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South Bay Sharks Club Baseball
Mike Debelak
310-530-2130
5417 Halison Street
Torrance, California
90503
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Who's On First by Abbott and Costello
END OF THE ROAD !!!!!!
Welcome To The South Bay Sharks Website
This is the South Bay Sharks Club Baseball Page for the 14 and under travel baseball ball team. The South Bay Sharks baseball organization is one that prides itself on development, integrity, respect, effort, teamwork, and sportsmanship. While baseball is the vehicle, lessons to prepare our young people for real life is the focus. Winning is important, but not the only thing. Family, School, and then Baseball is the order we ask our players to set their priorities. Players are now beginning to deal with adversity. Playing time is not mandatory. They are seeing that there are a lot of good players not only on their own team, but on the opposition as well. They must learn that life is not always fair, and whatever they do at this level must be worked hard for and earned. Nothing will be handed to you. Baseball is not an easy game to play. This is the age where the tough get tougher. This is also the age where we have seen many others move on to other sports, interests or hobbies. Further we hope the organization helps the team members compete at a higher level of baseball. We try to teach techniques and philosophies that are taught at the high school and college level. The real teaching and learning takes place at practice. Game time, is time to put what we've learned to the test. By the time our young men reach high school they should have all the basic tools, and some intermediate tools, know the required work ethic, and have already known success as well as disappointment. This will enable them to better participate on the team athletically and understand the academic requirements. Lastly, the Sharks are about learning new things, giving 100%, hustling, making new friends, becoming good people, and having fun learning and playing a great game...baseball. Mike Debelak manages the 14 and under team. Mike has been part of the Sharks organization for 5 years. Mike has previously coached at all levels of High School baseball, and is an umpire instructor as well.
14U Sharks Coaching Staff:
Mike Debelak: Manager, 3rd base & Outfield
Sam Elliott: Pitching Coach
Steve Williams: Tracking Opponents Stats
Coach Dave Ritchie
Coach Jeff Chambers
The players are:
3 - Steven Rodriguez
8 - Eric Debelak
9 - Zack Williams
11 - Ben Horvat
12 - Matt Chambers
16 - David Ritchie
17 - Shaun Profeta
21 - Drake Munoz
22 - Nick Alarcon
25 - Jack Francis
45 - Cody Elliott
Former Sharks that have moved on and are playing High School Baseball:
Vance Albitz - South Torrance High School
Eric Neafke - South Torrance High School
Paul McDonald - South Torrance High School
Michael Debelak - Bishop Montgomery High School
Todd Ritchie - West Torrance High School
James Haas - West Torrance High School
Danny Torres - West Torrance High School
Kyle Quintero - West Torrance High School
Cory Smith - West Torrance High School
Aaron Bensoua - West Torrance High School
Simon Hoffmann - West Torrance High School
BJ Bensoua - West Torrance High School
John Kapu - West Torrance High School
David Ritchie - West Torrance High School**
Matt Chambers - West Torrance High School**
Ryan Wheeler - Torrance High School
Jesse Dominguez - Torrance High School
Ray Laranjo - Torrance High School
Anthony Rock - Banning High School
Todd Christensen - Redondo High School
Sean Denhart - Redondo High School
Tim St. Augustine - Torrance High School
Shaun Profeta - Peninsula High School **
Marc Oslund - West High School Incoming Freshman
Mason Morioka - West High Incoming Freshman
* * = Still active Shark players when High School seasons end.
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SHARKS TAKE 2ND PLACE IN 14U MAJOR USSSA STATE TOURNAMENT LOST TO NO FEAR 6-5 IN FINALS
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby, Hall of Famer
Probability Of Playing
Probability Of Playing College and Professional Baseball
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Here's another "making it to college baseball and the pros" probability table that I found while going through some information from the NCAA. These make good food for thought when you have a student-athlete that is more interested in sports than in the classroom.
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Less than three in 50, or about 5.6 percent, of high school senior boys interscholastic baseball players will go on to play men's baseball at a NCAA member institution.
Less than eleven in 100, or about 10.5 percent, of NCAA senior male baseball players will get drafted by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team.
Approximately one in 200, or approximately 0.5 percent of high school senior boys playing interscholastic baseball will eventually be drafted by an MLB team.
Student-Athletes Basketball Football Baseball Ice Hockey "S" Word
High School Athletes 549,000 983,600 455,300 29,900 321,400
High School Senior 157,000 281,000 130,100 8,500 91,800
NCAA Athletes 15,700 56,500 25,700 3,700 18,200
NCAA Freshman Athletes 4,500 16,200 7,300 1,100 5,200
NCAA Senior Athletes 3,500 12,600 5,700 800 4,100
NCAA Athletes Drafted 44 250 600 33 76
High School to NCAA 2.9% 5.8% 5.6% 12.9% 5.7%
NCAA to Professional 1.3% 2.0% 10.5% 4.1% 1.9%
High School to Pro 0.03% 0.09% .5% .4% 0%
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The 10 Commandments Of Baseball
1. Nobody ever became a player by walking after the ball.
2. You will never become a .300 hitter unless you take the bat off your shoulder.
3. If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.
4. Keep your head up and you will not have to keep it down.
5. When you start to slide, slide! He who changes his mind may have to change a good leg for a bad one.
6. Do not alibi on bad hops. Anyone can field the good ones.
7. Always run them out. You can never tell.
8. Never quit.
9. Do not find too much fault with the umpires. You cannot expect them to be perfect.
10. A pitcher who hasn't got control, hasn't got anything.
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