We're happy to announce that we will be adding another tournament to our schedule. The Florida Bombers will be hosting a tournament on Memorial Day Weekend and we're definately excited to play in this tournament.

Registered Teams:

1. Florida Bombers 16's
2. Bombers Blue Soxs 16's
3. Perfect Competition Baseball 16's

This is a top notch ELITE Tournament...the best of the best will be competing in this tournament and we're looking to make a splash.

Keep checking back for further details.....

Welcome everyone to another season of Summer Baseball....until now our older squad has been made up of Pirates Players but with our kids playing High School Baseball now they now represent their school but during the summer We Bleed Gold & Black!!!

The entire organization would like to welcome the following players back and the new ones welcome to our family.

This Summer The Pirates Organization will have two 16U teams....

1. Sebastian Gomez - SS Pace
2. Carlos Forte - P Hialeah
3. Ernesto Perez - P Hialeah
4. Adrian English - 2B Pace
5. Johnny Mieses - P Everglades
6. Edgar Vargas - P/OF Hialeah
7. Mike Mullins - 1B/DH Pace
8. Jonathan Valdez - OF Pace
9. Danny Sanchez - P McCarthy
10. Alejandro Diaz - 3B Hialeah
11. Rayko Bellmas - P Hialeah
12. Willie Perez - P Hialeah
13. Ralph Ruiz - C/P Hialeah
14. Ruby Almonte - OF Hialeah
15. Chris Garcia - INF/P Pace
16. Pastor Sanchez - P Hialeah
17. Jonathan Tasis - 1B/C Pace
18. Luis Desecada - C/1B Hialeah Middle School
19. Oscar Romero - C/1B Pace
20. Kevin Hernandez - C/OF Mater
21. Frank Bradham - P/OF Pace
22. Hancer Aparicio - 3B Hialeah
23. David Cardenas - INF/OF Hialeah
24. Lazaro Mayor - INF Hialeah
25. Fabian Alvarez - P Hialeah
26. Kris Cardet - DH/1B Hialeah
27. Carlos Torres - P Hialeah
28. Jonathan Davalos - OF Hialeah
29. Gaby Landrove - C Hialeah
30. Jorge Sabatas - P Hialeah
31. Ryan Plasencia - P Pace
 32. Jhonny Mcrea - INF Hialeah
33. Miguel Calderon - P Hialeah
34. Andy Barosso - CF Hialeah Middle School

Keep checking back for some updates on what damage this team is doing around town.....

With the JV Baseball Season over, we welcome back all the old Pirates players and all the new players now joining our Pirate Family.

"With our season over and so much left to do, we now set our sites on continued improvements in all aspect of our game" stated coach Harold. The Summer program will have specific sports training, we are including Speed & Agility, Plyometrics, Core Performance and Conditioning.

The summer program will consist of two-a-days practices in the summer with an extensive Conditioning Program. We're on a mission!!! Stated coach Harold

The summer teams will have players from, Hialeah, Pace, Dade Christian, McCarthy, Mater and American. We will have two squads and we will compete in Super NIT, USSSA World Series, Perfect Game, East Cobb, CABA World Series, USSSA State Championships, and play league games.

This is going to be a great summer!!!!

This past Wednesday’s bullpen session was the best I have seen from the group that showed up - David Martinez, Eddie Vaca, Jeff Rehonic, Javi Toledo, Joel Colon & Johnny Toledo. I especially noticed that everyone was paying attention while waiting for their turn to throw. Sometimes you think that a good day is based on your performance but that is not the case -- Attitude and commitment is the key to success.

Everyone had great mechanics, control and explosion to the plate.  Some of you paid good attention and finally learned how throw the curve. I was extremely ecstatic about that.

I was very upset with the incident that occurred off the field. That really derailed the enthusiasm and fire going on in the bullpen. Let’s hope it does not happen again!!!

Finally, it was a great workout and I applaud the time and effort put in by the group that evening. I hope you take the same concentration and devotion into your games and perform like you know how.

Remember my Motto “DON’T BE AFRAID!!!”

