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Chris Tucker
281-980-5944
16807 Rustic Colony
Sugar Land, Texas
77479

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Clements HS 2008 Off Season Baseball Website
Welcome to Clements Baseball.

Wednesday, July 16
Wednesday July 16th

As of 3:30 both the JV & Varsity Games are on.

Coach Tucker

Monday, July 14
Monday July 14th *Games today*

Reminder,

Varsity plays 2 games at Brazoswood in Clute tonight starting at 5:30. Be there by 5. Most of you have made the trip before but rememeber it takes about an hour to get there.

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JV playes Travis at Travis tonight at 8:00.

Good luck to both teams,

Coach Tucker

Friday, June 6
JV Schedule

JV
Day	Date	Time	Location	Opponent
Wed	4-Jun	8:00	Frankie	Hightower
Mon	9-Jun	8:00	Frankie	Austin
Thurs	12-Jun	8:00	Frankie	Bellaire
Tues	17-Jun	8:00	Frankie	Bush
Wed	18-Jun	5:30	Frankie	Travis
Tues	24-Jun	8:00	Kempner	Kempner
Thurs	26-Jun	5:30	Frankie	Dulles
Tues	1-Jul	8:00	Hightower	Hightower
Wed	3-Jul	8:00	Austin	Austin
Mon	7-Jul		NO JV GAME TODAY!!!!
Tues	8-Jul	6:00	Butler	Bellaire
Thurs	10-Jul	6:00	Frankie	Bush
		8:00	Frankie	Bush
Mon	14-Jul	8:00	Travis	Travis
Wed	16-Jul	5:30	Frankie	Kempner
Thurs	17-Jul	6:00	Austin	Dulles

Friday, June 6
Varsity Schedule

Varsity

Day Date Time Location Opponent

Wed 4-Jun 5:30 Butler Dulles

Mon 9-Jun 5:30 Frankie Bellaire

Thurs 12-Jun 5:30 Frankie Foster Black

Tues 17-Jun 5:30 Frankie Foster Gold

Wed 18-Jun 7:30 Frankie Brazoswood

Tues 24-Jun 5:30 Travis Travis

Thurs 26-Jun 7:30 Frankie Terry

Tues 1-Jul 5:30 Frankie Foster Black

Thur 3-Jul 7:30 Butler Bellaire

Mon 7-Jul 5:30 Foster Foster Black

7:45 Foster Foster Black

Thurs 10-Jul 7:00 Foster Foster Gold

Mon 14-Jul 7:00 Brazoswood Brazoswood

Wed 16-Jul 8:00 Frankie Travis

Thurs 17-Jul 5:30 Kempner Dulles

Friday, June 6
Freshmen Blue Schedule

Freshmen Blue

Day Date Time Location Opponent

Wed 4-Jun 6:00 Frankie Hightower

Mon 9-Jun 6:00 Kempner Austin

Mon 11-Jun 6:00 Austin Dulles

Tues 17-Jun 6:00 Austin Lamar Consld.

Thurs 19-Jun 8:00 Frankie Bellaire

Mon 23-Jun 8:00 Elkins Elkins Gold

Wed 25-Jun 6:00 Travis Travis Red

Tues 1-Jul 6:00 Hightower Hightower

Wed 2-Jul 8:00 Frankie Austin

Wed 9-Jul 6:00 Frankie Dulles

Friday, June 6
Freshment Grey Schedule

Freshmen Grey

Day Date Time Location Opponent

Thurs 5-Jun 8:00 Frankie Terry

Tues 10-Jun 6:00 Elkins Foster

Mon 16-Jun 8:00 Frankie Elkins White

Wed 18-Jun 5:30 Butler Bellaire White

Mon 23-Jun 5:30 Butler Strake Jesuit

Thurs 26-Jun 6:00 Elkins Elkins Blue

Tues 1-Jul 5:30 Frankie Bellaire White

Wed 2-Jul 5:30 Terry Terry

Mon 7-Jul 6:00 Travis Travis White

Wed 9-Jul 8:00 Frankie Kempner

Sat 12-Jul 10:00 Frankie Championship Game

Wednesday, June 4
Game Day

Hi Everyone,

I'm sure the men are tired of looking good hitting off of me so let's celebrate Game Day is finally here. Good luck to all of our teams this summer. Remember you are representing Clements High School. Make the school, your family and yourself proud with your hard work and positive attitude.

