Last updated April 25, 2008

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What's New?

Re-schedules - check classicsuburban.org for re-schedule info.
FREE ADMISSION - Gophers vs. Michigan - 1:05pm start, Sunday May 11 (The U has our player and coach roster so you will get in free - bring an ID!)
50-inning BBQ rescheduled to Friday, May 16 starting at 4:30 and going until the food runs out. 10th grade plays SSP at Kuenkel at 4pm and varsity plays at 7pm that day. BBQ is free for players, parents, and sponsors - donation bucket available for other fans.

2008 Calendar & Schedule (click here)

Classic Suburban.org (scheduling)
Click here to sign up to be notified of schedule changes via e-mail
(Click 'Member Schools', then North, then "Notify Me!")

2008 Clothing Store
All players will receive the following gear upon making the team: t-shirt, 3/4 sleeve shirt, hat, 2 pair of cushoned socks, belt, and sliding shorts. We are asking that parents make a $65 donation to the program to help cover the costs of this basic gear pack. Other optional garments are available from Rambow online. DO NOT ORDER CLOTHING ONLINE UNTIL YOU MAKE THE TEAM. Last day to order is April 2, 2008. Click here to see the 2008 North Baseball online store! It is now closed but you can see the gear anyway.

Matt Puhl signs with University of Minnesota to play baseball next year.
Congratulations Matt! He's the third D1 baseball athlete in the last 12 years at North High School and the first at the U of M.

Coaching Staff

Varsity / JV: Judd Sather* (748-6144)
Varsity / JV / VFW: Steve Pignato , Michael Johnson (pitching) , Tom Waeffler* (part-time)
9-12 Pitching: Aaron Helm*
B-squad (10^th): Dan Aliperto and Chris Aliperto (part-time)
9^th Grade: Mike Snaza, Cole Hutchens (part-time & VFW)
*Teachers at North

Academics

If you are in danger of failing a class you can sign up for an intervention, which protects your eligibility if you fail if you stay after school for 5 hours with your teacher. Forms are in the activities office. Find Coach Sather in the media center or room 209 (Studio) if you have questions.

Quotes to Live by:

There are 3 types of people:
Those that MAKE things happen
Those that WATCH things happen
Those that WONDER what happened
Which are you?
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Every day a gazelle wakes up and knows it must outrun the fastest cheetah in order to live.
Every day a cheetah wakes up and knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve.
It doesn't matter if you're a gazelle or a cheetah, when you wake up you better start running!
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Isn't it strange that Princes and Kings
and clowns that caper in sawdust rings
and common folk like you and me
Are builders for Eternity

To each is given a bag of tools
A shapeless mass and a book of rules
And each must make e'er life is done
A stumbling block or a stepping stone.

written by R. Lee Sharpe
paraphrased by Genevieve Syverud
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ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING
This minute, this hour, this day, this year, this life...
..will be MOSTLY what you expect it to be.
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Links

Diamonds and Dreams baseball scholarship fund - for seniors in baseball
Hey Coach Inc - Private Lessons in a truck in your driveway!
Clark, the Canadian hockey goalie (comical video of two-sport athlete)
Coach Sather's short independent films of teachers:
- The Secret Lives of teachers (2007), The Superfriends (2008)

BASEBALL TRIVIA

5. Who is the only batter to win a batting title in three different decades?

a. Pete Rose

b. George Brett

c. Carl Yastrzemski

d. Rod Carew

e. Billy Williams

Answer at:

http://www.drblank.com/base1tst.htm#last

RIDDLE: Using these facts, determine the names of each position player on the baseball team:

Andy dislikes the catcher. Ed's sister engaged to the second baseman. The centerfielder is taller than the right fielder. Harry and the third baseman live in the same building. Paul and Allen each won $20 from the pitcher playing cards. Ed and the outfielders play Texas Hold 'Em in their free time. The pitcher's wife is the third baseman's sister. All the battery (pitcher and catcer) and infield, except Allen, Harry, and Andy are shorter than Sam. Paul, Andy and the shortstop lost $50 each at the race track. Paul, Harry, Bill, and the catcher took a trouncing from the second baseman at pool. Sam is involved in a divorce suit. The catcher and the third baseman each have two children. Ed, Paul, Jerry, the right fielder, and the center fielder are bachelors. The others are married. The shortstop, the third baseman, and Bill each cleaned up $100 betting on the fight. One of the outfielders is either Mike or Andy. Jerry is taller than Bill. Mike is shorter than Bill - each of them is heavier than the third baseman.

Hint: draw a baseball field and start putting names where you think they should (or shouldn't) play.