object, I do NOT need a response. If we are only going to be missing a few.. I will not be moving it unless the other team tells me otherwise.
Thank you, If you have any questions or concerns about anything please let me know.
See you tomorrow at Belvedere elementary. - Coach Griff
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Good afternoon team, For tonight’s practice we are going to shift to 6pm start time so arrive around 5:50-5:55.
We will go till between 7:30-8 at the latest. Thank you for adjusting for tonight. See you then.
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Team & Parents, Happy Monday.. Below are the reminders for this week, Amongst other updates.
This week 5/2 - 5/8
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7
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108
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Tues
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5/3/2022
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6:00
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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LF ATHLETICS
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Arrival 5
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8
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121
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Sat
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5/7/2022
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11:30AM
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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ELVATON
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Go straight from pictures
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Practice night May 5, Thurs 5:30 PM-7:30 @Broadneck Park 3
- Picture day is this Saturday before our game! That email was sent out to you all when I received it. Below is the reminder.
Saturday, May 7th in Belvedere Elementary school gym
We are at 9:45am before an 11:30am game @ Home.
Please arrive on time and dress according to the weather. Please have all your equipment and uniform for games and practice. Practice.. you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. If you cannot attend this week or soon in the future please let me know.. The sooner the better as I've had a few late notices on being out of town so I ask you do it way ahead of time. Again communication is important!
Any questions or concerns please reach out. Thank you all! Have a great week. See you ready to play tomorrow night at our home field (arrival 5).
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Team,
As of yesterday late afternoon it was brought to my attention that we were officially adding a player. He was registered at the start of the season but had other commitments but now is going to be on our roster for the long haul of our season.
I am aware that this is out of nowhere in about the mid part of the season but, I also know we have a great respectful group of young men and women, to make the adjustments and welcome him to our Orioles family. On that note we will have even more players sitting in on an inning.. if we have all players. This will make our roster 13 as I will make adjustments as best as possible.
As the Head Coach I have made the call for our team that he will NOT officially play in a game till Saturday the 7th. I will have him in attendance Tuesday and will start playing with us at practice on Thursday this coming week.
Thank you all and enjoy your Sunday, For those of you coming out to tournament tryouts see you then assuming we don't get rain lets hope.
- Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, Happy Tuesday; sorry for the delay. Below are the reminders for this week, Amongst other updates.
This week 4/25 - 5/1
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5
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79
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Wed
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4/27/2022
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6:00
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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CROFTON
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Arrival 5-5:15
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6
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93
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Sat
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4/30/2022
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9:00
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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KI WHITE
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Arrival 8am
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Practice night April 28, Thurs 5:30 PM-7:30 @Broadneck Park 3
- It was brought to attention about a missing glove so if anyone accidentally grabbed it let me know.
- Please consider my last email about the tournament team. The tryouts are this Sunday with registration on the bbsc site. Any questions about it feel free to ask me.
- Picture day is coming! That email was sent out before as well here is the date again.
Saturday, May 7th in Belvedere Elementary school gym
We are at 9:45am before an 11:30am game @ Home.
Please arrive on time and dress according to the weather. Please have all your equipment and uniform for games and practice. Practice.. you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. If you cannot attend this week or soon in the future please let me know.. The sooner the better as I've had a few late notices on being out of town so I ask you do it way ahead of time. Again communication is important!
Any questions or concerns please reach out. Thank you all! Have a great week. See you ready to play tomorrow night at our home field (arrival 5-5:15).
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Take a look at this. I was an assistant last year and we aren't quite sure about the staff this year but we need the interest before anything. I will mention it after the game this week and at practice along with answer any questions. I just wanted to get this out there asap as the tryouts are in less than a week.
I am a bit behind on our reminders for this week but I'll get that out by tomorrow at the latest in the evening. Brief overview is game wed at home, practice thurs, game sat at home same time at home.
Thanks Coach Griff
Parents,
I wanted to quickly reach out to you to encourage registration in our 2022 15U tournament team. Unfortunately, our current numbers for Sunday's tryout are very low, and we are in danger of not having enough players to field this team.
If your ballplayer has not participated in one of our tournament teams before, talk to your teammates and coaches. Several of them have participated in previous years, and I'm sure would be happy to share their experience. As last year's 8U Tournament Team coach, I can tell you that our team had a great time traveling to other parks and spending a few weekends on the diamonds together while getting to participate in a mini-season of games against elevated competition.
