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| Apr-9-00 (updated 9:13pm) | Next practice: April 16th at 1:00PM |
The weather pretty much cancelled the last practice, and in case you're wondering, this may be the last practice before the season begins.
BTW, LaRue tells me that Paul will be returning to the team this season after all :) He showed up with Mark Warren for today's snowed-out practice.
| Apr-2-00 (updated 5:01pm) | Next practice: April 9th at 1:00PM, Scrimmage game planned |
BTW, we won the scrimmage with a 10 run, bottom of the 7th rally, 21-20.
| Mar-27-00 (updated 5:48pm) | Next practice: April 2nd at 1:00PM |
And check the this page for updates.
Barry D.
Message to Barry D.: You're email's bouncing again. Do you have a new addy you'd
like to share with us?
| Mar-26-00 (updated 12:00am) | First Practice Today; Site News |
Site Update
The Players Only section
of the site is ready. Enough to start the season anyway. I'll give
you guys usernames and passwords at practice, or you can
email me for it if you want.
| Mar-24-00 (updated 7:47pm) | First Practice is this Sunday, weather permitting; First game is only 26 days away :) |
Personnel Update
We're hopping we can get a few of the people who've emailed me over the winter
to come out and practice with us in the coming weeks. I know I lost a few email addresses,
so please email again if you're still interested.
It's looking like the class I'm taking is going to end early. So with a little luck, I'll be there on opening day :)
| Mar-20-00 (updated 8:29pm) | Spring today |
Thanks Dale, for hosting the meeting.
The Site enhancement project has been coming along pretty well. Unfortunately I have to put off writing any new stuff for a while though, due to other demands on my time. I'll put the finishing touches on what I've got so far, delete the test data, and lock up the private section from public access in a few days.
I think I'm ready to get back on the softball diamond :)
| Mar-7-00 (updated 10:54pm) | Winter Meetings is a Go! |
Site News
I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to respond to links requests I've received over
that last week or so. I'll get to that very shortly.
| Feb-22-00 (updated 10:58pm) | Winter Meetings Rescheduled |
Site News
As some of you know, I am in an e-commerce training program with my
employer, DCI. This will be the cause of my
missing every game in April. Anyway, armed with all my wonderful new skillz, a
dedicated Apache web server running under my basement staircase, and an itch to
use these, I'm going to be making some improvements to this website. Check in
at this new site update page every so often,
because I'll be adding links to a my work-in-progess. Note that I've added this link to
the top of this page, and not the site index page.
| Feb-3-00 (updated 9:27am) | Winter Meetings 2000 date set |
Please let me know if this date is ok.
Cliff Sighting
I got this email from former player/sponsor Cliff S. last week. Cliff, I responded but
it bounced. I'll be calling.
Whats been happenin!! Just cruzin the web it's been quit some time since I stopped by the
old softball page. How's all the boys doing? Are you guys still playing out at Liberty?
As usual every time I stop by this damn page I start getting all mushey about playing again.
e-mail me if you get a chance steel@REMOVETHISPARTwdl.net By the way we moved back to Livonia
I lost your work# give me a buzz if you get a chance to "B.S."
Etc.
Steve Vogel at HardHitters Softball (Denver, Colorado)
sent a message last week that Demarini Sports is now owned by Wilson. 18 to 20 million bucks
was the sale price. Follow this
link for more info...I got a nice message from
Bob over at Texaco Xpress Softball Club that he
thinks that ours is"...one of the top team website that I've seen on the net." We've exchanged links.
He borrowed a few ideas from our site (who hasn't?), but his is one of the best Geocities-hosted
softball sites I've seen in a long time, and I may be borrowing from him in the future...I've cleaned
up the links page this morning, pruning out all the busted URL's.
| Jan-12-00 (updated 8:08pm) | Barry Sighting |
Personnel News
Got another email from a guy named Bernie in Flint. He might
be interested in playing with us. Bernie, unless you're planning on moving
down here, it's gonna be a hell of a commute. Not that it's a problem for
us. Barry D. actually lived in Chicago for some of the time he
played with us.
From Gerry
Thought I'd share this email from Gerry:
Just got the new Direct Sports catalog. Have you seen the new Worth PST
bat? I think that's what some of those "A" boys were using last summer at
Liberty. It looks cool and you can use it down to 45 degrees.
Unfortunately, its $495. Let's see... $50 per man times 10 men...
Winter Meetings 2000
We have nothing planned on this yet, other than the month. February.
You'll probably be getting some definite info on this year's meeting within
a few weeks.
