WELCOME TO THE 18U MICHIGAN BULLS TEAM

The 18U Michigan Bulls are a new team for the 2008 season.  The 18’s are made up of players from Sterling Heights, Allen Park, West Bloomfield, Hartland, Farmington Hills, Detroit, Dearborn Heights, Niles, Rochester Hills, Commerce, Clarkston, Toledo (OH) and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. This group of players ranges from 16 to 18 years old.

William Tollison heads up the coaching staff for the 18’s with Frank Gallagher and Jeff Jones as his pitching coaches, and Ryan Freiburger has his infield coach.

The boys will compete in the MATBL as well as 5 tournaments plus post-season.  Tournaments will include Great Lakes Challenge, Midland Redskins Invitational, Black Swamp Classic, Indiana Bulls Classic and Ultimate Strike-zone. Next, the 18’s will move on to the AABC Districts where they will try to move on to the Regionals and eventually to the AABC World Series in Farmington, New Mexico.

“We’re going to be pretty tough this summer. I have been around baseball enough to know that it’s tough to assemble a better team throughout. We have an extremely talented pitching rotation, many of which are dual position players, with guys that are versatile enough to start, relieve or close games when needed. As for the offense, team speed is a necessity at this age and we have it throughout the line-up. One through nine will all be tough outs for many teams this summer and I honestly think I could flip our lineup and we would be equally as tough. Based on our schedule, we will be battle tested enough that come the District and Regional, we will be ready to make our run for the World Series.”

~Coach William Tollison~