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BRIT w BALL~~The Official Voice of the British Baseball Federation

Issue 53 95p October 1997

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Essex Arrows. and our thanks goto their players for their assistanceduring the weekend.

Saturday started with the BBF .PONY Youth All-Star game, areport of which can be found onpage 8, and was followed by the1997 Pitch, Hit and Run Final.Details of the competitors andwhere they finished can be foundon page 12.

Presentations to the competitorsin both of these events were madeby BBF President StephenHerbert and Director of EuropeanOperations for Major LeagueBaseball International. Mr Clive

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ENQUIRIESEditorial Enquiries:

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Hessle, HU13 OYQTel: 01482 643551Fax: 01482 640224http://www.bbf.org

Editor: Kevin MacadamDeputy Editor: Wendy Macadam

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BBF Technical CommitteeYouth & Player Development:Ian SmythConference Commissioners:Premier, North & South:Sharron BonfieldScotland: Brian Edwards.North & South umpires Commissionerand National Umpiring Coordinator:Ted Gerard-ThesinghScorers Commissioners:South: Brian HollandNorth: Clive MaudeScotland: I.:iz GrahamYouth Commissioners:North: Alan WilsonSouth: Paul VemonSchools: Kevin McCallion

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The weekend ··then continuedwith the 1997 Coors BaseballLeague Flna.1

Game 1

With London Wilmorsthe hometeam for this first playoff atWaltham Abbey, KingstonCobras madeJan· aggresive startagainst starting pitcher MaurizioMosca withPry?r'~,g()y~le tocentre field... bringingJ.h()fI1e BThurston and A. Whittaker.Warriors ..res,po",ded . againstAndy Wiltshire with\\Attwoodgettingab()ClrcJ \'iithfl~!n91E(,>andscoring from .firStonan error bythe Cobras centre fielder, thiswas to .be t~e first .of 10 errorscommitt~dJ,t>Y>J,thE(. Cobras.Bloomfield goton with a doubleto right fielddand was broughthome byq?lgir§~.ln the secondN WhittakerQ()t ()nwith a singleand was· promptly retired whenEvans hit <into <a .double play.There was no further score iJntilthe topC),r~hf ..fC),urth .. whenCobras .....~nt ..ahead On a homerun over the left field fence byRead. An error by the Cobras inthe bottofl1()ff~efourth scored arun for. the. Warriors and placedthe go ahead run on third. Thiswas brought home on a single byAckley to give the Warriors aone run lead.

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The Warriors winning 31 to 12with Smith awarded the win andPryor, despite pitching less thanan inning getting the loss. Homeruns for the Warriors by Ackleyand Crook, and by Maltby for theCobras.

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Darrin Ward who had come on inrelief in the sixth, when he retired3 of the 4 batters he faced, raninto trouble in the seventh whenthe first four batters faced allreached base. The next two wereeasy outs but the next threebatters again reached base. Bythe time he was relieved byColdiron 3 runs had scored and hehad left the bases loaded.Coldiron walked the first batter hefaced to bring in another run andthen struck out the next batter toend the game under the slaughterrule.

fence. Cobras had still not givenup and replied with 3 runsincluding a 2 run shot over the leftfield fence by Andy Maltby.Warriors added another in thesixth and another 4 in the seventhaided by Atkinson walking the firsttwo batters.

In the fourth ,Il.tkinson came on inrelief of Jhllrston. and in spite oftwo errors by the Cobras held theWarriors to a single run in thefourth. Unf()rtunately Cobras wereunable to reply with the bat to tryand narrow the.gap. In the fifthWarriors added another sevenruns aided ••..... bX .... errors by theCobras, including a passed ball ona third strike "and a three runhomer by Crook over the left field

The third inning was a disaster forCobras which effectively put thegame beyond their reach whenWarriors scored 9 runs. Ackley,the series MVP, hit a two runhomer over the left field fence andlater in the same inning broughthome a further two runs with asi"ngle to centre field. Two errorsby the Warriors' short stop allowedCobras to score 2 runs in thebottom of the third with two out.

singles, 3 walks and thrown 3 wildpitches before being relieved byPhil Thurston who retired the nexttwo batters·· to: close the firstinning. Cobras failed to score withAlan Smith the Warriors starterretiring the· first three batters inorder. Warriors increased theirlead in the second with a furtherfour runs. The Warriors who hadremained errorless in the firstgame now committed 3 errorswhich scored 2 runs beforeWarriors closed the inning with adouble play.

