Hi Everyone,

I just had an email from our great partner Friends at Triwood a few moments ago regarding JT’s Lounge with the dates and the hours they will be open.

As of Monday May 1st our hours are now,

Mondays: 730pm to 1030pm
Tuesday: 730pm to 1030pm
Wednesday: 5pm to close (usually around 10pm)
Thursday: 730pm to 1030pm

So lets be sure to support our Friends at Triwood by enjoying a refreshing cold beer after your game, inside or on the Patio.

Cheers Everyone,

Paul M
CSMS 55+

Hey All You Monday Rec Players,

We wanted you to be aware that the Monday Rec Dayball Draft,
will be on held this Wednesday May 3rd @ 1 pm at Triwood.
This will be for the Coaches and Division Representative only. Players do not need to attend.
After the teams are decided the Coaches will contact all players directly with more
information on teams and League Play Start Dates and times.

Have another fun season guys, see you all out on the field.

Cheers Guys
Paul M

Hello League,

Well It’s Finally Here and you all know what that Means !!
Yes, May has arrived and once again it’s time again to Celebrate
Yogi Berra’s Birthday coming up on May 12th !

Let’s all celebrate the 12 Days of Yogi with these Fun Facts and Stats !!

12. Did you know that Yogi Berra caught 3 No Hitters for the Yankees. But Yogi doesn’t hold the record for most no hitters caught. That record belongs to Ray Schalk who caught 4.
11. Berra is the only catcher that has caught two no-hitters tossed by the same pitcher in a single season.
10. Yogi remains the only backstop to call a perfect game in the World Series in MLB History for Don Larson’s Gem
on Oct 5th 1956 in Game 5 of that series.
9. Yogi was named the AL’s Most Valuable Player, an honour seldom bestowed on catchers, three times (1951, 1954, and 1955)
8. Yogi also hit 12 World Series home runs
7. Yogi played in a record 14 World Series (1947, 1949–53, 1955–58, and 1960–63), winning an unprecedented 10. A record that may well never be broken.
6. Berra homered in his first major league at-bat
5. Before agreeing to a deal with the Yankees, Berra had a tryout with the St. Louis Cardinals (his hometown)
4. He never made more than $65,000 in a season
3. Yogi got his nickname from childhood friend Jack Maguire, who also went on to play in the big leagues. After seeing a movie with a yogi in it, Maguire started calling Berra — whose birth name is Lawrence — “Yogi.” The name stuck
2. He was in the U.S. Navy, and served on a gunboat during the Normandy landings (D-Day) on June 6, 1944
1. Berra played in more World Series games than any player in major league history (another record that also may never be broken)

Hope everyone enjoyed a little bit of my all time favorite Player.
Yogi Berra!

And Oh Yeah !!
Our league gets underway tonight with the AA Div, with some exhibition games at Triwood and more exhibition games
Tues, Wed and Thur, all at Triwood.
Our A Div has exhibition games starting tomorrow morning as well and also on Wed and Thur morning, all at Triwood.
Our AAA Div’s regular season gets started tomorrow at CW 1 with games Wed and Thur, all at CW 1.
Our Mon Rec League gets rolling on Mon May 15th with their first regular season games.
So Softball is definitely in the Forecast !!

I hope everyone has a great Season and remember what Yogi Said,
“Ninety percent of the game is half mental.”

Cheers Everyone,
Paul M

Hello All Managers and Coaches,

This is a follow up to remind everyone that the Drafts are starting next week.

Monday April 24th
AAA Draft will take place at Triwood in JT’s Lounge
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Wednesday April 26th
AA Draft will take place at Triwood in Collingwood Room
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Saturday April 29th
A Draft will take place at Triwood in JT’s Lounge
10:00am – 1:00pm

These Drafts are open only to Managers and Coaches and specific board members with assigned duties.
No players are allowed to attend.

When Drafts are completed, players will be notified shortly after by their New Managers and Coaches with further Info.
Good Luck to All.
And May the Draft Odds forever be in your Favor. ( for the movie buffs, that quote is from a famous movie)

Thank You Everyone,
Paul M
CSMS 55+

Hi Everyone,

FYI this message is only for New Players and Returning Back to the League Players and All Division Coaches and Managers.
All others can disregard this message.

New Player and Played Before Player Evaluations have now been confirmed and will take place as originally scheduled on Saturday April 22nd 11am until 3 pm and will now only be held on that day. No Evaluations are scheduled for Sunday April 23rd.
We have a smaller group this year so one day will be enough.
The other major difference is we are moving the Evaluations Indoors this year so that weather will not cause us an issue.
We will be holding Evaluations at Webber Academy Athletic Park
Click Link Below for Directions.

https://goo.gl/maps/n2RihQURhBXSoPVf9

It is located on the west end of lower Springbank Road in Springbank.
You can also get there from Springbank Road and then south on Range Road 32, then turn west on Lower Springbank Road.

THIS IS NOT WEBBER ACADEMY SCHOOL !!
DO NOT GET CONFUSED !!

There will be 2 groups. Group 1 will be 11:30am until 1:00pm and group 2 will be 1:30pm until 3:00pm.
Each group please arrive 30 minutes before your start time to get warmed up and get your assigned numbered pinnies.
Wear comfortable clothes, sweat pants, tee shirts or sweaters, turf shoes or runners. No metal cleats please. You don’t need a uniform or anything with numbers. We will provide pinnies with numbers front and back for easy identification.

Group 1
Fleming Alec
Furlong Kencil
Bender Russ
Montgomery Stephen
Beveridge Bryan Merrill
Ball Ron
Bolander David
Cumming Murray
Elsner Wayne
Zackowski James
Knibbe John
Wilson Steve
Buckles Scott
Fahie John
Rye Calvin
Martin Barry
Reitmeier John
Fairley Neil
Bridger Phillip
Lavoie Dwight
Blair Doug
Leung Kam
Brennan Richard

Group 2
Vickers Michael
Smith Ellison
Wallis Ken
Goodman Steve
Wladyko Edd
Frisky Dale
Shostak Michael
Allison Graeme
Switzer Scott
Davis Tony
Ferguson John
Sturge Warren
Gathercole Brad
Madsen Troy
LeBlanc Mike
Edwards Dean
Seib Les
Zambrano Nicolas
Skory Tim

I included all the names on these lists even though we are already aware that several people have already contacted us to let us know they will unfortunately be missing the Evaluations for various reasons.

If anyone is missing the evaluations we encourage you to send us a short video of yourself fielding a few ground balls, throwing a few balls, catching a few pop flys and hitting a few balls if you can.

Thanks Everyone,
I look forward to seeing everyone next Saturday at Webber Academy Athletic Park.

Cheers
Paul McNeil
CSMS 55+