For those that are already registered, we will revisit our registration numbers on Saturday morning and determine if a team is feasible this season, or if Sunday's tryout will be cancelled.
If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Regards,
Chad Runge
BBSC President
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Team, we are ON for this evenings practice. I just was able to drive through college parkway and we should be good to go. Sorry for the late update as this was all uncertain for a long time. If you cannot get there till 5:45 no problem.
See you soon.
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Team, picture day info below. I literally copied the info that was sent to me.
Saturday, May 7th in Belvedere Elementary school gym
We are at 9:45am before an 11:30am game @ Home.
Picture day is scheduled on Saturday, May 7th inside the Belvedere Elementary School gym. I have attached the picture day schedule to this email. We will be photographing all players and coaches individually and extracting and compositing into the team photo, the same process that was done last season. (See sample photo below) All ordering of photos will be done online and you will be able to view your photos prior to finalizing your orders. I am offering a free shipping promotion if you make an AdvancePay/Deposit towards your order. If you make a deposit of any amount and your order is $35 or more you will receive Free Shipping. You should have received a separate email containing your players unique access code to be able to opt in and take advantage of the promotion. Check your SPAM folder if you did not receive it. Coaches will receive a complimentary 6x8 team photo plaque which will be distributed by the league at the end of the season. Let me know if you have questions.
Get a jump start on picture day! Purchase an AdvancePay credit for 2022 BBSC now. Once your photos are ready, the credit will automatically be applied when you checkout!
2 Ways to Access Your Gallery:
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2. Text your access code to 90738
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Team and parents,
I’d rather share this ahead of time then later. With our game tonight canceled and make up on our usual practice night we will practice Friday night at 5:30 to 7:30 at the latest to just get a practice in. We still play at 9am on Saturday morning.
Any problems let me know. Have a great night and I’ll see you ready to play on Thursday. Thank you
- Coach Griff
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Team, we are CANCELED for our game tonight.
- We are rescheduling for this Thursday the 21st @6pm BP3 (so everything is the same). We just simply don’t have enough sun to make this possible tonight but were so darn close.
See you Thursday at 5-5:15 arrival at our field
- Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, hope you all had a wonderful Easter.
Below are the reminders for this week. We will be headed into force.. so be ready. I need to have all players attending and communicating within each event.
This week 4/18 - 4/24
Game # League # Day Date Time Place Teams
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45
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Tues
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4/19/22
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6:00
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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GORC
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Arrival 5-5:15
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4
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61
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Sat
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4/23/22
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9:00
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Broadneck Park #3
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BNECK ORIOLES
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KI GRAY
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Arrival 8am
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Practice night
Please arrive on time and dress according to the weather. Have all your equipment and uniform for games and practice this week. Practice.. you may wear whatever but need baseball pants. If you cannot attend this week or soon in the future please let me know.. The sooner the better as I've had a few late notices on being out of town so I ask you do it way ahead of time. Again communication is important, so update your RSVP in Game changer as well.
Any questions or concerns please reach out. Thank you all! Have a great week. See you ready to play tomorrow night at our home field (arrival 5-5:15).
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Parents, last night I got about 8 players that were in on practicing Saturday at 9am (tomorrow), so we will be holding a practice Saturday at our field till 11am.
See you then - Coach Griff
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Update for practice tonight:
- showers are coming down in the area. I’m hoping this will passover like it says by 5 ish and we should be fine at 5:30 or so. Our field can hold some rain… it was fairly dry this morning. If we do cancel.. that would be at the field, so let’s just hope it’s a shower.
-Coach Griff
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Team, a couple of updates on this beautiful wednesday morning.
1. We will NOT be making up our game this week so no need to worry about that for your Easter plans this weekend. We'll worry about that at a later date.
2. I may hold a NOT mandatory practice on Saturday. Once I see that more than 2 players would be interested... I'll consider it more and let you know as I'm aware a handful are out of town.
That's all I got. See you tonight at 5:30-5:45 arrival at brooklyn park. - Coach Griff
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Team,
I've had a couple questions about Tuesdays.. There are NOT Tuesday practices right now. That was just a one time thing that followed into a scrimmage last week. I try to add as many practices as we can get; especially with the weather we had... It was NEEDED!
****We are just Thursday practices from here on out unless said otherwise. Which can be likely.. with mother nature hating us each Thursday.****
Also, I need to know who is in attendance for the game on Wednesday night. I haven't seen you all in about a week (I know right it's killing us all) let's hope that doesn't hurt us.
Please reply within 24 hours who is attending the game. If you have or haven't told me please let me know either way.
