I70 Clinic

The clinic will be held Monday, January 19, 2009.

This clinic will take place in the Greenville High School Auditorium. 500 maximum attendees!

Tony La Russa, Manager, St. Louis Cardinals. La Russa has spent 30 years as a Major League Baseball manager. He’s won two World Series titles (1989 Oakland A’s, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals) in addition to two NL Pennants, 3 AL Pennants, and 12 division titles. He’s third place on the all-time managerial wins list with 2,461. He is one of only two managers to accumulate 500 wins with three different teams (A’s, Cardinals, and White Sox). He’s been voted MLB Manager of the Year four times and is the founder and chairperson of the Animal Rescue Foundation.

Mike Matheny, former St. Louis Cardinals catcher. Matheny caught 1,285 games over 13 Major League seasons with a career .994 fielding percentage as a catcher. He played five seasons with the Cardinals playing in 27 postseason games with them. He hit .303 in three League Division postseason series and won four Gold Gloves for catching, three of them with the Cardinals. He was the Winner of the 2005 Willie Mac award for spirit and leadership.

John Mabry, Former St. Louis Cardinals Infielder and Outfielder Mabry hit .263 over 14 Major League seasons, starting with his first hit the day he was called up. He finished 4th in NL Rookie of the Year voting in 1995 and was named to Topps All-Rookie Team. He hit for the cycle on May 18, 1996. Manry appeared in the postseason 10 times and played parts of eight seasons with the Cardinals.

Schedule
Registration 8am-9am $35 per person in advance. See our registration information. ($45 at the door).

9am-9:50am: Mike Matheny- Building the Complete Catcher

10:00am- 10:50am: John Mabry- Hitting Fundamentals and Drills

11:00am- 12:00pm: Tony La Russa – Managing and Leadership

- Sponsored by:
Mid-America Sports Advantage (MASA)
Lee’s Sports (618)327-8866
Gateway Sprinkler Systems
Dinger Bats
Redfield Infield Topdressing

The clinic will be held Saturday, December 6, 2008.

Andy Haines, Hitting Coach Gulf Coast Marlins. Haines is serving in his first season with the Marlins in 2008. He was also the teams’ Defensive Coordinator for their Extended Spring Training. In 2007, Haines was the Independent Frontier League Manager of the Year leading the Windy City Thunderbolts to a 68-28 record. That is the highest win total in FL history and happened for an organization that was 13 games under .500 the previous season. Haines has served as a hitting coach for much of his career. He had a two-year stint with Gary-Southshore of the Northern League and one season with DuBois County of the FL. He was an assistant for three years at Middle Tennessee State University and at Olney Central College. He was the Northwoods Summer Collegiate League Coach of the Year for the Waterloo Bucks in 2001. Haines got his start in coaching with the Twin City Stars of the Central Illinois Collegiate League. MinorLeagueBaseball.com - Sponsored by Dinger Bats

Bob Morgan, Retired Head Coach, Indiana University. Morgan compiled a 1,070-586 mark in 30 seasons at the NCAA Division I level. His teams collected 782 of those at IU. He also made stops as a head coach at Kent State University and the College of Wooster. Since retirement, Morgan has continued as a professor at Indiana. Last season he was approached by IU’s Club Baseball team to be their head coach. In the 2008 season, they went 23-4, their best record ever. - Sponsored by masa

Mark Kingston. Associate Head coach at Illinois State University. Kingston will take over the head coaching job in 2009. Has served 12 years as an assistant at the collegiate level, the last seven with Tulane University working with hitters and catchers. The Green Wave earned a berth in the 2005 College World Series. For two seasons before that he worked at the University of Miami, Florida. In 2001 he helped the Hurricanes win the National Championship. He was also an assistant at Illinois State and Purdue. Kingston also played five years in the minors for the Cubs and Brewers organizations. He played collegiately at the University of North Carolina helping the Tar Heels to ACC regular season and tournament crowns. UNC also participated in the 1989 CWS. Goredbirds.CSTV.com - Sponsored by Lee’s Sports (618)327-8866

Dennis Conley. Head coach Olney Central College. Won his 1,000th game as a head coach during the spring of 2008. His OCC teams have winning records in each of the last 24 seasons. OCC has won 30+ games on 22 occasions. In three of the last six years the Blue Knights have won the GRAC conference crown. Conley has helped send 35 players on to professional baseball and his players successfully leave OCC with a degree 91% of the time. - Sponsored by Wall Real Estate phone: 618 664-1267

Lynn Carlson-Head coach Greenville College. Carlson began as head baseball coach at Greenville College in 1997. While a student at Greenville College, he competed in men’s basketball and baseball before signing a professional baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1990 and pitching in the Pirates’ and San Diego Padres’ organizations. He returned to Greenville College and graduated in 1993. Greenville College Baseball - Sponsored by NEVCO scoreboards