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Monday, September 14
Fall 2009 Season Ready to Open
Fall baseball registration is nearing its close! Depending on the weather, our games will begin this weekend, Saturday, September 19th. Teams and schedules are being formed, and players will be getting calls from their coaches with game times before the weekend.
Monday, June 22
Arlington to Host Southeast Regional Tournament
Arlington Babe Ruth is honored to host the 2009 Southeast Regional Tournament for 10U at Barcroft Park in Arlington. The winner earns a trip to the Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken 10U World Series. Play begins on Thursday July 23, and the championship game is scheduled for Sunday July 26.
Monday, June 22
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The season ending single elmination tournaments for our AAA and Major leagues finished up with four championship games on Saturday, June 13th at Barcroft Park. Congratulations to our tournamenet champions and to all our teams for a successful, fun and damp 2009 season!!!
2009 Tournament Winners
AAA American - Optimist Pirates (Matechak)
AAA National - Optimist Yankees (Lowen)
Majors American - Mets (Thein)
Majors National - Chandler Plumbing Phillies (Juliano)
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Monday, June 16
2009 Raffle Winners
Arlington Babe Ruth's Annual Fund Raising Raffle drawing was held Saturday, June 13th at 12:00pm down at Barcroft park. First prize winner of $1,000 went to Sarah Cabalu. Winner of the $250 second prize went to Samuel Freericks. Third prize of $100 went to R. Resnick.
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all who helped make this necessary fund raiser for Arlington Babe Ruth a success!
Season in full Swing!
Saturday April 18th marked the opening day of Arlington Babe Ruth's Spring 2009 season. ABR has over 100 teams and nearly 1,400 boys and girls playing in five levels of play, Blastball, T-ball, machine pitch, AAA and the Majors.
Opening day turned out with beautiful weather, and the season got off to a great start, though the weather since has dampened things just a bit. However, we're all looking forward to a wonderful and fun filled season of baseball.
Good luck to one and all for a great spring season!
Wednesday, February 25
Spring Training to Start March 14th!
Although there is still a nip in the air, ABR will be starting practices on Saturday, March 14th. The league has been busy putting all the teams together and getting that information out to our coaches. The coaches have been busy requesting practice dates and time from the county. As soon as our coaches have their practice dates, times and locations, they will be busy contacting their team to let them know where and when to be.
Many folks have put in a lot of hours lately to ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible for the first weekend practices. Of course, nothing is perfect. Despite our best efforts, with over 1,300 players and over 100 teams to coordinate, there will most likely be a few of you who end up at the wrong field or show up for the wrong team. If this happens, it is not a disaster! Just give the league a call or send an email and we'll make sure the situation gets corrected.
Here's hoping for nice weather in the coming weeks, it's time to play ball!
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Thursday, June 26
The 11U District 7 Babe Ruth -- Arlington is hosting the Cal Ripken Division 11U District 7 Championships at Barcroft Park. The tournament starts Friday evening, June 27th at 7:00pm against Herndon. Game two will be held Saturday, June 28th at 10:00am, followed immediately with the "if" game, if needed. Come on out and cheer on your Arlington 11U All-Star team!
End of Season Tourneys!!
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The season ending single elmination tournaments for our AAA and Major leagues finished up with four championship games on Saturday, June 14th at Barcroft Park. Congratulations to our tournamenet champions and to all our teams for a successful and fun 2008 season!!!
2008 Tournament Winners
AAA American - Optimist Red Sox
AAA National - Diamondbacks
Majors American - T/Cook Dodgers
Majors National - Optimist Yankees
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You can view the playoff brackets and game results by clicking on the following links:
AAA American Bracket
AAA National Bracket
Majors American Bracket
Majors National Bracket
Congratulations to our regular seasons champs as well:
AAA American - Optimist Red Sox
AAA National - Optimist Mets
Majors American - T/Cook Dodgers
Majors National - Optimist Yankees
Picture Day, May 3rd
Reminder! Picture Day is is scheduled for Saturday, May 3rd at Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center (4200 S Four Mile Run Dr). Go to fields in the left hand menu for directions and a map to Barcroft Park. Talk to your coach for details.
Tuesday, April 1
Game Schedules Posted on the Web Site!
All game schedules have been posted to the web site and have been proofed. Now that doesn't mean that we may have missed something somewhere, but we're pretty sure we've found any errors the schedule may have had. Coaches can now tell their teams that the schedules are available on the web site. Please be sure to review your schedules, as they may have changed slightly since we handed out the draft schedules last week.
Go to your individual team's web page to check your schedule, or click on schedules in the left hand menu. Please let the webmaster know if you find any errors.
Thanks for your patience, and let's hope the weather starts to give us a break, cause it's just about time to play ball!
Friday, March 14
Spring Training In Full Swing!
Spring training has gotten off to a fitful start, but most teams have been able to get in a practice or two and hopefully the weekend rain will hold off long enough to get more practices in. While we still have a few late registrants to place on teams, we have a near record 1,390 players on over 110 teams all having a great time!
The season will start Saturday, April 5th. Game schedules should be ready in the next couple of weeks and we are hoping to have them completed and posted to the web site by the end of March.
PLAY BALL!!!
Wednesday, May 16
Spring Season Completed!
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AAA American - Optimist Mets
AAA National - Braves
Majors American - Potomoc Custom Builders Nationals
Majors National - Optimist Yankees | |
You can view the playoff brackets by clicking on the following links:
AAA American Bracket (Final on 6/9)
AAA National Bracket (Final on 6/10)
Majors American Bracket (Final on 6/10)
Majors National Bracket (Final on 6/10)
Congratulations to all teams playing in the tournament. It was great way to end a very successful season. Congratulations to our tournament winners:
AAA American - Optimist Mets
AAA National - Optimist Braves
Majors American - Air Service Heating and AC Cardinals
Majors National - Optimist Yankees
Tuesday, April 17
Opening Day Escapes Threatening Weather
The sights and sounds of baseball peppered Arlington County Saturday as Arlington Babe Ruth opened it's spring 2007 season on a chilly, damp spring day. Despite threatening weather all day, we got nearly all, if not all of our games in across the county. Over 1,300 children on 106 teams were able to dance between the few rain drops and participate in the world's greatest game.
Spring Training Postponed to Start March 17th!
As we try to shake the chill of the last couple of weeks out of our bones, we are busy getting ready for the start of spring training. We've been working hard the past couple of months, and especially the past week trying to place over 1,230 players (and counting) on the proper teams and get those teams scheduled for practice. We're still working hard to make sure we've placed all players on teams. We are still getting a lot of late registrations, but rest assured we are doing our best to make sure that every player is placed on the correct team.
We will be holding a series of coaches meetings, distributing equipment, rosters and practice times the week of March 5th. The league will be mailing out practice and team information to each player the weekend of March 3rd. If you have not heard from your coach or the league by the evening of Thursday, March 8th, call the ABR hotline at (703) 942-6861 and leave a message, or you can send an email to the ABR webmaster (arlbaberuth@yahoo.com) and someone will get back to you to help you out.
Many folks have put in a lot of hours lately to ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible for the first weekend practices. Of course, nothing is perfect. Despite our best efforts, there will most likely be a few of you who end up at the wrong field or show up for the wrong team. If this happens, it is not a disaster! Just give the league a call or send an email and we'll make sure the situation gets corrected.
Here's hoping for nice weather in the coming weeks, it's time to play ball!
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Fall 2006 ABR Starts, Saturday, September 16th
The fall ABR season started this past Saturday, September 16th. The league is has seven (7) Machine Pitch, ten (10) AAA and five (5) Majors teams this fall. Schedules have been posted to the web site.
Play Ball!
Monday, July 3
12U and 11U All-Star Teams Capture District Titles!
Arlington Optimist Babe Ruth's 12U and 11U All-Star teams won the District VII championships over the past weekend. They now head to the Virginia Babe Ruth State Championships.
The 12U team will head to Herndon to start pool play Thursday, July 6th at 5:00pm at Bready Park. Their other games are Friday, July 7th at 3:00pm and Saturday, July 8th at 10:00am. If they finish 1st or 2nd in their bracket, they advance to the single elimination championship round on Sunday, July 11th beginning at 11:00am.
The 11U squad will stay right here in Arlington, as we will be hosting the 11U Virginia State Tournament. Arlington's first game will be on Thursday, July 6th at 7:00pm versus the District V team at Barcroft Park #2. Click here for a link to 11U tournament bracket.
Friday, June 30
All-Stars Take on District Rivals This Weekend!
The Arlington Babe Ruth All-Star teams at the 10U, 11U and 12U levels are all playing this weekend in district tournaments. Arlington Babe Ruth is hosting the 11U State tournament this year. 11U district will be hosted by Herndon at Bready Park. The 12U and 10U districts are being hosted by Pioneer in Alexandria at Clermont Park.
For a look at the tournament brackets, click on the links below:
12 year old District Tournament Bracket
11 year old District Tournament Bracket
10 year old District Tournament Bracket
All of Arlington's teams won their first game on Thursday, June 20th, and play their second round games on Friday night.
GO ARLINGTON BABE RUTH!!!
Summer All Star and Travel Teams
Arlington Babe Ruth is kicking off the formation of it's summer All-Star and travel teams. Majors and AAA National league players are eligible for the 12U, 11U, and 10U All-Star teams. All players 8 and under at AAA and AA are eligible for the 8U All-Star team. Please contact the following coaches for each team for information about practices for that team:
12U All-Star team - Tom Lubnow 703/536-6713
11U All-Star team - Charlie Binns 703/256-8713
10/9U All-Star team - Marty Overbeek 703/237-3510
10/9U Travel team - Jerry Spitz 703/807-5181
8U All-Star team - John DiConsiglio 703/532-4207
11-12U Travel team - John Karinshak 703/534-9551
Entering Scores (AAA and Majors only)
Triple AAA and Majors teams need to report game scores after every game. Winning coaches should update the web site. Directions for entering scores can be found by going to the Webmaster Tips section of the web site or by clicking here. If you have any problems or questions, please email the webmaster.
Monday, April 24
Soggy Opening Day
The sights and sounds of baseball peppered Arlington County Saturday as Arlington Babe Ruth opened it's spring 2006 season on a particularly soggy morning. We only got one ot two games in across the county on a nasty spring day. Nearly 1,300 children on 100 teams will have to wait till the coming week to play the world's greatest game.
Opening day was highlighted this year by having the first pitch thrown out by the Optimist Club's president at the all the Majors National League games at Barcroft field. The Optimist Club is Arlington Babe Ruth's major sponsor, and ABR thanks them, and the rest of our sponsors, for helping to make the 2006 season possible! Here's looking forward to a great spring of ball!
Monday, May 8
It is with the deepest regret that I must tell you that Dr. Robert J. Bonaccorso, affectionately called Doc, passed away this past Friday afternoon, May 5, 2006. Doc started Arlington Babe Ruth Baseball in 1980 and continued as President until a few years ago when he retired to West Virginia. This league will be forever indebted to Doc for his many years of time and dedication to the youth of Arlington County.
Please remember Doc, his wife Nancy, and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Viewings Mon 6-9 Tue 6-9 Arlington Funeral Home North Fairfax Dr. Funeral service 10am Wednesday St Agnes Catholic Church North Randolph St.
Sincerely,
Charlie Binns
President, ABR
Wednesday, February 22
Coaches Meetings Scheduled
A series of meetings for coaches and potential coaches have been scheduled for next week, starting on Tuesday, March 1st at Yorktown High School. These meetings will hand out equipment, practice times and we'll go over rosters and rules for the various divisions. Here is the schedule:
 - Blastball and Super T-ball
Tuesday, 2/28 - 7:30pm - Room 1B
- Single A and Double AA
Wednesday, 3/1 - 7:30pm - Room 1B
- Triple AAA and Majors
Thursday, 3/2 - 7:30pm - Room 1B
Please mark your calendars for these meetings and make it a point to attend.
Thanks a lot and see you next week. Think Spring!
Tuesday, July 5
11U All Stars Take District Title! On to States!
The Arlington Babe Ruth 11 year old all stars, known as the "Arlington Nationals," employed superior pitching, flawless defense, timely hitting and aggressive base running to triumph in the District VI and VII BabeRuth Tournament over the Fourth of July weekend. The Nationals will travel to Winchester to compete in the double-elimination Virginia BabeRuth State Tournament this coming weekend, with initial games scheduled for Thursday evening (July 8, 6 PM), and Friday afternoon (July 9, at either2 or 4 PM).The Nationals rode the arm of Ryan Douthit to prevail 5 - 0 over a gritty Pioneer team in the team's opening game Friday evening. Ryan twirled a masterful one©hitter to secure the victory. Defensive "web gems" were turned in by Stephen Lubnow, C.J. Herold, and Red Dowdell. In game two, the Nationals faced their arch rival, the always tough Herndon Hornets, and edged the Herndon nine 6-4 victory in a nail biter. Joe McOwen started and was the winning pitcher, with relief help from Daniel Whitaker. Stephen Lubnow closed out the game, stranding the potentialtying and winning runs on base with pinpoint fast balls. Well done Nationals. Good luck this coming weekend at the State Tournament.
Click here to check out the bracket for the State Tournament in Winchester.
