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** Hits since June 17, 2008 **
From: JEFF MILBURN
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 3:03 PM
To: ALL
Subject: FCMBL update
To all,
This is an update on the “Frederick County Metro League Baseball League”, it’s Monday, August 18th and it
was back during week of June 9th that I started the idea of creating this league BUT unfortunately, this league is NOT going to happen for the summer of 2009 as far as I am concerned
for several reasons :
- lack of players interests ( see
attached screen print of gmail inbox )
- lack of “sports call announcement” in local papers, because I have not seen it unless I missed it ?
- lack of an “official” press release from FCPRD
The idea was out there but the
lack of interest from players has resulted in this idea going by the wayside. If anyone else would like to take the lead on this opportunity, please feel free to do so as I have other opportunities that I am pursing and other projects that I am
currently working on that will require the majority of my time.
I did state that September 1st was the deadline to determine IF this could be a go or not, but unfortunately, this is no sense in putting off the inevitable.
Regrettably,
Coach Milburn
Tavis Laws (FCPRD) and Jeff Milburn will be collecting data until September 1, 2008 ... and then will reevaluate this opportunity.
This
will be a no age restriction "wood bat" league for players that live in Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah, Warren Counties and City of Winchester and bordering WV counties of Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan and Hardy that would “mirror” the RCBL league
www.rcblonline.com down in Rockingham County. We hope to startup in late May of 2009 only IF the demand is there.
- ALL games will be 9 innings with 7pm or 7:30pm start times
- Games will be played at the local high school
facilities that are some of the best in the state.
- Teams will based on the high school that you are attending or graduated from ??? Just an idea at this point, nothing is set-in-stone yet ... still brain-storming on how each team should be
created.
- There will be a "limit" on the number of "free-agents" per team. "Free-agents" will be consider players outside of the counties as described above which players will be drawn from.
- There is a good possibility of this being a
co-sponsored program thru Frederick County Park and Recreation Department
- This league is NOT taking the place of any local American Legion teams.
We are looking for General Mgr's/Head Coaches for each respective team.
Why is this league being developed ?
- To improve the quality of local high school baseball by giving the "top level" players the best competition available within a 25 mile radius of Winchester
- The "elite" high
school players will be the "foundation" to build this league on
- The bulk of playes will probably range in ages 17-25
*** We plan to feature an ALL-STAR game for the high school athletes that are members of
the league. We will be inviting many college coaches to scout the event and it will be at NO cost to players to participate in ***
- A "competitive" league for current college players to compete in and for those
older guys that wants to play “HardBall” and not softball.
- For the baseball enthusiasts
How can I play OR get involved in this league ?
** Registration is FREE and is taking place currently by
clicking on EMAIL LEAGUE OFFICE below **
*** College players or even players outside this area are welcomed ... just send us the requested info ***
If you
want this league to get started ...
you must click on the E-MAIL LEAGUE OFFICE button below, fcmbl2009(at)gmail.com
*** Any teams already in existence that are interested in joining FCMBL
... ***
( please e-mail us as well with a complete roster so we can review your team for consideration )
... and send us the following :
For the Subject line put one of the following
:
->Player/(name of high school u attend or attended)
For ex. Player/James Wood; Player/Handley; Player/Sherando; Player/Central; Player/Musselman; Player/Martinsburg; Player/Jefferson; Player/Clarke; Player/Millbrook; Player/Strasburg ...
etc.
->I want to Coach
->How can I help ?
->I want to be a "sponsor"
->I want to be a "team owner"
->Board of Directors
->Suggestions
*** AND *** ... please put in your e-mail address in the FROM
field
In the body ... if you are a player, then list the following information :
- Name
- Address
- Phone#
- Age
- Current or past College/University that you attended
***
Remember ... the "demand" must be there, you need to click on E-mail League Office button below and send us the requested information, we need somewhere from 80-100 players to start with 4-5 teams ***
Tavis Laws (FCPRD) and Jeff Milburn will be collecting data until September 1, 2008 ... and then will reevaluate this opportunity.
Team names below are just examples, a team owner can
decided on his own team name.
We may explore of bringing back the town teams that existed back in the day.
Anyone with any HISTORY on the old town baseball league that existed ... please e-mail us.
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