| August 8, 2005
WORLD SERIES FEVER!
Its August and I have begun my travel
to our nine World Series. From now until September,
these weekly messages will give you updates
on each site. We want to keep you posted on
how your regions teams are doing and provide
you with some of the local flavor for each
World Series site. I hope to see many of you
along the way. I look forward to exchanging
suggestions and comments on how we can continue
to improve our total program.
The Cal Ripken 10-Year-Old World Series officially
began this past Friday in Russellville, Arkansas.
The participating teams include: Newtown,
CT New England winner; Aston Valley, PA
Middle Atlantic winner; Lexington, KY
Ohio Valley winner; West Palm Beach (Okeeheelee),
FL Southeast winner; Sikeston, MO Midwest
Plains winner; Kenner, Louisiana Southwest
winner; Lynden, WA Pacific Northwest winner;
Hilo, HI Pacific Southwest winner; Jonesboro,
AR Northern Arkansas State Champion; Maumelle,
AR Southern Arkansas State Champion; and
Russellville, AR Host Team. Listed below
are the results of the first 11 games played
in Russellville:
Game 1 Newtown, CT
14; Jonesboro, AR - 3
Game 2 Lexington, KY 1; Maumelle,
AR - 0
Game 3 Russellville, AR 14; Sikeston,
MO - 4
Game 4 Okeeheelee, FL 6; Hilo,
HI - 5
Game 5 Russellville, AR 14; Aston
Valley, PA - 2
Game 6 Kenner, LA 8; Newtown,
CT - 2
Game 7 Lexington, KY 13; Lynden,
WA - 1
Game 8 Russellville, AR 7; Okeeheelee,
FL - 6
Game 9 Maumelle, AR 3; Aston
Valley, PA - 2
Game 10 Hilo, HI 21; Jonesboro,
AR - 3
Game 11 Lynden, WA 3; Sikeston,
MO - 0
The top contenders eagerly
took the field to kick off the beginning
of play at the Babe Ruth 16-Year-Old World
Series this past Saturday in Weimar, Texas.
The participating teams include: Stamford,
CT New England winner; Newark, DE Middle
Atlantic winner; Hammond, IN Ohio Valley
winner; Longwood, FL Southeast winner;
Mineral Area, MO Midwest Plains winner;
Jefferson Parish, LA Southwest winner;
Calgary, Alberta - Pacific Northwest winner;
San Gabriel Valley, CA Pacific Southwest
winner; Del Rio, TX Southern Texas State
Champion; and Weimar, TX Host Team. Listed
below are the results of the first 8 games
played in Weimar:
Game 1 San Gabriel Valley,
CA 10; Newark, DE - 4
Game 2 Jefferson Parish, LA 4;
Stamford, CT - 0
Game 3 Del Rio, TX 5; Hammond,
IN - 4
Game 4 Weimar, TX 7; Longwood,
FL - 6
Game 5 San Gabriel Valley, CA
11; Hammond, IN - 0
Game 6 Longwood, FL 5; Jefferson
Parish, LA - 3
Game 7 Calgary, Alberta 6; Del
Rio, TX - 1
Game 8 Weimar, TX 5; Mineral
Area, MO - 4
Babe Ruth League, Inc. would
like to personally thank Banquet of Champions
Guest Speakers George Foster (Cal Ripken
10s) and Bobby Richardson (16s), who were
a hit with everyone in attendance with
their clever wit and captivating messages.
Both George and Bobby had fabulous careers
in the majors.
Five other World Series sites officially
opened their Headquarters this past weekend:
Softball 12U Cherry Hill,
New Jersey
Softball 16U Varina, Virginia
Cal Ripken Aberdeen, Maryland
13-15 Abbeville, Louisiana
16-18 Newark, Ohio
Look for my next message,
which will list the participating teams
and game results for the above sites.
Last, but not least, I would like to thank
the many Host Families, who have opened
up, or will be opening up, their homes to
our World Series participants. And to every
player who will have the unique privilege
of staying in a host family home, you are
in for one of the best experiences of your
lifetime! And to all of you, HAVE FUN!!
Remember, in order to keep up to date with
the various battles for the world
title at each Babe Ruth World Series,
please visit www.BRLworldseries.com.
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