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PGLL ALUMNI UPDATE

Nathan Fretz and Matt Wehr both are current players on the Pottsgrove Jr. & Sr. Legion teams. They were selected to represent the Berkshire Baseball 15u All Star Team on July 8 at the Reading Phillies Stadium.

The game was against Jeff Potter's 15u All Star Team that is traveling to 14 different cities over the month of July. The game was played with wood bat.
Both teams will be hosting a clinic and a car wash on July 9 in Reading.

Jeff Potter wrote the book "What Ever Happened to Baseball" and will be at the game to get his message out - How He Plans to Save Baseball.

The following is some information on the tour.

Potter Baseball Tour

Every once in a while, every blue moon, an idea comes around that when you hear it, you wonder why it hasn’t been done before. It just seems so natural, so fun, and so right.

Every once in a while, we all just shake our heads and wonder how we could all miss the obvious, the thing that is right in front of our eyes, the proverbial “can’t see the forest through the trees”.

It’s time for all of us to take that step back, and look from a distance.

For the first time, perhaps ever, look at the game of baseball the way it was meant to be played. Put down the jugs gun and the metal bats; replace them with inspiration and motivation. Instead of coaches calling the pitches, have them enjoy watching the players figure out what pitch to throw. Instead of coaches being the main attraction on the field, let them be in the shadow, allowing the game to be played like it should be played; by the players.

It’s time for the coaches to be men of character, discipline, and respect, without the ego.

It’s time for the parents to understand that the game of baseball isn’t life or death.

It’s having fun, winning, and getting better…all rolled into one. It’s asking your kid what he wants, rather than convincing the child of what you want.

It’s time for the players to play for nothing more than personal satisfaction, personal development, and a huge dose of fun.

July of 2010 is going to bring us an event that will take all of us back in time, “back in the day”, when life was fun and innocent. We will leave our jobs and lives and bills and problems for a few hours, and go down to that local ball field and watch a bunch of kids have more fun than we ever imagined. And while observing this, we may also be taken back to our childhood, back to never, never land, where we all were safe and secure and could dream…..

Everyone, enjoy the process.

Enjoy the ride.

Enjoy the Potter Baseball Tour…..

It is baseball the way it should be.

It is baseball the way it could be.

It is baseball the right way.

It’s all good.

For more information please check out his website.

www.potterbaseball.com

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-Photo courtesy of Kelly Magyar

Vice-Pres. Greg Biagini accepts a $1000.00 check from The Allstate Foundation - Agency Hands in the Community Grant
on behalf of Pottsgrove Little League at All-Star Day festivities on May 22, 2010. On hand to present the check
was local Allstate Agent & PGLL parent Al Leach, his son - Kyle, along with Screwball from the Reading Phillies.
PGLL would also like to thank Al and his agency for supplying the beverages for the snack bar for the day.