Thank you, Have a great night. - Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, below are the reminders for this week of…. 4/11 - 4/17
Info
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Game 2
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League #23
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Wed
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4/13/2022
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6:30
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@Brooklyn Park #1
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BP BALLERS
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BNECK ORIOLES
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WARMUPS 5:45
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Address: http://maps.google.com/?q=310+10th+Ave,Brooklyn+Park,%20MD%2021225
April 14, Thurs Practice 5:30 PM-7:30 @Broadneck Park 3
April 15 or 16, We might make up game from Saturday but I'll keep you all posted.
Please arrive and be ready to roll! Bring all your gear. Be dressed according to the weather with baseball pants. Please communicate if you cannot attend any events this week.
Game Changer info has been sent out, so please complete that for you and your player. A schedule is in the app and site for you to use. I also like to see you complete the RSVP in the app. To make our lives all easier and see game results/ stats/ and scores just simply complete the signup as it should be in your email.
Please remember that our schedule I provided last week is frequently updated. There has been a change for the game on 4/27 so a printed schedule will not be accurate at least in some cases so be aware.
Remember practices are from 5:30 now and on until said otherwise on weeknights. We do not have Saturday practices anymore since we will have games.
I assume that we have no more uniform issues right now, If you have yet to inform me of an issue please do so asap. I do have the one player's uniform that we were waiting on. The pants exchanges are yet to be returned.
Any questions or concerns feel free to reach out. Thank you all, have a great week. See you all Wednesday evening at 5:30-5:45.
- Coach Griff
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Good morning team, Game is officially CANCELED.
- With a handful of hours yesterday... we were headed in the right direction to play this morning but the rain last night made it not playable.
Does anyone object to making it up next weekend?
Friday 15th or Saturday 16th?
Let me know, Thanks coach Griff
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Hello team, practice is an absolute wash this evening.
Keep your fingers crossed to have a game this Saturday at 11:30. Be there at 10:30 please. I’ll update you if that game changes at all.
Uniforms: I’ll be at our field for players that didn’t receive uniforms or have issues this evening from 5:30 to no later than 6, so please come by to get your uniform or if you have issues with anything you received.
I expect to see the follow players for uniform hand out tonight.. anyone else is again welcome to come by to inform me of any issues.
A.Ford
W.Mohler
D.Bayshore (possibly could have his new uniform)
M.Dameron (Might have your socks)
Thanks coach griff.
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Team, we are on tonight!
Wear baseball pants and a RED tshirt and a baseball cap.
See you soon. - Coach Griff
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Good afternoon team, We have officially gotten the schedule. I have attached 2 documents below.
- The first is the master look of all teams in the co-op and then I made a schedule... copied for just us.
- Both sites will be updated throughout the season. Just the one I made for us... can be a bit easier to read than the huge master schedule from the league co-op.
- As it looks....we will not have to move any practices!
- During the weekdays we will play all home games on Tuesdays and away on mainly wed/tues and a singular monday.
- On Saturdays we should be fine traveling or not I'd assume.
- 15 total games, but on some wonky days we don't have a game on saturdays.
- I'm very satisfied with 9 home games and 6 away.
- Playoffs: We will then split the 31 teams into 3 playoff brackets for single elimination. Playoffs will start around 6/14 with hopes to wrap up by the following week or so. Championships may stretch until the last week of June.
- The schedule will be added to Game Changer and our BBSC team site.
- Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about attending any game.
Thank you. You'll hear from me soon about tonight's scrimmage and weather.
- Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, below are the reminders for this week of…. 4/4 - 4/10
Info
April 5 Scrimmage Arrive at 5:10....starting at 5:30 Tuesday @Broadneck Park 3
April 7 Practice 5:30 PM-7:30 Thursday @Broadneck Park 3
April 9 Game TBD Time? TBD Location?TBD
Please arrive and be ready to roll! Bring all your gear. Be dressed according to the weather with baseball pants but gray sweatpants will be fine for now. Please communicate if you cannot attend any events this week.
Game Changer info has been sent out, so please complete that for you and your player. A schedule is in the app and site for you to use. I also like to see you complete the RSVP in the app. To make our lives all easier and see game results/ stats/ and scores just simply complete the signup as it should be in your email.
A schedule has yet to be sent out but you all will be notified once we receive it. Uniforms have the same story.
Remember practices are from 5:30 now and on until said otherwise on weeknights. We do not have Saturday practices anymore since we will have games.
