The Bulls 2010 12U Baseball Travel Team has been based out of Birmingham United Methodist Church in Milton (formerly Alpharetta), Georgia since 2007.

Our goal and focus is to nurture a love for the game, while developing life skills and baseball skills in a supportive, constructive, faith-based environment.

The 2009/2010 season will feature light practice and a few games in the fall, indoor instruction in Jan/Feb, scrimmages and games beginning in Feb/Mar, tournaments in Mar-Jun, culminating with a trip to compete in Cooperstown in June or July.

Milton, GA - Each year I say "This spring, more than ever, we really need baseball".  However, I can honestly say, this year more than the rest.  Last year, we suffered through an endless line of baseball celebrities being outed by the Mitchell Report as drug stuffed, cheaters.  How could it get worse than that?  Well, now the economy is in the dumps, friends and family are losing their jobs and John Smoltz is going to be wearing a Red Sox uniform. With all we have been through, I am ready to move on to 2009 and forget 2008.   

As dismal as 2008 has been, my son had an interesting take on it.

On a ride back from a hunting trip last month.  He said "You know Dad, I think 2008 was the best year ever!  We have been incredibly blessed."  I almost put the truck in a ditch as my head snapped around to ask why?  He said, "Because in 2008, our soldier Brian returned home safely, we had a great baseball season, we had an awesone vacation this summer, I got to play tackle football for the first time, and we got to go hunting a few times."

And there you have it.  In a nutshell, he hit all the things that really should matter in our life.  Our safety, our security, our family, and the precious time to share with them.  If you have those things, you have been richly blessed.

For that reason alone, I am really looking forward to baseball.  The spring, the time to spend with our families, the good health to watch our kids play the game that has given us pleasure and a distraction from all those things that we think are important.

For this I thank God.