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MBLL also extends free Saturday clinics to mid-February.

MBLL and Anaheim’s renowned Mark Cresse School of Baseball will host a Feb 16 preseason mini-camp for participants in the MBLL spring league, California League and above. The camp is free, courtesy of MBLL, but space is limited to 300 players (the league has nearly 1,800) so sign up now.

Cresse (www.markcresse.com) prides itself on personal attention, so sessions will be age-specific and run at the following times:

Ages 7 & 8- 12:00 to 1:20

Ages 9 & 10- 1:30 to 2:50

Ages 11 & 12- 3:00 to 4:20

MBLL and Cresse School will likewise conduct Managers and Coaches Training the same morning, ensuring greater consistency leaguewide. MBLL will reserve spots for all California League-and-above Managers, and assign remaining spots to Coaches as space permits.

Parents interested in registering their Cal-and-above sons for the Cresse Mini-Camp should immediately email thomastyrer@hotmail.com with their son's name and age division. Please mark the email "Cresse Camp." You will be notified by email with your son’s confirmation and further details on the mini-camp program.

Second, based on tremendous demand, MBLL is expanding this Saturday's free clinics at Begg South field in baseball fitness and coordination, pitching, catcher's skills and hitting to Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb. 9 and possibly beyond. The simultaneous, hour-long clinics run from 10-2, and feature some of the area's top personal trainers, all of whom have professional baseball experience.

Any parents interested in signing up their son(s) of Cal-age or higher for any or all of the 1) fitness and coordination, 2) pitching, 3) hitting, and 4) catcher's skills on Jan 26, Feb 2 or Feb. 9 should again email thomastyrer@hotmail.com, noting your son's name, league (Cal, Coast, etc) and the clinics he would hope to attend. Registration is first-come, first-served, and initial clinics for Jan 19 “sold out” within two days. Please title emails "Baseball Clinics" and the date requested to expedite the process.

**Send all questions and sign-up requests to thomastyrer@hotmail.com with subject "Baseball Clinics - date xx/xx/08" indicating the date you are requesting. If you do not get a confirmation email from Tom within a day, then send your request again.**

Watch for more exciting news about upcoming MBLL events, including this July's MBLL Summer Baseball Camp program, on www.mbll.org.