The Pirates rebounded this weekend from a not so stellar performance last week when they dropped a game to the First Place Tigers 9 - 1... Walks & Defensive breakdowns hurt the cause. 

This past weekend the Pirates faced the Boca Bombers traveling north to Boca Raton -- and they split a Double Header beating the Bombers 5 - 2 in the opener and lost the night game 7 - 4 in the last inning.   

In the opening game, the Pirates jumped to an early lead behind some timely hitting. The Pirates offensive was produced by Jeff Rehnoic (2 for 3, 1 RBI); David Martinez (1 for 2, BB & 2 RBI's); Tyler Sanchez (1 for 3 , RBI) and Marky Gutierrez with (3 Stolen Bases & 2 runs scored).    

The 5 runs was all the lead that Winning Pitcher David Martinez would need this afternoon, as he was sharp through 5 innings before giving way to Zachary Gonzalez who got the Save by closing out the 6th inning. David allowed 1 Run on 2 hits, 2BB, with 3K's , kept the Bombers guessing & yielded 11 groundouts.

Defense was mostly solid behind good plays from Johnny Toledo, Tyler Sanchez, Eddie Vaca, Marky Gutierrez...

In Game 2 -- The Pirates once again jump to a quick lead -- with 4 runs in the 1st inning capitalizing on 3 walks, RBI Single by Dennis Stevenson and a FC RBI by Tyler Sanchez.  
However, the Pirates bats went cold with Runners in Scoring Position -- stranding 4 runners and grounding out - on 7 out of the last 10 plate appearances.  

Our Pitching was lead by Jeff Rehnoic who had a Strong outing -- pitching 5 innings giving up 2 unearned runs on 1 hit before turning it over to our Fireballer Closer Dennis Stevenson.  Unfortunately, Dennis ran into some trouble by walking 4 batters on a spotty strike zone.  Lefty Eddie Vaca came with base loaded and retired the two batters he faced getting a grounder and fly out to close out the inning.  The Pirates had a chance to tie the scored in their bottom half of the 6^th - however they could bring them home. 

Overall, the Pirates had an improved and solid performance over the prior week… however; they need to continue to work hard on performing consistently week over week.  Once the Young Pirates are able to put it all together, Hitting, Defense behind solid pitching – they will be on Top week in week out.
Keep up the Hard Work!!!

In case you have not noticed -- the Pirates 13U Pitching Staff has been progressing nicely and developing in to their skin.  “Pirates Pitching Coach Jorge Correa has done a great job on working with our boys and making consistent progress” - said Coach Eddie.  If we look back just to this past spring /summer season -- you can see a 180-degree improvement…

Starters David Martinez, Jeff Rehnoic and Zachary Gonzalez, Tyler Sanchez – are now having solid outings on a consistent basis -- well enough to win games or turning it over to the closers with a lead.

Equally impressive has been the development of our New Starters Lefty Eddie Vaca, Righty Closer Dennis Stevenson.  

Coach Jorge is working on further improving the staff and focusing on developing additional pitchers like: Andre Fernandez, Joel Colon, Javier Toledo, Marky Gutierrez and Anthony Guerra.

The Pirates have a long road ahead in their training to become seasoned pitchers capable of competing and making their High School squad. 

Coach Harold says - "I have every confidence in the world that Coach Correa will get this young team to develop like we did with our older boys -- judging by the results... it all paid off. "

"My only advice to our pitching staff is to remember that like everything else in life - you get out of it what you put in" - stated Coach Eddie. 

For those of you who are not familiar with Coach Jorge Correa... Here is a bit of Background on him and the reason why we where proud to have Coach Correa as part of the Pirates Coaching Staff. 

Jorge Correa started his baseball career at the age of 4 playing for several baseball academies here in Miami. Graduated from Miami Senior High where he played 4 years varsity baseball and got drafted out of high school by the Houston Astros in the 9th round of the 1990 draft.

The 4 years in the Astros organization, He got the opportunity to play on the same team with players that shared their knowledge of baseball like, Kenny Lofton, Darryl Kile, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Richard Hidalgo, and good friend Bob Abreu.

