July
1, 2010: Message from the President
I
want to thank all the families of the 811 boys and girls who played baseball and softball this year for another great
BBSC season. I especially want to thank those who helped our league by coaching, serving on our BBSC board, helping
out with concessions or field work and the other hundreds of things that need to happen to make each season possible,
as well as all the parents who juggled schedules to get your children to games and practices.
Before focusing on the past, please watch
our web site for information on fall ball registration. Registration will open sometime in July. Practices will start
in late August and games will begin in early September. Details to follow real soon.
The 2010 spring season
culminated with our closing day on June 12 where, for a change, our ceremonies were not shortened by rain. We had a
great season in our recreational league, with exciting playoffs in both baseball and softball. Several of
our championship games were decided by one run and we probably had the most-evenly divided and competitive teams ever.
We had a great turnout for our softball and baseball
clinics this spring, and we could see this in the quality of play. In baseball we added professionally taught hitting
clinics to the pitching clinics we started last year, and we continued having clinics for coaches. In softball we held clinics
throughout the winter and spring. We held our second-annual Pitch, Hit and Run competition, even advancing one softball
player to the third leg of the competition at Camden Yards, and we had a good turnout for our second annual Home
Run Derby contest, which this year included a hitting contest as well. We completed our merger with Cape Softball, and we
welcome those girls into the BBSC fold. We also strengthened our full-time baseball travel program and our tournament
team program, and now truly have a well-oiled three-tiered BBSC baseball program.
Softball had a great season. We had 13 teams playing rec ball plus our 12U softball
tournament team, the Blaze, which was formed this season. The Blaze provides the opportunity for girls to participate
on a more competitive basis. They will be playing in tournaments throughout the summer and into the fall. Our 14U softball
team Black Eagles finished 3rd in the North County Community PONY league playoffs. A first for BBSC softball. In addition, BBSC congratulates Mara Buto, Carley Cleland and
Christina Dawson. In the Aquafina Pitch Hit and Run Team Championship
competition held at Camden Yards, Carley Cleland won 1st place in softball for girls 11-12. Mara and Christina
each placed 3rd for girls 7-8 and girls 13-14 respectively. These girls all won their respective age groups at the Sectional
Competition of the Pitch Hit and Run held at the Bowie Baysox and were in the top 3 scorers for their age group
among all Sectional All Around Champions within the Oriole's market area. Their scores earned them the right
to advance to the Team Championships at Camden Yards. BBSC was well represented in the winners' circle by these
talented young women! We are proud of their accomplishments!
We continued with our field improvements by putting in our first grass infield, at the t-ball
field at Arnold Park. We finished the work we started last year by leveling all of our fields,
and we made significant improvements to the batting cages at Cape Field and Arnold Park. We bought a new tractor so we can
keep all of our fields in good playing shape. We also had a number of firsts this year, including our first-ever
Bull Roast and a BBSC day at Camden Yards.
All in all, it was a
great season and it went by in a flash. It was fun for us and we hope fun for all of our players. Enjoy the summer
and look for our emails and web site announcements about fall ball registration.
Bob LaRussa,
BBSC
President, on behalf of the BBSC Board
