Welcome to the Official Reservation of the Cincinnati Chiefs Baseball Club. The Cincinnati Chiefs are a Nationally Ranked Semi-Pro 18 & over Wooden Bat Team, playing in the Cincinnati Recreation Commission Major Division, the Southwest Ohio League, the NABF Unlimited Major Division & AABC Stan Musial Division. The Cincinnati Chiefs are affiliated with the Nat'l American Semi-Pro Baseball Assoc and the WBC.  The Chiefs were started back in 1984 by Jeff Hannah who is still the current Manager of the Tribe. Come out and join the Chiefs as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Team and gear up to play an even tougher schedule than last season. Over the last 24 years the Chiefs have amassed an overall record of 573-240 as they established themselves as one of the Top teams in the State of Ohio and in Cincinnati Baseball.

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Tuesday Night League Champs

City Tournament Runner Up

NABF Regional Runner Up

NEWS FLASH.........NEWS FLASH................

Pitchers and catchers have reported to Spring Training and with that tidbit of info; the Chiefs are gearing up for 2013. Yes everyone, it says we are returning. Another fun season is shaping up and all the extra side bar stuff that goes along with it. The CRC Major division is alive and well with some new teams joining, Roselawn getting a face lift and Hille also, the NABF regionals in town again this time the reward is Battlecreek Michigan. AABC is headed to New York which is a good sign as travel is getting closer for once.

The offense is pretty much intact, the pitching is looking nice and the defense is starting to take shape. So what does that mean to someone wanting to join the squad, drop us an email as we are always looking for top notch talent. Send your info to chiefs.baseball@yahoo.com  or to jhdhannah@gmail.com or call 513 777 9690 and leave a message. The road to Battlecreek is a long hard one and the more players we have the better.

For teams looking to schedule games for the summer. It looks like a home field for the team is going to happen. Send your open dates for weekend contest to the addresses above and lets schedule something. Long distance road trips are not in our budget and too many players have famalies now.

That time of year has desended upon the squad as 4 other teams come to Roselawn for the Cincinnati NABF Regionals. Portland Rockets, Chiefs, Springfield Angels, Cincinnati Brew Crew and Yorkville Indiana round out the field. Draw is set, teams are ready, here we go. Chiefs vs Yorkville and Rockets vs Angels in round 1.

Diehls takes the hill and is impressive in 6 innings of work scattering 2 runs and 6 hits in the win. Kroell throws the 7th with 0's. Chiefs bats strike early and often as Ham delivers the big 3 run shot, Baker is hitting lasers and everyone hits. Chiefs go on to an 11-2 win.

Round 2 of the night is against the Brew Crew. After listening to them run their mouths and trot players in, this one is on. Chappy is up and he is on. Complete game mercy victory allowing only 3 hits with 8 K's. Two Crew members enjoy the view from RF as they are pitched for illegal bats and in turn the team gets a giant 11-0 ass kicking. Ham goes yard again as the lineup is hitting.

Round 3 will see the Chiefs play the Rockets. Both teams at full strength and ready to go. The Tribe send Lefty out, Rockets send out big game Billy. Well both teams are out to show up one another as the Chiefs score first. Rockets plate 4 in the 2nd but the Chiefs answer the bell and tack on 3 runs to tie the game. Portland will add 2 runs in the 5th but the guys in green will add 3 runs behind Flamms 3 run shot to CF. Not done yet, in the 5th the Tribe will plate 5 more runs as Spottz hits a Grand Slam to straight away Cf and Cam tries to hit the train tracks. Comes real close too. Chiefs go on to win 12 -7 as verbal pleasantries are exchanged by both dugouts. So now we redraw with three teams left to see who plays at 8:30. Well to say that the outcome stinks is an understatement. NABF officials inform the Chiefs and Rockets that they will play again and right now. No bye for us and we are undeafted. Go figure.

Okay round 4 is a repeat of round 3 in terms of teams. Chiefs send Roe to the hill, Rockets send out there guy. Roe struggles with command issues as the Rockets are still hitting. They  plate 4 in the 1st as they send 9 batters to the plate. Chiefs get 1 back in their half but Portland puts up 1 more in the 2nd. Then the lights go out at Roselawn. Oh the drama. So we move fields as the lights return. Roe gives way to Nate and he stops the Rockets as the Chiefs plate 4 runs in the 3rd. The Portland pitcher bears down as the Cheifs are held in check. The defense then slips up and 2 runs cross in the 4th and 3 in the 6th as the Rockets are up 10-5. Things continue on as the Rockets plate 2 in the 9th and the Chiefs push their last run in as the Rockets win 12 -6. So now the Chiefs sit as Yorkville plays the Rockets tomorrow, winner plays the Chiefs.

We arrive at the park to see that Portland has crushed Yorkville and the finals are set. Chiefs down to their final 2 pitchers, Portland has a fresh arm from the AABC World Series in FL. What a slick move that was. Chiefs pitcher is not on as Portland scores 4 in the 1st, 1 in the 2nd and 3 in the 4th as we finally dent the plate for 2 runs. To little to late as Mitch has the lead and cruises to the win, 10 - 2. So Portland advances to the World Series in New York for the first ever and the Chiefs go home this season. Congrats to the Rockets and good luck as you will need it in the World Series.