Varsity:

The game Start at 5:30 at Butler, Be there by 5 to get ready. The plan is to split the pitching up a couple innings a piece so everyone can pitch again this weekend if needed. Ballard will start so get ready accordingly. I don't know if we are home or visitors but be ready for a 5:30 1st pitch.

JV:

We play at 8 at Frankie. Our Freshmen play at 6 so our game will start at approximately 8:00 PM. Later if they play right up to the 7:50 time limit, right at 8 or a little sooner if there is a run rule or they otherwise finish early. Be at the field by 7. The Press box will be open. Get the balls and pitch to yourselves in the cage. I should be there between 7:15 & 7:30. The plan is to split the pitching up a couple innings a piece. Brian Brown will start.

Freshmen:

It was just announced that Saturday July 12 10:00 AM at Frankie Field, there will be a 1 game Championship game played between the two freshmen group winners. We have a team in each group. It would be nice to have an all Clements Championship Game. Good Luck to both teams. Play hard.

Ranger Pride,

Coach Tucker

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Saturday, May 17
Freshmen Rosters

Hi Everyone,

I'm pleased to annouce the two freshmen teams rosters.

I am looking forward to a great season from both teams. Good Luck to our newest Rangers.

Clements Grey - Coach Mesa

David Angelo

Michael Burr

Cullen Cook

Adam Curruth

Chet Danto

Shameet Desai

Briley Farmer

Thomas Long

Juan Mesa

Alex Ng

Daniel Perez

Roger Salti

Clements Blue - Coach Adams

Shane Adams

Austin Bass

Joshua Binder

Seth Ensor

Juliene Hernandez

Ballard Infante

Ryan Lilly

Cayden Maloney

Zach Mayock

Matthew McCauley

Michael Munnell

Rahul Naik

Mason Pope

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Sunday, May 4
Nice Start to the Summer

Freshmen:

We had another solid turn out of freshmen at tryouts Saturday. I was pleased with the effort and hustle I saw and expect these young men to carry on the winning tradition at Clements High School.

For those who were unable to attend but would still like to try out, I will have a makeup session This Monday, May 5th from 7 until Dark at Frankie field. Currently we are right on the bubble for the numbers required to field two freshmen teams. I would like a minimum of 13 on a team. We had 23 register on Saturday. We need at least 1 and preferably3 (or more) to tryout Monday.

The teams will be split as evenly as possible. I will split the pitching, catching and hitting the based on what I saw at tryouts. I am not as concerned about positions. They all need to be able to play multiple infield and outfield positions. And when we asked the boys what positions they played; well, it appears we have a whole lot of short stops and center fielders ;-)

We will have a practice on Thursday, May 8th from 6 until dark at Frankie. Everyone should attend. The practice will be for all of our teams, freshmen through Varsity. My goal is to have all the registrations and tryouts complete so that I can split the teams on Tue & Wed and then I will let the boys know after practice on Thursday.

JV & Varsity:

We will be at Frankie on Monday from 6-7 before the freshmen tryouts, collecting paperwork and answering questions. Our first practice will be the Thursday practice mentioned above. Please see below for further information about the summer schedule.

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Monday, April 21
Summer 08 Registration (Freshmen/Varsity & JV new is below)

Students who will attend Clements High School on the Fall of 09 are invited to play in the Clements Summer Baseball program. Our program consist of 1 Varsity, 1 JV and (depending upon how many players tryout) 1 or 2 incoming Freshmen team(s).

For incoming freshmen and current Clements students who did not play for the school in the spring of 08, Clements Summer Baseball (Mickey Mantle) Registration and Tryouts are scheduled for:

Saturday May 3, 2008 from 10:00 PM to 12:00 PM.

