Winter Instructional Clinics
Submitted By admin on Thu 01 26, 17
The Hamilton Cardinals will be offering winter instructional clinics open to houseleage, select and rep players. This is a great opporunity to refresh your skills and learn new ones in advance of the upcoming baseball season. Learn from qualified instructors in hitting and pitching. Choose from either a Tuesday night or Friday night clinic; all will be held at Helen Detwiler School (320 Brigade Dr, Hamilton). Clinics will run for 5 weeks and cost just $35 each.
Tuesay Clinics: February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7
Friday Clinics: February 10, 17, 24, March 10, 24
To register for these clinics, please fill out the registration form here >>
Registration fees can be brought to your first session.
Our Instructors:
Dean Dicenzo (Hitting & Pitching)
- Player and coach in the IBL for The Hamilton Cardinals and the Brantford Red Sox 1980-2000
- Three-time Intercounty Baseball League All-Star 1982 (2B), 1984 (OF) & 1992 (1B)
- Led Intercounty Baseball League in stolen bases 1982, 1984 & 1992
- Retired Second All-Time in hits in Intercounty Baseball League
- Retired Top Ten in doubles in Intercounty Baseball League
- Instructor of the Cardinals Baseball School 1989-2012 with 13 participants drafted in the MLB draft
- Head Coach of the Hamilton AAA OBA Champion 2004, 2005, 2011
- Head Coach of the Hamilton AAA Major Bantam Eliminations Champion 2006, National Champion 2006
- OBA Coach of the Year 2006
- Oklahoma Junior Sunbelt Classic coach for Ontario 2012-2015, Head coach 2014
- Head Coach, 18U Ontario Terriers
- NCCP Provincial Coach Certified
Ed Ivy (Pitching)
- former Division I pitcher for North Carolina A&T University.
- All State Honorable Mention
- 3 times All-Area
- twice Regional Semi-finalist
- twice District Champion
- played his summer baseball seasons in Michigan's elite leagues: Connie Mack and American Legion
John Hashimoto (Hitting, Coaching)
- 11 years as a Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Academy Instructor
- MLB Scout School graduate
- T12 Scout, Evaluator, Development Instructor, Assistant
- Guest Coach Toronto Blue Jays Extended Spring Training
- NCCP Provincial Certified Coach
- Head Coach, OBA Championship (Bantam) 2000
- Assistant Coach, Bantam Eliminations Champion, Canadian National Champion 2006
- Baseball Canada Master Coach Developer
- Baseball Canada Master Coach Evaluator
- Baseball Canada Coach Developer/Evaluator Trainer