Welcome to Tri-Cities 2007 season!

Teams

And now presenting our teams for 2007!

• T-Ball #1 (Green Dragons)
  • Manager: Sean Everman
  • Coach: Todd McNair
  • Coach: Michael (Zen’s stepdad)
  • Coach: Edward Porta
  • Team Parent: Mike
• T-Ball #2 (Red Storm)
  • Manager: Scott Dubin
  • Coach: Joe Guiterrez
  • Coach: Bobby
  • Team Parent: Ipo Dubin
• T-Ball #3 (The Sharks)
  • Manager: Eric Hersh
  • Coach: Yuming Ma
  • Team Parent: All Parents
  • Team Parent: Yuming Ma
• T-Ball #4 (Tigers)
  • Manager: David Hunsinger
  • Coach: Jerry Sparks
  • Coach: Vince Tremoloni
  • Team Parent: Melissa Hunsinger

• Farm #1 (Fireballs)
  • Manager: Warren Cook
  • Coach: Mike Crawford
  • Coach: Don Disney
  • Team Parent: Stacey Cook
• Farm #2 (The Lightning)
  • Manager: Tony Fong
  • Coach: Evan Marks
  • Team Parent: Judy Fong
• Farm #3 (The Giants)
  • Manager: Paul Mifsud
  • Coach: AJ Alhail (sp?)
• Farm #4 (Green Gators)
  • Manager: Jano Banks
  • Coach: Satoshi Kojima
  • Team Parent: Katie Schutz
• Farm #5 (The Blue Jays)
  • Manager: Shawn Kimball
  • Coach: Garrett Anaya
  • Coach: Jared Silva
  • Team Parent: Celeste Hitchman

• Minors A’s
  • Manager: Steve Cousins
  • Coach: Randy Carroll
  • Coach: Bruce Domen
  • Team Parent: Jennifer Manochio
• Minors Devil Rays
  • Manager: Matt Waite
  • Coach: Brian Compian
  • Coach: Jerry Baltazar
  • Team Parent: Terri
• Minors Giants
  • Manager: Anthoney Yanez
  • Coach: Evan Marks
  • Coach: Eric Schmidt
  • Team Parent: Jeanette Mardesich
• Minors Nationals
  • Manager: Chappie Jones
  • Coach: Jeff Oliver
  • Coach: Chris Robinson
  • Coach: Basker Nallapothula
  • Coach’s Helper: Jennifer Umstaadt
  • Team Parent: Denise Oliver

• Majors Cubs
  • Manager: Trevor LaSpina
  • Coach: Sanjiv Bhargava
  • Coach: Stevie Campbell
  • Team Parent: Zahra
• Majors Giants
  • Manager: Albert Lum
  • Coach: Mark Cabrales
  • Coach: Chris Gerrin
  • Team Parent: Suzanne Dunn

• Juniors
  • Manager: Joe Mardesich
  • Coach: Nathan LaRue
  • Coach: Johnny Mardesich
  • Coach: Mark Moshfegh
  • Team Parent: Jeanette Mardesich

• Seniors
  • Manager: Scott Green
  • Coach: Tom Lopes
  • Team Parent: Brenda Lopes

National Anthem

I’d like to introduce to you Oscar Mukherjee, who will sing our National Anthem. Will everyone please stand. [Oscar sings]

Please remain standing while we say our little league pledge. [blah, blah, blah]

The Little League Pledge

• I trust in God
• I love my country
• And will respect its laws
• I will play fair
• And strive to win
• But win or lose
• I will always do my best

Kids & Parents

I’d just like to take a moment to welcome all of you to Tri-Cities Little League and the 2007 season. [Do you have a good story to tell? This is a good place to lead into something]

Introduction of Board

Steve Campbell	President
Steve Cousins	Vice-President
Helene Workman	Secretary
Ted Roberts	Treasurer
Kathy Spillar	Player Agent
Joel Franks	Junior/Seniors Player Agent
Perry Farnum	Safety Officer
Suzanne Dunn	League Information Officer
Trevor LaSpina	Coaching Coordinator
	Umpire Director
	Majors/Minors Director
Sanjiv Bhargava	Farm/T-Ball Director
Tom Lopes	Equipment Manager
Julie Schieman	Wilson Snack Shack Director
Nathan La Rue	Hyde Snack Shack Director
Deirdre Lum	Uniforms
Charles Zhou	Fundraising Director
Theresa Waite	Snack Shack Assistant?

and last but not least…

Joe Mardesich

Field Maintenance Manager

who I would like to give a special thanks to, along with his son Johnny for keeping our fields pristine!

Fields

I also want to acknowlege all of the volunteers who came and helped on Field Maintenance Day. The equipment shed was cleaned out, all of the pitchers mounds were rebuilt, bases were repositioned, batting cage was overhauled and the grass in and around the fields was tidied up. Other leagues would be in awe of our facility!

Volunteers

And again, I can’t stress enough how much every single one of you mean to this league. Without volunteers, this league wouldn’t be here. There’s a lot of stuff happening behind the scenes and all year round that most of you don’t see. But now is the time that you can make a difference.

This year we are having a difficult time finding umpires for our minors and majors games. I’ll give you 3 reasons why you should become an umpire:

• You get to see the game up close
• You get paid
• And, you’re making the calls anyway in the stands so why not get paid to do it?

If you or anyone you know in the community are interested in umpiring a few games, please contact me. You don’t have to have any experience…we’re willing to train!

Season Outlook, what’s in store

So what’s in store for this season? Lot’s of baseball! We’ll be kicking off the season with games starting at 11:15. Come and cheer on the home team (everybody), stay and eat and support the league with our biggest fundraiser sponsored by Outback Steakhouse.

Outback will be serving from 11:30a to 12:30p. If you haven’t already, tickets for the Outback lunch can be purchased at the table near the Snack Shack. But hurry because they’re going fast!

In two weeks (March 31st) mark your calendars for our Picture Day and Pancake Breakfast. You will be receiving your picture order form from your team manager or parent within the next few weeks.

So kids, are you ready to play baseball? Before we start playing though, we need to warm up a bit. And Coach Steve is going to help you with that…let’s give a warm welcome to Coach Steve everybody! [you’re done…take a deep breath]