1st Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner

The event has finally come and gone. After months of preparations with the good folks at CBC Baseball (Darren, Jeff, Amanda, Wendy and Jake) we held the event in front of a sold out audience. When it was all said and done, I felt like I had gone 4-5 with 3 RBI;s and a couple of stolen bases. The event was very rewarding to bring together so many baseball and softball folks for a night of fun. We kicked off our fundraising drive for The Miracle League and laid the groundwork for what should become one of the top nights of baseball for many years.

If you missed the event this year, make sure you are among the first to get tickets next fall when the 2nd Annual Greater Charlotte Area Hot Stove League Dinner tickets go on sale.

A special congratulations to all 8 of the player award finalists; Constance Orr, Kalie Lang, Tyler Pilkington, Richie Shaffer, Chase Arnold, Brett Austin, Erin Kayton and Alexis Davis.

For more information, please visit www.hotstovedinner.com

Snow and sports

Snow can be fun, but not on Saturdays in January and February. Luckily we were able to get our game in today as the league did a nice job of not overreacting to the condititions. Nothing stinks quite like having a game canceled only to see the snow melt before it hits the ground. Good job Kevin and Johnathan.

We won as well, so thats always good!

Now if I can just keep the snow away from my Hot Stove League Dinnner next Saturday night!

14 Days and Counting

Just 14 days from today, we will hold the 1st Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League banquet to celebrate the growth of youth baseball and softball in the area. We have plenty left to do, but man am I excited! I have wanted to hold one of these for over 20 years and now this is the chance. I have to admit, my first thought of how to hold the event is nowhere near what the event has turned into. I was thinking small and my friend Jeff Shaeffer of Carolinas Baseball Center helped me to think BIG... Jeff has a way of seeing things a little bigger than most and I am very thankful of his ideas.

This event is going to be super, we have Grady Little and a whole host of current and former major league players coming to town. We have 5 great awards we are going to give out that evening to some very deserving youth players. The auction is set up to be one heck of an auction and we are going to kick off fundraising for The Miracle League, an organization designed to build a baseball field for physically and mentally challenged kids.

I hope you can join us for this special evening and help me to make this dream come true.