Medford Babe Ruth enters "Select Travel Teams" into the Lou Tompkins All-Star Baseball League. This is not the same as the Babe Ruth All Stars or the Medford Babe Ruth Summer League. It is geared for those registered Medford Babe Ruth players who want to take their game to the next level and are selected by the Medford Babe Ruth/Tompkins team manager. The Tompkins league provides a very challenging, fast paced and highly competitive program where every game is played to win. In addition to the approximately 18 games, there is a weekend tournament and a Tournament of Champions for those teams that qualify. Games are played against other eastern Mass towns on weeknights and weekends, usually 3 per week. Usually up to 14 players for each team are selected by the team manager based on their performance and sportsmanship during the spring season as well as the team's need for particular defensive position skills. A tryout session may also be held. Priority is given to players that have played in at least 50% of all spring season Medford Babe Ruth games and All-Star games if selected. The season runs from about June 21st to about August 9th. The cost is noramlly $150 - $200 per player. Full payment is due to the team manager by June 8th.
Teams can be placed in each of the following divisions: A (15/16 year olds); B (14 year olds); C (13 year olds); Senior (16 - 19 year olds). Players must be not be older than that age as of April 30th.
For more info here is a link to the website: http://www.ltabaseball.com
2009 TEAM MANAGERS:
B Division (14 year olds): Jim Hayes
C Division (15 year olds): Pat Spellman and Tim Raimo
If you want to play on a Medford Tompkins team contact the team manager
Note: Rosters are limited so not every interested player can be placed on a team. Selection is made by the team manager based on the player's past performance and sportsmanship, positions needed to be filled by the team and possibly an evaluation/tryout.
See the link for "Summer League" for information on that program.
