Sandy Plains Baseball – Fall 2010 Newsletter
As summer season is winding down, Fall Baseball is just around the corner. In fact, online registration is now open! Visit our website, www.sandyplainsbaseball.com for registration information.
We’re on Facebook! Visit us at the following link: Become a Fan! We will post important updates, pictures from our Parks and news from the ball field! Log on and share your baseball stories.
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If you haven’t been to the fields in a while, we’ve been working hard to improve your parks! Since spring, we have completed the pavers project on Fields 1,2 and 3 at Harrison Park . Those same fields also now have beautiful new bleacher covers to protect our fans from foul balls and keep them cool on those hot sunny days! See pictures on our Facebook page!
We’ve also been doing some major field renovations at Sweat and Harrison . The upper and Lower Fields at Sweat and Harrison Field #7 have brand new infields! Out with the old, bumpy grass, in with the new sod. We also grassed in the foul area on the upper field and Bronco Field #4 at Harrison Park . This should cut down on the amount of dust that blows through the stands and should also halt erosion of the dirt and clay from the fields to the concrete areas. And, we hope an added benefit will be fewer rainouts as more grass should assist in absorbing water on the fields.
“Sandy Plains Gives Back…”
Those of you that have been around for a few years may remember we cleaned up our equipment room and donated a van full of catcher’s equipment, bats, gloves, helmets and miscellaneous uniforms to the City of Refuge mission, who then took our equipment to the Dominican Republic for children there to use.
Well, we’re at it again, except this time, we want you to participate with us. We’ve located a couple of organizations that specialize in taking used baseball equipment and refurbishing them. One of them takes equipment to underprivileged youth in Atlanta , and the other to the Dominican Republic .
So, bring your old cleats, gloves, bats, helmets, etc. to Harrison Park from August 14 (Evals Weekend) to September 14. We will have a bin located behind the lower concession building, near the tractor driveway, for you to drop your equipment. We will have a “Thank You for your Donation” letter that you may use for tax purposes.
We are so fortunate to live where we do and to have beautiful facilities for our children to play. It’s easy, sometimes, to forget that there are children everywhere that don’t have a park to play in, and don’t have the resources for baseball equipment. We are a big-hearted membership with 1100 families, we can make a difference, and that’s why we say, “Sandy Plains Gives Back…”
I’m looking forward to the new season. See you at the ball field!
Greg Norman
Chairman