All tryouts will be at the home of the Clements Rangers, Frankie Field (behind Mercer Stadium).

If you are playing for the Clements High School this spring (08) you do not need to tryout to play this summer. You are required to complete a registration form and player contract. Forms will be available Saturday May 3rd from 9-1 at Frankie to register and pay. Please note: This year, you will not be allowed to participate in any way (practice or games) until your paperwork has been completed and turned into the league office.

Important Dates:

Saturday May 3rd 10-12 Freshmen Trayouts @ Frankie

The season will start Wednesday May 29th

Friday July 4th No games will be played.

Saturday July 19th will be the last day for league play

If you are considering playing in our program in the summer of 08, please make note of the schedule above and plan your summer vacations, camps and select league participation accordingly.

If you have any questions please contact Chris Tucker at ctucker@wilsonmohr.com or 281-980-5944.
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VARSITY & JV NEWS

For the varsity:

* We will play in Two Leagues , A Wed night premier league ( 6:30 on Wed )

* The league starts June 4 and ends by July 16. There will be No season ending tournament

* Initially includes Kempner, Elkins, Dulles, Hightower, Clements, & Bellaire (these are the premier teams in our league. The idea it this Wed league will be the best competition our league has to offer. ? Roster composed of returning varsity lettermen and 2008 JV squad

* The plan is to play each team once so we will play 5 games in this league *

* If you sign up for the 2nd league there will be no additional charge for playing in on the Wednesday night team. Our program will pay for the new Premier League. Mon/Tue/Thurs night regular league( 5:30 / 8:00 on Mon, Tue, and/or Thurs )

* The league starts June 2 for Fort Bend schools and ends by July 19. There will be No season ending tournament

* Roster composed of returning varsity lettermen and 2008 JV squad

* We will play 15 games with a NEW 2:30 time limit/7 innings so we will get our games in.

Varsity Fees for this summer will be 155/per player. For Varsity this will include both leagues (so you will get 3 games a week), 2 shirt (so mom is not washing every night), a hat & socks.

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For the JV:

* Games will be played on Mon/Tue/Wed/Thurs nights. Friday’s are reserved for rainouts. To avoid select league conflicts, no Saturday games will be schedule.

* The league starts June 2 for Fort Bend schools and ends by July 19. There will be No season ending tournament

* Roster will be composed of the returning sophomore squad with some possible additions (new players to the area, kids that didn’t make the team in the spring that want to try again next spring etc.) *

* We will play 15 games 1:50 time limit/7 innings. JV Fees for this summer will be 140/per player. For JV this will include 2 shirt (so mom is not washing every night), a hat & socks.

Freshman tryouts are tomorrow Sat. May 3 from 10-12 at Frankie. Paper work will be available. I

will be at Frankie Monday May 5th from 6-7 for Varsity and JV to come fill out paperwork and ask questions.

I am also available via email at ctucker@wilsonmohr.com or cell 281-513-5944 (you usually have to leave a message and I’ll call you back).

Thanks,

Chris

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Monday, April 24
Out of your control
Help me!!!!! My Son is 0-7 so far

He's hit the ball hard thrice but right at someone, struck out twice, once looking on a low and away pitch, and got his weight way out front on a change-up and dribbled it to second and his last swing yesterday was what appeared to be a half swing to the third baseman. He plays on a select team last year hitting .395 on a team that hit .340 on the year. He's always been a good hitter, but now, we're seeing a lot
more change of speed, including sadly, hooks. Any advice? I think his last swing yesterday showed he is losing confidence and is becoming tentative.

It doesn't matter whether a kid is failing math, they all can figure a BA. They all have a preseason goal like "I'm going to hit .400". They start off 0-7 and go home and extrapolate the math and " I've got to hit .575 the rest of the season to hit .400. This season SUCKS!" It becomes a self fulfilling prophesy.

This player hit the ball hard three times! Had they found a hole, he's a happy camper! But because he is concerned with his BA, he is " losing confidence and becoming tentative". Sounds like a SLUMP to me.

