The Bulls 10U Baseball Travel Team is based out of Birmingham United Methodist Church in Milton (formerly Alpharetta), Georgia. We would like to thanks our sponsors, Birmingham United Methodist Church, and our many, many fans for their support for a GREAT 2008 season. The Bulls finished the year with a 11-5-2 record in the Lanier Baseball League, 3rd place in the Lanier League Tournament, and many great memories from our other tournaments. More importantly, 2008 gave us an opportunity to see our soldier, Pfc. Brian Portwine, return safely from Iraq, our players develop as players and young men, and our Bulls family grow.
We look forward to the competition and development that 2009 will surely offer. Thanks to all of you for your support.
Never can I recall a time when baseball needed spring more than this year. With longer days and warmer weather comes the promise of a new beginning. This past year brought to light an epidemic of cheating and lying that could make you embarassed to be involved in the sport. Explaining why a Cy Young award winning pitcher would need to have needles jabbed in his rump to a 10 year old was surreal. However, as adults we loose sight so quickly what makes baseball special. It is not surly 40 year old cheaters. It is 10 year old kids who play the game for the same reasons that we did as kids.
These kids look forward to spring because it is a chance to hit a fastball into the gap to score the winning run... to stand on the mound and try to overpower or outwit the batter... to make the game saving diving catch... to steal a base... and make a million memories. It is a chance to learn about winning and losing with dignity and determination and to use your head, heart, and body to succeed at whatever you choose to do. The future of baseball doesn't lie with Congress, the Commisioner, or the Union leaders.... it lies with these kids.
The opportunity to make the game fun, exciting, safe, and positive lies with us, the coaches, parents, and sponsors. If we do our job right, baseball will always be there for kids to look forward to every spring. A new generation of young men will carry with them a love of the game that they will pass on in a positive and supportive way to their children. Regardless of the spectacle that a bunch of swollen, narcissitic, cheaters make of themselves.
The Bulls would like to thank their sponsors for giving us the opportunity to let these boys create the friends and memories that will last a life time and be the foundation that saves the sport for future generations.
