The Official Newsletter of
Babe Ruth League, Inc.
April 2011

COACHES CORNER

Just because the root "sports" actually is part of the word sportsmanship doesn't mean that sportsmanlike behavior is important only on athletic fields.   Read More...


HEY BLUE - The Heart of Umpiring at the Amateur Level

There are many standard recommendations for anyone starting out in umpiring.  Suggestions like attending clinics and reading the rulebook and other instructional material.  However, there are many things you learn you will never find in a rulebook.   Read More...


BABE RUTH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

It is our goal to keep in touch with the many individuals that have been part of our family for the past 60 years.  You have and can continue to make a difference.  Read More... 

To Join the BRL Alumni Association - Click Here

Message from the President/CEO
For over a century, baseball has been hailed above all other sports as America's National Pastime.  No other game during the regular 162-day season has been as eagerly anticipated as Opening Day.  It is during the month of April that thousands of Babe Ruth leagues across the country hold their official Opening Day.   Read More...

Rawlings Try It and Buy It Contest

Babe Ruth League, Inc. is proud to once again name Rawlings as its "Official Helmet".  As part of the partnership, league are able to participate in the "Try It and Buy It" promotion to become eligible to win one of two Grand Prizes where they and a guest will be provided with the opportunity to meet a Rawlings Major League Advisory Staff Member at a Major League ballpark.  There are also many secondary prizes consisting of Rawlings equipment.  Read More...

 

HOTHEAD - Cal Ripken Jr.'s First Novel for Young Readers!
Cal Ripken, Jr., Kevin Cowherd (a columnist for The Baltimore Sun, and Disney Books have teamed up to publish the first in a series of three novels for young readers and baseball fans.  Hot off the press, the first 144-page fictional children's story is off to a good start, already landing at No. 6 on the New York Times best-seller list.

 

It's Cal's first novel, and it focuses on a challenge he once faced as a young player:  overcoming a bad temper.  Ripken said he was a hothead coming up through the amateur sports world, and his parents gave him some good ways to deal with that problem - something he eventually outgrew.

The other novels in the series come out March 1 over the next two years, right around the time the baseball season is getting underway for players at all levels.   Read More...


BASEBALL ODE TO OPENING DAY  Read More
ROBERTO KIDS NEED YOUR HELP  Read More
BASEBALL OPENING DAY STATS  Read More
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT HEADED TO GULFPORT  Read More
BABE RUTH WORLD SERIES RETURNS TO CLIFTON PARK, NEW YORK  Read More
SOFTBALL SECRETS REVEALED.  Click here to read the next group.  More to come...
NAPA BABE RUTH/CAL RIPKEN LEAGUE TO HOST NORCAL STATE TOURNEY Read More
ALL-STAR CALIBER TEAM OF SPONSORS & PARTNERS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST YOU  Read More
HENRY SERMONS RECEIVES NATIONAL HONOR  Read More
BABE RUTH SOFTBALL - A DIFFERENT BRAND OF FASTPITCH - JUST ASK TORI SHEPARD  Read More
HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY BRL - A MILESTONE MOMENT  Click to View
HELP KIDS DEAL WITH COMMON PLAYING FEARS  Read More
CAP EMBLEM PROGRAM BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND  Read More
HITING "ILLS" AND HOW TO FIX THEM - BY CAL AND BILL RIPKEN  Read More
NEW BABE RUTH LEAGUE REGIONAL AWARDS SUPPLIERS  Read More
BULLYING IN YOUTH SPORTS  Read More
COACHING EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION MATTERS   Read More
SKIENDZIEL AND SEDDON HONORED   Read More
HELP BABE RUTH LEAGUE SWING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS Read More   (To view the 2011 Golf Flyer - Click Here)

 

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