2018

PLAYER PARENT HANDBOOK

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Junior Giants Commissioner & Giants Catcher San Francisco Thank you for representing the Giants in your community! Remember to work hard, play hard you for representing Thank and stay focused! teammate, Your Confidence, Integrity, Leadership and Teamwork – as well as the importance of Education, Teamwork – as Leadership and Confidence, Integrity, to as respect. or what I also like to refer Health and Bullying Prevention, these important lessons you to apply programs, I challenge week’s As you participate in each and out on the field. – at home, in school to your daily life I hope you are excited to make new friends, play baseball or softball and learn what it to make new friends, play baseball or softball I hope you are excited means to be a Junior Giant both and off the field. As the Junior Giants program enters on part of its history and success. we’re proud to say that you’re its 25th year, and the help of your coach and softball. With Junior Giants is more than just baseball Development – Bases of Character you will learn about the Four teammates this summer, Summer 2018 Dear Junior Giants, JUNIOR GIANTS

OVERVIEW PROGRAM OVERVIEW Junior Giants is a free, noncompetitive and coed baseball and softball program that provides equipment, uniforms and program incentives to make sure every player is part of the team. Junior Giants wants to help you lead, succeed and have fun! Anyone can play!

Junior Giants is more than just baseball and softball! You will learn a new lesson each week and can earn rewards throughout the season. Check it out! NEXT STEPS FOR... PARENTS: • Take the Junior Giants University online course called “Parents 101” found in the confirmation email you received when you signed up to find out what to expect for the season. • Encourage your child to participate in the various programs and earn rewards! PLAYERS: • Read through this handbook to learn how you can earn rewards throughout the season.

2 | Player & Parent Handbook FOUR BASES OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION 2ND BASE 1ST BASE 1: WEEK TEAMWORK CONFIDENCE

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3RD BASE HOME LEADERSHIP INTEGRITY

BUSTER POSEY catcher infielder

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JUNIOR GIANTS BASEBALL CARDS COLLECT ALL 8 CARDS!

How do you earn the cards? Each week, attend your practices and games and your coach will help you learn the Word of the Week to earn your baseball cards. Collect all 8 cards and you will earn a Buster Posey bobblehead at the end of the season! If you miss a game or practice, be sure to ask your coach or team parent if they can review what you missed so you can earn your baseball card. WEEK 2: WEEK HEALTH Junior Giants Sweepstakes! Every week you will have the chance to enter the Junior Giants Sweepstakes and win cool Giants prizes! Along with your parents/guardians, check out your Junior Giants baseball card for instructions on how to enter the sweepstakes at gojrgiants.org. Enter each week for your chance to win a great prize! Golden Bobblehead! 10 lucky Junior Giants from across all the different Junior Giants leagues will find a golden bobblehead in their box and receive an invitation to AT&T Park to meet Buster Posey and enjoy a game!

Read this handbook to earn a bookmark. Once you’ve done this, you’ve read to1st base on the Round the Bases scorecard!

✔Remember to mark off the bookmark on your magnet.

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ON DECK Get Ready For Health Week! NEXT Track your healthy eating and exercise habits for one week on your WEEK: Healthy Habits Poster. Return your tracking sheet to your coach to earn a Giants water bottle!

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OUTFIELDER HUNTER PENCE PITCHER JEFF SAMARDZIJA WEEK 3: STRIKE OUT BULLYING

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STRIKE PLEDGE OUT BULLYING

Frozen watermelon String cheese Whole grain crackers grain Whole Yogurt Do you remember the use the entry sheet in the front If you have not done so already, took at the beginning of the season? Continue to honor your pledge and wear your Strike Out Bullying sweatband. of this handbook to artistically express the theme: RESPECT. • • Make sure to submit your Strike Out Bullying Contest entry Make sure to submit your Strike Out Bullying Contest week. to your coach next Almonds Granola bars Apple wedges Apple wedges Pretzels NEXT PITCHER WEEK: ON DECK DECK ON MARK MELANCON a great alternative. spread of illness. Wash your hands with warm soapy your spread of illness. Wash can’t wash your hands water for 20 seconds. If you hand sanitizer is with soap and water, SPREAD KINDNESS. NOT GERMS. GERMS. NOT KINDNESS. SPREAD line of defense against the Good hand washing is the first playing outside. Make sure to takeplaying outside. Make sure to plenty of water breaks to rest before playing. as temperatures rise. Hydrate SUMMER HEAT SUMMER before Remember to apply sunscreen cool this summer. Keep wear your helmet when riding your bike, scooter or skateboard.wear your helmet when riding STAY SAFE STAY Stay safe! your seatbelt in the car and Always remember to fasten to not drink soda! Try to drink at least five glasses of water to drink at Try to not drink soda! practice. before, during and after every day - especially SODA-FREE SUMMER SODA-FREE yourself and challenge your body hydrated this summer Keep Orange slices Grapes your mind alert! your mind Bananas Baby carrots SNACK SMART and level high your energy keep foods will on nutritious Snacking WEEK 3: STRIKE OUT BULLYING 8 | Player & Parent& 8 |Player HIDDEN IMAGE! DOTS TO FINDTHE CONNECT THE AT BAT WEEK: THIS Respect startswithyou. • • • • • • I PledgetoStrikeOutBullyingby... GIANT. I AMAJUNIOR PLEDGE OUTBULLYING STRIKE WEEK: OFTHE WORD WEEK THREE • Showing myfriendsthat abully-freelifeismorefun. Praising peopleandhelping others. Treating othersthewayIwould liketobetreated. upforwhatisright. Standing Giving upput-downs. Respecting myteammates,coaches, familyandfriends. Turn inyourStrikeOutBullyingContestentrytoearnadrawstringbackpack! Handbook ✔ • you took. sweatband asareminderoftheStrikeOutBullyingPledge Remember towearyourStrikeOutBullying

