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Bellmawr Baseball 2009
Bellmawr Baseball
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BELLMAWR BASEBALL WINS TRI-TOWN LEAGUE TITLE
June 8, 2009
Bellmawr Baseball completed an amazing run on Sunday night when they defeated Collingswood #3 by a score of 10-0 to win the 2009 Tri-Town League 14-15 Year Old Title. This was the first Tri-Town league title for Bellmawr.
Manager Mike Mercantini's squad completed a 20-1 season with the win. The team dominated in the league playoffs with wins over Collingswood #2, Haddon Twp. #1 and Collingswood #3 by a combined 3 game run differential of 49-1 in the playoffs.
Boomer Wickersham completed his 15 year old season by pitching a 2 hit shutout while also driving in 3 runs with a bases clearing triple. In the semi final win over Haddon Twp., Colin Ryder had a perfect 5-5 day with a double and triple.
The following were members of the team and will be honored at the August league banquet:
Manager- Mike Mercantini
Coaches- John DeMaria, Stan Raiczyk
Players- Frank Angeloni
Dan Bekier
Nick Brocious
Trevor Datz
Derek DeMaria
Justin Finegan
Gio Gussen
Anthony Mercantini
Chris Raiczyk
Brandon Rivera
Colin Ryder
Nick Schepacarter
AJ Thomas
Boomer Wickersham
Zack Wickersham
Essex Ave Fields Renamed CHARLES KOEHLER FIELD
Bellmawr Baseball is proud to announce that the major league field located on Essex Ave., have been renamed CHARLES KOEHLER FIELD.
The renaming is in honor of Charles "Charley" Koehler, a longtime member of Bellmawr Baseball who has devoted over 50 years of volunteer service to the organization.
Congratulations Charley and here's to 50 more years of good health!!!
DISTRICT ALL STAR TEAMS ANNOUNCED
Bellmawr Baseball announced the 2009 District All Star Team Roster recently. The league will compete in the 8 year old, 10 year old and 11-12 year old district tournaments, as well as other invitational tournaments throughout the summer.
Congratulations to the following players on their selection to the 2009 tournament teams:
8 Year Old Team
Manager- Matt Otero
Coaches- Robert Ryan, John Scarborough, Bill Gillin
Players- Jake Durham
Justin Niederman
John Scarborough
Michael Shannon
Mike Hudson
Ben Ryan
Zach Ryan
Sean Ryan
Joe Kidd
Will Gillin
Nathan Hannum
Matt Otero
Aedan Labar
Garrett Ouimette
10 Year Old Team
Manager- Joe Rush
Coaches- Mark Franklin,Jonathan Lewis
Players- Tyler Coombe
Liam Ryder
Brandon Beecher
Chris Garwood
Justin Ferry
Matt Daley
Devon Johns
Billy Durham
John Croce
Michael Hoban
Sal Masino
12 Year Old Team
Manager- Frank Ryder
Coaches- Todd Ferry,Kevin Lanning
Players-Lucas Lanning
Eric Raiczyk
Shawn Ryan
Shayne Johns
Zach Leonard
Pat Ryder
Joe Pepe
Jeff DeAngelis
Jake Gillis
Zach Carney
Todd Ferry
Ryan Daley
BELLMAWR'S GREG BURKE MAKES THE SHOW!!!!!
Bellmawr Baseball's own Greg Burke recently realized every youngster's dream when he was called up to the majors with the San Diego Padres.
The Bellmawr native was a 1998 graduate of our league and played his youth baseball on our very fields at Essex Ave. Burke is a 2001 Gloucester Catholic HS graduate and attended Duke University where he graduated with a double degree. Most recently, Burke was pitching for the Class AAA Portland Beavers before being called up to the Padres.
Thus far, Burke has appeared in 12 games and has a remarkable 1.69 ERA. He has only allowed 2 earned runs in his 12 appearances. Last week, he entered the game against the Phillies in the top of the 8th inning and preceded to put down in order Raul Ibanez, Jason Werth, and Pedro Feliz without a ball leaving the infield.
Burke will come to Citizen's Bank Park on July 23 for a make up game against the Phillies that was rained out earlier this year. Let's all plan to get out to cheer on Bellmawr's native son that night.
CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK AGAIN TO GREG BURKE!!!!!!
GOT 50/70 ???? WE DO !!! WANT TO LEARN MORE ???
October 30, 2007
Over the past few seasons, many of you may have heard this familiar phrase and were totally confused by it. Don't feel bad, "50/70" is a often used catch phrase that may leave some people dazed and confused.
So here's the deal, "What's 50/70?" and why is it on the tip of every youth baseball player and parents tongue?
"50/70" is a short catch phrase to decribe the "new" length of youth baseball field dimensions. It describes the length of the pitchers mound (50 feet) to home plate and the length of the base paths (70 feet). Still confused????
Don't worry, we can explain, clarify and ultimately tell you why it is on fire and has kids all over the country talking!
Youth baseball or "Little League" Baseball as we all grew up knowing has always played with a 46 foot pitchers mound (from the mound to the plate) and 60 foot long basepaths. As we all know, as kids have gotten bigger, stronger, faster and most importantly older (remember two years ago they changed the age limit in youth baseball and now some 13 year olds are still playing in little leagues), the old dimensions of "46/60" have become outdated!!!!
Combine that with the fact that Little League baseball has never allowed such things as leads before the ball crosses home plate, and no pitcher needing to hold runners on base or pitch from the stretch, and what you have is a very watered down version of real baseball.
What Cal Ripken, Jr. noticed a few years ago was what we have always known since we were little kids: When you have to make that transition from little field, no leads, no holding runners on, etc. to the big Major League size field at 13 years old, well, many kids got extremely discouraged and quit the game because of such a drastic transition.
So what did Cal do with his Cal Ripken 11-12 year old age division???? He
incorporated "50/70", a new dimension to youth baseball fields, an intermediate length field that would soften the transition to the "Big Field" when these youngsters moved up!!! What a great idea!!! Combine this with the fact that by moving the pitchers mound back 4 feet from 46 feet to 50 feet (see where I'm going with this) and moving the bases from
60 feet apart to 70 feet apart (starting to get the 50/70 feeling?), kids can now become more comfortable hitting, without a pitcher breathing down their necks from 46 feet. Kids can now make more plays because the bases are further apart, and most importantly now kids can take real leads and pitchers can try to pick them off while pitching from the stretch. But most importantly, now our coaches can teach the game the right way, the way kids will have to know it when they become 13 years old. Our kids get a two year head start learning the game the correct way, which leads to better fundamental teaching.
Last season, our Major League Field at Essex Ave. underwent a complete makeover to accomdate 50/70 Major League only games. The kids have not stopped talking about how much fun it was to play "real baseball". Now remember 50/70 is only being played at the Major Division level. That's because we still want our little guys to have fun and experience the smaller field until they grow big enough to tackle the intermediate size field at 11-12 years old. With 50/70 size fields growing in demand, we can honestly say we have one of the nicest, grass infield 50/70 fields in the area and our field is in great demand from neighboring towns wanting to scrimmage Bellmawr teams. Also, our new field has given us the opportunity to host district and state tournaments with great ease.
So we thank Cal Ripken, Jr. and the whole Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth Baseball
organization for their forward thinking position on youth baseball and welcome ALL Bellmawr boys and girls to come out and experience the thrill of 50/70 baseball!!!!!! Once you've tried it, you're hooked!
GOT 50/70 BASEBALL??????? WE DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bellmawr Cal Ripken Baseball
Essex Ave.
Bellmawr, NJ
Hall Rentals for your Special Occasion
Bellmawr Baseball is pleased to make its clubhouse available to the public for rentals.
Our clubhouse has recently had major renovations completed to the restrooms and kitchen. Further improvements are planned for this coming year.
If you have a special occassion you areplanning... big (up to 200 people) or small (but to big for your home)... give us a call.
Our clubhouse hall on Essex Avenue is the best priced value in town for your next special occasion. Call the clubhouse at 931-7325 for more information on pricing and availability.
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