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02-26-08, 08:54 AM
Post 51 to keep playing baseball
By Steve Winzenread
swinzenread@independenttribune.com
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
CONCORD - Plans are under way to continue to field a Post 51 American Legion baseball team.
Tim Furr is heading up a group that met Sunday night to discuss what needs to be done.
“We just want to get the word out to the community that it’s a go,” Furr said. “The entry fee has been paid. We’re in the process now of soliciting money and getting as many people involved as possible.”
Ronnie Bost returns as head coach of the team, which would play home games at Central Cabarrus High School again this season.
Corporate donors are being sought for program advertisements.
Also welcome are organizations or individuals willing to volunteer staffing help for games.
Those interested are asked to contact Furr at (980) 521-8828, Tony Freeze, (704) 467-3382 or Robin Swaringen, (704) 786-0307.
The Post 51 team has been in existence since 1948. It’s a member of Area III Southern Division.
Officials announced late last year that replacements to run the team were needed because of the advancing age of those who had been keeping the program going.
Post 51 started a Junior Legion team for the first time last May, joining the Senior team that has existed for decades.
Continued sponsorship of the Junior team has not yet been decided.
Bost said it is desirable to involve players in Legion ball as early as possible.
“If we can get hold of them early and get them in here, that’s the biggest thing,” he said.
Statistics were cited as of 2005, stating that 80 percent of all college baseball players and 52 percent of major league players participated in American Legion baseball. “In Legion, you’re in a conference, you’re doing the little things, hit-and-run, moving the base runners, the positive things like that,” Bost said, talking about some of the benefits of the program.
By Steve Winzenread
swinzenread@independenttribune.com
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
CONCORD - Plans are under way to continue to field a Post 51 American Legion baseball team.
Tim Furr is heading up a group that met Sunday night to discuss what needs to be done.
“We just want to get the word out to the community that it’s a go,” Furr said. “The entry fee has been paid. We’re in the process now of soliciting money and getting as many people involved as possible.”
Ronnie Bost returns as head coach of the team, which would play home games at Central Cabarrus High School again this season.
Corporate donors are being sought for program advertisements.
Also welcome are organizations or individuals willing to volunteer staffing help for games.
Those interested are asked to contact Furr at (980) 521-8828, Tony Freeze, (704) 467-3382 or Robin Swaringen, (704) 786-0307.
The Post 51 team has been in existence since 1948. It’s a member of Area III Southern Division.
Officials announced late last year that replacements to run the team were needed because of the advancing age of those who had been keeping the program going.
Post 51 started a Junior Legion team for the first time last May, joining the Senior team that has existed for decades.
Continued sponsorship of the Junior team has not yet been decided.
Bost said it is desirable to involve players in Legion ball as early as possible.
“If we can get hold of them early and get them in here, that’s the biggest thing,” he said.
Statistics were cited as of 2005, stating that 80 percent of all college baseball players and 52 percent of major league players participated in American Legion baseball. “In Legion, you’re in a conference, you’re doing the little things, hit-and-run, moving the base runners, the positive things like that,” Bost said, talking about some of the benefits of the program.