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STRIKE OUT BULLYING CONTEST The Strike Out Bullying Contest is an opportunity for you to artistically express the Strike Out Bullying theme: RESPECT. Respect means treating other people the way you would like to be treated, even when they may be different from you. Please refer to your Strike Out Bullying Contest entry form in the front of this handbook for more information.

WHAT IS BULLYING? Bullying is when one person or a group of people scare or hurt someone else over and over again. Bullying is often done on purpose and it can happen anywhere, such as at school, in the park, on a sports team or even at home. There are many types of bullying. Bullying can be: • Leaving someone out of group activities on purpose. • Giving someone the “silent treatment.” • Making fun of someone for being “different.” • Name-calling, teasing, gossiping and/or spreading rumors. • Threatening and scaring others. EDUCATION • Hitting, punching and shoving. 4: WEEK • Cyberbullying – Using the Internet, social media, text messages and/or email to hurt others.

WHAT CAN I DO IF I SEE SOMEONE BEING BULLIED? Although you may not be directly involved in the bullying, there may be times when you see others being bullied. Even though it may be easier to stand by and watch, here’s how you can make a difference: 1. Stand up for the victim. 2. Don’t join in on bullying. 3. Stop the rumors. MADISON BUMGARNER 4. Tell an adult. PITCHER

Parents, learn more at stopbullying.gov.

ON DECK Continue reading and encourage your NEXT team to read with you! WEEK:

gojrgiants.org | 9 WEEK FOUR WORD OF THE WEEK: EDUCATION AT BAT THIS WEEK: Turn in your Round the Bases Scorecard to earn your next reading reward! Make your way to home plate and see how much you can read this EVAN LONGORIA summer. Use the inserted scorecard to track INFIELDER your reading levels.

As a bonus, read to younger family members or friends to include them in the fun!

CHECK OUT THE ROUND THE BASES SCORECARD TO SEE HOW TO EARN THESE COOL REWARDS! Once you’ve earned one, ✔check it off on your magnet.

WEEK 4: GIANTS FAVORITE EDUCATION CHILDHOOD BOOKS: Evan Longoria: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss Buster Posey: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Brandon Crawford: Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling : A Catcher with a Glass Arm by Matt Christopher Andrew McCutchen: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

ROUND THE BASES READING PROGRAM READING LEVELS & PRIZES FIRST BASE | Read the Player & Parent Handbook to receive a Giants bookmark. SECOND BASE | Read for 240 minutes to receive Giants mini colored pencils. THIRD BASE | Read for 480 minutes to receive a Giants pencil and pencil case. ! | Read for 720 minutes to receive a Giants notebook. RETURN YOUR If your ENTIRE TEAM reaches the Home Run level, you are eligible to SCORECARD attend the Junior Giants Festival! (Please note that T-ball teams will TO YOUR COACH receive a backpack instead of an invitation to the Festival.) BY JULY 14th

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CONFIDENCE When you have confidence in yourself, anything is possible. – Johnny Cueto TEAMWORK WEEK 6: WEEK

ON DECK Challenge yourself to read to the NEXT next base in the Round the Bases WEEK: Reading Program!

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WEEK 7: LEADERSHIP

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LEADERSHIP ✔ Good leaders have the ability to set a positive tone for the entire team. – Buster Posey INTEGRITY WEEK 8: WEEK

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Those who act with integrity do the right thing even when it’s difficult. – Brandon Crawford INFORMATION MORE

gojrgiants.org | 19 JUNIOR GIANTS WILLIE MAC AWARD Presented by Named in honor of Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, this award is the Junior Giants version of the annual award given to a Giants player by his teammates each year. The Junior Giants Willie Mac Award will go to one outstanding Junior Giants player and coach/team parent that best represent their league, as chosen by their Commissioner.

