SweetHearts Softball
Early Milestones
1983 Preseason Tournament
- 5-25-83 - First game - 2/3 loss to Starlets
- 5-25-83 - First batter ever - Michelle Edwards
- 5-25-83 - First hit - Christina Walker
- 5-25-83 - First pitch thrown - Mickey Larsen (a ball)
- 5-25-83 - First run scored - Christina Walker
- 5-26-83 - First win for team (over Red Sox)
- 1983 Season
- 5-31-83 - First batter of season - Desiree Beard (out at first)
- 5-31-83 - First inning (3up-3 down)
- 5-31-83 - First hit- Michelle "Mickey" Larsen (2nd inning)
- 5-31-83 - First Home Run - Michelle "Mickey" Larsen (2nd inning)
- 5-31-83 - First loss - 9/3 to the Dixie Darling
- 6-9-83 - First win - 5/4 over the Starlets
- 1984 Season
- First sister to play for team - Sherry Walker (sister to Christina Walker)
- Most unusal list of players - Michelle Edwards, Michelle Cline, Michele Cooper, Danielle 'Dede' English, Danielle 'Dana' LeBlanc, Ixchel (pronounced E-chel) Perera
- First tournament won - 1984 MGSA - 8/0 win over Red Sox
- 5-27-84 - First shutout pitched by SweetHearts - Toby Forbes, 9/0 over Dixie Darlings
- 5-27-84 - First NO-HITTER pitched by SweetHearts - Toby Forbes
- First opening day win by SweetHearts, 19/5 over Red Sox
- First real win streak - first four games of 1984 season
- First winning season 7-3-0
- 1985 Season
- First season not coaching my daughter
- 1987 Season
- First season in red and white uniforms
- First time for former player to help coach - Mickey Larsen
- 1988 Season
- First year in pin stripe uniforms
- First year to wear pants instead of shorts
- 1989 Season
- First time for THIRD sister to play for team - DeeDee Walker (sister to Christina and Sherry)
- 1991 Season
- First time for a player to play three years in a row (team changed age groups) - DeeDee Walker
- 1992 Season
- First year to have former mascot play for team - Brooke English (team mascot in '83)
- 1996 Season
- First time to have sisters playing on the team at the same time (Meghan [3 years] and Samantha Laird [2 years])
- First 10 win season
- First league chamionship (co-)
- 1998 Season
- First season to have player quit to go to another sport (swimming)
- 1999 Season
- First season to have two powerful pitchers able to pitch as needed
- 2000 Season
- First season to win league championship outright
- First season to win 13 games
- Last season for "Maplewood teams", common draft begins next season.
- 2001 Season
- First season for a city-wide draft.
- 2002 Season
- First team to win 150 games with one coach.
- 2003 Season
- First team to reach 300 games with one coach.
- First season to have three players quit - one before the season, two during.
- First season to have to forfiet a game.
- First season to have my pitcher quit during the season.
- 2005 Season
- First season to have a mother pull her daughter from the team because she wasn't playing where MOM thought she should play.
- First season to have a player show for only one game and never return.
- Coach's 23rd year with this team.
- 2006 Season
- First time to have a real mother daughter - a former player and her daughter (step) to play for the team. They didn't last through the practice schedule and never played a single game.
- Coach's 24th year with this team.
- First season to be involved in five forfeits "winning four and losing one"
- 2007 Season
- First coach in SPAR history to coach the same team for 350 games.
- First coach in SPAR history to coach the same team for 25 years.
- First team to score 21 runs in one inning.
- First SweetHearts team to score 30+ points in a game (in just two innings)
- First SweetHearts team go to a state tournament as a complete league team.
- 2008 Season
- First mom to email me about drafting her daughter [which I did] (mom played for me in '90).
- First SweetHearts former player to come back as a mom and then coach her former team.
- First SweetHeart to die just after the season was over. Shavanna died in a car accident in August of 08.
- First set of twins on the team - Hayleigh and Bayleigh.
