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July 4th, 1939, saying Goodbye, after an incredible career The Great Lou Gehrig
Earl, that Baseball Junkie... ....wants you to know that this page is for general information pertaining to the BBSA. Much of the news here is posted by the BBSA, but if you want to post something which is baseball relevant, and important for all to know, please E-mail it to us, and we will post it here! Also, any "Items for Sale", and "Lost and Found" can be posted on our pages, which are linked to this page (scroll directly below to see links).
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Click here for the "For Sale" page Click here for the "Lost and Found Department".
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Double-click the mail slot to send an E-mail!
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FAMILY DAY INFORMATION Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 BBSA Raffle!
Mike Grinnell Flemings $100 g/c Bob Ponzini $75 G/C Nora Swanson 1 night stay at Sheraton Newton w/breakfast Alan Joyce - Signed Baseball Pat Sullivan $500 Cash Prize Impemba Family 1 Night Stay Sheraton Newton w/breakfast Jeanine Daly - Grand Prize - Camden Yards Joanne Campbell $1000 cash prize Marie Wyman - 1 night stay Sheraton Newton w/breakfast Rocky Scali - Kevin Millar Signed Ball Fran Serris - Celtics jacket Tony Vetrano - 2 nights Attitash grand summit hotel Joe Viscione - Weekend stay w/breakfast @ Sheraton Framingham Aurelie Cyr - 2 Infield Grand Slam Red Sox tickets Sandra Giusti - Capital grill dinner for 4 - $500 value
BBSA 2008 Skills Competition Ripken A 2nd Place (3-way tie) Evan Camilleri Daniel Munch Jonathan Orchanian 1st Place Emmett Funchion
Ripken AA 3d Place (tie) Kevin Nigro Chris Trunfio 1st Place (tie) Dylan Murdock Alex Heisler
Ripken AAA 3d Place Patrick Gallo 2nd Place Nick Romano 1st Place Jonathan Trunfio
Ripken Majors 3d Place Chris Oakes 2nd Place Ibrahim Aburumman 1st Place Harrison Smoske
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Congratulations to the 2008 Senior Class BBSA Scholarship Winners !
They are: Alyssa Danielle Freedman Michelle Rena Reis Benjamin Reddan Mullin Brendan James Putney Jessie Marie Gray
These Seniors each received a BBSA Scholarship award of $600. Congratulations on your academic record and thank you for your contribution to the Burlington Baseball/Softball Association, over the years.
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Congratulations to Ed Malatesta! This year, BBSA's own Ed Malatesta is being inducted into the Burlington High School Hall of Fame 1965-1969
Congratulations Ed, from the entire BBSA Board, and from a grateful town, for all you have done and continue to do to help insure excellence in the Burlington Sports Community. Your recognition and induction into the Burlington High School Hall of Fame is well deserved.!
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Attention Teenagers !!!!! (and others, too!)
Sign ups are OVER to Umpire the Ripken A and AA Leagues
So far, so good ???????
Are you 15 or over, need spending money and of sound mind? If so, the BBSA would like to hire you to umpire the A and AA baseball games, when they are played this coming spring. You do not need to be certified to umpire these games; you just need reasonable judgment, a working knowledge of baseball and a desire to have fun!
The BBSA will pay you $20 per game(!), for you to umpire in the 9 and 10 year old Burlington leagues. More money than babysitting or Market Basket and easier too (except for the occasional blockhead parent who takes this stuff too seriously...) ! Soooooooo, be a sport, have fun, and earn money all at the same time (wow, it just doesn't get any better than that!)
To get on the list, simply e-mail this website! with your name, age, and telephone number. That's it!! The BBSA will call you to confirm that you really want to umpire, then we'll put you on the list, and when the spring leagues start, we'll give you a call! You don't need a uniform or anything!
Sooooooo.... "Do It Today!" Just e-mail BBSA2008@aol.com and let Earl know that you want to umpire when the spring leagues start rollin'! You'll be glad you did, ... and so will we!
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you either Male or
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Hey, You older people!!! 16yrs or older, that is.... Want to become a Certified Umpire, make the really big bucks, and call kids out at home plate, ...even when they're NOT ?!?!?!
Well, the Greater Lowell Baseball Umpires' Association's (GLBUA) Winter Clinic is almost over, but you have plenty of time to look into the upcoming Summer Clinic, which will take place on Saturdays, at Hunt Gym beside Emerson Park!
