Dear Crabby, Are Participation Awards a Good or Bad Idea? Thanks, Justin Givens Dear Mr. Givens, With having kids and grandkids, I’m certainly no stranger to the award for doing nothing. Experts seem to be divided on the issue. Some claim it’s important for a child to feel like a winner—all the time—to continue with the sport or activity. You know, it builds their self-esteem and confidence, and so on. Others insist that we’re just building them up for a greater let down one day because … [Read more...]
All-Oakland County Baseball Standings from 2013
August 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
ALL-OAKLAND ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION BASEBALL 2013 ALL-OAA RED DIVISION FINAL STANDINGS — 1. (tie) Lake Orion (11-4); Clarkston (11-4); 3. (tie) Rochester Adams (8-7); Rochester Stoney Creek (8-7); 5. Oxford (5-10); 6. Rochester (3-12). Lake Orion: Nick Deeg, sr.; Nick Vogelmeier, sr.; Brad Schaenzer, jr.; Ryan Lambrecht, jr.; Roman Kuster, sr. Clarkston: David Stewart, jr.; Ryan Rea, jr.; Joe Popp, soph.; Nick Mazzone, sr.; Ryan Slaughter, sr. Rochester Adams: CJ Borglin, sr. … [Read more...]
Baseball Talk
August 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Kerrie Ferrell will give an entertaining PowerPoint presentation that chronicles the ‘64 year major league career of her father, Hall of Fame catcher Rick Ferrell (1905-’95) on Thursday, September 20 at 7 p.m. at the Rochester Hills Public Library. Kerrie will discuss her book, Rick Ferrell, Knuckleball Catcher: A Hall of Famer’s Life Behind the Plate and the Front Office, that forms the basis of the program. Learn how baseball has impacted American twentieth century social and economic … [Read more...]
Rochester hands Stoney Creek first league loss
April 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
ROCHESTER HILLS — In the preseason, Rochester was supposed to be one of the better baseball teams in Oakland County this spring. Yet Falcons coach Eric Magiera has not always seen evidence of that on the ball diamond this season. Rochester is starting to show signs of coming to life as of late. The Falcons did enough to post its first shutout of the season Tuesday, handing rival Rochester Stoney Creek its first OAA Red Division loss of the season, 4-0. The win gave Rochester its third straight … [Read more...]
