Christmas Parade Float Update North Shore Spirit

This is our last chance to thank the North Shore Spirit & Nick Lopardo for 5 great summers of baseball- so let's make this a success!
The parade is on Dec. 24 at 5 p.m.
The Kevin Kennedy Band has offered us the use of a sound system for the float. We have a white reindeer & sleigh we can use on the float along with a white Christmas tree.
Judging from the response we're getting there may be too many of us to ride on one flatbed- the company we're getting it from is limiting the number of people for safety reasons. I'm still trying to find out what happened to the Slugger uniform-- does anyone know how we can get our hands on that?
BJ Weed & Andy Theriault have agreed to ride on the float. We'd love to get as many players as possible so if you have contact information for any of the boys pass this along.

BJ WEED & THERIAULT will ride on float in Christmas Eve Parade

I'm so excited. The Lynn Chirstmas parade is on Dec. 24. It starts at 6 p.m. but everyone has to be there at 5 p.m. to ride on the float. My Grandma talked to BJ Weed and he said he'd ride on the float in the Lynn Christmas Eve Parade. Andy Theriault (#9 Bullpen Catcher) is coming from N.H. to ride on the float too. BJ's going to call other players & see if they will ride on the float too. I'm so excited. Cathy said she'd paint a backdrop. Dave at LynnCam TV said he'd wear a Santa suit with a Spirit jersey over it. Someone is donating a tree and someone else is donating lights. A group of 10 awesome kids from Classical High School and several families emailed and said they'd help. My Grandma thinks she has a flatbed truck from Four Star Towing but we might have to raise $200 or more to pay for it. And if we can get someone with a truck with a trailer hitch we can also get an open trailer so more people can ride for $100. Anyone else interested email me.

Christmas Parade North Shore Spirit Baseball Float

I have an idea that might sound crazy but has anyone ever seen the Lynn Christmas Parade? It's really cool ! They have it every year on Christmas Eve. I was thinking it would be really awesome if we have a float in the parade this year to thank Nick Lopardo & the North Shore Spirit for 5 great years of CanAm League baseball. I REALLY REALLY want to do this. Does anyone know what happened to the Slugger costume? We could have someone dress like Santa and wear a North Shore Spirit jersey. Maybe we could get a local towing company to donate use of a flatbed truck to ride on. If not we could probably ride in cars and decorate them. We have a couple of huge Spirit banners someone already said we can borrow. We could put a tree and lights on the truck with the banners and make signs thanking Nick & the Spirit. We'll need a tree, decorations and lights. We'll also need people to help make signs for the float. Anyone interested contact me. I really want to do this. If anyone knows a Red Sox player or North Shore Spirit player that would ride with us that would be awesome too

College Ball NECBL Replacing North Shore Spirit at Fraser Field?

Here are some of my thoughts on this:
***Steve and mayor Clancy are wrong! Some college kids playing college ball for a couple of months will not fill the void left by the Spirit leaving.I don't know why people are excited about this. Think about it. If the Red Sox were booted out of Fenway Park would everyone be jumping for joy if the Pennsylvania Road Warriors decided to play at Fenway. I don't think so.

*** Someone suggested having the NECBL Holyoke Giants use the Spirit name. NO! There will only be one Spirit. That's like having the Red Sox leave Fenway & naming some non-pro ball team that decides to play at Fenway the Boston Red Sox. It would be terrible. It's like swearing.

*** I'm only 9 but even I know the difference between college baseball, CanAm league ball, Indie Ball and farm teams. I've seen college baseball games and they are not very good. And how can you be a real fan of a team that has a whole new set of players every season? That's lame.

This is part of a story on www.itemlive.com
By Steve Krause / The Daily Item

LYNN - Fans who feel the void left by the departure of the North Shore Spirit may soon have a new team to follow.
The New England Collegiate Baseball League - which consists of players culled from various college teams around the country - is on the verge of agreeing to move its Holyoke franchise to Lynn in time for next season, Mayor Edward J. Clancy Jr. said Thursday.
The new team could be officially approved Tuesday, if the Lynn Stadium Commission votes in favor of the proposed lease, Clancy said...
Clancy said the lease compares with the one the city gave the Spirit: $1 from June 1 through Sept. 30.
"We're not in this to make a dime," he said. "We want to have the facility used, and kept in pristine condition, and be available for a people to go out and have nice, affordable family entertainment."
That was the Spirit's objective too. And Clancy said that the city's experience with the Spirit and its owner, Nick Lopardo, is one of the reasons that the NECBL and Holyoke owner Phil Rosenfield, a Swampscott native, were so anxious to enter the Lynn market.
"The Spirit's presence, and what Nick did, and what the city did in partnership, speaks volumes about the marketability of Fraser Field," Clancy said. "Fraser Field has been deemed a safe, family-friendly location for sporting events for people and families all summer long."

"We're very pleased that someone is going to come forward and fill the void that the Spirit left," Clancy said. "And we'll all go forward, hopefully