Preliminary tryouts for the 2012 Southern Tier Brewers 11U All-Star team will be held Sunday, November 13, 2011.The 2012 season will begin moderately in December of 2011 and run through July of 2012. The season will be highlighted by a tournament the first week in July of 2012 at the Cal Ripken Experience in Aberdeen, MD. In order to try out for the team, players must be 11 years old or younger on April 30, 2012 and reside in Chautauqua County.

DATE: 11/13/2011

TIME: 10:00am - 12:30pm

 

By Cal Ripken, Jr.

I often get asked whether I believe in letting younger players play up. By “playing up” I mean allowing kids to play in an age group older than where they’re supposed to play. There really is no one answer to suit everybody. Kids develop mentally and physically at different rates, so each case must be looked at on an individual basis.

If kids possess the skill sets and are mentally capable of playing with older players, in most cases I would not have a problem with playing them up. When my son Ryan was moving up through the youth baseball ranks, he played up on several of his teams, which means he was usually the youngest on his team. He’s always been big for his age and back then his skill level fit in well with the older kids he was playing with, so the experience was a good one for him....

Jamestown Babe Ruth League hosted the 2011 District 7 10U Championships this past week at Bergman Park. The tournament consisted of Eden, Evans, Southwestern and Jamestown. It was a round robin tournament to determine who would represent District 7 in the State Tournement hosted by Lou Gehrig in Buffalo.

TUESDAY: In game 1, Jamestown faced Eden. Jamestown got off to a rocky start and lost the game 15-7. Eden had 5 hits while Jamestown had 4. Anthony Gullo had a pair of base hits for Jamestown offensively and had 3 solid innings on the mound only allowing 3 runs. For Eden, Gavin Musielack and Elyott Steppenbeck had a pair of hits each. Nick Hornquist also added a double.

By Bill Ripken

When no one's on base, the first baseman has the same responsibilities of any other infielder: He must be ready to field a ground ball if it's hit in his direction.

A misconception is that because a first baseman's glove is different, things are done differently at that position. Not true.

Catching a ground ball is catching a ground ball, and the same fundamentals apply to the first baseman that apply to any other infielder: have a wide base, get your butt down, keep your head up and your hands out in front.

Strong pitching by Bryce Deering and Timmy Harris led the Jock Shop A's to the Shults Chevrolet SWAS Minors playoff championship over the Lake Shore Paving Red Sox 2-0 this past Sunday. The duo combined for a four hitter with 11 strikeouts. Harris added two hits including a double. The Red Sox duo of Cody Dallas and Steven Ryan pitched strong as well allowing only five hits in this low scoring game. Matthew Dallas added two hits for the Sox. Mitch Hovey and Nick Everson were defensive standouts for the A's.

The Jock Shop A's rallied in the last inning to defeat the Click Photo Yankees 5-4 in the playoff semi final game last Saturday in Shults Chevrolet SWAS action. ...

Jack Brinkley's triple with bases loaded gives the Lake Shore Paving Red Sox a 4-0 win over the Chevy Volt Orioles in the Sults Cehvrolet SWAS minor league ...

The Cummins Rockies defeated the Mets 10-4.  The Rockies scored early and often and the Mets could not catch up.   Brian Burns has 3 singles, Mitch ...

In Shults Chevrolet SWAS Baseball the Jock Shop A's defeated the Lakeshore Paving Red Sox 7-6. Knocking in the winning run for the A's was Bryce Deering ...