Baseball

Last year the Bobcats of Our Lady of Mercy completed their first winning season in its ten year history and this season they are starting right where they left off.

All-Star Baseball and Softball is having a free demo bat day. That’s right the 2013 models have come in and you can swing them against the pitching simulators for no charge. Come to the cages Saturday, Dec, 8 from 12-5 p.m. and see which bat has the most pop in 2013. Discounts on all bats available this day only. All-Star Baseball and Softball is located at 135 Huddleston Road in Peachtree City. Phone 770-631-3303 or visit virtualcages.com

Hit-N-Run Batting Cages is proud to announce that it will host its first Travel Baseball Team.  The team will be a 13-yr-old team that will be coached by coach Leon Butts and professional MLB Scout Lary Aaron. Coach Tim will facilitate the classroom curriculum, as well as cage instructions.  The fall instructional session is the beginning of a team that will continue through next spring.

Whitewater High School Baseball standout, Hunter Bening, was recently selected for the 2012 Major League Baseball East Coast Pro Showcase in Syracuse, NY on August 1 - 4.

The PTB Gamecocks won the 13U USSSA Final Four Georgia State Championship in Hampton, Ga. last weekend. In the front row are Max Geiger, Christophe Senghor, Duncan Farrell and Cole Pfaffman. In the middle row are Tyler Nigro, Jack Moore, Jacob Cole, Matt Hill,  Ben Stewart and Kurtis Austin. In the back row are Coach Marvin Hill, Coach Sitor Senghor, Manager Jason Cole and Coach John Moore.

June 17 was a special day for District 4 Big League.  Besides being Father’s Day, it was the last day of the spring season for the teams. Those 18 year olds who are graduating out of the program were given graduation certificates and the teams all received Apples Pies, a long-standing tradition in the program. And, the league officially retired the name “T-Ratts” from their program.