Meridians Baseball: Welcome
National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF) Baseball (18+)
Top-tier Cincinnati team with primarily College-level experienced players: Xavier, Miami University, Wooster, Concord, Kent State & Kentucky State
Meridians team colors are royal blue and white. (meridian = the highest point or stage of development; peak, a zenith)
Formed in 2002, the Meridians have a 126-77-2 overall record in their 9 years in the Cincinnati Recreation Commission Men’s "Major Division" and NKABL. 2011 NKABL Runner-up, 2009 NKABL Regular Season Champions, #1 seed in the 2009 NKABL Tournament - #2 seed in 2011, #3 seed in the 2010 NKABL Tourney, 2008 and 2006 CRC City Tournament.
Tyler Fugate: 5-2 Derek Reese: 3-4, Save
Justin Kraus: 1-0 Kyle Herbstreit: 1-1 Chris Cornett: Save
Chase Stewart: 1-0 Tyler Sickinger: 1-0, Save
2011 Meridians HRs
Tanner Lahmers (3), Justin Kraus (2), Christopher Lee, Chase Stewart
Iron Man Honorable Mentions to two of our 2011 Meridians rookies:
Tanner Lahmers - playing out of position, this natural outfielder rarely spent time roaming the green grass this summer. Warned that we needed infield help - he did see some dirt for us throughout the summer both at SS & 3B, but where our biggest hole turned out to be was behind the plate where he found himself for a handful of games throughout the season and then both tournament games to wrap up the summer.
Kyle Herbstreit - a pitcher by trade, Herby gets recruited to play infield for us. He does grab the bump from the veterans a few times, but the rest of the summer found him all across the diamond - refusing no assignment - including a catching debut of 9 innings in the humid heat of early June and a standard 9-3 put out in his right field debut in late July.
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2011: Derek Reese
2010: Mike Soto
2009: Chuck Moore
2008: Kevin McClung
2007: Jack Parkhurst
2006: Jim Rack (Summer) and Mike Soto (Fall)
2005: Scott Bush & Jared Cutter (Summer) and K.C. Fread (Fall)
2004: Blain Williams (Summer) and Scott Bush (Fall)
2003: Kevin McClung
2002: Jim Rack
Meridians reach the 125 win mark! Returning to the CRC while maintaining a schedule in the NKABL as well, we hit the 125 win mark in the home stretch of the 2011 season (7/31). The Meridians turn 10 years-old in 2012!
100 wins: A great maiden voyage in the NKABL sees us at 13-1 after our first August game (8/2) of the summer. After a rain-shortened 2007 season (5 games played), the Meridians get back to it in 2008 and then dominate most of 2009 in the new league.
With a shutout and enforcing the 10-run rule in the same game, the Meridians reach 75 wins in the final game (10/15) of the 2006 season. We play in only 1 tournament and average less than 20 league games per year so a good feat in 5 short seasons.
5/29/05: With a 2-1 victory over the Hilltoppers on our Opening Day (5/22) and sweeping the Outlaws the next weekend (5/29), the Meridians hit 50 wins early in the 2005 season.
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