New Liberty Park League
The 2000 season sign-up form from Liberty Park came a few days ago. They've
added a class "E" league this season, for "recreational" teams. To be eligible,
team must have played class "D" and finished under .500. It doesn't mention
anything about class "C" teams that won only 2 games in the '98 season.
| Jan-7-00 (updated 5:19pm) | The new millenium starts January 1st, 2001...why is that so hard to understand? |
Update, 5:15pm
I just received an email from Jeff G. this evening advising that
Mark C.'s dad passed away yesterday. Visitation is tommorow and
Sunday (1/8 and 1/9). Please contact me
for details if you plan on visiting.
Picks
Perhaps it's because I am a season ticket holder, but I am going to predict a major Lions
upset tommorow over the Redskins. Lions by 3, 23-20. I make this prediction based on the
fact that the Lions have been in a month-long downward spiral, have no running game, have never won in Washington, and
are starting the backup QB...and its a playoff game on the road. We all know this is a no-brainer losing
situation. We also know that the Lions lose the games they should win, win the ones they should lose.
No, I'm not putting any money on this :)
Personnel News
For the first time since my knee injury a few years back, I will not be able to play the entire
season. I will be in a web development training program with my employer which meets on tuesdays and
thursdays, until approximately the end of April. Hopefully I will only miss two or three games, but you
never know for sure.
| Dec-18-99 (updated 10:36pm) | Dave will return in '01 (or is that '1?) |
Personnel News
LaRue told me today that Dave visited this page recently and
was agast to find out he's retired from the game. Dave wants the record
set straight. While it is true he did suffer a setback during his rehab,
he will play again. But it won't be until the 2001 season.
| Dec-9-99 (updated 8:32pm) | merry xmas, happy harmonica |
Personnel News
Pat McArthy has moved back. He's living up around Davisburg(sp), and
working in Southfield. I talked to him a few days ago, and he's very interested
in rejoining the team next spring. I hope to make it to his christmas party this saturday and
see him in person. We also have another prospect named John from Waterford. He
contacted us via this webpage and is pretty interested in joining up with us. He plays outfield and
3rd base. Judging by our email correspondences, he sounds like a pretty serious gamer
so hopefully we'll be seeing him this spring. Maybe he and Pat can carpool :)
Team Luncheon
So far we haven't actually had a single one yet. We will definitely have one before
the xmas holiday. Contact me if you are interested.
Barry, Barry
Barry Daniels, where are you? We miss you...contact us soon.
Barry Sanders, bite me. I was obviously wrong about his return this year. But I think I was right when I said the Lions could be a better team without him. With him, we had way too many 3-and-outs...hard to get any momentum that way. But I think the improvement in the Lions this year is more because of all disrespect the remaining players had to endure. They are a team trying to prove the critics wrong.
Anyway, If we can get a couple of home playoff games this year...wow. I paid for my playoff tickets for two games already, and I'm predicting we will have one home playoff game this year.
Covered Cages?
Anyone know of any indoor batting cages in the area, please email me.
Site news
More mutual links with other teams have been added to our Links page. Go look.
| Nov-22-99 (updated 11:17am) | Dave's Done. |
Dinger.com sucks?
These idiots believe that if you entered your email address in demarini.com 3 years ago in order
to enter their free bat giveaway, you have agreed to receive an advertisement on a daily basis from
dinger.com. Despite repeated REMOVE requests, they continue spamming. If you receive this spam from
them tell them I said they can bite me. Assholes. Please don't do business with these spammers.
It only encourages more abuse. Besides, their site is crappy, and all they appear to sell is
outdated bats.
| Nov-11-99 (updated 4:46 pm) | Photos, Winterpage online |
Finally, we're about due for a winter roundtable luncheon pretty soon. These are usually held in a Mexican Town restaurant during the week. Anyone interested? Let's try for Friday, November 19th. Email if interested.
Barry D., where are you?
Dude, do you have a new email address?
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Site News
All of the '99 season pages have been moved to the Archives. Go check it out
if you haven't yet seen the 1999 season Combined Stats page.
I figure I will probably be updating this news page 2 to 3 times per month, until Spring training begins. I'll keep you posted on news as it develops concerning personnel changes, winter time get-togethers (like Winter Meetings 2000, and the somewhat monthly Roundtable Luncheons), player news and announcements. And I'll be posting the 1999 season pictures very soon. I'm picking them up from Mark C. today. I'll also periodically bitch about the Lions, and post your sports predictions.
If I get bored enough this Winter (not too likely, but you never know), I will revamp the site again. It's been a few years since the last time I did that. I'd like to re-scan many of the pictures in the Photo Gallery too, since I now have a flatbed scanner to replace my old hand scanner. Speaking of pictures, I seemed to have permanently misplaced my copies of some 1998 season pictures at taken Liberty Park. I think they were taken by Cathy, but I'm not sure. If anyone has any pictures from that season, let me know. I'll scan and post them, and give them back to you.
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