BAYONNE LITTLE LEAGUE: Welcome
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WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE.
BAYONNE LITTLE LEAGUE HAS SERVED THE YOUTH OF BAYONNE SINCE 1951.
COME ON IN, TAKE A LOOK AROUND, AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE DON'T FORGET TO SIGN THE GUESTBOOK.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS ARE HELD EVERY 2ND & 4TH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7 PM.
Tuesday, May 15
IMPORTANT !!!!
BAYONNE LITTLE LEAGUE PICTURE DAY
PLEASE BE THERE 10 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR TEAM'S SCHEDULED TIME
TEE BALL
CAPE LIBERTY 8:15 AM MAYOR MARK SMITH 8:15 AM
BCB 8:35 AM HOULIHAN'S 8:35 AM
MACKENZIE POST 8:55 AM TEAM BAYONNE 8:55 AM
RAY GREAVES 9:15 AM STOP AND SHOP 9:15 AM
MAJOR SOFTBALL
SONIC 9:35 AM CREATIVE EDGE 9:35 AM
FMBA 9:55 AM BAYONNE GOLD 9:55 AM
KSF 10:15 AM DR. ZAK 10:15 AM
JUNIOR MINOR LEAGUE
BIELAN 10:35 AM COLDWELL 10:35 AM
KUHL'S 10:55 AM TARANTINO 10:55 AM
DE SENA 11:15 AM CLASSIC SKATESHOP 11:15 AM
MAJOR LEAGUE
CWV 11:35 AM HUDACKO'S 11:35 AM
J & J PRINTING 11:55 AM MACKENZIE POST 11:55 AM
ATTISANO ELECTRIC 12:15 PM BIG APPLE 12:15 PM
UNICO CLUB 12:35 PM
SENIOR MINOR LEAGUE
IMTT 12:35 PM
PERRUCCI 12:55 PM TOWERS ELECTRIC 12:55 PM
Saturday, May 5
ALL GAMES SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY MAY 5, 2012 ARE BEING PLAYED.
Wednesday, May 2
All games today on May 2nd,2012 are cancelled due to inclement weather.
Friday, April 13
2012 OPENING DAY PARADE
TOMORROW (APRIL 14) IS THE BAYONNE LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY PARADE. EVERYONE WILL MEET BEHIND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 10:30 AM AND WE WILL STEP OFF PROMPTLY AT 11 AM. OPENING CEREMONIES AT 12 NOON AND GAMES WILL START AT 1 PM AT BOTH VOLUNTEER STADIUM AND BRIDGE FIELD
Sunday, March 4
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS WILL BE HELD EVERY WEDNESDAY UNTIL OPENING DAY
Sunday, January 15
COMMISSIONER-JOE SPENGLER
MINOR LEAGUE PRESIDENT-TOM COTTER
PONY LEAGUE PRESIDENT-MIKE MC KITTRICK
SOFTBALL PRESIDENT-DOMINICK ZERO
TREASURER-MIKE CONWAY
CONTROLLER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
SECRETARY-JOHN VACCARO
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: TO BE ANNOUNCED
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: JOHN O'BRIEN
ADMINISTRATOR-BRIAN PETTY
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR-BOB BREMNER
PLAYER AGENT-GLENN REGAN
SAFETY OFFICER-MIKE WHITNEY
UMPIRE IN CHIEF-JOE ROESINGER
PONY LEAGUE DIRECTOR-MIKE MC KITTRICK
MAJOR LEAGUE DIRECTOR-DENNIS BYRNE
SENIOR MINOR LEAGUE DIRECTOR-MARTY REED
JUNIOR MINOR LEAGUE DIRECTOR-MATT STEINBRUNN
SENIOR SOFTBALL DIRECTOR- RICH POGGIALI
MAJOR LEAGUE SOFTBALL DIRECTOR- TO BE ANNOUNCED
INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE DIRECTOR- TO BE ANNOUNCED
WEBMASTER-MARTY REED
Sunday, January 1
THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2012 WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAYS THE 11TH AND THE 25TH. BOTH NITES WILL BE AT 7 PM. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL MEMBERS ATTEND.
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Manager John Vaccaro writes:
Congratulations to my coaches; Kevin Kuhl, Kevin O'Callahan, TJ Joynt and John Lynch. Guys it was great to have your help this season. It really meant a lot.
To my players; Jake K, great regular season, missed you in the playoffs. - Anthony B, John L, John J and Hoops, great job for your first season. - Jake O, Marc S, Marc D and Steven, you guys stepped it up in the playoffs looking forward to next year. - Ethan, Sean and James, you boys had a great regular season but an even better playoff run. Good Luck in your future, you're great kids.