He now shares his knowledge and experience with baseball players of all ages who are willing to dedicate time and effort to improve their baseball skills.

In addition to being the Miami Lakes Pirates Pitching Coach -- he also runs Private instruction which allows him the opportunity to prepare an individuals lesson plan according to their needs and skills level while at the same time build a personal relationship with students and their families.
His wife is a teacher @ Joella Elementary and they have 2 beautiful children.

Team :   We will have a double header against the PPO Bengals on Saturday 10/21.

Game Times:
#1 - 11:00 AM  (be at the field by 10AM sharp)
#2 - 1:30 PM (1 hour Game) Make up from last week
Location:
PPO Park in Pembroke Pines (by Perry Airport) on Pines Blvd
Uniforms:
White Uniforms

Parents and players.. please click on the "headline above" for a direct link to Triple Crown Sports website for complete Tournament Schedule (Adobe Formatt)

Game One
Day/Date: Friday - October 20, 2006
Location: Flager Aux Stadium
Game Time: 9:00am
Arrival Time: 8:00am

Game Two
Day/Date: Friday - October 20, 2006
Location: Flager Aux Stadium
Game Time: 2:00pm
Arrival Time: 1:00pm

Congrats...Freshmen

1. Adrian English - Pace                          8. Kevin Hernandez - Mater Academy   
2. Rey Chirino - Hialeah High                    9. Chris Gutierrez - Columbus
3. Oscar Romero - Pace                         10. Adam Quiles - Mater Academy
4. Sebastian Gomez - Pace                     11. Frank Bradham - Pace
5. David Vazquez - Pace                        12. Nick Castellano - American Heritage
6. Johnny Mieses - Everglades                 13. Carlos Diaz - Miami Springs
7. Johnny Caballero - Dade Christian


Now that we are back in school we will be going back to our school practice schedule. All practice will begin tomorrow - August 15, 2006...Practice time will be 6:30pm-8:30pm.....

Please check back tonight...games will be played this weekend and we will practice Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday

Once again Congrats Freshmen...remember make the best of your High School Years!!!

Coach Harold

Although Kevin Hernandez had to play for his school (Mater Academy) against us this past Saturday, it was great to see how much his hard work this summer is beginning to pay off for him....even though it was against his team "THE PIRATES"

Kevin was great at the plate today against us, he used the entire field during all his at-bats and showed great improvement behind the plate. Kevin has been working out at American High with Rudy Pena and is currently entering his 3rd week.

Danny Sanchez who has been a great asest to this team as a pitcher is beginning to show us that he can also play the field like an all-star and hit like it as well. Danny was brilliant today on the mound and batting. Danny was hitting line drives and was hitting the ball hard. Danny as well is working out with Rudy Pena at American High School.

"Rudy runs the best camp around...this is a true camp" stated Kevin and Danny...2 1/2 hours of hitting, 2 1/2 of conditioning and field work. It's grueling work and only top notch prospects workout at his camp...stated both players.

Danny and Kevin are a prime example that just because it's summer you don't have to just sit back and lounge...their hard work is showing and will shine once High School Fall Ball begins....

Great Job Kevin and Danny....I'm proud of both of you and your dedication....

Coach Harold

Please note that we have received quite a few calls inquiring about the Tryout Dates for the various teams.  We want to advise all that we will be posting the schedule on Friday July 14th.  Our goal is to be complete by August 11th, 2006 - in Preparation for our new season that begins in September. 

We will also hold a Parents meeting following the tryouts to review Team Mission Statement, Player and Parents expectations and commitments.

Thank you,

Coaching Staff
Miami Lakes Pirates Travel Baseball

Players & Parents -

Don't forget to pick up your copies of the Miami Herald & Miami Laker Newspapers!  The 12U Pirates are featured in each... a nice recognition for a job well done at the 2006 Florida Marlin Tournament this past June.

