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Greater Charlotte Area Hot Stove League Banquet Baseball/Softball

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  1. SouthCharlotteSports

    SouthCharlotteSports Full Access Member

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    Some very important information on award nomination deadlines, tickets and more.




    I wanted to take a couple of moments to send a reminder about some of the key aspects of the 1st Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner, a preseason banquet to celebrate the success of youth baseball and softball in the community. In case you aren’t aware, the first ever Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner will be held January 26, 2008 and our keynote speaker will be Grady Little, former Manager of the Los Angeles Dodger and Boston Red Sox. Many other current and former professional baseball players will be in attendance, including local rising stars David Mailman and Ryan Morris. For full information on the event and to reserve your seat, please visit www.hotstovedinner.com


    Deadline Reminders:

    All of our awards have a nomination deadline of December 31st. In order for a player to be considered for each award, the Nomination must be made no later than December 31st. The following awards will be made during the banquet.


    Youth Softball Player of the Year
    Youth Baseball Player of the Year
    High School Softball Player of the Year
    High School Baseball Player of the Year

    For more information on the nomination process, please visit www.hotstovedinner.com and click on the Award Nomination Forms Link.

    Two of these awards remain open for sponsorship. Sponsorship includes naming rights to the award (Company XYZ High School Baseball Player of the Year) and includes 2 tickets to the Hot Stove Dinner as well as recognition as the presenting sponsor. Cost is $500 to sponsor an award.


    Baseball/Softball Essay Contest:

    For those parents with children that enjoy writing, we are also holding an Essay Contest with US Savings Bonds as prizes. Those rules are also available at www.hotstovedinner .com

    The deadline for the Essay Contest is also December 31st.

    The Essay Contest is open for sponsorship and includes naming rights to the contest and includes 2 tickets to the Hot Stove Dinner as well as recognition as the presenting sponsor. Cost is $700 to sponsor the Essay Contest


    Banquet Tickets:

    We have sold over 60% of the available seats for the 1st Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner. Tickets may be purchased online at www.hotstovedinner.com
    Don’t wait until it’s too late to secure your seat for this premiere event.


    Auction Items

    We will also host a silent auction as part of the evening’s festivities. We hope to have well over 100 items from the sports and entertainment world as well as from local companies. We have on hand some very exciting items from major league baseball including signed jerseys, baseballs, prints, and hats. We also have items from Adam Sandler and other entertainment icons. If you have a product or items you would like to donate to our auction, please let me know. Our silent auction will help to raise funds to begin a baseball and softball program for physically challenged children through The Miracle League.



    For those of you that coach teams or are involved with large groups of baseball and softball players and families, please be kind enough to pass this email on. Thanks for your support.


    Thanks for your time, and we hope to see many of you on January 26th.


    Thanks


    Tripp Roakes
    Publisher
    South Charlotte Sports Report
     
  2. cheeze105

    cheeze105 Moderator Staff Member

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    Anyone know anything about this????
     
  3. SouthCharlotteSports

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    For more information

    Please visit www.hotstovedinner.com

    The event is being organized by The South Charlotte Sports Report, the youth sports newspaper. (southcharlottesports.com)

    I will also be glad to answer any questions

    Shaping up to be a super event we believe.
     
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    Raleigh has one...

    Raleigh hosts a hot stove league dinner ever year, about the same time...
    but they only acknowledge baseball.

    It is one of the oldest in the country

    I have been trying to get them to also acknowledge the softball side.

    They present the following awards

    HS player of the year
    College player of the year
    plus 3-4 awards on the professional side.

    Grady spoke in Raleigh 2 years ago..
    Other folks have included Jack McKeon,
    Trot Nixon, Ted Williams, Will Stargell,
    Catfish Hunter..

    This would be a good thing....
    wish Raleigh would promote the softball side also
     
  5. cheeze105

    cheeze105 Moderator Staff Member

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    thanks coach, great info.
     
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    South Charlotte Sports Report

    The newspaper is awesome. My daughter delivers the paper and softball is receiving a lot of press. Tripp does great work and I hope everyone supports the publication.

    It is nice to see positive communication in the media about the youth and the various sports.
     
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    question

    is this a "for profit organization" or non profit???
     
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    NO $$$

    The one in Raleigh is non profit....
     
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    1 Week remains before the nominations for awards are closed

    1 Week remains before the nominations for awards are closed
     
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    Orr and Lang

    HOT STOVE LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS NAMED

    Two finalists have been named for the four awards to be presented at the 1st Annual Greater Charlotte Area Hot Stove League Dinner on January 26th. These finalists were selected from over 100 total nominations for the awards. A selection committee of area coaches, talent scouts and baseball observers met and narrowed each award down to two finalists.

    Constance Orr and Kalie Lang were named as the two finalists for the High School Softball Player of the Year Award.

    Constance, a senior at Butler, is a strong hitter and pitcher for the Bulldogs. She is a key member of the Lady Blues Club team and helped the team qualify for the National Championship in College Station, TX last August. Constance will play for UNC – Chapel Hill next season. She is only 16 years old and will be one of the youngest players in NCAA Division 1 play.

    Kalie, a junior at Ardrey Kell High School, is one of the top pitchers in North Carolina. She is also a member of the Lady Blues and played a key role in leading the team to the National Championship. Kalie led Ardrey Kell in nearly every category last season, batting average (.471), RBIs (26), doubles (eight), home runs (three) and slugging percentage (.743). She also pitched all but one inning for the Knights.
     

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