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Published Sun, Aug 3, 2008 12:00 AM
By JEFF KIDD
jkidd@beaufortgazette.com
This week's Dixie Junior Boys World Series is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for most of the 13-year-olds fast food business opportunity information roaming Oscar Frazier Park chapter equal employment opportunity in Bluffton this weekend.
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That is, unless you play for Alabama or Mississippi, in which case these tournaments are practically a once-every-summer routine.
Between them, 13 ballplayers and two coaches have previous Dixie Youth World Series experience, and in Saturday's opening round, it showed, albeit in different ways -- Alabama dominated Florida, 13-3, and Mississippi toughed out a 9-7 victory over Louisiana.
"The biggest thing that last year does for us is that we knew what to expect when we showed up," said Mississippi assistant coach Mark Magee, who managed seven current players on a Dixie Youth Majors team that tied for third in a 2007 World Series.
Alabama manger Scott Olsey and three of his current players won the 2004 Dixie Youth Minors World Series. Two years later, three more on this Alabama roster played in the Dixie Youth Majors World Series.
Alabama's Scott Olsey explains why its camp la jolla employment opportunity important to act like you own the place when you show up for a World Series.
Experience taught Olsey that half the battle is opportunity statue central high school creating a cleavage of confidence between you and your opponents. You know the saying, "Act like you've been there before"? Well, that takes on new meaning in a World Series.
"It's how you carry yourself, and how they act and sportsmanship and things like that that opportunity message boards make you look like you're waaay more prepared and waaay more-oiled machine than maybe you really are," Olsey economics opportunity cost said. "You can even disguise some of gain of opportunity your cleaning business franchise opportunity information weaknesses if you're strong in other areas."
Even areas such as egg relays and water balloon tosses can be important.
Before sending his players onto the field for some fun and games during Friday's opening ceremonies, Olsey reminded his guys, "We compete in everything we do!"
Even an activity no one will remember is a chance to teach the other teams a opportunity seekers leads lesson they'll never forget.
That's more or less what happened to Florida on Saturday, although Alabama wasn't able to turn swagger into an early lead -- Florida's first three hitters got hits against right-hander Josh Brooks and scored the game's first two runs.
But Brooks, a veteran of two past World Series, allowed just one hit and one run thereafter, pitching all five innings of a game stopped by the 10-run mercy rule.
"You just have to know that you've got a lot more game left and that we are going to hit the ball and score some runs," Brooks said.
Make no mistake, experience didn't keep the butterflies out of Brooks' stomach before the game or women s opportunity center syracuse as he cleaning franchise opportunity struggled through the first inning -- "It helps, but I have nerves every game, even in the league play when I'm playing against my friends," he said.
But it did automotive franchise business opportunity information force those butterflies to fly in formation.
Others showed similar control of their emotions Saturday. Alabama's six players with World Series experience were a combined 8-for-18 and wind opportunity scored nine of their team's 13 runs.
Mississippi got back-to-back, first-inning home runs from World Series veterans Trevor Williams and Hayden Lott. And when Louisiana nearly erased an eight-run deficit and put the tying run aboard in the seventh inning, pitcher Larson Barkurn coaxed a double-play ground ball to end the game.
Even with prior World Series experience, Mississippi's Trevor Williams fought butterflies in Saturday's travel nurse opportunity opener.
"We know when we get in this environment that we're going to play some sales opportunity close games," said Magee, whose Dixie Majors team won a 10-inning contest in last year's World Series and dropped an eight-inning affair.
"That experience fast food franchise business opportunity makes all the difference in the world in a game like today's."
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