Enjoy!
Coach Eddie

The Pirates 14U team enters the Summer of 2006 ranked 10th in The State of Florida by USSSA Baseball. It's nice to see that all the hard work has paid off. Florida is stacked with 14U travel teams and to recognized as a top 10 team in the State is a great accomplishment. stated coach Harold

Top Ten Teams in Florida 14's

1. Team Mizuno - Orlando, Florida (tie)
1. Tampa Blades - Tampa, Florida (tie)
3. Central Florida Bomb Squad - Orlando, Florida
4. Jacksonville Blackwolves - Jacksonville, Florida
5. Central Florida Indians - Orlando, Florida
6. Montverde Mavericks
7. Broward Canes - Miramar, Florida
8. Miami Titans - Miami, Florida
9. West Florida Young Guns
10. Miami Lakes Pirates - Miami Lakes, Florida

We thank USSSA for recognizing our team/players as a top 10 ten team and we look forward to facing some of the top 9 teams throughout the summer.

The 14U has been what we like to call High School bound training. We played Freshman Baseball in the Spring and now we're playing 16U JV Division. This team is stacked with great players, seven of which have already played JV and/or Varsity.

Congratulations to the entire team and good luck throughout the summer.

With the JV Season well on it's way and with eight games into the season, ...

Monday, May 15

2006 Debbie Helms Award Winner - Athlete of the Year

2006 Athlete of the Year

Danny Sanchez - Homestead Storm Freshman Playoff 2006

12U USSSA Tournament May 12th - 14th
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Cooperstown Tournament

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Player's and Parents Please check out the new photos we have for the 12U Pirates.  There are ...

Wednesday, April 12
14U Kevin Hernandez ends 2006 season at JV
Pirates veteran catcher Kevin Hernandez started the season on the Freshman Team for Mater ...

Wednesday, April 12

14U joins RBI League - 16U JV Division for Summer 2006

The Pirates 14's squad will take another step close to preparing for High School Baseball by joining the RBI League in the JV Division.

It's a big step for these boys but non the less have all the talent in the world to compete at this level. They played above .500 in the Freshman Division therefore making our decision very easy......

Keep checking back for start date and for further information.......

Monday, April 10

12U Miami Lakes Pirates Movie Night - Tuesday Night @ Cobb Theatres Main Street

Who's it gonna be...
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Team - 

It's Movie Night for the Miami Lakes Pirates.  We will be meeting at the Cobb Theatres in Miami Lakes (Main Street).

The Movies Start @ 7:20 PM and is over at 8:45PM.

Please be at the Main ticket booth by 7 PM. 

See you there. 
Coach Eddie

Thursday, April 6

14's Starters End March with 0.33 ERA.....

The 14's pitching staff has done a great job this season, and the last two weeks of March weren't any different. They have done a great job of pitching this season and keeping us in the hunt for the playoffs.

          Starters: Chris Gutierrez
                        Chris Ross
                        Johnny Caballero
                        Danny Sanchez
                        Frank Bradham
                        Francisco Garcia

           Closers: Raymond Chirino
                        Johnny Mieses

The staff pitched well throughout the last weeks of the month of March, posting a 5-1 record and keeping the ERA under 1.00. It's very nice to have the quality of pitchers we have and not to mention having two closers (lefty & righty) that have reached 80 mph on their fastballs.

We have two games left against Braddock High School before the playoffs begin, this is were we need the staff to shine. I'm sure that they will do fine, they are in good shape and are well prepared to compete at the Freshman level......stated coach Harold

Keep checking back....this young staff is out to make some noise......



Thursday, April 6

Defense continues to Shine................

David Vazquez - SS
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Our Defense is something to talk about.........we have the best if not one of the best middle infield around.

With David Vazquez SS, Sebastian Gomez SS & Adrian English 2B, we have one of the best double play combination around. With Sebastian Gomez playing Varsity at Dade Christian the Pirates haven't missed a beat in the middle infield. David is a great shortstop and will make a lot of noise at the High School level....it's not everyday a coach can have two studs at shortstop.....Adrian English has been solid at 2B, his ability to be able to adjust to David and Sebastian who are two totally different players at shortstop has sure been a treat to see.....Adrian, David and Sebastian will make some noise at PACE High School.....