Keep an eye on your emails this week as I'll be getting the schedule... in which I hope is not last minute and I'm sure I'll have info that I missed.
Any questions or concerns feel free to reach out. Thank you all, have a great week. See you ready to scrimmage tomorrow evening.
- Coach Griff
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Team, I have a couple updates...
1. Next Tuesday April 5th, does anyone conflict with a scrimmage at BP3(our field) against the other Broadneck BR team?
5:30 start time and be there at 5:10.
2. Practices from now on until told otherwise are moving to 5:30PM. We will continue to move them back the more daylight we have for 2 hours potentially making it to 6pm. Remember it's not arriving at 5:30.. that's when we start so please be there before then.
3. After tomorrow April 2nd we will have no more Saturday practices unless we don't have a game. But we still have normal 8:30AM tomorrow.
4. As of right now we should have our first game on April 9th. We still don't have a schedule yet or uniforms so please hold tight on that, sorry.
Any comments or concerns please let me know.
Thank you and see you tomorrow ready to start at 8:30! Coach Griff
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Team, we are ON THIS EVENING!
Stay close parents in case of weather comes out of nowhere. See you all soon. - Coach Griff
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Team, Hope all is well.
Keep a close eye on your emails for this evening's practice. The weather will make it a close call. If I have to cancel, I'll notify you in this same email thread by 4:45pm.
Thank you - Coach Griff
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reminders for this week of…. 3/28 - 4/3
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Team & Parents, below are the reminders for this week of…. 3/28 - 4/3
Practice Info
March 29 5:15 PM-7:15 Tuesday @Broadneck Park 3
March 31 5:15 PM-7:15 Thursday @Broadneck Park 3
April 2 8:30AM-10:30 Saturday @Broadneck Park 3
Please arrive and be ready to roll! Bring all your gear. Be dressed according to the weather with baseball pants but gray sweatpants will be fine for now. Please communicate if you cannot attend any events this week.
Game Changer info has been sent out, so please complete that for you and your player. A schedule is in the app and site for you to use. I also like to see you complete the RSVP in the app. To make our lives all easier and see game results/ stats/ and scores just simply complete the signup as it should be in your email.
A schedule has yet to be sent out but you all will be notified once we receive it. Uniforms have the same story.
Any questions or concerns feel free to reach out. Thank you all, have a great week. See you ready to practice tomorrow evening.
- Coach Griff
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Strength training for throwing and hitting
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Team I sent this to a player this morning and would also like to share this with our whole team. Thjs will help throwing strength and hitting power and bat speed.
Watch the videos below and perform them after you watch and listen to them. I recommend watching them fully the first time then watching the video a second time and just pausing them as you go, for example (10 reps, a set of 10/ 1x10) then play video.
1. Throwing strength videos below. Not many items/equipment needed.
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2. Hitting power and bat speed below.
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Throwing on a schedule with a partner helps as well. I described a good throwing program to follow.
1. Work up the throwing activity each time.
Start small with a couple days a week and slowly expand the length between you and your partner.
Start with not very far like 80-90 ft for a couple days a week then ramp the length up each time to about 10 yards more, then make your way to about 5 days a week to a consistent length.
When you make it a good distance (Max distance for the day) slowly make your way back in. Your hardest throws should come at the very end once you and your partner are about 90 ft.
Close with fast hands get the ball back to your partner with fast smooth controlled hands from glove to hand to….throw.
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Hope this all helps. Any questions let me know. I also recommend doing the throwing 1 video twice per day then do other video twice per day the next day and keep up with that 5 days a week. You can start with 2 days a week and ramp up to begin. Don’t just do both videos in a day focus on the exercises and go from there each day. (Reps better than speed). As for the hitting you can do the same day program I just described since they’re sorta lengthy for 2 videos.
- Take care and of course any questions let me know. Coach Griff
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Happy Sunday team.
- Good practice yesterday. I mentioned to your players throughout the practice about having an additional practice this coming week and possibly the following week. We’ve lost 2 via cancel and 2 not being able to use the dirt infield and those 4 are crucial to be “ready” to start the season.
So my plan is to have a Tuesday practice this coming week. Along with the Thursday and Saturday (weather permitting in each of course). After all it seems April showers have come early. So I want to make the best of this.
This email is to solely see who CAN or CANNOT make it. Please respond if you can’t make a Tuesday practice this coming week. If you don’t respond I’ll assume you can make it. The time and location is the same.
