Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Schedule correction: flip a coin for home and visiting teams

The HGRA game scheduler was supposed to randomly assign us to be home and visiting team status, but it didn't work.

So Commissioner Dennis has asked that we go back to flipping a coin at the start of games.

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Practice tonight and weather

Stormy weather, but unless there's a lightning issue we'll have practice tonight. Be sure to wear a cap and a rain jacket.

Coach Marty won't be able to attend tonight so it would be good to get extra help.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Coach clinic Thursday, Pitching Clinic Monday

There's a coach clinic Thurs:

HGRA Baseball Clinic will be held this Thursday, April 30, from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the new Macalester College Fieldhouse on snelling Ave. Enter from the west side of the building - I will be there to direct you to the clinic.

And a pitching clinic for all players Monday 6:30 pm at Expo.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Bees for 2009

We're the Bees this year, and Paul Meekin joins Marty and I on the coaches bench. HGRA has a new web site, we're still learning how it will work.

The site and most links are reasonably current. The calendar (Google, so shareable!) has been updated based on our practice and game schedules.

Our practices are Tuesdays at 7pm and games are Thursdays at 6:30pm. The first game is May 14th.

Our first practice is Tuesday April 28 at Aldine Park, 1717 Iglehart Ave, St Paul, MN 55104.

Our blog is at http://hgrabaseball.blogspot.com. Please also read our Welcome to the Bees page.

The links on the left side include our calendar; an agenda version is also shown. If you use electronic calendaring you can subscribe to the calendar using this link; if you use Google Calendar the button beneath the agenda view will add the calendar to your Google account.

See you at the practice!

Coach Marty Marrone
Coach John Faughnan 651-336-5548 or jfaughnan@gmail.com.
Coach Paul Meekin

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Rice and Arlington Batting Cages

Tim and I have visited the recently refurbished City of St. Paul, MN Rice and Arlington Batting Cages, see also www.rabattingcages.com. The address is 1500 Rice Street, Saint Paul 55117, Phone (651) 558-2255.

Hours are on the web site, 12-8 Mon-Thur and 12-8 Fri (varies). Sat is 10-6 and Sun 11:30-5:30. There's abundant parking.

There are four cages, adjustable from 40 to 70 mph. One is softball-only, the others can be softball or baseball. One cage can be reserved for $22/30 min or $43 for an hour; you need to reserve over 24 hrs in advance. Cage reservation is suited to groups.

Other cages are open to all. The lines can be very long at peak times, but things are quiet from 12-4. In my limited experience you don't want to arrive after 6:30 pm.

Tokens cost $7 for 5, $1 apiece with a St Paul School photo ID (Jan-Jun). You can get a bit of a discount with a 22 round card.