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Members of the softball community, friends of Del's and of Sorcerer Softball:

As many of your have heard, Del passed away early yesterday afternoon, following a long battle with cancer and other ailments. He was 59.

He is survived by his wife Chris, daughters Tiffany and Shannon, and three grandchildren. We offer his family our thoughts and prayers during their period of loss.

Del was passionate about softball and about helping kids, as he truly enjoyed working with young people. It is no mystery that so many kids responded well to his coaching as they could see that he was genuine in his interest in them as players and individuals and that he truly loved the sport.

As his business partner and friend, I will miss him very much. He was at once intelligent, fun loving, irrascible, caring, stubborn, colorful, supportive, eccentric, generous, lovable and iconoclastic. I don't know that any of us who knew him, played with him, coached with him, or were taught by him will ever again meet anyone else like him.

When I think about our years together at Sorcerer Softball Academy, I admire and appreciate Del for taking the knowledge he possessed that made him an outstanding pitcher, and so effectively passing that on, along with large doses of love for the game, to his hundreds of students. He truly touched the lives of many young people and made our sport much better by his interest and participation.

Phil Mumma

[Ed. Note: Slides from the Memorial Service are available.]

Sorcerer is proud to field a very talented team this summer, including 6 players (Allard, Burns, Gascoigne, Shaw, Tydingco, and Wallace) from last summer's team and all 4 of our highly regarded coaches.

All three seniors (Burns, Moore, Shaw) have signed and seven others have already made verbal commitments to accept softball scholarship offers from top NCAA Division 1 programs.

For details, check out the new player roster page.

Players from the Sorcerer Summer 2008 team live across Northern California and Nevada and are headed to top Division I universities across the United States. Click directly on the pins of the map to see who goes where!

Sorcerer Softball Academy has moved to 1024 Shary Circle #3, Concord CA.

Sorcerer Softball Academy offers private hitting, pitching and position play lessons in our modern, well-equipped indoor facility. They are open Monday through Thursday 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Call 925-671-7529 for weekend hours or for all lesson appointments. Many of their instructors have played and coached the game at the highest tiers of competition. Scores of our students have enjoyed success at the club, high school and collegiate levels, with students even having played on national teams. Lessons are private and individual and are priced at $40 for the half-hour.

Clinics for coaches and players at their site are also offered. They can help you reach the top of your game, just as they have done for so many others. Do you believe in magic?