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Posted Apr 22/12 - The Final At Bat!

When the 2012 Season started I was on the fence. My long time friends and teammates were mostly gone or on their way out. I traded a good friend out of financial responsibility. With changes in my life (My wonderful new wife) and Business I wasn't sure where my level of dedication was. I sucked it up and Santino a best friend and long time teammate and I discussed lets give it one last run. I pushed, I tried to make things work, I found myself getting to the field 30 mins before gametime. That is not how I ran things, I knew I wasnt showing my 100 effort but my dedication never changed. In 20 Seasons of Sandvipers Baseball we had never forfeited because of lack of guys. Well today that changed! With the lack of dedication from players (I apologize to the few who have been there) I have decided to disband the 2012 Sandvipers and I will be walking away from managing the team and organization I spent 8 years building.

I mention the bad but there has been the good, from the 2nd Season first time MSBL League Champions, to the 3 national tournament wins we had were ups. The list of some of my favorite players is huge, I enjoyed playing with everyone. It is at this time I take my last at bat as a Sandviper, what a ride. Thank you to all who had a part of it.

I would like to send a special thank you to Adam Sowell without the night of drinking beers and deciding we could make this team happen. Shawn Vance your never get frustrated approach made you an all time Sandviper great. Santino for having to deal with my bitching every single time something went wrong. To Greg Shepard who became more of a brother then a friend and led me to understand how to approach the game. Thank you!

There are many people to thank that is just a few. Sorry if I missed you there have been hundreds of Sandvipers, thank you to every single one. Well the final pitch is thrown and this is my final strikeout and premature end to the 2012 season and end of the Sandvipers!

Couple pieces of information:

Weekday league will maintain next game is 4/24 at Hadland 7pm. If you are on weekday roster please make sure if you are not at that game to text me to get next games info. Remember we merged with Blacksox and will continue to play there.

If you have one of my jerseys you must return it before you will be cleared to join another team. This is a white of black top. If your name is on it it is yours. If not it needs to be returned.

Final note NO MONEY is being refunded it was allocated and there were a few guys that had not paid. The league is not providing refunds and neither can I right now I am invested $200 more then collected for the season. However if you decide to play with another NABA team that team will not be required to have you pay a new player fee, you can play with any team as long as it is reported to Kelly.

Sean Reilly and Jon Birds - Your team fee for any half season you choose in NABA will be covered and has been discussed with the league president. You did not play a game and had agreements discussed prior.

Posted Apr 17/12 - Weekday League Merger

Sandvipers have joined up with the Weekday Blacksox for the remainder of the Weekday League Schedule. The team the Black Vipers will play 2 Games a week with the schedule rotating Tues thru Fri. This does not effect your playing status with the team, but with the lack of commitment the two teams (who had been filling in for each other weekly) will be better suited to make sure we have enough guys for 1 team. Any questions call Steve

Posted Apr 8/12 - Schedule Updates

Weekdays for the next 2 weeks will have us playing Wednesday and Thursday Each Week at Hadland. 7pm

This up coming weekend April 15 2012 we Sandvipers face Kings in a Double Header starting at 8am
We need everyone on hand.

Also [plan that we may have a few double headers over next couple of weeks or may even play on some Saturdays to make up some games we are missing.

Posted Mar 25/12 - Haacks Walkoff leads Vipers over Blacksox

Paul Haack hits a 3 Run Homerun and Picks up the win with a scoreless 9th inning on the mound. Sandvipers were chasing the Blacksox all game when the Vipers went into the bottom of the 9th down 8 to 6. Lead off man Larry Hamilton Singled to start it off and Steve Johnston followed with a single himself. Santino Dewreede just misses a 3 run home run with his opposite field blast off the left field fence. Greg Shepard followed with a ground out advancing Dewreede puttin the winning run just 90 feet away. The Blacksox option to intentionally walk Thomas Cable to face Haack. Haack hits the 2n pitch he sees over the left field fence to win the game. Great game guys

Posted Mar 24/12 - Sunday 3/25/12 Game VS Blacksox 1pm at Western HS

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The Las Vegas Sandvipers now in there 4th year of existence are a competitive adult baseball team playing in the "Las Vegas National Adult Baseball Organization" as well as various national tournament throughout the year. The team consist of former pros and college players. The teams goal is to put the best quality player and people on the field and represent the city of Las Vegas in a positive manner.The team is always looking for sponsorship help, any question regarding this please contact Steve Johnston at espnocho@yahoo.com.