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Arlington Hosts 10U District Championship
The 10U District 7 Babe Ruth -- Arlington played host to the Cal Ripken Division 10U District 7 Championships at Jenny Dean Park. The tournament started Friday evening, July 1, with a come-from-behind win by the Arlington All-Star team. A persistent Pioneer team jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first inning with three hits and scored another unanswered run in the second. Arlington pitchers gave up one more run in the third inning before slamming the door on Pioneer's hitting. Then Arlington's bats came alive with nine hits in the third, fourth and fifth innings--scoring 6 runs total. Big hits by catcher Timmy Binns (3-3), secondbaseman Luke McCartin (1-2) and shortstop Cole Oldenburg (2-3), along with shutout pitching by Daniel Overbeek and Luke McCartin, fueled the come-back victory for Arlington.
The second game of the Championship tournament was Saturday at 4 p.m.--Arlington versus a tough Herndon team. Herndon's pitchers held Arlington to just three hits over six innings, while Herndon jumped to a three run lead in the first, then added two more runs by the fifth inning. In the sixth, the game got out of hand and Herndon ended up winning 13-0.
Arlington then played Pioneer at 7 p.m. that evening and came out determined to step up after getting rocked by Herndon. The Arlington line-up batted around in the first inning, scoring five runs before leaving the bases loaded. Jake Marshall, Luke McCartin, Cole Oldenburg, Jordan Smith, Matt Lowen, Frank Gulyas and Justin Snow collected the seven first inning hits. Pioneer responded with two runs in the first and one in the second. But Arlington wasn't done: A five-hit second inning chalked up six more runs and then Arlington scored three more in the third, three in the fourth and two in the fifth to swat Pioneer 19-4 in five innings. Pitching well for Arlington was Jordan Smith, Jake Marshall, Chad Wisnowski and Jimmy Waters. Nick Yore stepped up defensively at first base and Austin Jenkins provided some power off the bench at bat.
That victory took Arlington into the Championship showdown game on Sunday versus Herndon. Matt Lowen pitched well giving up only two runs into the fourth inning, and Eamon McGoldrick and Cole Oldenburg finished on the mound. But Herndon's defense proved too consistent with Arlington hitting the ball well and Herndon making play after play. Final score: Herndon 5, Arlington 0.
In a tournament marked by excellent fielding, aggressive pitching and lots of hitting, Herndon won the District Championship and Arlington took second place. Congratutions to Herndon and good luck in the state tournament in Glen Allen. You can click here to check out the state tournament bracket.
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All-Stars set to take on District Tournaments
The Arlington Babe Ruth All-Star teams at the 8U, 10U, 11U levels are all getting ready for the district tournaments, set to take place this weekend. Arlington Babe Ruth is hosting the 10U and 8U districts this year. 11U district will be hosted by Herndon at Bready Park. The 12U district is set to get underway next week, starting July 7th, and will be hosted by Pioneer at Clermont Park.
For a look at the tournament brackets, click on the links below:
12 year old District Tournament Bracket
11 year old District Tournament Bracket
10 year old District Tournament Bracket
8 year old District Tournament Bracket
All-Star & Travel Teams
ABR all-star and travel teams have been put together and have been practicing hard since the end of the season. All Star teams have been selected for 12U, 11U, 10U and 8U teams. We also have travel teams at 12U and 10U. If the interest is there from the coaches or fans, each team can have their own web page, full of information about schedules, game information, pictures, rosters, and highlights. If you are a parent or a fan of one of these all-star or travel teams and would like to see a web page for your team, volunteer to take the bull by the horns and become the team's webmaster. Send the ABR Webmaster an email and he'll help you set up a great site for your team, one that's worthy of All-Stars.
Monday, June 20
Post Season Tourneys
The playoffs have concluded for all of our four divisions. Congratulations go to the Optimist Yankees in the Majors National Division, the Cardinals in the Majors American Division, the Optimist Yankees in the AAA National Division and the A's (Lovelace) in the AAA American Division for winning their respective division post season tournaments. Congratulations to all our teams for a great season!
Monday, April 11
ABR 2005 Season Opens!
The sights and sounds of baseball peppered Arlington County Saturday as Arlington Babe Ruth opened it's spring 2005 season on an seasonably warm spring baseball day. Games started at 9:00am on a clear birght day and by the time the last pitch was thrown almost 12 hours later, nearly 1,300 children on 100 teams competed in 49 games as boys and girls aged four to twelve had a blast playing the world's greatest game.
Opening day was highlighted this year by having the first pitch thrown out by the Optimist Club's president at the all the Majors National League games at Yorktown field. The Optimist Club is Arlington Babe Ruth's major sponsor, and ABR thanks them, and the rest of our sponsors, for helping to make the 2005 season possible! Here's looking forward to a great spring of ball!