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For the second.game on Sundaymoming Cobras were the hometeam. Their starting pitcher Pryorwas given .. awann welcome bythe Warriors and lasted just eightbatters by which time he hadgiven upS runs, 1 double, 3

aided by two doubles, twosingles, a balk. and the inevitableerror. In the next inning Atkinsonwalked the first two batters andlooked to be heading for troublebut the next.batter forced therunner at first loran.outand withrunners on> first and . secondAtwood hit. into an inning killingdouble play.

Warriors ran out as winners by 11runs to 5 ina two .anda .half hourgame. Mosca taking the win andWiltshire was the losing pitcher.Read scored a home run for theCobras.

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Cobras were unable to reply inthe top of the fifth and committedtwo more errors to allow Perry toscore and move Warriors furtherahead. The sixth looked to be theCobras inning with the first threebatters getting aboard on two hitsand a walk. Perry's throw toAckley picked off Pryor on first sothat the walk left runners on firstand second instead of basesloaded. Evans, redeeminghimself for hitting into the doubleplay in the second hit a threebagger to left field scoring Readand Maltby to draw Cobras level.Warriors responded with Ackleyscoring on a sacrifice fly to centreby Coldiron.

Cobras failed to score in theirremaining inning but relief pitcherMatthew Atkinson received anunfriendly response from theWarriors who scored four runs inhis first inning on the mound

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Most Valuable player award forthe weekend was awarded toChris Ackley of the LondonWarriors.

Waltham Abbey Town Council.London Warriors received theSeries trophy, pius individualawards, a Coors jacket and twocrates of Coors Extra Gold andKington Cobras receivedindividual awards, a Coors tshirt and two crates of CoorsExra Gold.

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The first National All stargame was contested prior tothe Coors Baseball LeagueFinals at the home field ofEssex Arrows. Teamsrepresenting the North andSouth conferences played agreat game, showcasing thebest youth players in thecountry.

Stidham started the game on themound for the North. He gave upa walk and a single, but retired theside without giving up a run. In thebottom of the first, Bath the starterfor the South, gave up a lead offwalk to Davidson, but then retiredthe side with three straight strike

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In the top of the second, Douglasopened the scoring, coming homeon a single from· Dolphin. Bathhad three mgrestrike outs in thebottom of the second,. to help theSouth to a 1,:0 lead.

In the top oLthe third, Stidhamretired the sid~without concedinga run. Then in the bottom theNorth levelled the game whenStidham scored a run.

The South w~~· retired in the topof the fourth without adding anyruns. Everett came on in relief forBath in the bottom of the inning.Walter's run for the North gavethem a 2-1 lead;

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Walter carne On to pitch in the toof the fifth. He allowed twosingles, and the Solith scored tworuns by Russell and Sayles. In thebottom of the fifth runs by Booth,Stidham and Evans gave the leadback to the North 5-3.

In the top of the sixth Everettscored for the South to reduce thelead to 5-4. Everet himself thenretired the side ..in. thebottom of the sixth with noruns scoring.

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PITCH, HIT AND RUNNATIONAL FINALS


The results were as follows:

On Saturday 27 Septemberthe 1997 'Pitch, Hit andRun National Finals tookplace.

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YearS1st Place Pia RattiganHalifax Damian Robertson

2nd Place Paul BowlesBracknell Helen Burgess

3rd Place Steven ChildsBradford Aimee Driver

4th Place Scott LindenPlymouth Elise Toogood

5th Place Robyn SenatorTonbridge Shane Luker

6th Place Rebecca MartinTonbridge Stuart Lucas

George LinternKimberley KiddSam MorrisHannah ParkAnnabelle TaylorBen VineyJoy NewmanSam BenthamKarl BaronSally Birks

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Bracknell Schools are NationalSchools Baseball Champions

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Bracknell Schools' Baseball Teamwon the right to be called NationalSchools Champions on Sundaywhen they won a close and tenseNational Schools Final againstCalderdale Schools from Halifaxat Hemel Hempstead.

