It’s heeerrrreee!!! The first Miracle League field in Arizona and it’s been built by our friends in Surprise Arizona. The facility is amazing to behold – as I look around the field, I can almost hear the sound of players, buddies and volunteers as they all enjoy the great American Pastime of Baseball…
The week before last, Gene and I sat down with Paul Frie of the City of Surprise Community & Recreations Services. We discussed the new field, tentatively titled “Dreamcatcher Park”, what the needed resources would be, how the concessions would work, the announcing duties and more. He officially registered Gene and I as volunteers in their program and promptly put us in charge of getting the word out for the first season.
The target for the first season at Dreamcatcher is 40 players. Paul said he would leverage his team from the wildly successful Babe Ruth program they run, but we all agreed that as to our first season, 40 would be a manageable number. The plan beyond that is to take the summer to review our efforts and then get ready to put on a complete program next year – one that will address several levels of special needs recreational and competitive baseball using the Surprise field and, hopefully, the new fields being built in the Reach 11 area by the City of Phoenix.
Visit the forms page for registration forms. Contact either us here by clicking the ‘Contact Us’ button or visit the website for the City of Surprise at http://www.surpriseaz.com/