Great job guys.......

Thursday, April 6

Rudy Pena becomes Miami Lakes Pirates Catching Instructor......

Rudy Pena - Catcher

The Pirates are proud to have Rudy Pena training the catchers on our teams. We have three solid catchers on this team all who once again will catch at the High School level.

Rudy Pena a Dominican Baseball player played his minor league career for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and is a local High School coach at American High School. Rudy is already well known in Miami Lakes, he trains many local High School players...Pace, Dade Christian, Hialeah High, American, Heritage and many more.

His knowledge of the game, his experience behind the plate and his knowledge in catching is what makes him a great instructor.

His instructions have already showed, starting catcher Oscar Romero threw out 5 runners in one game after three lessons with Rudy!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Thursday, April 6

Gus Gandarillas becomes Miami Lakes Pirates Baseball Pitching Coach......

The Pirates family are proud to welcome Gus Gandarillas as the pitching coach, we're very happy to have Gus work with our pitchers.....Gus Gandarillas played his baseball career in Miami, played for the University of Miami and pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Gus will bring a lot to this pitching staff, he will be able to get these kids ready for the next step...High School Baseball and 13U Travel.

I feel that every pitcher on this staff will pitch at the High School level, stated coach Harold.

His knowledge of the game and his skills in working with young players will be a great benefit to our staff, we sure are looking forward to the summer.....




Thursday, April 6
Oscar Romero.....Shines behind the Plate
Oscar Romero who will be attending Pace High School is beginning to show what he will ...

Wednesday, April 5

14's 2-0 Over Weekend.........

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The Pirates 14's defeat Miami High & Homestead over the weekend and are preparing for the playoffs that begin April 19th.

The Pirates started the weekend by playing against Miami Freshman on Thursday night, defeating them 7-1. Starter Chris Gutierrez pitched 3 shutout innings, middle reliever Fransico Garcia did his job in the 4th and 5th only giving up 1 run and then Raymond Chirino closed the game. The pitching was outstanding as always......and Raymond was lights out!!!!! 

Saturday the Pirates defeated Homestead 10-6. Starter Johnny Mieses had a no hitter going till the 3rd inning, Johnny did a great job today....we were short on pitching today and Johnny who normally is a closer took the hill to help the team out; then Chris Ross closed the game maintaining the victory.

Offensively we are hitting the ball when we need to....we are getting timely hitting from everyone in the line-up. 1-10 everyone is contributing and that is what makes this team so special.....





Wednesday, February 15
Welcome Pirates 12-Under Team

The Pirates Organization is proud to announce the addition of a ...

Wednesday, February 15

Meet "Pirates" High School Players......

The entire coaching staff and Pirates family would like to congratulate the following players for making their high school baseball squad.

1. Carlos Diaz - CF (JV-Miami Springs)
2. Sebastian Gomez - SS (JV Dade Christian)
3. Johnny Caballero - P (JV Dade Christian)
4. Ralph Cabrerra - 2B (JV Hialeah High)
5. Chris Ross - P (JV Sommerset Academy)
6. Kevin Hernandez - C (Freshman Maeder Academy)
7. Adam quiles - OF/C (Freshman Maeder academy)
8. Oscar Romero - C (Freshman Hialeah High)

I'm extremely proud of these players, every single one of these players has the talent, smarts and maturity to elevate their game to the next level. I'm really looking forward to following their high school career....good luck..Coach Harold

Keep checking back as we will be posting stats and pictures on all these players throughout the high school season.



Saturday, February 18

Pirates defeat Varela High School 4-0

14-under Pirates pitching staff pitched a 2 hit shutout against Varela High School.....The Pirates pass their first test of the season in the Freshman division by defeating Varela High School - Freshman team.

