Shades Mountain Park

Thank you to everyone who participated in this weekend’s used baseball equipment drive! We had many items donated and will be giving those to an inner city baseball program.

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With more than 500 games in seven weeks, baseball season is here! SMP league schedules are posted here, or also on the “Schedules/Results” tab.

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• Rosters for all SMP teams are now posted here (under “Downloadable Files”).
• Clean out your garage and closet and donate your used baseball equipment (cleats, bats, gloves etc.) to a great cause! SMP families are encouraged to bring their gently used baseball equipment and/or apparel to the park this Saturday, March 6th from 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. We will be collecting items that day at the storage building near the front of the park (signage will point the direction) and delivering the donated items to the Greater Birmingham Athletic Association. For more information, contact Kristi Tolbert at 937-0333 or tolberts4@charter.net.
• Please mark your calendar for Pancakes at the Park, Shades Mountain’s big fundraising event for this year. On Saturday, March 20th from 8-10:30 a.m., come and get some homemade pancakes at Baumhower’s Wings at Patton Creek. $5 tickets will soon be on sale through each team’s Team Mom and all SMP players. For more information about this event contact John Parker at 568-8103 or parkerjjj@bellsouth.net.
• Guests no doubt will notice several enhancements and improvements at SMP. A wireless network was recently installed and is up and running and will be a treat for members. The ID is “smp” and the password is “playball”. We hope this is popular and helpful to our families and visitors. Other improvements include newly-painted curbs, improvements to the lighting, shade structures, landscaping improvements, signage improvements and, of course, the best fields in metro Birmingham.
• As always, we encourage our families to visit the SMP website at www.shadesmountainpark.org as all events are posted on the calendar, including several upcoming for Coaches and Team Moms.
  

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Very cold at park today. Urge anyone practicing to use common sense and dress kiddos warmly, or postpone practice.

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The fields at SMP are closed today due to inclement weather. As always the Information/Rainout line is the No. 1 way to get information at SMP,  but of course we try to keep website updated too.

Here are a few notes from last night’s Board meeting:

• Teams, of course, have been formed and are now practicing. Game schedules are being finalized and will be released in the near future.
• Team rosters are posted here (under “Downloadable Files”).
• Response to Dick’s Sporting Goods sale and coaches’ gifts were popular.
• We were notified that some people with older browsers may not have been getting the web posts this month. That problem has been corrected.
• Team Mom meeting was well attended and that group has many responsibilities this Spring. We thank all the moms who have stepped up in this role. Kristi Tolbert is the Park Mom and leads this group. Thank you all for what you do!
• Pancakes at the Park event will be Saturday, March 20th from 8-11 at Baumhower’s Wings at Patton Creek. Tickets are $5 each and families will soon be getting information about this from the Team Moms. Contact John Parker with any questions.
• We will have a “Used Equipment Donation Day” this Saturday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at SMP. You may drop off any used equipment and it will be donated to the Birmingham Police Athletic League. Drop off point is old BBQ hut at front of park below Field #1. There will be a sign to point this out.
• With a record 16 T-ball teams parking will be in demand as never before – please try to park in the lot across Al Seier Road whenever possible.

As always minutes from previous meetings are available here (under “Downloadable Files”).

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We don’t have any hard numbers, but it seems like the sale at Dick’s Sporting Goods this past Saturday was popular. Thanks to everyone who turned out to support that. Special thanks to Carrie Pomeroy, Brandy Marcrum and Donna Crain for volunteering at the event and making it possible for the rest of us to save a few dollars on baseball equipment.

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All leagues who held evaluations have completed those. We thank everyone for the support making those work despite the cold weather. All those registered should hear from a coach in the next week to 10 days as the teams will begin practicing the week of Feb. 22nd.

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Today’s 6 YO evaluations have been canceled and will NOT be made up. Players will hear from a coach late next week and the season will get underway.

All other leagues are still scheduled and any news will be announced on the rainout line at 822-4606.

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SMP parents and coaches should be aware of two upcoming opportunities.

The first is a Spring Break baseball camp at Birmingham-Southern to be held March 15-19. BSC players and staff will lead the camp and participants may attend two Panther games that week. For details or to register, contact Coach Jan Weisberg at jweisber@bsc.edu or 226-4797.

UAB is also inviting SMP teams to attend its games. There are opportunities to join the Blazers on the field. Reservations are required and may be arranged through Coach Josh Hopper at jahopper@uab.edu or 934-5182.

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Here are updates on tonight’s scheduled evaluations.

The 9 YO American evaluations will be held as planned. Details are listed in the calendar on this site.

Due to the cold and wind, the 8 YO evaluations have been canceled for today. This age group will NOT be holding evaluations this year.

The 7 YO evaluations have been moved to Saturday, Feb. 13th from 2-5 p.m. Here is their schedule – last name A-F – 2-3 p.m.; Last name G-N – 3-4 p.m.; Last name P-Z – 4-5 p.m. Please try to come at the assigned time unless you have a conflict with another activity.

At this time the SMP calendar is up-to-date. Any other league changes will be posted as well.

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