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Welcome to Somerville Alibrandis Official Web Site
This the is the official site of the Somerville Highlanders Alumni /Alibrandis Baseball Team.
The team has become a dynasty in Boston's Yawkey Baseball League, winning the League Championship in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Conference Championships in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 made playoff apperances in 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 2004 ,2005, 2006, 2007 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and won the league Stewart Memorial Tournament in 1991, 1992 & 1998. The team has also enjoyed National Recognition starting the 2003 Season as the 11th ranked team in the United States by the National Semi-Pro Baseball Association and in 2010 was names the top team in the NSPBA May poll.
The team was founded in 1990 and in 2012 the team will be played its 23rd season as part of Boston's Yawkey Baseball League. In that time they have sent over 30 players and coaches to take part in the YBL's annual All Star Game at Fenway Park. The teams coaching staff has managed 11 All Star Games(97,98-07) and the team has had the games MVP 7 times over the years.
The team has been sponsored by Alibrandis Barber Shop since 1994( see our sponsor section ).
The team is better know as "Somerville Alibrandis" ever since.
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Alibrandis Play in 100 Inning Game for ALS Reseach
The 9th Annual 100 Innings Baseball Game was held this past weekend of October 20th & 21st at Adams Field in Quincy, MA. The proceeds of this event will benefit The Angel Fund for ALS research. Somerville Alibrandis current and former players Marc DesRoches, Ted Dziuba, Sean Sullivan, David Treska and Matt Deeb played parts of this game over the weekend. The event was organized by YBL Umpre / Hall of Famer Walter Bentson. Other YBL players Dan Pill from the Brighton Minutemen and Angelo Colluci from the Stoneham Sabers also took part to help raise funds withthis event. Please click on the headline line for more information and if you wish to donate to this very worthy casue.
Alibrandis All Stars Shine at Fenway Park All Star Game
The Yawkey Baseball League made its return to Fenway Park and played a post season All Star Game at the most beloved ballpark. The Boston Red Sox open their doors on October 6th on a perfect fall day for the match up of the Dan Tarpey Stars and the Bill Stewart Stars. Somerville was represented with 4 players, Mike Maguire, Ted Dziuba, Jon Morse and Bobby Barrett. Bernie Driscoll and his staff lead the Bill Stewart Stars to a victory. The team is so grateful for the change to play at Fenway Park and want to thank the Boston Red Sox for thier support of the Yawkey Baseball League. For a full game summary, videos and pictures from the game, please go to yawkeybaseball.com
Somerville Alibrandis Win 2012 Yawkey Baseball League Championship
For the 13th time the Somerville Alibrandis Baseball Club has won the Yawkey Baseball League's Championship. The team earned the series win with a dramatic 7th inning to walk off with the game 5 win 4-3 over the Malden Bulldogs in winning the series 4 games to 1. Marc DesRoches was named the YBLCS Most Valueable Player.
We Are the Champions
David Treska inducted into National Semi Pro Hall of Fame Class of 2013
The founder of the Somerville Highlander Alumni / Alibrandis Baseball Team and YBL All Star player David Treska was inducted into the National Semi Professional Baseball Associations Hall of Fame's 2013 Class. Treska started the team in 1990 and went on to play for 16 seasons, making 5 All Star teams, winning 2 Gold Gloves and being on the field for 8 Championships. As team president he has served on the Board for 15 years, being named Executive of the Year in 2009 with the team being named Franchise of the Year 3 times. "I was very surprised to hear of this honor when I got the call from Tim Turpin, but am truly honored and could not be happier for being inducted to the NSPBA Hall of Fame", Treska said when asked about this award. The ceremony will be held at time to be announced in 2013, plese check on the NSPBA website for infomation.
Alibrandis Pitcher Rob Finneran Drafted by Tampa Bay Rays
Somerville Alibrandis pitcher Rob Finneran was drafted in the 37th round by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2012 June ameteur draft. Finneran who pitched at Bentley College joined the team this year and in his 2 outings he earned a save and struck out 6 batters with a 0.00 earned run average. Finneran joined the short season A ball affiliate of the Tampa Bay Ray, the Hudson Valley Renegades of the New York-Penn League. Please click on the headline link for a full story from the Bentley Baseball team website.
Alibrandis Alumni Scott Oberg drafted by Colorado Rockies
Former Somerville Alibrandis pitcher Scott Oberg was drafted in the 15th round by the Colorado Rockies in the 2012 June ameteur draft. Oberg played for the Somerville Alibrandis at the end of the 2007 season and went on to enjoy a great collegate career at UConn. Oberg made one apperacne and struck out 3 batters with a 0.00 earned run average pitching 2 innings. Oberg joined the short season A ball affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, the Tri-City Dust Devils. Please click on the headline link for a full story from the Tewksbury Patch website.
Join the Somerville Alibrandis Group on facebook.
The Somerville Alibrandis Baseball Team has set up a group on Facebook to assist in finding Alumni players over the 20 seasons. This will allow us to help communicate and network better with everyone has been a large part of this teams sucess over the years.
Please click on the headline link to get to the group and join the group.
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