WELCOME TO LONE MOUNTAIN LITTLE LEAGUE

We offer baseball for boys and girls who live within our league boundaries, located North of Cheyenne, West of Decatur, and East of U.S. Highway 95. Children ages 5-16 are eligible to play.

2009 LONE MOUNTAIN BOARD

If anyone is interested in being on the Lone Mountain Little League Board, please submit your name to Donna Skipper at my jdzjskipper@aol.com.

REPORTING FINAL SCORES

To all Managers, Team Moms, Scorekeepers and/or Divsion Reps, please be sure to report your final scores ASAP to your Division Representative (see below) and also "CC" Board Member Willie Ramirez, so he can update our website accordingly and keep everyone informed with our competitive divisions are doing. When emailing your final score, please put FINAL SCORE in the subject window, and in your text window, include DIVISION, HOME (Team name) FINAL, VISITOR (Team name) FINAL and PITCH COUNT (if applicable). Thank you for your cooperation.

HOME RUN CLUB

To all Managers, Team Moms, Scorekeepers and/or Divsion Reps, there has been an overwhelming response to our newlook Website, but the one thing that's missing - the illustrious home run!!! We have no problem reporting them, they just need to be sent in. Please forward your team's over-the-fence shots to Board Member Willie Ramirez so they can be added to the list. Please send over in the following format:

JUNIORS

Tyler LeBaron (2) - Padres: vs. Indians (3/29), vs. Diamondbacks (5/15).

MAJORS 

Lamon Harvey (7)- Rockies: vs. Indians (4/5), vs. Braves (4/17), vs. Phillies (5/3), vs. Phillies (5/8), vs. Red Sox 2 (5/10), vs. Pirates (5/13).

Logan Hold (7) - Dodgers: vs. Cardinals (4/1), vs. Red Sox (4/12), vs. Rockies (4/15), vs. Braves (4/19), vs. Rockies (4/29), vs. Braves (5/17), vs. Indians (5/20).

C.J. Apel (6) - Cardinals: vs. Phillies (4/19), vs. Braves (4/24), vs. Rockies (5/6), vs. Pirates (5/10), vs. Rockies 2 (5/15).

Nick Chavez (5) - Pirates: vs. Angels (3/29), vs. Dodgers (4/5), vs. Rockies (4/22), vs. Angels (5/8),  vs. Red Sox (5/17).

Jordan Hand (5) - Indians: vs. Braves (5/1), vs. Phillies (5/13), vs. Angels (5/17), vs. Dodgers 2 (5/20).

Jayson Hicks (4) - Red Sox: vs. Phillies (4/1), vs. Pirates (4/3), vs. Padres (4/24), vs. Dodgers (5/13).

Gabe Gonzales (3) - Dodgers: vs. Cardinals (4/1), vs. Angels 2 (4/19).

Jordan Snow (1) - Padres: vs. Red Sox (4/24).

Kaid Urban (1) - Angels: vs. Phillies (4/24).

Gabe Villanueva (1) - Angels: vs. Cardinals 5/13).

MINORS

DIVISION INFORMATION

Please contact your division representatives if you have any questions. They are there to assist you in any way and are all volunteers who have children playing in this league, as do the managers and coaches. If you have any questions, Please send us an email at lonemountainll@yahoo.com or you can call 615-5341.

Junior/Senior Baseball

Division Rep Jeylene Ash - jmxx@cox.net

Players league age 13-16. All teams will be drafted. These divisions are played on 90’ fields.

Major Baseball

Division Rep: Connie Thompson - cthomps@cox.net

Players league age 11 and 12. All 12 years olds will be drafted to a major team.

Minor Baseball

Division Rep: Sherry Davis - madfmly@earthlink.net

Players league age 10 and 11. All players will be drafted to a team.

Minor 9 Baseball

Division Rep Krystal Fiorentino - iamgratitude@gmail.com

Players league age 9. All players will be drafted to a team.

Rookie A Baseball

Division Rep: Tabitha Shurtleff - tabithabaseball@gmail.com

Players league age 7 and 8. This will be child pitch.

Rookie B Baseball

Division Rep: Lynn Gallagher - jgallagher20@cox.net

Players league age 6 and 7. This will be coach pitch.

Bubba Ball Baseball

Division Rep: Arlene Daraban - akayd32@yahoo.com

Players league age 5.

SHAY DAY

Two Choices What would you do? You make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one.

The question is: Would you have made the same choices as the individuals in this story, all of whom had incredible choices to make?

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: "When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?"

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay, physically and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child."

Then he told the following story:

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want
someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it
would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could
play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the
eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning."

Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. His Father watched with a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.

The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all teammates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball ... the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay"

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third! Shay, run to third!"

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, "Shay, run home! Run home!" Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team.

"That day", said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world".

Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

"The Day Shay Got To Play" was penned by EJ Nolan, and it's never been confirmed  whether or not this is a factual occurrence; nevertheless, think about Shay the next time you're at Children's Memorial Park, and remember why we're out here!!!