All Stars

[catcherzmom]

Congradulations To all the All Stars!!!
And Especially To MY Favorite 10 YR old All Star Andrew Gillium!!!!
My Favorite Pitcher Hamburg All Star Nate Wooten!!!!
And my Favorite Catcher for the 7-8 All Stars Gunner O'Fallon!!!!
Good Luck Boys!
And remember we don't play we WIN!

[mdr]

The 9 yr. old allstars suffered an injury today during practice when Jordan Sivils was hit by a baseball in the eye while playing first base. The injury is fairly severe and he has been advised not to play any more baseball at this time. We are uncertain as to whether he will be released to play ball in time for the 9 yr. old tournament on July 7. This is terrible news for Jordan, his family and his team. As manager of the 9yr old team I would ask that those of you who know Jordan or his mother Jennifer or his father Chris that you take a moment to pray for his speedy anc complete recovery.

I know that all of you who play ball or who have children playing ball understand that injuries are part of the game but they are usually mild in nature. Severe injuries are few and far between, this is little consolation when the few and far happens to be one of yours.

Jordan, our thoughts and prayers are with you, we expect you to be back soon and we are looking forward to seeing you playing on your team.


Michael D. Ray
Manager Crossett 9 yr. old allstars

[hogdog]

I talked to Jordan's dad this afternoon and he said they have a appointment in the morning with an eye specialist for a second opinion. Let's just hope they say don't play for a week or so. Jordan is like a son to me and I hate to see him going thru this and I just hope and pray it's not as serious as it sounds

[mdr]

I knwo many of you have been to the games and listened to the kids chanting in the dug outs. They seem to be saying the same thing over and over so at 5:00 this morning with nothing better to do I got up and wrote what I would sing if I were 9 yrs. old and sitting in the dugout with the Crossett 9 yr. old all stars.


SOUND OFF 1, 2,

SOUND OFF 3, 4,

BRING IT ON DOWN

1,2,3,4, 1,2, 3,4

Listen now to what we say

The Crossett Eagles are here to play

I know that we look real small,

But when we play were ten feet tall,

You may think there is no way

That these little guys can even play

But David didn’t look like much

Till Goliath bit the dust

SOUND OFF 1, 2,

SOUND OFF 3, 4,

BRING IT ON DOWN

1,2,3,4, 1,2, 3,4

You may think your big and strong

But you should listen to our song

The walls of Jericho were also tall

Till they took a mighty fall,

We love to run and laugh all day

We love to sing and we love to play

But what we love the most of all

Is when were playing Baseball.

SOUND OFF 1, 2,

SOUND OFF 3, 4,

BRING IT ON DOWN

1,2,3,4, 1,2, 3,4

We like you yes we really do

And we hope you like us to

But we have to win today

Or our coach won’t let us play

You see our coach he is so mean

He will run us till were green

So if you will please pardon us

Were going to pound you into dust

SOUND OFF 1, 2,

SOUND OFF 3, 4,

BRING IT ON DOWN

1,2,3,4, 1,2, 3,4

Now hustle boys and do your best

Cause Crossett Eagles never rest

Our pitcher he is throwing smoke

Now you know were not a joke

And our defense is the best

Better than all the rest

And we can really hit the ball,

Better back your boys up to the wall,

Now my song it is all done

And the Ball Game we have won

The Crossett 9’s can not wait

Cause we are going to win State.


mdr

(p.s. this is what happens when i have to much time on my hands and any way you look at it, this sure beats "Pitchers' got a wedgieee, go wedgiee go wedgiee go." Which frankly I have heard way to much lately. )

[Outlaw85]

For those interested the 10's will be in action in the Ouachita County Boys and Girls Club Pre All Star Classic this Saturday. If you are in the area drop by and cheer us on.

[hogdog]

hogdog said:

I talked to Jordan's dad this afternoon and he said they have a appointment in the morning with an eye specialist for a second opinion. Let's just hope they say don't play for a week or so. Jordan is like a son to me and I hate to see him going thru this and I just hope and pray it's not as serious as it sounds

after getting a second opinion today the Dr. said that Jordan might be able to play in a week or so. That sure was good news to hear

[mom]

I hope he is ok and does well, what actually happened to him?

[mom]

How did all the teams do this weekend as I know several of them played in various tournaments?

[Outlaw85]

The 9's finished 2nd in Monticello and the 10's finished 3rd in Camden.

[mdr]

In reply to the question what happend to Jordan Sivils, he was playing 1st base. A ball was hit sharply to the 2nd baseman, Drewby Ray who threw it to first. The throw went right by Jordan's glove and struck him directly below the right eye. The impact caused bleeding around the lower portion of the eye, blurred vision and substantial pain. Jordan was examined by two eye physicians and is supposed to have an appointment today to see about his progress. We are all hopefull that it will be a good report. According to the coaches on the field the throw was from about 20 feet and was not a "hard" throw, but the point of impact was right at or below the eye. The bleeding around the eye has stopped and we think that there will be no vision loss as a result. Last year Jordan took a blow to the same eye while playing as an 8 yr. old all star that resulted in 5 stitches.

As for the 9 yr. olds, they played 5 games in Monticello beating Star City on Friday with a rally in the 5th inning to come from behind. They then beat Hamburg and Bryant on Saturday. Rain delayed the games Sunday causing the 9's to have to play back to back games, first against a very good Monticello Team which we won 4-2 in the 6th inning and then with Pine Bluff Seabrook. It is notable that no one, not even the Seabrook coaches questioned the issue that Crossett had the better ball club. However Seabrook had a very long rest in between the games and we did not and after jumping out to an 8-0 lead in the second inning a series of errors caused largely by fatigue broke the game open. The boys played their hearts out, never quit and we are very proud of them for a hard won 2nd place finish.

mdr