KC Sharks: Welcome

  How the time flies!  How many of us can look back and remember the first time our boys picked up a bat, ball and glove?  For some of us, it seems like they were born ready to step out onto the field.  And now comes a time of mixed feelings for many parents and another step toward adulthood for our boys.  Most of us moms especially can remember trying to offer encouragement when the game didn't go the way we wanted and many of you dads have had a pretty active role in coaching your son through the youth experience.  Now the boys are, or will soon be trying out for the high school baseball team.  It's going to be a big adjustment for a lot of us...parents and players, but we are confident everybody will do well.   

  Coach Ralph and I would like to wish all players, past, present and future, the best in their tryouts and upcoming season.  Stay focused, put forth your best effort and give everything you have to the game during practice and game time.  Keep your school work a priority or your grades will suffer.  We feel like we have always been pretty fortunate that our players and families have been all around good sports and well rounded for the most part. 

  With a majority of the boys playing high school baseball, knowing just what we can and cannot do to prepare for our league and tournament season when high school is over is something that we are trying to learn more about.  We want all of our players to be for the spring season and to start working on setting a roster, but we know that we can't necessarily do that right now.  We don't want to jeopardize your high school status.  For right now, we are mainly seeking to know who wants to be a part of the KC Sharks after their high school season is over.  We know we can't get solid commitments yet because some schools may want their players to continue to play with the high school team after the season ends. 

  We will be updating the site with information as we learn it and will keep you informed through email as well.  If you are interested in being a part of the KC Sharks 2008 Spring season, please send an email to us at KCSharks@aol.com if we have not heard from you recently.

  Again, best wishes in your high school experience and we look forward to seeing you on the field! 

   While spring started it's opening with snow, it has postponed the beginning of many of our players high school seasons, it is the thought of spring that has brought KC Sharks Baseball 2010 to our minds!  Several of the boys have had their first games already cancelled and rescheduled.  We hope they are all able to start playing soon as I think most of us have baseball fever!!

   A coach's meeting was held last night at our house and several things were discussed. 

Tournaments:  We have dates that we are looking to play, though we may remain undecided as to exactly which tournament we will attend on a weekend.  We are considering a few college showcase tournaments...Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fort Scott, Kansas are two of the ones being considered.  It is undecided if we will play in the state tournament this year.  As of right now, it is showing as being in Nevada.  Before any commitment is made to play in the tournament, we will have to see who is in it.  We don't see the logic in driving there to play KC area teams that we may have spent all season playing already.

Roster:  It looks like a good season lies ahead for the Sharks.  As of last night's meeting, we had a list of 14 possible players for the spring and today we found out about 2 more possible players.  This most likely means a tryout situation except for a few who have already been guaranteed a position on the team. 

Other things discussed last night included equipment and uniform replacement needs, having hotel reservations all made prior to the season.  The hotels are definitely a priority of mine!  We can almost always cancel with 24 hours notice and if we get booked early, we can probably get the best rates and the best locations.  If we do the Fayetteville  College Showcase, we will probably incorporate an extra day or so in there to take a canoe trip for those that would want to.  More specifics will come on that later.