Baseball Programs

Mendota Youth Recreation, Inc. 87-0691351

Baseball 2007

The hardest thing about baseball is trying to
explain it. We had 6 Little league teams, 4
Rookie teams, and 4 Tball teams. These teams
practiced and practiced to be the best they could
be. They tried their hardest and succeeded to
improve on a weekly basis. Our 4 year olds played
their hearts out. They ran, they caught balls and
kept playing to the end. The 5 year olds were
better at the game this year. They knew where to
throw the ball, where to stand although they
needed help still to bat off the tee. The 6 year
olds were commanding. They were the solid
rocks for the young teams because they knew how
to catch, how and where to throw, and how to hit
that ball....out...there...to.. the.. out ...field. And
that was just the Tballers. As for those Rookies,
caramba! The pitchers were fantastic! They were
throwing no hitters on all four teams.. and when
they did hit, the outfielders were ready for them.
These children can hit by the way. They were
definitely hitting to the outfielders and making
them work for their positions. The fielding
positions worked to make their mark in the
game. What was important to note, that this was
the first time that many played on a team. But
the marked improvement showed by the end of
the season. We had very close ball games at the
last half of the season.

Little League is one of the pride and joys of
MYR. We had a very rocky beginning because for
two years, there was never enough kids to play
ball. But this was one of the goals MYR had as a
priority. But Mr. Jaime Gamez and Mr. Hugo
Rios helped to accomplish that. This past year,
Mr. Victor Felix helped us to accomplish that. We
had 6 teams that were outstanding. They know
how to play! Now our job is to get them to play as
well as they know how at tournaments. The
pitchers, Joel Placenscia, Robert Hernandez,
Mauricio Rodriguez, Christopher Figueroa,
Victor Felix, Gianni Criado, all know how to do
their job. Infielders, Juan Lopez, Salvador
Garcia, Alejandro Figueroa, Jonathan Cisneros,
M&M Lopez, Elainea Luna, Lorenzo Medina,
Brianna Soria, Marcus Torrez, Marco Rodriguez,
Eddie Pineda, Micheal Romero, Eddie Ruiz
Christian Ruiz, John Ochoa, Ruben Rivas,
George Hernandez, Rafa Quintanar, Eric Zavala,
Sam Lozano, Jose Puente, Isaac Gonzalez,
Nickolas Cropper, Lorenzo Medina, Jesus
Villegas .. all were great; outfielders Jessica
Rodriquez, Jade Parish, Jose Amador, Denise
Reyes, Liliana Andrade, Maggie Padilla, Raynee
Garcia, Marc Romero, Angelica Quezada, Hector
Rios, Manuel Banuelos, Antonio Romero,
Alejandro Gonzalez, Alejandro Ortega, Jose
Rodriguez, Then I have David Garcia, Raul
Angel, Jacob Ismalej, Alfredo Ramirez, Jose
Ramirez, Christopher Hernandez, Arnold de
Leon, Jennifer Jasso, Abel Rodriguez, Yadira
Guardado, Antonio Quezada, Victor Garcia,
Heriberto Florez, Rigo Rueda, Angelo Garcia,
Ariana Toscano, Bryan Garcia, Elvyn Martinez,
Denise Luna, Clarrisa Canales, Victoria Felix,
Julie Medina, Jose Ortega..these guys were
tremendous players, on field or off. These
children will make history because they were the
start of a new day for Mendota. They are our
future middle school players or our next
champions at Mendota High. The experience they
get during our baseball program is just to get
them ready for their future. But their talent will
be brought out only by the hard working skills
and experience of such Little League and
Baseball Program coaches as Mr. Paul
Valenzuela, Mr. John Ochoa, Mr. Victor Felix, Mr.
Jose Figueroa, Mr. Cesar Mercado, Mr. Josh
Garcia, Mr. Michael Vallejo, Mr. Josiah Martinez,
Mr. Ronnie Garcia, Mr. Mario Plascencia, Mr.
Mario Plascencia Jr., Mr. Anthony Torres, Mr.
Kiki Rojas, Mrs. Lupe Torrez, Mr. Rick Munoz,
Mrs. Diana Toscano, Mr. Lionel Villobos, Mr.
Alfredo Muratalla, Mr. Gerardo Garcia, Ms.
Justina Muratalla, Mr. Anthony Ochoa, Ms.
Sandra Guererro, Mr. Luciano Carbajal, Mr.
Victor Garcia, Ms. Delia Diaz, Ms. Vanessa
Zepeda, Mr. Jose Ochoa. These same dedicated
coaches are your neighbors that live next door to
you or maybe across the street. Please take the
time to thank them because their time and hard
work was given free as volunteers to the youth of
this program and to the children of Mendota. I
personally appreciate them dearly. Thank you
ladies and gentlemen.

I would also like to give a couple of special thank
you's to the following people:

1) Mr. Paul Valenzuela- Mr. P took on a big
responsibility this year by starting a Babe Ruth
team in Mendota this past summer. He not only
coached it but sponsored the team. This is a
costly business but he did it to further the sport
for the 13 to 15 year olds. So thumbs up Mr. P.!!
Mr. P is the High School Girls Softball coach. So
this is an added project that will give our kids the
edge on winning baseball.

2) Mr. Alfredo Muratalla- Alfredo also is a sports
enthusiist and also the Middle School baseball
coach. Thumbs up to you Mr. Muratalla for
giving all of your spare time!

3) Mr. Anthony Torrez- Anthony was coach for
three divisions of the baseball program. He also
has 3 boys to teach baseball to. And when he isn't
coaching, he is a teacher for Mendota Unified
School District. He coaches football also. So
thumbs up Mr. Torrez to you!

4) To all our coaches, thumbs up to you!! You are
all hardworking men who give freely to our
organization and to the children of Mendota
despite the hard work that you do daily.