The H3 Bunch (the picture below is the original 1980 logo) is an American educational children's television series that originally aired in from August 23, 1980 through the fall of 1985. Produced by Productions, the series was a 30- minute baseball-themed program airing on Saturday mornings, which featured a combination of comedy sketches and Major League guest-stars, intended to provide instructional tips to Little League aged children. Throughout its five season run, the Emmy Award winning series starred , and The Famous alongside a group of eight children (boys and girls ranging in age from 8–14) as "The Bunch".

The Original Baseball Bunch In 2013… (circa 1980) We’re going to re-create the baseball bunch in Charlottesville, and we’ll call it the H3 (HEAD HEART HUSTLE) Baseball Bunch. The participants will be K-3rd graders from the area and they will be paired with 7th-8th grader mentor/”buddies” from our TP Elite Red travel baseball team.

Our Version…

Kindergarten-3rd Grade • Austin Winslow • Ben Showman Participants • Henry Ford • Tommy Williams • Noah Murray • Dylan Mitchell • Jack McMullan • Zeb Mitchell • Ben Winslow • Ty Enoch • Owen Burton • Lucas Osada • Cole Baglio • Andy Commins • Carter Boyd • Grey Kallen • Spicer Edmunds • Charlie Pausic • Tyler Williams • Dillon O'Connor • Max Moore • Shawn Feggans • Izzy Sanok • Kason Kuhn • Nathan Gragg

Benefits to K-3rd Grade Participants

• Have lots of fun in a safe environment • Learn to play the game of baseball the “right” way (the 3 H’s…HEAD, HEART, HUSTLE) • Practice fundamentals that will make you a better ballplayer (throwing, catching, hitting, running) • Get to know a baseball player who has been where you are and who is personally invested in you 7th-8th Grade Mentor/Buddies • Caroline Lund Co-Directors: Chris McGahren & Jack Pausic • Jack Carey • Aaron Szlankiewicz • Gabe Sanok • Brent Lowry • Adam Hackenberg • Matthew Seidel • Ryan Sukovich • Luke Burton • Matt Mandel • Ethan Murray • Jack Pausic • Alex Markopolis • Derek Domecq • Chris McGahren • Andrew Porter • Ryan Porter • Henry Deal • Nic Kent • Stuart Barrett • Nic Showman • Lucas Pompeo Benefits to 7th-8th Grade Mentors/”Buddies” • Investment in something other than self (the young protégés that look up to you)…mentors are asked to make at least a once/week contact with their “buddy” between January 26-June 1 • Learning to teach a skill that you have developed • Better understanding of accountability • Reinforcement of the guiding principles of our own team Five Clinic Format

• 3-5 minute Theme of the Day talk by our guest speaker with interruption from our version of the San Diego Chicken….the Chick-fil-A Cow

• 10 minutes of speed & agility training to get the blood flowing

• 4 x 10 minute drills…participants will rotate through each session WITH their “buddy”

• 5-10 minute wrap up session with snacks

Five Clinic Themes

• HUSTLE (January 26 @ STAB SAC)

• HEART (February 9 @ STAB SAC)

• HEAD (February 23 @ STAB SAC)

• Playing For Something Bigger Than Me (outside)

• Putting It All Together (outside) Featured Session Co-Leaders

• HUSTLE: Keith Werman

• HEART: Mike London and George Morris (unconfirmed)

• HEAD: Tyler Wilson and Kenny Swab

• Playing For Something Bigger Than Me: Rob Archer

• Putting It All Together: Jeff Burton and Frank Werman (Keith’s dad) Session Video Capsules

8th grade Henley Middle School student, Gresh Walmsley, will be filming each session and then putting together 3-5 minute YouTube video capsule each week so that we can capture these moments. Why the Chick-fil-A Partnership

• For the last 3 years, the Chick-fil-A on Woodmark Drive (near Lowe’s) has given me an unlimited number of free milkshake coupons that I hand out to any member of my baseball teams that dives for a baseball or for any player that makes an exemplary HEAD, HEART, or HUSTLE play. Chick-fil-A has been such a good partner in helping to teach our 7th & 8th grade players the “right” way to play the game, that we have asked them to continue that partnership with this new crop of K-3rd grade players.