Pitching practice Monday

Braves parents and players,

In an effort to strengthen our pitching corps, I’ll be holding a pitching practice 6pm Monday, June 1^st at Water Tower for any Brave that can make it. I realize this is short notice and there may be other obligations but if you can make it that would be great. Simply respond to this email with a “Yes” or “No” to let me know if your Brave can make it. This practice will finish by 7:00pm.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Ross

Checking In

Great turnout at practice yesterday, Braves! All nine guys who were in town showed up! This is a group that can't get enough baseball.

We had the shivering players do a lot of running to warm up their muscles, and by the end of the practice most of the guys had shed their jackets and sweatshirts. We finished with a spirited scrimmage highlighted by some timely hitting and a couple of nice plays in the field, including shortstop Matt making a lunging snare of a low line drive headed for center field and Alec vacuuming up a tough grounder at third and making a great throw to nip the runner at first.

Meanwhile, those of you who are interested in pitching should take a look at the big photo of Braden Looper on page 5 of the sports section of today's Journal Sentinel. Note the two-seam fastball grip and how the ball is facing center field. It is clear that Looper's arm had been fully extended.

Enjoy the weekend, everyone!

Dave

Photo credit:
Mark Hoffman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel