The All Star Baseball Academy Blog: THE HOT CORNER... Sports Shorts with Ken Leidheiser

Congratulations to our Winner of Coaches Vs. Cancer Event Tickets!

Mitch Williams

Trivia Contest Winner: Congratulations to Ed Crenny of Wayne, who was the first reader with the right answer to the Trivia Test in our last issue. Ed correctly answered that Jose Mesa (112), Steve Bedrosian (103), and Mitch (Wild Thing) Williams (102) are the current all-time saves leaders for the Phillies. Brad (Lights Out) Lidge has 99 and the late, great Tug McGraw had 94 total saves while playing for the Phillies.

By winning, Ed and a guest will be attending the Coaches Vs. Cancer Breakfast Event with Big 5 Basketball Coaches at the Palestra, March 14th. All Star Baseball Academy has reserved a table at this prestigious, fund-raising event so we look forward to hosting Ed as our guest...

Jose Mesa

New Trivia Test: After Michael, Jack Schmidt (who had 548), who are the next 3 top HR sluggers of all-time for the Phillies? Hint: Greg (The Bull) Luzinski is not in the all-time Top 4 and neither is Dick Allen, who used to launch homers over the roof at the old Connie Mack Stadium. Send your replies to ken@allstarbaseballacademy.com...

The winner will be notified by e-mail and will be listed in the next Hot Corner column...

Sign up for the Second Annual Indoor Hitting Camp at our Downingtown Academy on Boot Road! There are limited spots still open. The Hitting Camp is for players 9 through 12 years of age, and starts the week of January 24th. You can sign up as a team of 3 players or as an individual player for this 6 week program. Use the popular, token-operated batting cages at Downingtown and get your swing ready to go for a big spring season! Call our Downingtown staff at 610-518-7400 for details and to sign up...

Are you looking to train in warmer weather and get your game in gear? If you want a great Spring Training experience for players in the 9U through 12U age group, then sign up for the 2nd Annual ASBA Spring Training at the Ripken Experience, in Myrtle Beach, SC. This year's event with ASBA's outstanding staff will be held February 18-21, 2011. We welcome your All Stars to join us for this great trip! Contact Mark Freed of ASBA at mark@allstarbaseballacademy.com for full details and to sign up for this popular Spring Training event. Both teams and individual players are invited to sign up for this popular training experience in Myrtle Beach. This makes a great "road trip" for families over the President's Day long weekend in February!

Steve Bedrosian

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If you have a Sports Short about your favorite All-Star or your local youth team, send it to ken@allstarbaseballacademy.com. We welcome your baseball news and updates.

SIGN UP NOW FOR FUTURE STARS! All four of the ASBA facilities are hosting "Future Stars" Spring Training programs with top-rated indoor work-outs that run for 5 weeks. The sessions start in March, and are one hour per week. Registration is now open by stopping into your local ASBA training center, or sign up on our website today.....Players are invited to sign up now as these sessions are popular. Future Stars training is for players from ages 5 through 12, with groups set up for weekly work-outs by age category. See the specific work-out schedule for your All-Star on the ASBA website. Total cost for the 5-week program is $150.....Improve your baseball fundamentals like hitting, pitching, and throwing with the help of our certified All Star Baseball staff and get a head start on your upcoming season!