October has arrived! Although it seems like no one told the weather that we are in our autumn season, 5 Tool is winding down our fall festivities and gearing up for the winter training season! This week our self-run fall ball league began the playoff rounds, with the 10U championship taking place next Monday, October 10 and the 13U semi-finals on Wednesday, October 5, and championship on Wednesday, October 12.
Week in Review - The last 7 days with 5 Tool was a solid week of baseball, with the majority of our schedule focused on the end of Fall Ball and preparing for what should be our busiest winter training season yet!
On Monday October 3rd, the 10U fall teams played in their Semi-Final matchups, and man were they some close exciting finishes! Coach Bob and the Angry Birds have been the best team all fall entering the semifinal 6-0. They went up against the scrappy Penguinos, who were ready for an upset! The Angry Birds were not having the notion however, as they came back from an early 2-0 deficit to win 6-5 off of 4 runs in the 4th! The Penguinos battled the whole game, as Seth Gagnon scored 3 of the Penguinos 5 runs, and Keaton Kurucz knocked a clutch double off the Left field wall in the 6th inning, unfortunately the tying run was stranded at 3rd as Ryan Murray shut the door on the rest of the Penguinos rally to secure the save and the spot in the Championship final! In the other semifinal. Coach Jack and the Parrots took it tough to Coach Sam’s Golden Eagles, but it was no match for Fall MVP Ava Dawson and the Eagles. Ava finished 4-4 with a double, homerun, 4 RBI’s, and an outfield assist… oh yeah, plus 3 strikeouts in just 1 inning on the mound! What a stud!! The Angry Birds will take on the Golden Eagles for Fall glory next Monday, October 10th at 6pm. Please keep an eye out for 10U fallball emails as there may be some timing changes with the skills competition and Championship final next Monday! The Battle for the Birdcage is set!
On Sunday, October 2nd, the 13U fall teams played in their Quarter-Final matchups. Coach Ryan and the Big Red Machine took down Coach Jordan’s Homestead Grays by a score of 6-2. Benny McGauley and Alex Tamayo went (way) deep on back-to-back homeruns to seal the deal for Red. They move on to face Coach Jack and first seeded Los Azules in the semifinal #1, October 5th at 6pm. In the other Sunday Quarterfinal, Coach Chase stepped in for Coach Sam to coach the Black Sox, who have been on a homerun hitting TEAR as of late. They took down Coach Matt and the Fightin Phil’s, 9-2 behind five homeruns. Hudson Wortley was the big stick in the Black Sox lineup on Sunday, hitting 2 towering homeruns for 4 runs batted in, dealing the final blow to the Phillies’ fall season. The Black Sox move on to face Coach Doug and the Ladner Green Monsters in semifinal #2… Oops, we mean just The Green Monsters, coach Doug may have been up to something during the draft… Teams Gray and Teal (Homestead & Phillies) will be in the ballyard cages tomorrow from 5:30-7:30pm to get some hitting work in while the semifinals go down. The semifinals are without a doubt going to be action-packed and the players are fired up!! The Fall Final Four, tomorrow at 6! Be There!!
Winter Training Update - Good and Bad news here folks, want the bad news first? All 13U and 11U winter training sessions are 100% FULL! Unfortunately, we cannot take any more signups unless you would like to be on a waitlist, we do usually have a few backouts but there is absolutely no guarantee that players on the waitlist will be accepted into the winter training program. Please email 5toolwintertraining@gmail.com after the finalized winter sessions and schedules have been released for any questions on a waitlist. The good news? 13U and 11U is 100% full!! Thank you very much to those of you who reached out and registered for winter training. As of right now, we have the largest groups and most weekly sessions that we’ve had at 5-Tool thus far. Looks like it’s going to be a busy winter for the gang at The Ballyard! There are still a few spots for Bantam/15U training on Sundays from 3:30-5pm OR Sundays 5pm-6:30, lets fill those spots!
Ahead on the schedule - As detailed above, 5 Tool Fall ball is beginning to wrap up with the 10U Final next Monday, October 10th and the 13U semifinals and finals happening on Wednesday, October 5th and 12th, respectively. Have nothing to do next Monday and Wednesday? Come back out to cheer on the teams in the finals! Teams that weren’t able to reach the final this go-round can and should still come and show support for our entire 5-Tool family, it will mean a lot to those playing in the final, more so the added element of crowd buzz really brings the games to life! What better motivation to make next year’s final than watching your friends battle it out next week!
Once again Winter training for ages 11U and 13U are completely full. There are minimal spots left for 15U in the times listed above but we really want 3 full groups so please sign up and tell your teammates! Please keep an eye out for Winter Training scheduling and updates as the finalized session rosters and scheduling will be released soon.
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5 Tool Newsletter October 4th 2022
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