Tigers

As you know, March 16 is our team and individual picture day. It will be at Mishcon Field again this year, starting at 1:00 p.m. Here is the schedule. Please confirm this time with your coach, to make sure he hasn't made any changes.

Time of Photo (Please be at park 15 minutes prior to this time)	Teams
1:00 p.m.	Orioles and Indians
1:20	Angels and Astros
1:40	Athletics and Red Sox
2:00	Rockies and Yankees
2:20	Cubs and Phillies
2:40	Braves and Cardinals
3:00	Tigers and Giants
3:20	Devil Rays and Mets
3:40	White Sox and Mariners
4:00	Diamondbacks and Dodgers
4:20	Marlins and Reds
4:40	Pirates and Rangers
5:00	Twins

Everyone knows that the Marlins and Orioles are about to start spring training, and the Hurricanes are underway with their regular season. What not many people (north of Flagler, anyway) know is that for the next month, there will be a whole lot of cheap college baseball going on in the Papa John's Challenge at Homestead. There will be 81 teams from over 20 states participating, and every Friday, kids in uniform get in free!! Can't do better than that!! Click here for more information.

As we did last year, we will be attending the Marlins game honoring youth baseball. This year, the first of three such games will be on Sunday, April 13, against the arch-rival Atlanta Braves. (The other two are Sunday, June 1, 2003 against the Reds; and Sunday, June 8, 2003 against the World Champion Angels.) Game time is at 1, but you should be there for the pregame parade in uniform at noon. In addition, the first 7,500 kids there will get a Luis Castillo bat! Managers should be collecting ticket orders and money. Tickets are $7.50 each. They need to get their orders and money in to Board Member Hans Ottinot no later than Friday, March 24.

The Southern Region of Little League will be holding its Umpire School on April 9 – 13, 2003 at Southern Region Headquarters, 658 58th St. South, Gulfport, FL 33707. The complete brochure can be downloaded in the handout below. Call 727.344.2661 or email southregion@littleleague.org if you have other questions.

For the first time in a long, long time, our Minors teams will be playing another league this year. The games will start in late March. Each of our five teams will play the Ives Estates Thunder twice, once here, once there. This will be fun for both sides, and help them get tournament-ready, too! Check out the revised Minors schedule now! (The Majors Interleague schedule will be finished later this week.)