A Junior Giants Willie Mac recipient exemplifies CONFIDENCE, INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK on and off the field. Junior Giants Willie Mac Award winners are recognized during a home plate ceremony and invited to a special luncheon after the season’s end where they receive their award.

HARMON AND SUE BURNS SCHOLARSHIP The Harmon and Sue Burns Scholarship Program is named in honor of the late Giants owners Harmon and Sue Burns who were generous supporters of the Giants Community Fund and the Education Committee.

ENTERING 8TH GRADE? If so, you’re eligible to apply! Each year, 10 Harmon and Sue Burns Scholars are selected to receive special support during high school APPLICATIONS and a $5,000 scholarship after graduation. You don’t have to be an DUE BY A+ student to be a Harmon and Sue Burns Scholar. Scholars are JULY 15 selected on the basis of leadership, character, academic potential Go to and Junior Giants involvement. Harmon and Sue Burns Scholars gojrgiants.org are honored at an on-field ceremony at AT&T Park and receive a to apply! personalized jersey when they graduate from high school.

Special thanks to the Burns Family Foundation who generously underwrites the cost of the Harmon and Sue Burns Scholarship Program and to Franklin Templeton Investments for their donation to support the Road the College Workshop and Education Day. MORE INFORMATION 20 | Player & Parent Handbook GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND The Giants Community Fund is a public charity with a tie to the great game of baseball, a sport that convenes people of all ages and from all walks of life. We are honored to have played an active role in our community by providing programs for youth since 1991. We work year-round to ensure that communities are reached with important initiatives in Health, Education and Violence Prevention.

Junior Giants is part of ’s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) youth outreach program designed to give youth the opportunity to play baseball and softball, encourage academic success and teach the value of teamwork. For more information, please visit MLB.com/rbi or MLBCommunity.org.

A GIANT THANK YOU! On behalf of the Giants Community Fund, we would like to extend a GIANT THANK YOU to all those who make this program possible. Each year, over 5,000 coaches, team parents, other volunteers and thousands of donors and partners combine their efforts to bring a special brand of baseball and softball to over 24,000 young people. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to:

Academy of Art University NBC Sports Bay Area All Pro Baseball Group Norman S. Wright Mechanical Equipment Corporation Bank of America PG&E Burns Family Foundation Positive Coaching Alliance California Police Activities League Robert A. Bothman, Inc California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo SAE Expression College Coaching Corps San Francisco Public Library Dignity Health San Jose Giants Fit Kids Franklin Templeton Investments Soul Shoppe Fresno Grizzlies Sports Illustrated Play Friends of Camp Concord Tandem, Partners in Early Learning Good Tidings Foundation The Guardsmen Kidpower TransPerfect KNBR Up2Us Masons of California W2O Michael Pritchard Wender Weis Foundation for Children Mindflash … and to all coaches, parents and volunteers!

GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND STAFF THREE CHEERS FOR: Sue Petersen, Executive Director Paul Giuliacci, Deputy Director Carolyn Della Maggiore, Development Director Nicole Z. Catchatoorian, Junior Giants Manager We are grateful to Bank of America for stepping Cassandra Hofman, Junior Giants and Special Projects Manager up to the plate as the Presenting Sponsor of the Blaine Mauldin, Senior Coordinator, Development and Health Junior Giants program. Now in its 14th year, Bailey West, Senior Coordinator, Junior Giants Bank of America’s partnership allows the Jen Day, Junior Giants Coordinator Junior Giants program to continue to reach Laura Porter, Finance Annie Jones, Development Coordinator youth across three states. We look forward to Chrissy Camilleri, Junior Giants Assistant our partnership for years to come! Hayley Walker, Junior Giants Intern Ivania Angel, Graphic Designer JUNIOR GIANTS HALL OF FAME Ray Askew Jim Hale Willie McCovey Walt & Barbara Velasquez Burns Family Foundation Jeff Hammar Ken McCulloch Kendee Vance Rick Enos Larry Harper Eric Miller Ron Exley Kathy Hausman Michael Pritchard Angel Gonzalez Brandon Hill Juan Reyes Bob & Lorry Greenberg Peter Magowan Mike Rodriguez Heather Grigsby Gene Tate Medford Klamath Falls

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JUNIOR GIANTS LEAGUES WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! To provide feedback about the program, please contact: Redding Giants Community Fund Cottonwood 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 1.877.JR.GIANT Red Blu Email: [email protected] Los Molinos

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