Batting Averages are so subjective as to be almost meaningless. If the scorekeepers' son is a pitcher, all balls that are not converted into outs are errors. All balls that get by the catcher are "pass balls" not "wild pitches". Hence, Junior's ERA stays low even though he gave up 10. If the scorekeeper's son is a hitter, those boots are all bad hops or "too hot to handle". I once noticed that one HS team had 5 players hitting over .500! Yet, their record was 3-16. Must have been some pretty bad pitching.

I keep stats on my team but I no longer post them in the dugout. I got tired of Dads coming up to me with their interpretation of their son's stats and arguing that I should change an error to a hit. I really don't care what their BA is. I don't need to see their BA to know if they are a productive offensive player or not.

As I have said before. A player must learn that he can only concern himself with those things over which he has control. He can only control:
1. The amount of preparation he has done so that he can expect to have success.
2. The pitch at which he chooses to swing
3. How hard he runs to first.

He can not control whether the SS stabs his rope, the umpire makes a bad call, or the scorekeeper calls his shot in the hole an error. To concern ones self with any of those things is completely counterproductive.

Baseball is a game of failure. Only failure 2 of 3 times for your career and you will end up in the Hall Of Fame. But you failed twice as much as you succeed. More players are driven out of the game not because they can't play but because they can't handle the failures that come with the game.

If a kid plays long enough, he will be confronted with off speed pitches, even GASP, curveballs. He has to learn to not blend his stride and swing, stay back, and wait on the ball in order to have any success hitting off speed pitches.

Yours In Baseball,

Bruce Lambin
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Friday, May 5
Shoes
Note to all players,
Cleats, sandals, socks and bare feet are not allowed in the batting cages at our fields or any other fields. If you don't have proper shoes you will not be allowed to take batting practice. Get in a habit of bringing shoes to hit in, then change to finish getting loose.

Coach Tucker
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Stride then Swing
Hall Of Fame pitcher, Whitey Ford coined the phrase to "pull the string". By that he meant that when he threw a 'change up', he felt as if he had a string on the batter and pulled his weight forward onto his front foot at which time he had destroyed the hitter's timing and owned him. The key to being a good hitter is to be able to keep your weight back long enough to be able to identify the pitch and react to the velocity and break. How does one master this skill? First the hitter must have correct swing mechanics. He must learn to not blend his stride and swing. He must learn the stride is merely a timing device not a means of generating power in the swing. Quite the opposite, blending the stride and swing, will result in diminished power as the hips and upper body turn simultaneously. Bat speed and power are a result of a lag in the rotation of the upper and lower body creating torque. The hitter must learn to take a short stride on the ball of the foot, keeping the weight back. For complete instruction on hitting mechanics get the FUNdamentals Of Hitting video from my BASEBALL SKILLS AND DRILLS video series. What kind of drills can be utilized to synthesize this movement pattern into the hitter's muscle memory? Soft toss drills can be utilized to work on staying back and not blending the stride and swing. This is totally a function of you, the tosser, delaying the toss until the stride foot touches the ground. Then the amount of arc on the toss determines how long he must delay triggering the swing.

The other option is the HANDS BACK HITTER.

With the HANDS BACK HITTER, the batter trips a trigger cord when he strides. There is a slight pause while the ball is popped up into the hitting zone. The hitter then triggers the proper hip rotational mechanics by triggering the back knee, rotating the hips and building the necessary toque in the upper body which then responds by uncoiling and maximizing bat speed. The hitter can really simulate the necessary swing discipline by waiting even longer for the ball to begin its downward path and thereby also simulate matching the plane of the bat to the descending arc of a curve or change up. The nice thing about the HBH is that he can work with it on his own without you being there to soft toss to him and it is fun.

My son returns from pro AAA ball today. The HANDS BACK HITTER will be an integral part of his off season program as at AAA the pitchers that could get by with gas learned that they had to develop quality change ups. He had difficulty with the pitch. With the help of the HBH, he expects to develop the ability to stay back and drive the change and keep moving up.

A few flame throws can get by just fogging gas in youth league but the others are going to have to 'pitch'. The hitter