Sox to Practice in Three Shifts on Sunday

Another productive session this evening! We packed in as many reps pitching, catching, and fielding as an hour would allow and benefited from some excellent instruction from Coach Ryan (TJO coach and former pitcher in the Orioles organization). The news gets even better, though, because we are back in Needham for our next practice, and we will be outdoors!

We will be at the St. Sebastian's soccer turf from 4:00-6:00 for another optional practice. I checked with Needham Baseball's field coordinator about use of St. Sebastian's fields on weekends, and his advice was keep the numbers small but that it should be fine.

So in order to keep the numbers small, we will practice in three 40-minute shifts: 4:00-4:40, 4:40-5:20, 5:20-6:00. Each player will be assigned one of these shifts. We'll have at most 4 players per shift, so numbers will be small. We'll hit, field, and maybe do some pitching in each 40-minute mini practice.

Please let me know (by tomorrow if you can) if your son plans to attend Sunday's practice. If you have a strong preference for one of these time slots in particular, let me know. Once I know who's planning to attend, I will assign players to time slots.

I should be able to let you know by Saturday morning which time slot you have been assigned.

I really appreciate your patience and flexibility with all of these crazy ad-hoc practices. Making good use of every opportunity to practice now and into April will pay big dividends as we prepare for our first games in May. We want to make sure every player is sharp, confident, and ready to roll.

I will publish the schedule of official April practices as soon as I get my hands on it, which I hear will be quite soon.