To the parents; thank you for getting the kids to practice and to the games on time. They are all a great bunch of kids and we had a drama free season.
J&J all the way!!!
Wednesday, June 29
CONGRATULATIONS TO DANNY BREMNER (UNICO) AND JUSTEN CASSELMAN (HUDACKO'S) FOR CLOSING OUT THE REGULAR SEASON FOR BLASTING TOWERING HOME RUNS IN THEIR LAST REGULAR SEASON GAMES. WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF BOTH OF YOU
Thursday, April 7
IMPORTANT
IF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT TIME OR WHERE YOUR CHILD HAS PRACTICE, YOU MUST CALL YOUR CHILD'S MANAGER OR COACH TO FIND OUT. WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE AND WHAT TIME TEAMS HAVE PRACTICE.
PLEASE DO NOT CALL THIS OFFICE!!!WE DO NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION
Saturday, September 18
Click on this link to Billy Faix, a former Bayonne Little Leaguer from 1961 to 1965; Billy played on BMEA in 1961, and Billy was a member of the Strauss Brothers team from 1962 to 1966, he also lead the Strauss team to the 2 consecutive city championships in 1963 and 1964
Wednesday, April 7
ATTENTION FACEBOOK USERS, BAYONNE LITTLE LEAGUE IS NOW ON FACEBOOK. IT IS BEING RUN BY TWO PEOPLE: MARTY REED, AND THE GROUP ADMINISTRATOR ROBERT MASTROMONACO. YOU MUST BE A MEMBER ON FACEBOOK TO VIEW IT.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, INCORPORATED IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO "PROMOTE, DEVELOP, SUPERVISE, AND VOLUNTARILY ASSIST IN ALL LAWFUL WAYS, THE INTEREST OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL." THROUGH PROPER GUIDANCE AND EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP; THE LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM ASSISTS YOUTH IN DEVELOPING THE QUALITIES OF CITIZENSHIP, DISIPLINE, TEAMWORK AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. BY ESPOUSING THE VIRTUES OF CHARACTER, COURAGE AND LOYALTY, THE LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP SUPERIOR CITIZENS RATHER THAN SUPERIOR ATHLETES.
LITTLE LEAGUE'S ROOTS EXTEND AS FAR AS BASEBALL'S HISTORY ITSELF-EVEN INTO THE 18TH CENTURY.
SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY PLAYED BALL AT VALLEY FORGE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. U.S. CITIZENS PLAYED MORE MODERN VERSIONS OF THE BRITISH GAMES OF CRICKET AND ROUNDERS THROUGH THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, OFTEN CALLED "TOWN BALL". IN THE 1840'S NEW YORKER ALEXANDER JOY CARTWRIGHT AND HIS ACQUINANCES PLAYED A GAME THEY CALLED "BASE BALL" THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE GAME WE KNOW TODAY.
ON JUNE 19, 1846, IN A CONTEST MANY HISTORIANS CONSIDER THE FIRST SCHEDULED BASEBALL GAME, CARTWRIGHT'S NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKER BASEBALL CLUB WAS DEFEATED BY THE NEW YORK BASEBALL CLUB 23-1 IN FOUR INNINGS. THE GAME WAS PLAYED AT ELYSIAN FIELD IN HOBOKEN, WHICH IS NEAR THE CURRENT HOBOKEN LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD.
DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, SOLDIERS ON BOTH SIDES PLAYED BASEBALL TO PASS THE TIME BETWEEN BATTLES. IN 1869, THE CINCINNATI RED STOCKINGS BECAME THE FIRST OPENLY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TEAM. BY THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY, BASEBALL WAS KNOW AS "AMERICA'S PASTIME."
AS EARLY AS THE 1880'S, LEAGUES WERE FORMED FOR PRE-TEEN CHILDREN IN NEW YORK, BUT THEY WERE AFFILIATED WITH ADULT "CLUB" TEAMS, AND DID NOT FLOURISH. CHILDREN OFTEN PLAYED "PICKUP" BASEBALL IN STREETS OR SANDLOTS INSTEAD, AND WITH SUBSTANDARD EQUIPMENT. CAST-OFF BATS AND BALLS WERE TAPED AND RE-TAPED, AND CATCHER'S EQUIPMENT IN CHILDREN'S SIZES WAS ALMOST NONEXISTENT.
IN THE 1920'S, THE AMERICAN LEGION FORMED A BASEBALL PROGRAM FOR TEEN-AGE BOYS THAT EXISTS TODAY. AMERICAN SCHOOLS ALSO STARTED BASEBALL PROGRAMS. BUT THERE WAS STILL A VOID FOR PRE-TEEN BOYS WHO WANTED TO PLAY IN ORGANIZED GAMES. OTHER SMALLER PROGRAMS CROPPED UP FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT DID NOT CATCH ON BEYOND LOCAL AREAS.