Bob Dicey is the contact person - 603 598-1686
Also, you can go to GLBUA.com to find out all there is to know (well, almost) about umpiring and the Lowell Umpires' Association ! It's an excellent website (I just went there to find out...)!
Go on, push the envelope (that means do something different; stretch yourself) and become an umpire! You'll have fun, make extra mulah and be helping out the BBSA all at the same time! Really!
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2008 BBSA Committees
1) Rules Baseball Ripken 12U (Major, AAA, AA, A) Þ Ron, Dave, Steve, Tim, Gerry = Chair Ron
2) Rules Baseball Babe Ruth Þ Ron, Eddie, Roger, Tony. = Chair Eddie
3) Softball Rules Þ Keith, John W, John C., Rick R. = Chair Keith
4) Rules Baseball Ripken 9U (T-ball, Farm, Rookie) Þ Eric, Mike M, Michael W. = Chair Eric
5) By-Law Þ Jim Grasso, Jack, Joanne, Eddie, Peter, Roger = Chair Jim
6) Simonds Park (Sound System – Score Board) Þ Jack, Keith, Chris, Jim Martin = Chair Jack Jack will get in touch with Mike Theriault to help out.
7) Field Expansion Committee (Maintenance) Þ Keith, Gerry Mills, Eric Wilshusen, Steve Salinas, Chris Corbett, Tim Horgan, Jim Martin = Chair Keith
8) Special Event Fundraising Þ Jim Martin, Chris, Mike Malone, Mike Winn, Anisha, Joanne, Gerry Mills, Tim Horgan, Pat = Chair Chris
9) Summer Programs Þ Joe, Jack, Dave, Steve, Tim, Kendra = Chair Mr. Joseph Scali
10) Scholarship Committee Þ Joanne, Eric, Peter, Roger and Jack = Chair Peter
11) Election Committee Anisha, Joanne, Roger, Peter Chair Peter
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Did you know: 1. That the Burlington Baseball Website actually has 6 addresses?
They are Burlingtonbaseball.com, Burlingtonsoftball.com. Burlingtonbaseballsoftballassociation.com,
Burlingtonbaseball.us, Burlingtonsoftball.us and Burlingtonbaseballsoftballassociation.us.
2. That for Ripken A thru Ripken Major:
"Each player shall play 9 defensive outs in every game."? All coaches have to keep a running tally of all players'
playing time, via the Players Playing Time Form, for each and every game of the season.
3. That Earl will STILL give a buffalo nickel to anyone who can tell him who won
the Junior, and Intermediate Softball Championships in 2003 (not 2004)?
UPDATE: Earl's raised the stakes to a Roosevelt dime. Won't some softball league director
check his back season's softball book, and e-mail in? "The Champions!!" page on this
website is missing two teams from the 2003 season. 2007 Update - Earl now is offering an autographed photo
of 6 members of the cast of "Lost" for this information. This is an autographed original, not a copy, and Earl
has the COA. The person providing the information must provide proof that the information is accurate.
4. That for Coaches and Parents, there is a YouTube video worthy of your consideration?
It's a 9 minute speech by University of Minnesota Hockey head coach Don Lucia
which could apply to all Youth Sports.
Go to YouTube.com,
type in Don Lucia (in the search box) and click his video when it comes up after the search.
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recently wrote a letter to the BBSA coaches, but it's something the parents might want to read too, soooo... "here it is!"
Dear BBSA Managers and Coaches,
Welcome to another year of baseball and
softball, and thanks for volunteering your time this season.
As a team coach there are a few things you
can do to help ensure a smooth running website which will make the
season more enjoyable for everyone, especially the kids.
Most important:
(This does not apply to T-Ball, Farm or Rookie, but it does for
every other softball and baseball league)
1. After every game,
please e-mail this website with your score, win or lose.
From EVERY team and
after EVERY game, I need:
- The name of your
league
- The name of the 2
teams which played, with the correct final score
- The date played
and
- If it's a
makeup game, I need to know the date the original game was supposed
to have been played
- If you are NOT
playing for some reason (rain), please e-mail the website to let me
know that your game was delayed or rained out. PLEASE!
Also -
Think of the website as a fun information and communication
vehicle. There is a section for journalistic write-ups, called
The Sports Pages.
Feel free to do a write-up of a game, or many games. Or assign a
parent to do it.
