Crystal Lake Babe Ruth 14U

14U Players and Parents-

Congrats again on accomplishing a major team goal – Winning the McHenry County Baseball League South Division! We played an amazing Championship game and it was a great way to cap a strong MCBL season. Every player on the team should be proud of how well we competed this year. 14-3 overall in MCBL is a statement to the hard work and dedication that began during our Fall Season in 2013 and the coaching staff and I believe this is just the start of success for our team.

We have the 15U Mickey Sund Classic this weekend as a final tournament before our 15-year old tryouts in August. There are 6 teams in this tournament and we will have two Pool Play games on Saturday and will play single elimination Sunday. An important note to all the players and parents about this weekend:

With the in-house playoffs happening during our Mickey Sund Classic (as they have for the past 6 years we have run the tournament), the coaching staff and I will be monitoring the innings pitched by every player on our team. This means that we will discuss with all in-house managers still competing for the Championship before we pitch anyone from those teams. This also means that we will need every player ready to pitch in order to compete in every game during the weekend.

The schedule for Saturday is below:
Crystal Lake Babe Ruth vs Bartlett Rebels 15U 3:30 PM Lippold Park NW
Crystal Lake Babe Ruth vs DTA Wildcats Red 6:00 PM Lippold Park NW

After that we will go into single elimination with the first game on Sunday at 10 AM. Win and we will play again at 1 PM. Win that and we are in the Championship at 4 PM. Remember our goals for this tournament were set at the beginning of the season and the main goal was to compete every inning against 15U players and understand the skills we need to continue to focus on during our Fall League to compete with every team at the 15U level.

Good luck to everyone still playing in the In-House Playoffs! I am sure I will see everyone this week.

Thanks
Coach Justin