Saturday, Dec 17 was a busy workout day.....2 hour plus mtn bike ride with craig, charlie and shawn.......took a mid day break to pick up my baby girl at the airport, yeah!....batting and pitching lesson with clint.....followed will and sam joining me at the batting cages......today, taking the snake out for a walk...hopefully, getting alexander out of bed to hit me ground balls and flys.........a little over a month away from camp...lots of work to do....thanks for your support....love, vasi

batting cages today...with the help of my batting coach, clint marcus, my game is looking / batting is looking strong.... ask will, who was mildly impressed with my swing in the cages today....me, very impressed with my swing.....see what the 40 year difference in age can cause? thanks for following and your support....love, vasi

It's that time of year, training for fantasy camp CMTA charity event.......I'll start posting my doings and other tidbits about my preparation, my charity event.....Jan 22 is when SF Giants Fantasy Camp starts.....stay tuned and thanks for following....

SF Giants Fantasy Camp for 1/23

Finally,

the day for departure has arrived......Off to camp.....with back spasm to boot.....UGH! Hopefully, better by game time Monday....

Thanks for your continued support.

Love,

Vasi

Thank you's

SF Giants Fantasy Camp / CMT Charity Event, Thanks You's

Deb, my beautiful wife, for her support, time, effort and love
Will, for playing catch with me before school and always going to the batting cages with me.
Sammy, and his friends, for stuffing and addressing all the flyers and his support of my cause.
Alexander and Rebecca for great support and encouragement.
Patty, in my office, for doing everything to help out.
Jimmy for getting me in to shape, Tito for helping me when injured and Vaughn for working on all my baseball skills.
The donors who's generousity has truly touched my heart.
The doctors and board of CMTA who work tirelessly in search of a cure.

Off to camp in Scotsdale, AZ in the morning..I''ll post daily updates for those watching my hit count.

Love,
Vasi

SF Giants Fantasy Camp for 1/18/11

hey all,

well, a few more days and then i'm off to camp. pretty darn excited. today, i have my individual workout with jimmy at body logic followed by some great chiropractic work by dr. b aka brunner and some infield, outfield and live hitting with vaughn kastor.....all getting this machine as fine tuned as possible for a successful camp and, more importantly, charity event.

thanks for your continue support...

love,

vasi

SF Giants Fantasy Camp for 1/11

Okay,

This may be hard for some of you to believe but, last Friday, my regular trainer for camp, the great and awesome Jimmy of Body Logic in Westlake, CA, was out of town. Well, the most excellent Bret trained me that day......So, today, he says to me, "were you sore after our work out" Me, "nope" Brett "that's because you're an athlete" Quickly, I let him know he was going to be quoted on my blog. Good work out....tomorrow..Jimmy in the morning, Dr. Brunner doing some Chiropratic work thereafter followed by infield, outfield and live pitching from my baseball trainer, Vaughn Kastor.....seriously, have I lost my mind? Nope, all about finding a cure for CMT and doing whatever it takes to do so....

Love,

Vasi

SF Giants Fantasy Camp for 1/11

hey all,

infield work today followed by batting cages....lifted this morning and a nice walk with deb too....have a great sunday....two weeks from today, i'm on the plane to camp.

love,

vasi

My Little League Team- 1970

Mighty Senators Team with yours truly middle row, last on the right.

Early training for Fanatasy Camp.

Steve, Will, and I with World Series Champ and Rookie of the Year Buster Posey

Day after New Year....going to try and mtn bike ride, do some lifting, batting cages and some throwing and or fielding......Happy New Year to you all....

Love,

Vasi

SF Giants Fantasy Camp for CMT 12/28

Well,

After a workout Monday morning followed by the batting cages followed by a mountain bike ride, today Tuesday, yoga in the morning, physical therapy (hamstring issue) at noon, field work with Alexander and Will (field work meaning, lots of ground balls, fly balls and attempt to work on my pitching...well, it's a fantasy camp and I want to pitch at least one inning. If I have any left over energy, I may hit the mountain for a late afternoon ride. That's it for now....

Love,

Vasi

SF Giants Fantasy Camp for CMT update

hey all,

off to work out at Body Logic with Jimmy, batting cages thereafter with an afternoon field workout with my son's Alexander and Will......most likely I'll need a nap after that....since it's a slow work week, I will put in some extra hours.....every hit is a donation toward CMTA finding a cure......

thanks for your support....photos and maybe a video to follow this week.

love,

vasi

Thanks to Sammy and friends for stuffing and sealing the envelopes yesterday as part of their community service hours.