The game looked to be a tight oneas both pitchers battled through tothe middle of the third with noscore and only two base-hits.Between them the pitchers,Bracknell's Imran Khan andCalderdale's Mellor, struck out 13of the first 15 batters.

Calderdale took the initiative intpe bottom of the third. Gilmore'sdouble scored Thompson, who·had been walked. Bracknell'scatcher, Simon Welch, judged adifficult fly ball to secure the firstout and Khan weighed in with hissixth strike-out for the second.Wood's two out single scored bothGilmore and Bruce before Khanand,. Gar, Sargent combined forthe final out at first base.

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after sucl1.a.{:tiarnatic changeover one inning but Bracknellproved themsel'(es ". to be nonormal team and produced a halfinning of tremendous character.In the top of the fourth.Bracknell'sLee Coke was walked, Lee Gileswas hit by. a ... p,itchand RichardBannister's single loaded thebases. . . Chris.; .Sp'.u~dle .workedhard atthepl.l:itepef()r~ receivinga base o~ ~l:ills.'Nhich scoredCoke forthe,Jirs,tl1Jn. LeeBarefoot's hard .hit. to .third basewas too hot to handle and Gilesscored on the throw to first. Asthe errantthrowsailed by the firstbaseman. Mr Phillips, Bracknell'sManager and third. base coachsent Bannister holTleward, and hescored amid a flurry of dust to tiethe score and wrest the initiativefrom Calderdale.

With momentum behind themBracknell made short.work of thebottom of. the fourth. Two morestrike-outs and a.n unassisted playby Sargent at first ended theinning. '

Coke led off the fifth with a basehit off. neVi, pitsper Kalifer.Bannister, .....,ith...qne out, hit adouble tQ,cent~~field to. advanceCoke to '. thi~. It was Spurdle'sturn to smash the ball at

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Calderdale's;tpird.. baseman andforce another error, and Cokescored~o ..... ta.ke .•.•. the lead forBracknell,Calg~rd~lefought backto take th~se«ond out but Sargentwas notfini.~h~d.and, with twoouts, hit l:isingleto the outfieldwhich. s9<>redbothBannister andSpurdle.VVel.ch was walked andKhan hita.~mbwhich proved toomuch f()rth.~. 9alde.rdale centrefielder. to ·p.~."dle and Sargentscored on the error.

Braclmf,'lIcqntil1ued to execute inthe bott()m otthefourth. AnotherKhan I Sargent combination atfirst Vias f()II0r'ed by two strikeouts to .. fi~i~h the.hming with nofurther score. . .

Calderdale'sithird ." pitcher, Mellor,gave •his .te,~fT1·. eyery .opportunitywith t:l neat top of the sixth,althougnR()~rt'~mith's lead offdoublelookeci. dangerous until hewas tagged attneplate attemptingto score an insurance run; the

. secon~ outofthe game's onlydouble. play. Knan struck out thefirst two batters in the bottom ofthe sixth.and ,.' things 'looked goodfor Brackllell. J"wo singles byGilmore and Bruce and a walk forWilliams loaded the bases andbrought the tying run to the plate.In this pressure packed situationKhan bore dqwn and, on a 1-2count, threw. th,irdstrike .heat torecord, his thlrt~~nth strike out ofthe game to.YI!nthe game for

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Bracknell amidst scenes ofcelebration.

Khan earned the win with acomplete game, striking out 13.Richard Bannister led the offencewith two hits, including a double,from three at bats. Robert Smithalso hit a double in his only at bat.Bracknell's other hits came fromSargent, Coke and Spurdle.

Calderdale played very well andtheir pitching was excellent. Ofthe seven runs only two wereeamed, and it was therefore thedefence that suffered in thepressure packed game, makingthree errors to Bracknell's none.

Both teams were presented withcommemorative trophies byStephen Herbert, President of theBritish Baseball Federation, whocongratulated both programmeson an excellent game. The rulesof the game allowed no more thanfive runs an inning to stop oneteam running away with the gamein one inning. The fact that thisrule was not reqUired and thatthree outs were recorded in everyone of the twelve half inningsdemonstrates the superbdefensive nature of the game.


