COACHES STRESS EXPERIENCE, NOT WINNING; CANYON COUNTRY LITTLE LEAGUE SET TO START SEASON.Byline: Rizza Yap Daily News Staff Writer Sheldon Wigdor remembers when he played Little League baseball. He remembers the camaraderie ca·ma·ra·der·ie n. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship. [French, from camarade, comrade, from Old French, roommate; see comrade. in the dugouts, the teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. on the field, pushing coaches in the swimming pool at parties. He even remembers getting a couple of good hits, like his first home run. What he doesn't remember are the win-loss records. As a major division (for ages 11 and 12) manager in the Canyon Country Little League this year, Wigdor said he'd like his players to cherish the same kind of memories. ``Our objective is not to make professional players, our objective is to have kids learn how to win well, lose well and work as a team,'' Wigdor said. ``When they learn about the sport, they learn about life.'' Wigdor, like five other major coaches in the Canyon Country Little League's east and west divisions, is now preparing for the 1998 season, scheduled to kick off on March 7. With luck, the day will welcome sunny skies instead of showers, which have forced teams to cancel a few practices in recent weeks. League president Steve White said his board expects about three to four rainouts during the season, and Saturday games may be rescheduled for the following Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. . ``The rain right now has made it difficult to do anything,'' Mariners coach Jason Conn said. ``All the practice fields have been sloshy and muddy, and they're still going to be muddy for weeks. It'll be hard to pick up ground balls. ``But everybody's going to have that disadvantage. I told my kids that whoever practices most (on their own) is the team that will start off best.'' This year's group is composed of six teams, with the Angels, Indians INDIANS. The aborigines of this country are so called. 2. In general, Indians have no political rights in the United States; they cannot vote at the general elections for officers, nor hold office. and Mariners in the west division and the Braves, Cardinals and Dodgers competing in the east. Last season the Angels and the Cardinals met in the final game of the District 40 Tournament of Champions, defeating teams from Woodland Hills and Reseda along the way. It was the first time two squads from Canyon Country competed for the tourney's championship, and the Angels took home the title with a 3-1 victory. ``It was quite a feat for our league,'' said Greg Britton, assistant coach for the Angels. ``I think we got a crop of guys who were really talented. Now we're still good, still competitive. Most of the kids now play in year-round baseball and have played in five tournaments (by the time they start Little League).'' White said the level of competition in the league may have risen due to a change made three years ago, when three-year age brackets brackets: see punctuation. were decreased to two years, and the division was split into major and triple-A. Each major team is allowed to field 12 players and is scheduled to play 20 games this season. Now a look at the teams and coaches' perspectives: Angels: Having four returners from last year's TOC-winning squad will help strengthen this year's team, Britton said. Rex Ives, an All-American from Cal State Fullerton, will serve his second year as manager. Braves: Wigdor anticipates problems with the weather. ``Last year we didn't lose one game to rain. This year we expect to miss most of March, so pitching and hitting is not going to be nearly as sharp in the beginning,'' he said. Cardinals: Manager Steve Robinson This article is about the Welsh former professional boxer. For the NASA astronaut, see Stephen Robinson. For other persons of the same name, see Robinson. Steve Robinson (born Cardiff) is a Welsh former professional boxer. looks forward to a challenging season by welcoming two left-handed left-handed adj. Using the left hand more skillfully or easily than the right. pitchers in Alex Rome and Jessie Mulloy, and a third pitcher in Kevin Felan, who missed the last half of the season last year due to a broken arm. Dodgers: Chemistry is a key ingredient in manager Curt Reynold's team this year. Reynolds said many of his players have worked together previously on other teams and already mix together well. Indians: Manager Rick Gschwender is excited about versatile players and Bryce Warr, a transfer from the Palmdale Pony League The Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League, also known as the PONY League, was a Class D minor league baseball circuit that played from 1939 through 1956. The forerunner of the modern Class A New York - Penn League, the PONY served as the first professional baseball address of , where he was an All-Star player. Mariners: Conn, who has been coaching Little League for six years, said he particularly enjoys working with 11- and 12-year-olds since ``everybody's just a little bit more solid at their position,'' he said. ``They also watch baseball more and see what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. and what they can do.'' CANYON COUNTRY LITTLE LEAGUE MAJOR DIVISION PLAYERS TO WATCH WEST LEAGUE Name Pos. Team Luke Amble amble a slower, non-racing version of pace gait in horses. broken amble has many characteristics of the amble but there are four beats to the gait with each foot contacting the ground independently. Called also single-foot. UT Mariners Timmy Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic 1B/P Mariners C.J. Bowie Bowie (b  `ē), city (1990 pop. 37,589), Prince Georges co., W central Md.; inc. 1916. It is mainly a residential community. Points of interest include the Woodward Mansion (c. CF Mariners
Buch Britton IF/P/SS Angels Jared Clark P/SS Angels Darrin Conn SS Mariners Chris Gschwender P Indians Andrew Herrera OF Angels Stephen Mercier UT Indians Chris Pigati P Mariners Chachi Spann C Indians Matt Thibedeau OF/1B Angels Bryce Warr UT Indians EAST LEAGUE Name Pos. Team Casey Beckett SS/P Dodgers Tomas Campuzano C Dodgers Jason Fields CF Cardinals Devon Gibbs P Dodgers Brandon Johnson Brandon Johnson (born May 5, 1983) is an American football player who currently is a free agent. On September 12, 2007 the Cardinals released him. On September 18, 2007 they re-signed him. P/SS Braves Griffin Ledner 2B Dodgers Brice Mayer C Cardinals Chris Poczik SS Cardinals Mike Reynolds For Hon Mike Reynolds MP, Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, see Mike Reynolds (politician). Michael Lee Reynolds (1930-) is a voice actor who is also known as Mike L. Reynolds, Peter Brooks, Hank Smith, and Ray Michaels. 3B/P Dodgers Matt Robinson For other persons named Matt Robinson, see Matt Robinson (disambiguation). Matthew Thomas "Matt" Robinson, Jr. (January 1, 1937 – August 5, 2002) was an American actor. 1B Cardinals Buddy Simmons C Braves Brian Vannia P/3B Braves Chris Weinrich P/1B Braves Jason Weinstein SS/2B Braves Jared White 2B Cardinals CAPTION(S): Box BOX: CANYON COUNTRY LITTLE LEAGUE MAJOR DIVISION PLAYERS TO WATCH (see text) |
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