Youth Baseball Coaches Clinic
Coaches!! Mark Sunday, March 6rd on your calendars for a coaches clinic to be held at W.T. Woodson High School, from 12:455:30 pm. Check in time is 12:30. The Clinic is run by the Virginia Baseball Club. Arlington Babe Ruth encourages all coaches to attend to earn a coaching certificate, learn about the Positive Coaching Alliance, and pick up some practical coaching tips and baseball techniques.
Lost and Found
We are renewing our Lost and Found Message Board this year. If you have lost or found an item at a recent game or practice, you can post that news to our message board. Just click on the lost and found graphic or click here to go the Lost and Found posts. You can also click on the "Message Boards" link in the left hand menu of every ABR page to get there.
Here's hoping that lots of misplaced articles find their way home!
Baseball Fundementals & Sample Practice Plans Available!
ABR Our old friend Jim Butler has developed some practice plans suitable for use by Blastball, T-ball, A, and AA coaches. If you're having a hard time organizing your practices, these handy plans are just the ticket. ABR has also posted a short handout on baseball fundementals. Check them out in the handouts section of the website.
BLASTBALL!®
Arlington Babe Ruth is providing a new program for the younger set, children aged 4 and 5 (those not yet in kindergarten). BLASTBALL!® is a fast-paced action game for kids that has more excitement and involvement for the little ones. The program teaches baseball fundamentals such as hitting, throwing and fielding while emphasizing the importance of team-work and sportsmanship. Each batter hits the ball past the fair distance marker and runs to the Blast Base HONK! When the ball is stopped by a fielder, he/she holds the ball up and yells Blast! If a fielder yells blast before the batter honks the base, the batter is out. If the batter honks prior to the fielder yelling blast, the batter scores a run. Its that simple. Teams of ten players offer the most fun-filled, action-packed play. Soft foam bat and ball promote safety. This looks to be a great way to introduce the sport to littlest ballplayers, without the dirt playing that is common at that age.
Rainout and Inclement Weather Information
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Arlington County Weather line: (703) 228-4715
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Only Majors and AAA league games will try to be made up, so keep good thoughts for nice weather!
Children's Safety and the ABR Website
A visitor to our webpage recently raised some excellent issues re: the use of pictures and other information on the Internet and this website specifically. The text of the comment was as follows:
"I can't believe that you are putting kids names next their pictures! Why do you need pictures anyway? You are making these kids an easy target for people that prey on children. I only hope that none of these kids are hurt by your carelessness."
Tim Brown (no city listed)
The response that we attempted to mail to Mr. Brown (the response was returned as undeliverable) summarizes our position on this issue:
"I read your comment with interest this morning. I certainly understand your concern about this issue. Each coach has the choice of whether or not to add pictures to their team's website.
Acknowledging the risk that you identified, the advice that I gave to each coach was to specifically let the parents know that they were going to put pictures up and, if so, to offer to leave any child's picture out if they were concerned about the Internet issue. My children are on two teams with pictures and I had this discussion with both teams; no parents opted to omit their child's picture. I would remove a picture immediately upon a request by any parent on my team.
I will try to add a News item on this topic to demonstrate that we are not cavalier about this issue and that the choice is really up to individual parents.
Thanks again for your concern."
Send us E-mail!
If you have any comments, questions or suggested improvements for the web site, please e-mail the webmaster by clicking below:
Arlington Babe Ruth Webmaster
ArlBabeRuth@yahoo.com
Membership Required!
We welcome any and all comers to the ABR website, but access to our team pages and rosters is restricted to members only. This is a security measure on our part so parents will feel more secure about having information and pictures of their children posted on the website. Of course, no security measures are foolproof, but we do what we can.
If you are an ABR coach, parent, player or fan, you may fill out our membership registration form that will ask you some general information questions. Please also indicate your child's name, team, and coach. Your membership request will be forwarded to the webmaster. Once the webmaster has your request, you will be approved if you have provided all the appropriate information. If the webmaster needs more info, you can expect an email asking for additional information. Once you respond with the answers, you will be granted membership. You may also email the ABR webmaster at the time you register with this information (along with the username you choose when you applied for membership) and your application will be approved a little more quickly.
Thank you for visiting the ABR website. We hope you enjoy your stay and appreciate your forbearance with our membership rules.
Website Information and Navigation
On the left hand side of each page of the ABR website are links to the rest of the pages of the site. Click here for a comprehensive rundown on where each of the navigation links will take you.
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