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Bandits 16Winning pitcher: Martin Godsall- gave up 10 hitsLosing pitcher: Rob Nelson gave up 19Home runs for Sean Ozolins &Chris Treat [Enfield] .Enfield Spartans 13 BirminghamBandits 3Winning pitcher: Sean Ozolins gave up 7 hitsLosing pitcher: Martin Godsall gave up 12

Kingston Cobras 19 BrightonBuccaneers 3Kingston Cobras 2 BrightonBuccaneers 12Kingston Cobras 9 BrightonBuccaneers 8

London Warriors 21 NottinghamStealers 1Winning pitcher: MauritzioMoscaLOSing pitcher: Mark SharpAlan Bloomfield 4 for 4, doubleLondon Warriors 17 NottinghamStealers 1Winning pitcher: Alan SmithLosing pitcher: Steve SmithAlan Bloomfield 3 for 4, HomeRun and a triple

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Enfield Spartans 13 BirminghamBandits 9Winning pitcher: Ian Lanario gave up11 hitsLosing pitct'1~r: Matt Dutton gave up 16.'hitsEnfield Spartans 6 Birmingham

Eight teams qualified for the1997plaY-Qffs. From theSouthern ConferenceLondon Warriors, EnfieldSpartans,H()unslow Bluesand Brighton Buccaneersand from the NorthernConference KingstonCobras, Menwith HillPatriots, BirminghamBandits and NottinghamStealers. Here's how theyfared:

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FEDERATIONHANDBOOK

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Please ensure I receive a copy of the 1998British Baseball Federation Handbook. Ienclose my cheque for £5 (cheques madepayable to the British Baseball Federation).

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Contains all the contact detailsand fixtures for the 1998 season.An excellent bUy for any intrepid ,. .......... •baseball fan.

To purchase a copy (to bepublished March 1998) pleasereturn the form below along with acheque for £5.00 made payable tothe British Baseball Federation.

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NORTHERN CONFERENCEDIVISION ONE

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Cambridge Monarchs 11Boumemouth B's 0Winning pitcher: Matt Gilbert

West Midland Razoroacks 36Cartmel Valley Lions 24N Simpson hit 2 home runsincluding a grand slam

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London Warriors 15 Menwith HillPatriots 6Winning pitcher Mauritzio Mosca,losing pitcherPaul La Pointe.London Warriors 10 Menwith HillPatriots 3Winning pitcher Alan Smith,Losingpitcher PaulCarpenter.In the seco~~Q,ame their werefour home runs hit, with AlanBloomfield and Craig Perry hittingthem for the Warriors and JerryForeman and Michael Via forMenwith.

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Birminaham Bandits 21 7 3.5 Bracknell Blazers 13 3 1

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Every BBF Full Affiliated Senior Team (not farmteams)arid Affiliated Junior team are entitled to a

vote; please make sure you use yours,

1997BRITISH BASEBALL

FEDERATION ANNUAL GENERALMEETING

Sunday 7 December 1997

1.00pm prompt

Council Chief Executive, said: update them on all theinitiatives and opportunities

"Without the help of available through thevolunteers, ···many sports English Sports council toclubs could! not· exist or better equip them for futurethrive. One of the main aims sporting enjoyment,of the conventions is to success and development."show sport$.clubs ..and gov~rningSUPPORTED BY Those. Interested Inbodies how they attending should callcan make·the mostMSPOATS the conventionof this army of hotline on 0171 273

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Tips on making bids for Lotterycash and harnessing the army ofvolunteers in sport will be on offerto sports clubs and governingbodies at this year's RegionalSports Conventions, organised bythe English Sports Council.

Special sessions and The sli~er poIyball pitching 0 "machine WIll throw up to 70mph at 00--\

workshops for clubs and the recommended 2S3J feet. £265.00governi~g bodi.es at, t~e NO electricity needed. o~'~i;tithinconventions, which begin InCambridge on September ~ SIi~ger will thr~ 9.0llt of 1023 and end in London on pitches In a twelve 111<'.1 d:ameter.

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Barclaycard Volunteer Designed for all age groups.

InvestrT)ent Programme The Slinger is light weight,portable, can be used[VIP] Awards. indoors and outdoors.

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Access to a personal computer,fax, and touch tone telephone areessential reqUirements of thisposition. An ability to writeconcise match reports is required.The information used on thehotline will also provide copy forthe following month's edition ofBrit-Ball.

