The Flat Rock Baseball Braves (minors division) team got together over the weekend for some miniature golf and batting cages. We won the best “float” in the Opening Day parade last year.

It was fun to see all the kids and the parents again. There were lots of discussions about great summers and vacations. Of course we talked about school approaching. All the kids seem ready to get back and a fair amount of the parents are pretty excited too.

Since I had the ear of some of the most involved in Flat Rock Baseball I did what I do…started asking questions.

Where are we going to play baseball this year?

If you have a child that plays in the Flat Rock baseball league you know we lost a lot of ball fields as the school construction started. Fitting in games and practices for all the teams was already a challenge.

So, what’s the plan?

There is one, but it is going to require several fresh starts. There is approval for new fields to be built at Simpson Middle School. However, the challenge is getting it done on a very small budget.

Maybe you can help? Here is what the immediate (by September 2009) needs are:

• A bulldozer to pull out the grass for the diamonds and grade for winter settling
• A lot of dirt to level the playing surfaces (we may have this problem solved)

Then of course as the season gets closer we will need hands to build out the fields and get them ready to Play Ball!