A big thank you to all the guys that pulled on the jersey again this summer. Another great year and a lot of fun. We just came up a little short down the stretch. Two more pitchers and we were going back to the show. But that would involve the teams in Cincinnati putting their egos aside and helping each other. Not going to happen anytime soon, as we are reminded.

Update for the NABF WS, Rockets go 1 -4 in pool play.

Well as the old saying goes, better late then never. Here are the final recaps to the 2012 season.

On a nice Saturday afternoon, the Chiefs traveled to Dearborn High School to play Yorkville in a non league game. Chiefs see missing personal as 8 guys dress including lots of pitchers and Ol Hannah. Some how we manage to leave with a win and to top things off, Jeff Hannah goes yard in his only AB in god knows how many years for a 3 run dinger. So that puts us up and ready to go to the City Tournament.

Up first in the City would be the CoBalts. As usual with this game it turns into a hell of a ballgame. Chiefs trot out ol' lefty to the hill. Balts trot out former Chiefs Adrian. Ahh, that is just funny. Well lefty keeps the CoBalts bats silent giving up 3 hits in a complete game shout out. Chiefs take advantage of some sloppy fielding and catching to plate 2 runs and win 2-0.

Next up in round 2 will be the Cincy Bombers of Mt. St. Joe. Roe take the spot on the hill and allows 4 runs in 3 2/3 innings of work. Nate comes on and pitches lights out to hold the Bombers. Chiefs wake up in the 5th and finally score as Neumann 1b and Hamilton drives him in. 6th inning sees GAbe 1b, Diehl bb, Bolia 1b , Tilley singles driving in Gabe, Reeds walks w/ bases loaded, Neumann singles in Alex and Tilley as we plate 4 runs to lead 5-4. Kroell pitches out of runners on second and third to get the win.

Round 3 sees the Chiefs wait for the winner of CoBalts and Bombers. Its the Bombers again. So here we go. White chocolate starts the contest going 3 inning but giving up 5 runs. Ouch. Bombers get 1 in the first, 2 in the 2nd, 2 in the 3rd. Chiefs goet 1 in first then explode for 6 in the 2nd as Hamilton sends one deep into the night sky for a Grand Slam. But in the 5th sees the Chiefs catch a case of can't catch syndrome and the Bombers plate 5 runs on 2 big errors. We answer with 1 little run. Bombers add 2 more in the 7th to put things away as the Cheifs fall 9-12 and commit 7 stinky errors on the night. Horrible, horrible horrible.

Enter the Championship game, yes it the Bombers and Chiefs for all the Marbles. Chiefs jump out to a big lead as we are crushing the baseball but tonight just wouldnt be are night. Again the staff stumbles and the error syndrome returns as we cough up the lead and end up losing 9-10. 

A great start to the City Tournament quickly turned into an ugly affair for the squad as we settle for a 2nd place Trophy. Grrrrrr

Now the Chiefs prepare for whats next. A return trip to the WBC Tourney in Portland Indiana. The Chiefs being a team of the word make the trip. Bad news is we take 10 guys, 5 of them pitchers, 3 never played for us. Oh ***.

Friday night we arrive at Jay County HS, no head coach, no defense to speak of and very little offense. After hands shakes at the plate and telling our "friends" the Jackers to be nice on us. The game quickly turns into a 9-0 mercy ass kicking as I guess they are wanting to make a point. Not sure what it was but hope you feel better about yourselves.

Saturday afternoon we return for game 2 & 3. Again same talk is had with the Rocket boss but in his normal fashion the rout is on as the starters aren't pulled until a 9-0 lead is built in the 4th inning. Well with our backs to the wall and our pride on the line, the scrappy Chiefs dig down and low and behold we have some knocks. Diehls leads of with a 2b, a single and a base on balls and then the big blow arrives. Reeds sends a shot to LC, 6 feet shot of a granny for a bases loaded 2r double. Oh the look on Randy's face and what he said to the pitcher as he pulled him out of the game. Another single and we looking at a 9-3 deficit. A big zero in the 5th for the Rockets and the Chiefs are laughing and carrying on now. In the 6th the Rockets get there last to runs as the game ends 11-3. We might have lost but we sure had fun pissing Randy off.

Our last game pits us against the Lebanon Merchants. The Chiefs are staring down a loaded gun in this game. Lebanon is rested and younger, we are drenched from sweat and there is one hell of a thunderstorm coming our way. But in normal Chiefs fashion, we say lets do it. Chiefs bat are alive and we start hitting the ball around the park. We plate 3 runs in the second inning. Lebanon pushes across 2 runs as we buckle down on defense. One more run in the 5th see us go up 4-2 as the game is called complete just as Mother Nature opens up. 2 1/2 " of rain falls on the complex and the drive home is a wild one for sure but we leave with our heads high and many good memories and laughs. Now we turn our focus to the real Tournament coming up in three days.