The pitching staff was outstanding tonight....Johnny Caballero went 4 innings, 4 k's, 0 BB, 2 hits with a 48 pitch count. He did a wonderful job of controlling Varela's offense, Johnny has matured into a wonderful pitcher and a young man. Fransico (Franchize) Garcia came in the 5 inning and closed the game out once again going 2 innings, 2 k's, 0 BB, 0 Hits with a 28 pitch count, Fransico has done a wonderful job for us. He has closed three games so far and is 0-0 with 3 saves and an  era of 0.00. With Johnny Caballero, Chris Gutierrez, Chris Ross, Fransico Garcia, and Johnny Mieses we have one of the best 5 man rotation around....Great job tonight pitchers....

Our defense was great tonight once again....we have converted over 24 double plays this season with Sebastian Gomez SS, David (Chiqui) Vazquez SS/3B and Adrian english 2B we have one of the best middle infield around. David and Adrian were great tonight, it's like they have their own language out there i enjoy watching those three playing the middle infield. But our entire infield has to thank our first basemen, with Raymond Chirino and Chris (Gut) Gutierrez at 1B our infielders aren't afraid to throw anything their way. Tonight was no exception....Ray and Gut were outstanding tonight, they did some great picks tonight making the outs every time. As an ex-infielder having a 1B that can scoop anything you throw at them sure makes your life as an infielder a lot easier, Our catchers did a great job of keeping the running game under control, Kevin Hernandez did a great job of blocking balls and with his vocal presence on the field, Johnny Mieses did a great job as well...in the 4th inning with 1 out runner on 1B and a 3-2 count...Johnny Caballero struck out the batter and Johnny Mieses threw a bullet on the attempt steal. His throw was sick, because not only did the hitter step on the plate to obstruct his view but his throw beat the runner by 4 steps.....pretty sick.....with Oscar Romero, Kevin Hernandez, & Johnny Mieses we aren't going to see to many steal attempts......Great job.

Our offense was unusally quiet tonight but you have to give credit were credit is due. The varela coaching staff did a great job of calling great pitches and changed their pitchers 4 times keeping us off balance. But you can't keep us down for that long....in the 4th inning we broke it open with a double from Adrian english with 2 runners on and getting 2 RBI's, Keven Hernandez also doubled tonight with an RBI. We didn't hit our normal long ball tonight but we had timely hitting and great 2 strike hitting we only had 3 k's tonight out of 18 outs....we did enough tonight to get the win, but thats because we played as a team....when our top of the line up isn't hitting our bottom of the line-up picks up.....great job...

Great job guys...i'm proud of everyone on this team, lets keep up the good work and keep working hard...Coach Harold

Sunday, February 19
Pirates News 2003/2004/2005

Past Pirate News can be found on the link above (Pirates News 2003/2004/2005)......read ...

Saturday, February 25
Pirates Win Close One 9-8.....

Pirates defeated Varela High School once again but it ...

Saturday, March 11
Sebastian Gomez 2-3 in Varsit y Debut.....
14U Sabastian Gomez who plays JV at Dade Christian was called up to ...

Saturday, March 11
14U Split with Columbus....

After losing the first game to Columbus 8-0 we knew that we had ...

Saturday, March 11
Raymond Chirino Pitches After Two Year Hiatus.....

Raymond Chirino pitches after two years of layoff, as most of you ...

Tuesday, March 21
Welcome Frank Bradham & Danny Sanchez....

The Pirates Baseball family would like to extend a warm welcome to Frank ...

Tuesday, March 21
Frank Bradham & Danny Shanchez shine against Sunset
In their first game with The Pirat es Frank & Danny played very well and quickly contributed ...

Tuesday, March 21
Pirates Tie One & Win One Against Sunset High.....

The 14U team went to Sunset High School hoping to take both games but instead tied ...

Friday, March 31
Chris Ross Pitches a "No Hitter".....

Pirates pitcher Chris Ross throws a "No Hitter" against Homestead Freshman. Chris ...

Tuesday, June 12

WEATHER UPDATE.... Tuesday June 12th... (See Below)

Due to the Rain and incoming Storms --  ALL GAMES & PRACTICES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR TODAY

Monday, June 18
ALL GAMES AND PRACTICES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED