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Brentwood * East Kingston * Exeter * Kensington * Newfields
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Upcoming Board Meetings
Board meetings are held the first Thursday of the month at the Exeter Senior Center on Court Street
Thursday, December 3, 7pm
Thursday, January 7, 7pm
Thursday, February 4, 7pm
Thursday, March 4, 7pm
Thursday, April 1, 7pm
Thursday, May 6, 7pm
Thursday, June 3, 7pm
All are welcome to attend.
2010 EJBL Board of Directors
Welcome EJBL's new Board of Directors: David Allen, Larry Arend, John Brescia, Lee-Ann Cammett, Matt Carbone, Jeff Dickenson, Troy Gilbert, Terri Hersey, Brian Hoyt, Jeff Jackson, Eric Klemarczyk, Lisa LaBella, Don Lane, Andy Singh and Jay Swett.
Thank you to our outgoing Directors for all their service & support!
Kerry McGrath
Julie Pearson
Don Perreault
Mark Young
Thank you to our Timberland volunteers!
Thank you to everyone who volunteered at the Exeter fields for the Timberland Servapalooza day. The weather was beautiful and the it was a fun day for all. Among the improvements are new landscaping behind Walsh and around the Currier/Walsh monuments, new dugout floors and roofs, new sod on work areas, repaired flagpole and mulched pathways.
On behalf of all 420 of our kids, as well as all the kids at Lincoln Street and Main Street schools THANK YOU to:
- our Timberland project managers: John Fenlon, Veroniqe Caissie & Tom Roberts for all their planning and coordinating.
- Sarah Ayers for nominating us back in June.
- Timberland for providing all the materials for a productive day.
- Julie Pearson for pulling together a great lunch and to our lunch sponsors:
Applecrest Farms
Kelly's Cookie Jar
Mike Pangen
Pizza Academy
Subway of Stratham
Timberland
Total Convenience Marketing
- Jeff Gallant for moving the Walsh monument.
Finally, thanks to all the Timberland & EJBL volunteers who put in a hard day's work to improve our facility. You're the best!
Reflecting on the 2009 Season...
As summer comes to a close and the kids are gearing up for the return to school, I wanted to take a few minutes to reflect on the 2009 season.
Any discussion on 2009 has to start with the outstanding performances of our post-season teams, especially our first State champions - the 12 year-old 70 ft and the 9 year-old teams. Each team had eerily similar paths. Each team won three post-season tournaments including the state title. Each team compiled an amazing record of 17-2 over the course of the summer and each team came a whisker from winning the New England Regionals.
Right behind our State champions was the 11 year-old 70 ft team which advanced to the State championship game before falling just short.
Overall, a total of 83 players participated on 7 post-season teams compiling an overall record of 58-12 and winning 8 of 19 tournaments. Wow!
While the success on the field is what gets written about in the paper, the two things most gratifying to me are: 1) How many players participated and how competitive all our teams were in post-season play, even the teams that didn’t win or compete for state titles. It’s a reflection for how many good players we have throughout the organization. 2) The unsolicited compliments from other teams on the great sportsmanship displayed by the EJBL coaches and players throughout the tournaments. Win or lose, these players and coaches represented our towns with class & dignity and we should be proud of them all.
While EJBL's post-season ride was fun, it only tells part of the story. Overall more kids (420) played on more teams (33) than ever before and we are retaining players year after year.
EJBL's move to 70' was a huge success in the Majors, As usual AA provided our most balanced & competitive games, while AAA & A Leagues continue to impress with the depth of talent. In addition to whatever league I happen to be coaching in at the time, I tend to see more A league games each year than any other. An obvious reason is because my son is one of the trainee umpires in A league, so I’m watching him too. But aside from that, the maturation process that takes place at this level (and at AAA) over the course of the season is inspiring to watch. I tend to lock in on a couple of teams who are scuffling on the field in late April and follow themm through to June when they start to gel by season’s end. More than anything, baseball is a game of confidence and to see players gaining that confidence week after week is awesome. Seeing these players develop is just as much fun as watching one of our teams playing for the State title. It’s the kind of success you won’t see written about in the news paper, but is every bit as impressive, and in the end, probably more important.
On a personal note, I finally made the pilgrimage to Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. It’s a must for any baseball fanatic and I highly recommend it. The kids loved it too. As Gina and I were window shopping, we saw this sign you might hang in your kitchen which read: “We interrupt this family for baseball season”. We laughed and knew we had to get it on our way back. Unfortunately the last sign was sold just before we returned! Argh, like looking at a called third strike with the bases loaded!
Enjoy your fall and winter sports; something to keep you busy between baseball seasons :)
Jeff
EXETER 12-70 TEAM WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Congratulations to the 12-70 team which won the NH State title! The team advanced to the semi-finals before falling short in the NE Regionals in Danbury, CT. View all the post-season results by clicking the tab on the left hand navigation. Thank you to the coaches, parents and players for a great run!
THANK YOU TO ACCESS SPORTS MEDICINE FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE 12-70 TEAM'S TRIP TO DANBURY.
EXETER 9YO TEAM WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Congratulations to the 9YO team which won the NH State title! The team advanced all the way to the finals of the NE Regionals in Dover, NH before falling just short of the title. Thank you to the coaches, parents and players for a great run!
Exeter 11-70 team finish runner up in the State!
Congratulations to the 11-70 team which finished runner-up in the State tournament!.
A League Recognition Game
Thanks to the coaches for making the game a fun time for all. Thanks to our point person and reporter-on-the-scene. Eric Klemarczyk for his game summary below.
"After a five day delay, the annual A-League Recognition game was held at Currier Field. Unfortunately this meant a few of the original players who were named to the teams were not able to participate, but this gave an opportunity to a few other players a chance strut their stuff.
The away team was the called the American League made up of the Rays, Rangers, Tigers and Indians. The home team was the National League which was comprised of players from the Phillies, Astros, Mets and Nationals.
The Mets, Jacob Brown was the starting pitcher for the NL, and the Indians Stanley Hultin led things off for the AL. The speedy Hultin got aboard with an infield single. The Tigers Tavo Santos batting in the two hole singled as well. The Indians Matt Burns singled to straight away center batting in his team mate Hultin and giving the AL the early one nothing lead. The Tigers Alex Carbone, batting cleanup singled and batted in his team mate, Santos. The Rangers Andrew Brown stood in next and popped up to the pitcher, his namesake, Jacob Brown for the first out of the inning. The Indians Andrew Sherman and Rangers Will Stinson were both caught looking for outs two and three, but Matt Burns was able to score on a pass ball giving the AL the 3-0 lead.
In the bottom of the frame, Will Stinson from the Rangers walked to the mound for the AL. The Mets Casey Reeder led off and reached on an E1. Reeder aggressively completed the theft trifecta, stealing second, third and home giving the NL their first run. Bradley Cammett from the Phillies walked which was followed by the Astros Brady Stollar reaching base when he was hit by a pitch. With two runners on, the AL’s Stinson knuckled down and got the next three NL batters to strikeout: Liam Seekamp, Michael Barb and Shawn Nally. After one full inning the score was AL 3, NL 1.
The Rangers Matt Hersey stepped in to the batter’s box to face the Phillies Matthew Esters to start the second. Hersey drew a walk. The Rays, Ray Waring singled which was followed by a walk from the Tigers Jason Phillips. Hersey scored on an error and Waring scored on a pass ball. Cole Connor from the Rays singled and was batted in when the Rangers Corey Jensen singled. The Indians Brad Tucker K’d along with Stan Hultin. Tavo Santos grounded out to end the inning. The AL led 6-1.
Bradley Tucker, the Indians right hander pitched the second inning and dealt to the Mets Mary O’Donnell. Mary took first when she was hit by a pitch. O’Donnell stole second. Tucker came back and struckout the Nationals Michael Davey and the Jacob Brown. Matthew Esters then reached on a fielder’s choice when the AL tried unsuccessfully to throw out the lead runner, O’Donnell. It was back to the top of the order for the NL and Casey Reeder singled and drove in two runs shaving the NL deficit to 6-3. Brad Cammett came up, but was struck out by the other Brad….Tucker to end the inning.
In the top of the third Matt Burns was hit by a Bradley Cammett pitch to lead things off. Andrew Brown walked and Andrew Sherman was hit by a pitch. Burns advanced to third and took home on pass balls. Alex Carbone grounded to shortstop and Cammett got Stinson and Hersey to strikeout ending the AL threat.
In the bottom of the third the Indians lefty, Stanley Hultin headed to the hill and pitched for the AL. Hultin gave up three straight singles to Stollar, Seekamp and Barb. Stollar advanced on an error and a steal and was batted in. Shawn Nally then stepped in and hit a fly to left which was caught by Jason Phillips who threw it in to Alex Carbone for the 7-4 double play. Mary O’Donnell then hit a fly ball to right field which was caught by Brad Tucker to end the inning.
Ray Waring led off the fourth inning by drawing a walk against the Astros Liam Seekamp. Waring stole second, third and home. Jason Phillips struck out; Cole Connor lined to second Brad Tucker singled but was stranded when Corey Jensen K’d to end the inning. The AL led 8-4 after 3 and a half innings.
Michael Davey got things started in the bottom half of the 4th with a single then advanced to second. Jacob Brown reached on a fielder’s choice when the AL’s third baseman, Andrew Sherman tagged Davey for an out. Matthew Esters swung at a Andrew Brown strike three for the second out of the inning. Casey Reeder popped up to third to end the fourth inning.
Michael Davey assumed pitching duties for NL to start the fifth inning. Stan Hultin drew a walk which was followed by singles from Tavo Santos and Matt Burns. Andrew Brown and Will Stinson also singled in the inning. Runs were scored by: Hultin, Santos, Burns and Brown giving the AL the 12-4 advantage.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Rays, Ray Waring pitched for the AL. Brad Cammett led off with a popup to shortstop. The NL then went on a tear: Brady Stollar doubled and scored. Liam Seekamp singled and scored. Michael Barb walked and scored. Shawn Nally tripled and scored Mary O’Donnell singled and scored. The five run rule was invoked and the inning ended. During the NL scoring rampage, the AL did bring in a relief pitcher, Andrew Sherman. The score was now 12-9 AL.
In the top of the sixth, the AL wanted insurance runs after it appeared the NL sleeping giant had awoken. Jason Phillips led off by drawing a walk against the NL’s Brad Cammett. Phillips stole second and third. Cole Connor K’d. Brad Tucker singled driving in a critical run (keep reading to find out why). Jensen K’d. Hultin and Santos walked. Matt Burns popped up to first to end the inning. The AL led the NL 13-9 with one half inning left in regulation.
Andrew Sherman, the Indians closer came out to pitch the sixth inning after working the end of the fifth. Matthew Esters led off with a single. That was followed by singles from Casey Reeder and Bradley Cammett. Brady Stollar flew to left field and the ball was caught by the Tigers Tavo Santos for the first out. Liam Seekamp then struckout for the second out. Michael Barb then hit a 3 RBI, bases clearing triple making the score 13-12 in favor of the AL. Next with two outs and the tying run at third, just sixty feet away, Shawn Nally belted a fly to center field where Matthew Burns lined up under the ball and caught it to end the game. Note: Burns only played outfield for a total of two or three innings in the entire 2009 season.
The final score American League 13, National League 12. This was a very entertaining ballgame and a wonderful finale to the 2009 EJBL season. All of players and coaches enjoyed ice cream and treats after the game. Thank you all of the coaches, assistant coaches, parents, friends and volunteers who made this game, season and youth baseball possible.
Special thanks to umpire Matt Christ who received a 7:00 am, Saturday morning wakeup call requesting his services."
Congratulations Marlins, Dodgers, Red Sox & Phillies - 2009 EJBL Champions!
Congratulations to all for a great playoff week.
Exeter News Letter Article on the Chapionships
Sponsors who wish to support the league may sponsor a field sign for the coming season. The vinyl signs are 3'x5' and are available in many different colors. Signs are displayed on the outfield fence all season long.
Sign cost:
1st Year: $250 for 1 sign or $450 for 2 signs (both Currier & Walsh fields).
2nd Year: $200 for 1 sign or $300 for 2 signs (both Currier & Walsh fields).
In addition, you’ll be listed as an official sponsor on our website and your logo will be listed in the opening day program!
For more information email Paul Deranian. Thanks to all our sponsors for their continued support!
Exeter Babe Ruth Baseball
Exeter Babe Ruth Baseball serves players ages 13-18 from Exeter, Newfields, Kensington & East Kingston. Email Ernie Fuller for information.
Interested in Umpiring?
Umpires are key contributors to the league's success. We need to schedule umpires for 36 games a week and over 250 games for the season. We utilize certified umpires for most of the games. however we always have gaps we are scrambling to fill, especially at the lower levels. If you are a parent who knows the game but doesn't have the time to make the coaching committment, or if you are a former player in your late teens/early 20s that would like to get into umpiring, let us know. Starting out at the lower levels is a great entry point into umpiring. All umpires are paid per game too!
Email us or call 778-0030 for more info.
Top 40 Baseball Rule Myths
Interesting Link.
"Love the game and do your best - you’ll always be a winner." - Cal Ripken Jr., April 2007, to an EJBL player
“Cal (Ripken, Jr.) is a bridge, maybe the last bridge, back to the way the game was played. Hitting home runs and all that other good stuff is not enough. It’s how you handle yourself in all the good times and bad times that matters. That’s what Cal showed us. Being a star is not enough. He showed us how to be more.” - Joe Torre
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