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Coquitlam Little League

Mike Quong (David Lam)

attract many young ballplayers

 

This coming April, the 1999
Coquitlam Little League
baseball season will get
underway. For the past
several years, this league has
served as a stomping ground
for young up and comers in
the sport of baseball. It’s
actually quite amazing when
you think about it. Canada,
a country dominated by
hockey, is still able to

year after year to partake in
the American Pastime.

been set up in five different
miniature leagues. Tee ball has
always been for the five and
six-year-olds; the ball is placed league where the ball is
on a tee and the batter hits it
from there. Eight and nine-
year-olds play a step up from
tee ball with a pitching
machine. The ball is fed
manually into a machine that

Although the pitching

The league has always

In this league, and every

pitches the ball to the batter.

machine can reach speeds of
up to 100 miles per hour, it’s
usually set around 30 miles
per hour in this league. For
ages ten to twelve, there is a

thrown by an actual pitcher.

league below it, the game
length is six innings. There is
a limit of six runs per inning
for each team. As soon as a

team scores six runs, the
teams switch places. For
thirteen to fifteen-year-olds,
there's a bigger league with
the junior circuit and a
longer game. The game is
seven innings in length.
Finally, the sixteen to eight-
een-year-olds play in the

miles per hour. It’s in the
senior circuit where you
prove whether or not you're
capable of being considered
for entry into the Major
League Baseball draft.
Maybe this year in the
Coquitlam Little League,
there will be some young
senior circuit. This game is unknown who will someday
just like Major League Base- _ play baseball in the major
ball. The game length is nine leagues. It didn’t work out
innings and fastballs can for me, but someone else
reach speeds of up to 90 might get their opportunity.

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the Other Press

 

Winning Ways
by Michael Chang
They said I was too small, didn't have the
strength and wouldn't cut it on the pro
tennis circuit. I'll admit, it’s been tough,
really tough. When I won my first Grand
Slam title, it would’ve been easy to become
conceited and get caught up in the money,
fame and glamour of winning. But having
a relationship with Jesus has made all the
difference. I realize that God, through Jesus
Christ, gives me the strength to do what
I do. When I keep my focus on him,
I always have the joy he alone can give—

both on and off the court.

 

 

 

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