I’ll confirm this practice tomorrow morning by 10am if I have enough that can make it…which from talking to the team seems like we will, but that’s up to you as parents so just let me know.
Thank you and enjoy your chilly Sunday.
- Coach Griff
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Good morning, we are having practice.
- See you soon at 8:30. Coach Griff
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Good afternoon team, unfortunately Mother Nature really doesn’t like us so far this season and we will have to CANCEL practice tonight.
Let’s hope for the best to get a better practice field Saturday. Cross your fingers! I’ll update you upon practice ability for Saturday morning once we get closer.
Have a great day! - Coach Griff
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Team & Parents, below are the reminders for this week.
Practice Info
March 24 5:15 PM-7:15ish Thursday @Broadneck Park 3
March 26 8:30AM-10:30ish Saturday @Broadneck Park 3
- Please arrive and be ready to roll! Bring all your gear for what you play. You NEED to be dressed according to the weather..WITH BASEBALL PANTS PLEASE!
Any questions or concerns feel free to reach out. Thank you all, have a great rest of your week. See you ready to practice tomorrow evening (weather permitting)
- Coach Griff
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Good morning team.
Our weather this morning is beautiful! Unfortunately, our dirt field is still very wet….so the outfield will do.
See you all at 8:30. - Coach Griff 
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Practice canceled tonight (3/17)
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Good afternoon Orioles families, If I didn't scare you away on Tuesday with my VERY long email, I'm lucky to have you!
1. This evening's practice is canceled due to rain!
2. As of right now.. we are still ON for Saturday morning 8:30AM @Broadneck Park. Rain is expected then too, but let's hope for the best and I will update you regardless.
3. In the meantime, share these 2 short videos attached below with your players and you as parents together. (Less than 2 1/2 min combined, You may have to download them)
Have a great evening & Saint Patrick's day! - Coach Griff
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Good afternoon, Welcome to Spring 2022 Babe Ruth, we're the ORIOLES!
I am your Head coach Griffin Hinkle, assisted by Coach Alex Ward and our part time
assistant Coach Jack Holmes. I am 19 years old, and my assistants are 18. This
is my second full spring season as a head coach, and this is their first. We
have many years of experience playing together all the way up into high school.
We're extremely excited to be your son's/daughter coaches this spring. In other
words, anxious to get back out on the diamond. We will go more into depth at
our first practice about ourselves for you and your ballplayers to get to know
us more.
Without further ado, our practice's start THIS WEEK. I have allotted us for our weekday practice on (Thursday evenings) and we will also have a weekend practice on (Saturday mornings) till our season starts on April 9 (from what I was told) then we will plan to be Thursdays (only) unless told otherwise.
- 5:15PM-7:15ish Thursday's @Broadneck Park 3 starting on March 17
(I will move the time back once we get more daylight to help working parents, I'm sorry for the strange time.)
- 8:30AM-10:30ish Saturday's @Broadneck Park 3 starting on March 19th.
Games: We will be playing (Home) games on Tuesday (evenings) and games
(Home or Away) on Saturday (mornings I believe). We do not have an actual
schedule currently. All our HOME games will be played at Broadneck Park unless
told otherwise. Away games can be on different days of the week since different
parks and organizations have different field availability. If that happens to
be on a Thursday (practice night) we will adjust our practice night those weeks
accordingly. Once I get the schedule, I will send out ASAP.
Team: Our roster consists of 12 (as of now) total players so that
means playing time is always encouraged when possible. I like great
communication of your child's availability at practices and GAMES, please be
honest and communicate with us as Coaches so we can plan accordingly. If we need
a player the plan is to borrow from the other Babe Ruth team in bbsc, only
if we need a player. But I encourage attendance and arrival at each event, so
we don't have to ever borrow.
Help: We can use any help for practices when it comes to Drills,
Hitting, Feilding, Game situations, Live BP etc. We will have a plan for each
practice. I also will need a scorebook parent on game days.
COVID/Sicknesses: I ask we please be safe and honest with our symptoms of
anything... Even if it may not be covid it can still spread and affect anyone
on the team. One thing to keep in mind is that COVID is still around us like
any illness so please let me know of any sicknesses right away. I'd rather you
miss a practice with the sniffles before it gets serious to not attend a game
to keep us all safe and healthy this spring.
I will touch base on all these topics and more at our first practice. Finally, we
are all here to play some baseball and get great amounts of playing time. We as
a coaching staff are here also to keep each of you SAFE and to HAVE FUN! Any
questions or concerns please reach out via Text, Call, Email
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