We have a team!

Since I got the team roster this morning, I keep thinking of the classic Frankenstein line, "it's alive, it's aliiiiivvvvveeee!!!" What isn't widely known is the original version had him ending with, "The Piedmont Red Sox are allliiivvvveee!" That line ended up on the cutting room floor due to it making absolutely no sense. But regardless, the Piedmont Red Sox are ALIVE!

We have a team consisting of probably the twelve best 5 and 6 year old baseball players on the planet. We have a practice schedule, a date for opening day and only a month left to wait for it to spring into action.

Luckily, during that wait, we have meetings. We have three coaching clinics coming up:

• Get up and Go coaching clinic at the Piedmont Middle School multi-purpose room (2/10 6-8PM)
• Shetland Coach Training at the Future Star Baseball facility (2/13 9:30-11AM)
• Positive Coaching Alliance clinic at the Piedmont Middle School multi-purpose room (2/23 7-9PM).

If you are considering assistant coaching, let me know so I can sign you up for these clinics. The more we all know about baseball, the more we can teach the kids.

Mid February will also see a parents' meeting where I will ruthlessly assign volunteer "opportunities" to anybody who doesn't show up. And all the parents will get to know each other. And we'll probably have cookies.

Just remember that there is no better sport in the world than baseball. Your kids learn to avoid getting hit by fast moving objects, get to run in circles and have the unique opportunity in life to swing a big metal club without getting in trouble. If we do this right and get them hooked, you may never have to sit through a boring soccer game again.

Go Red Sox.