IN 1938, A MAN NAMED CARL STOTZ HIT UPON THE IDEA FOR AN ORGANIZED BASEBALL LEAGUE FOR THE BOYS IN HIS HOMETOWN OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA. CARL HAD NO SONS OF HIS OWN, BUT HE OFTEN PLAYED BALL WITH HIS YOUNG NEPHEWS, JIMMY AND MAJOR GEHRON, AND WANTED A WAY TO PROVIDE AN ORGANIZED PROGRAM FOR THEM.
CARL GATHERED SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN AND EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND DIFFERENT FIELD DIMENSIONS DURING THAT SUMMER. THE PROGRAM STILL DID NOT HAVE A NAME, AND NO GAMES WERE PLAYED.
IN 1939, CARL AND HIS WIFE GRAYCE TOOK THE EXPERIMENT A STEP FURTHER, ENLISTING THE HELP OF BROTHERS GEORGE AND BERT BEBBLE AND THEIR WIVES, ANNBELLE AND ELOISE. CARL, GEORGE AND BERT WERE THE MANAGERS OF THE FIRST THREE TEAMS: LYCOMING DAIRY, LUNDY LUMBER AND JUMBO PRETZEL. JOHN AND PEGGY LINDEMUTH SOON JOINED THE GROUP, WITH THE EIGHT VOLUNTEERS MAKING UP THE VERY FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
CARL ALSO TALKED TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND CAME UP WITH THE NAME: LITTLE LEAGUE. HIS IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE A WHOLESOME PROGRAM FOR THE BOYS OF WILLIAMSPORT, AS A WAY TO TEACH THEM THE IDEALS OF SPORTSMANSHIP, FAIR PLAY AND TEAMWORK.
THE SPONSORSHIPS (THE FEE WAS $30) HELPED TO PAY FOR EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS FOR 30 PLAYERS. SINCE THEN, SPONSORSHIP OF LITTLE LEAGUE BOTH AT THE LOCAL LEAGUE LEVEL AND AT THE HEADQUARTERS LEVEL HAVE HELPED HAVE HELPED TO KEEP COST TO PARENTS AT A MINIMUM.
ON JUNE 6, 1939, IN THE VERY FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE GAME EVER PLAYED, LUNDY LUMBER DEFEATED LYCOMING DAIRY, 23-8. LYCOMING DAIRY CAME BACK TO WIN THE SEASON'S FIRST-HALF TITLE,AND FACED SECOND-HALF CHAMP LUNDY LUMBER IN A BEST-OF-THREE SERIES. LYCOMING DAIRY WON THE SERIES IN THREE GAMES.
IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS OTHER LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAMS SPRUNG UP. BOUNDRIES FOR EACH LEAGUE WERE ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE THAT EACH LEAGUE COULD THRIVE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT NEIGHBORING PROGRAMS "RAIDING" ITS PLAYERS.
FROM THESE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST ORGANIZED YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM. IN THE SPACE OF JUST SIX DECADES, LITTLE LEAGUE GREW FROM THREE TEAMS TO NEARLY 200,000 TEAMS, IN ALL 50 STATES AND MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES. AND THE BASIC GOAL REMAINS THE SAME AS IT DID IN 1939, TO GIVE THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD A GAME THAT PROVIDES FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES (SPORTSMANSHIP, FAIR PLAY, AND TEAMWORK) THEY CAN USE LATER IN LIFE TO BECOME GOOD CITIZENS.
| 1951-1953 | VINCE COOK | 1982-1983 | BOB DUNLAP | |
| 1954-1955 | BOB PARADINE | 1984-1985 | BOB SEXTON | |
| 1956-1957 | AL SPEZIO | 1986-1989 | GENE KLUMPP SR. | |
| 1958-1959 | TONY ZYGMUND | 1990-1991 | BUTCH CLARK | |
| 1960-1961 | JERRY CLOUGHER | 1992-1993 | RUSS PONA | |
| 1962-1965 | ARAM "MO" KAZAZIAN | 1994 | JOHN BARBARISE | |
| 1966-1967 | TONY ZYGMUND | 1995 | JOE O'NEILL | |
| 1968-1969 | DON SANSONE | 1996-1997 | RICK WEIMMER | |
| 1970-1971 | NICK MINK | 1998-1999 | GENE KLUMPP SR. | |
| 1972-1975 | PETE BLAKOVICH | 2000-2001 | GENE KLUMPP JR. | |
| 1976-1977 | BOB DUNLAP | 2002-2003 | BRIAN PETTY | |
| 1978-1980 | TONY COLETTA | 2004-2009 | GLENN REGAN | |
| 1981 | BOB SEXTON |
2010- 2011 |
BRUNO D'AVELLA |
ALMOST EVERYBODY IN BAYONNE LITTLE LEAGUE KNOWS THAT OUR MINOR LEAGUE PROGRAM WAS NAMED FOR CHARLIE HATTENBERG, BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THE SENIOR DIVISION FOR PLAYERS 10, 11, AND 12, WHO ARE NOT SELECTED BY A MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM, OR SIGN UP AFTER THE TRYOUTS IS NAMED AFTER TONY ZYGMUND, AND THE JUNIOR DIVISION FOR 7, 8, AND 9 YEAR OLDS IS NAMED AFTER NICK MINK. WE AT BAYONNE LITTLE LEAGUE BELIEVE THAT THE PLAYERS AND PARENTS IN THESE LEAGUES SHOULD KNOW WHO THESE 3 GENTLEMEN WERE.