Thanks to Deb for addressing and helping me in many capacities of the event.

Thanks to Patty and Mary, in the office, for all the help.

Batting cages today.....not bad in the 75mph cage......hitting lesson with Will and I which will be given by Glen Reyes of the Hitting Zone in Westlake on Saturday...Oh yeah, he's a Yankee scout.....

Well, for those faithful followers of my blog, I had my first full two hour baseball work out last Sunday....took me two or so days to recover. Now, with that behind me, i'm gearing up for Jimmy"s (strong and fast workouts) and Tito (hamstring help, great PT) starting next week (see them from last years photos) and I have one of the head coaches at our local high school willing to work with me on baseball skills or lack thereof a few times a week. Yes, i'm still working my real job. i will do my best, with my kids help, to post some video and photos of my various workout endeavors. Hopefully, this will be my best SF Giants Fantasy Camp with a large charity contribution to CMT, the most common form of Muscular Dystrophy. Thanks for your support......Love, Vasi

SF Giants Fantasy Camp for CMT 11/2010

Well, happily, it's the start of my training for the SF Giants Baseball Fantasy Camp and my charity event to find a cure for CMT (Charcot Marie Tooth Disease)....the most common form of muscular dystrophy......so, please stay tuned for updates and photos of my various workouts as I aim toward camp January 23 - 30 with the hopes of bettering last years hit total of 10 and contributions toward finding a cure.....thanks for reading and supporting this great cause.....Vasi

Fantasy Camp

Well, we didn't post any photos nor videos of my fine Fantasy camp performance which I will do this week. However, my finals stats are as follows:

10 hits out of 21 at bats
2 walks
7 runs scored
1 triple...that's a long run and if I hadn't pulled my quad between second and third, I could have had a home run.
2 RBI's

Oh yeah, extra bonus, our team won the Fantasy Camp Championship as well. This was a first time for me which made it even more special on top of the great charity success I had.

Had a great group of guys on my team which included my baby bro Steve and neighbor and good friend, Mark Spellman. Also, big thanks to my teammates, Shasky (Campy Cy Young award winner) Brown Bros from Monterey, Boufards, Sr and Jr (Camp Silver Slugger winner), Jones, Lucas, Fletcher and Harden from making it a most memorable week...thanks guys.

Also, a very big thanks to our coaches, Jeffrey "Hac Man" Leonard and Greg "Moon Man" Minton for making it a great week in so many ways....not to mention all the pro coaches and the camp organizer Bill "Tree" Laskey for putting on another great week of camp, truly exceptional. I would be remiss on not thanking Dave "Tuna" Heaverlo for running the best Kangaroo Court. Also, all the support people starting with Kyle Heaverlo, the best. The trainers, Mark and gang, who keep us together, Dennis and the gang in the club house who make us look good...Beth, Basio, Peggy, ....the drivers.....Bench for being every where (hope your calf is better), and if I'm forgetting anyone, thanks to you too and all the campers.

Will Vangelos for being a great batboy for our team, once he arrived, we never lost...nothing like your son being with you and dressing together in the clubhouse, warming up and just hanging out.

Thanks for following.

Vasi

Hey everyone. Thanks for the support. Will and I are having a great time here at camp. So far, I've gotten 9 hits. We are playing in the championships tomorrow. Videos and pictures are coming soon. Thanks again for helping CMT.

Departure Day for Camp

Yep, it's finally arrived....pretty excited...hopefully all the training is going to make my Charcot Marie Tooth Disease charity event a big success in the search for a cure. By the way, when you're 50, you have to train a bit harder and longer then back in the day.... Just giving some of you youngsters a tip...:) Have my baseball bag almost packed....

Two beautiful maple bats ready with tap and tar on the handles with at least ten hits in them.
Giants baseball uniform, home and away.
Two baseball gloves, infield and ourfielder
Cup...just for the pain part, not having any more kids
Cleats, for my blazing speed
Red Man Chewing Tobacco, my unofficial sponsor
Sliding shorts...hope I don't have a reason to use them.

Finally, most importantly in my bag, the great wishes and support of so many kind and generous people. It's truly shocked and emotionally wowed me to see and feel such kindness. I think; Why did they do that? Why the generosity? Why the very touching and kind words? It brings tears to this old boy's eyes....

Thanks to everyone....xo Vasi