A commission is payable on amonthly basis from the royaltiesreceived from the hotline.

Manager for the BritishBaseball Federation

Hotline

The successful applicant shouldbe articulate and have a cleardistinct voice. He I she will berequired to update the hotline atleast twice weekly with the resultsand fixtures of the BritishBaseball League games anddetails of major events hosted bythe British Baseball Federation.

If you are interested in the aboveposition, or would like furtherinformation, please contact BBFHead Office 66 Belvedere Road,Hessle, East Yorkshire, HU13OYO, Tel 01482643551.

The applicants should be a BBFregistered coach and have aminimum of five· years coachingexperience.. The coaches shouldalso have the AA. coachingqualification.

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Attendance. at.coaching sessionsand any garp~s I competitions inwhich the team .compete and theBBF Annual General Meeting arerequired. Travelling expenses willbe paid for these events, alongwith postage and telephoneexpenses at the. current BBFrates. This is Iiot a salariedposition.

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BBF ( MLBI19;98ENVOY PROGRAMME

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Our envoys Ted Novia, Tom Mendozaand Frank Salgado have put Hesslefmnly on the baseball map.

Kevin Macadm1, Hassle Apaches

From our formation in 1993 to NationalYouth finalists in 1995 and semifinalists in 1996 and 1997 owes a !Teatdeal to the expert coaching received byboth our coaches and junior players.

Applications shouldbe sent in by 30November 1997.

IINWOR LEAGUE BASEBALLINTERNATIONAL

• The names of your seniorand junior teams

• An outline of theprogramme you intend touse for the envoy for theduration of his stay, andhow you intend to publicisethis.

• A brief summary of whyyour area will benefit fromthe envoy's expertise.

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+ To provide .. housing andfood for!heel)"oy, whetherthis is· irf yoi.JroWn home ora 10cal.ho,tetThe envoycoach .musthave availablehis ovmbedroom, with anadequate sypply of linens,blank~ts/ and. ;hot water.Thre~ meal~per day mustbe pf9vided,:Vlhich meet therequirement,s) ... ; of thecoaches themselves.

+ To provide .t~ansport to andfrom his airport of arrival Ideparture,' as well as alllocal transportation.

+ To arrangt9 coachingsessions Vii,th .•. Iocal teamsand.sch?o;ls fO.1" t~e durationof his stay. ).Y?lI.will alsoneedt9;J~upply a certainamount..(jf baseballequipment fOr the envoy touse dUring ....hi~ visits toschools etc, whereequipmt!nt is not available.. ..... ') ..... ;•..:

• So, .. if Xo,y{li.ke. m~ sound ofthe ab,()v~,~nd think thatthe ep'loy;c?ad1. will beinvallJ~l:>.I~; !()yo,YI" club thissummer,}h~I1JOU need tosend in a'n < application toBBF Ht9ad.;()ffict9 giving thefollowing ;~et~ils.

+ Your name, address andtelephone number

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club many

As an ; '~ntroy host yourresponsibilities will be:

The coaches can be expectedto workJivedays per week, aminimum of four and maximumof eight hours per day. Themajority.of their time should bespent on the field in practice orclinic situations:

.t Develop. your juniorprogramm~

.t Players .i· Jrec;eive expertcoaching

.t Develop'· baseball in yourlocal schools

.t Enhance .. your owncoaching skills

The Envoyinstructors'time andefforts willfocus mainlyon our youthand schoolsVince G...dia,

MLBI Envoy 1997

People in the UKdon't dislikebaseball. they ...ejust unfCl"nili... withit. In time, thiscounby will have arich tradition in thissport. Keep up thegoodmrk.

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The purpose of the programmes,Envoy Programme is to h e I I' i ng

Provide the CEB existing BBF. clubs to grow

Federations with their juniorcontinuous instruction in membership.

baseball fundamentals, They .. VliUto players and coaches ~:~~fit:~yourof all ages and levels.

This summer MLBI are againsending envoys to GreatBritain. They will arrive inJune, and stay in Great Britainfor approximately 8 weeks. Allthe envoys are experiencedcollege coaches in the US,and many have also coached

in GreatBritainpreviously.

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