ASE Pee Wee Baseball: Welcome

This is a site for players, parents and fans of the ASE Pee Wee Baseball Team of Goldtrap/Gardner Boys & Girls Club in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Our mission is to teach the kids solid baseball fundamentals that will enable them to improve their skills and enjoyment of the game. Although we will attempt to be competitive in all our games, our number one goal is for the kids to have fun, whether we win or lose. Our second goal is to develop an understanding of the importance of being a TEAM. We want them to know that we win as a team and we lose as a team. Hope you enjoy the site!

Hopefully the rain has stopped for a little while and we can get some baseball played. Here is the make-up date on the games that were rained out.

Saturday, June 8th @ 9:30am            ASE vs Cricket         

Saturday, June 8th @ 11:30am           ASE vs National Family

Please let me know if you have a schedule conflict and your child cannot make these games on the 8th.

Our player of the week for this week is Ty Jones. Ty went 3 for 3 in the game on Thursday night and had 5 runs batted in. One of his hits was an inside the park home run that cleared the bases. Ty also made a good play at shortstop, tagging out one of the Phillip Taylor runners. It looked as they had a rally going but Ty put an end to that. Great job this week Ty, we are very proud of you!

Man did our bats come alive tonight or what! We had a team record 21 hits in the game tonight and what was more impressive than that was we only had one strikeout. Our kids played a complete game and I could not be prouder of them. We talked before the game about playing this one for our teammate Rory, who is in Children's hospital in Little Rock. I was proud of how the kids came out and responded both at the plate and on defense.

The top of the 1st, Phillip Taylor came out hitting the ball and I was glad to see it. You cannot get better watching your opponent strikeout, so I was glad to see them come out hitting. The first batter reached on an infield single but their next batter would groundout to Kaiden Kuykendall at 2nd base. It looked as if Kaiden may have turned a double play, but the umpire said he didn't tag the runner as he advanced to 2nd on the play. It really didn't matter as Ty Jones would tag that same runner out on the very next play as a ball was hit sharply to him at shortstop. Ty scooped the ball up and tagged out the runner as he was trying to advance to 3rd base. A couple more hits would load the bases but their last batter of the inning went down on strikes and we had dodged a huge bullet in the top of the 1st.

Our kids wasted no time getting us on the scoreboard. Andrew Reeder led off with a single and Kaiden Kuykendall would single as well. Jetson Wagner then hit a deep fly ball to right field, scoring Andrew for a 1-0 lead. Ty Jones then smacked a ball deep in the outfield and hustled all the way around for a 3-run inside the park home run. Just like that we had a 4-0 lead and Phillip Taylor did not know what hit them. Nathan Fuhrman and Dillon Pike would then both single and Eric Ramirez hit a rocket to left field, scoring Nathan for a 5-0 ASE lead.

Phillip Taylor could not manage to get anything going in the top of the 2nd as all three of their batters went down on strikes. We came to bat in the bottom half of the inning with our bats still red hot. After an Aiden Taylor strikeout, the rally began. Landon Martinez would double to left field and Eli Thomason knocked in his second RBI of the season to make it a 6-0 game. Andrew would single up the middle and Kaiden would knock one through the infield, scoring Eli. Jetson would then double and two runs would score to make it a 9-0 ASE lead. Ty then knocked his good friend and fellow Lavaca Golden Arrow, Jetson in to make it a 10-0 lead. This one was all but over and it was only the 2nd inning!

Phillip Taylor could not get anything going once again in the top of the 3rd. After a couple more strikeouts, their next batter would groundout to Kaiden and their half of the inning was over. Our bats would once again get right to work. I told Coach Chase to hold the kids to only one base. I was trying to get as many kids another at bat as I could, but at the same time, I was trying to not run up the score more than it already was. The last thing we are out there to do is embarrass another team. Nathan led off the inning with a base hit up the middle. Dillon then forced Nathan out at 2nd base on a good play by the Phillip Taylor 2nd baseman. Eric and Aiden would then both single and Landon would single in Dillon for a 11-0 ASE lead. Eli kept the rally going with an RBI single but Andrew would groundout to the pitcher on his next at bat. Aiden would score on the play and the lead continued to grow at 13-0. Kaiden would single, scoring Landon and Jetson would single to once again load the bases. Ty would put the final touches on this one with his fifth run batted in of the game and it would make the final 15-0.

It was a complete hitting clinic by our ASE kids tonight. If we hit the ball like that and continue to play good defense we are going to be awfully tough to beat. I'm very proud of how far this team has come so far this season. It's still early, but this has the potential to be one of the better ASE teams in the last 5-6 years and we've had some awfully good teams in that time span. Keep up the good work guys, I'm very proud of you all! Please remember to keep Rory in your thoughts and prayers.

Thursday, May 2

ASE - 2                          H.B.I. - 1

Forsgren - 0                  Phillip Taylor - 0

Cricket - 5                     National Family - 4

Monday, May 6

Cricket - 7                  Monty's TV - 5

H.B.I. - 4                    Forsgren - 2

National Family - 6     Phillip Taylor - 5

Thursday, May 9

Cricket - 7                Phillip Taylor - 1 

ASE - 11                   Monty's TV - 0 

H.B.I. - 4                  National Family - 0

Monday, May 13

Phillip Taylor - 2       Monty's TV - 0

ASE - 10                   Forsgren - 1

H.B.I. - 5                  Cricket - 1 

Monday, May 20

H.B.I. - 4                   Monty's TV - 0

National Family - 3    Forsgren - 2

Thursday, May 23

Cricket - 6                Forsgren - 0

ASE - 15                   Phillip Taylor - 0

National Family - 6    Monty's TV - 1    

Click the link above to see the 2013 ASE Schedule. All games will be played at Goldtrap Boys/Girls Club. Please remember to have your child at the field 30 minutes prior to game time for warm-ups. I will handout a copy of this schedule at our next practice.

Click the link above to see the ASE team news page. Here you can see all our game recaps and previous players of the week for the current season.