There's also a section called
The Photo Album,
with over 1000 from the past 5 years. Take some digital photos, or
have a parent do it, sent them in and I'll put them up. There are
some GREAT photos there. Please keep adding to them this year.
There's also a lost and found, a Bulletin Board, and
The 7th Inning Stretch (check it out). If there is anything
missing that you'd like to see, let me know.
Thanks... !
- Earl
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Earl,
that Baseball Junkie..
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From the BBSA Baseball Commissioner May 22, 2005 1.) Please be advised that if any team has a
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Ripken A thru Ripken Majors
Did you know it is a rule that :
"Each player shall play 9 defensive outs in every game."?
Managers are supposed to make sure that every player who shows up at the beginning of the game and continues to be able to play throughout the game (that is, he or she is not injured, and the game is not postponed because of rain), plays 9 defensive outs, if the game goes 6 complete innings, and even if the game only goes 5 1\2 innings because the home team, which has "last ups", has won.
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For Major League Baseball, Did you know that...
Home plate to pitcher's box: 60 feet 6 inches. Plate to second base: 127 feet 3 3/8 inches. Distance from base to base (home plate included): 90 feet Size of bases: 15 inches by 15 inches. Pitcher's plate: 24 inches by 6 inches. Batter's box: 4 feet by 6 feet. Home plate: Five-sided, 17 inches by 8 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches, cut to a point at rear. Home plate to backstop: Not less than 60 feet (recommended). Weight of ball: Not less than 5 ounces nor more than 5 1/4 ounces. Circumference of ball: Not less than 9 inches nor more than 9 1/4 inches. Bat: Must be one piece of solid wood, round, not over 2 3/4 inches in diameter at thickest part, nor more than 42 inches in length
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2004 Rule Change NO "ON DECK BATTERS"
IN ALL LEAGUES for
The is no weight restriction regarding bats
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says.......... "Hey Kids!!!! ...of any age... Last year, my son and I visited the 2004 Red Sox Spring Training Camp in Fort Myers, Florida!! If you've never been there, you might enjoy looking at some of the photographs I took, so you can see what it's like! Just go to "The Sandlot" section of this website and scroll down, way down, to the spinning ball in the middle of the page. Click on the ball and it will take you to my Red Sox photo album, where you can see some of the action at last year's Spring Training!
Check it out !!!
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The single most important job a manager can do, regarding your obligation to the website, is this: send in your team scores! All coaches of all competitive leagues (Ripken Single A through Babe Ruth Majors and all Softball leagues) should E-mail in their scores to the website after every game. You may e-mail to either BBSA2007@aol.com or pwjcl@aol.com. When e-mailing your scores: Always1) Identify
your team by name and league
2) Identify the name of the team you played 3) Give your complete name 4) Remember to mention who won and lost Don’t 1) Rely on the other team’s manager to send in the score, even if he agrees to do so. He’ll forget. 2) Rely on the League Director to send in the score. He’ll forget. 3) Wait until the end of the week to send in scores. You’ll forget. And by then it’s too late for the kids who have been logging on all week to check out the standings.
It’s up to you to send in your team’s score after each game. If the other team happens to send in the score as well, fine; it’s better to have a duplication of information than no information at all. If, for some reason, you feel you can’t send in the scores after a game, then assign a competent parent to do so, for every game. Or a ballplayer. But make sure it gets done!
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Bats!! (Not the flying kind....) Did you know......? - that in the Ripken Leagues, the maximum bat length allowed is 32", with no weight limit???
- that in the 13 year old Babe Ruth Minors, there is no restriction regarding bat length or weight???
- that in 14 & 15 yr. Babe Ruth Majors, there is a "3 oz. differential", which means that the the weight of the bat may be no more that 3 ounces more or less than the length of the bat?? (Example - If the length of a bat is 34 inches, the bat can weigh no less than 31 oz. and no more than of 37 oz.)
- that in the Babe Ruth of America State (Summer) Tournament, there is no differential, regarding bat weight and size??? (A bat may be any length and any weight.)
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THE CORI APPLICATION
*It is
required that the CORI form be filled out by all managers, coaches,
assistant coaches and adult helpers participating in BBSA Baseball.
Failure to fill out this form and mail it to the BBSA may result in your ineligibility to participate in BBSA
Baseball. But make sure it gets done!
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