CHARLIE HATTENBERG WAS THE MANAGER OF SILVER BROTHERS IN THE NORTHERN DIVISION FROM 1952 TO 1954. MR HATTENBERG ALWAYS SELECTED THE SMALLER PLAYERS FOR HIS TEAMS AND WON 2 NORTHERN LEAGUE TITLES IN 1952 AND 1953. AFTER HE PASSED AWAY IN LATE 1954, THE MINOR LEAGUE PROGRAM WAS NAMED FOR CHARLIE HATTENBERG IN 1955.
TONY ZYGMUND BEGAN HIS LITTLE LEAGUE CAREER AS A MANAGER OF NOWICKI AND SONS/CONTE TV AND RADIO FROM 1952 TO 1957, HE SERVED AS COMMISSIONER IN 1958 AND 1959, HE WAS A COACH OF S& S FURNITURE IN THE HATTENBERG LEAGUE 1960, AND TOOK OVER AS MANAGER OF UNICO CLUB AN EXPANSION TEAM IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE IN 1961 AND HE WAS THE MANAGER UNTIL 1965. HE WAS ELECTED TO A SECOND TERM AS COMMISSIONER IN 1965, AND SERVED DURING THE 1966 AND 1967 SEASONS. AFTER HE SERVED AS COMMISSIONER, HE REMAINED ACTIVE IN BAYONNE LITTLE AND TOOK OVER AS MANAGER OF PARENTES IN 1972. HE WON THE CENTRAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1954 AND 1955, WINNING THE CITY TITLE IN 1955. HIS UNICO TEAM WON THE CENTRAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1964, AND HIS TEAM PLAYED THE LAST GAME IN ROSENTHAL STADUIM WHICH WAS LOCATED ON LEXINGTON AVENUE IN SECOND STREET. IN HIS FIRST TERM IN 1958 THE CHARLIE HATTENBERG MINOR LEAGUE EXPANDED FROM FOUR TO EIGHT TEAMS, AND IN 1959 THE MAJOR LEAGUES EXPANDED FROM 16 TO 20 TEAMS, AND THE HATTENBERG LEAGUE ADDED 2 MORE TEAMS FOR A TOTAL OF 10 TEAMS. WHEN BAYONNE LITTLE LEAGUE MOVED FROM ITS OLD SITE TO ITS PRESENT HOME, MR ZYGMUND WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH THE MOVE. IN HIS SECOND TERM AS COMMISSIONER, THE MINOR LEAGUE PROGRAM EXPANDED TO 14 TEAMS, AND WAS DIVIDED INTO 2 DIVISIONS, THE SENIOR DIVISION FOR PLAYERS 10 TO 12 WHO WERE NOT SELECTED BY A MAJOR LEAGUE LEAGUE TEAM, AND THE JUNIOR DIVISION FOR PLAYERS 8 AND 9, 7 YEAR OLDS WERE INCLUDED IN 1999.
MR. ZYGMUND PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY 1977, AND THE SENIOR MINOR LEAGUE WAS RENAMED THE TONY ZYGMUND DIVISION PRIOR TO THE 1977 SEASON.
NICK MINK WAS THE MANAGER OF FIFTH STREET DELI-ETTE FROM 1956 TO 1967. DURING THESE YEARS, HELD VARIOUS POSITONS ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, HE WAS A LEAGUE DIRECTOR IN 1968 AND 1969, AND SERVED AS COMMISSIONER IN 1970 AND 1971. DURING HIS TERM, SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE TO THE COMPOUND, WHICH INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEETING ROOM. HE STARTED THE PONY LEAGUE "SENIOR DIVISION" IN 1971. MR. MINK PASSED AWAY IN JUNE 1976, AND THE JUNIOR MINOR LEAGUE WAS RENAMED THE NICK MINK DIVISION IN THE 1977 SEASON.
