Babe Ruth and ALIJBRM Agreement
On February 2, 2023, in the Auditorium of the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame in Monterrey, an agreement was signed between the Association of Children's and Youth Leagues of the Mexican Republic AC (ALIJBRM) with the Babe Ruth League. The partnership will benefit thousands of children seeking to participate in competitions governed by Babe Ruth League.
ThePresident and Vice President of the ALIJBRM, José Rito Flores Gaxiola and Juan Carlos Valle Quintero, were on hand to represent the association. They represented the ALIJBRM at a meeting with officials from the Babe Ruth League, including Michael Solanik (National Commissioner), Daniel Quiroz (BRL Commissioner in Mexico), Sergio Bejarano (Sports Director of BRL in Mexico). There were also special guests Rudy Martínez (President of ABANL), and Enrique Hinojosa (Director of ALIJBRM Region XX).
With this agreement, the Babe Ruth League seeks the participation of teams belonging to ALIJBRM in its events and seeks an affiliation in which both organizations form an opportunity for each child to experience what it is like to play at the international level, which will help promote, encourage and organize the teaching of baseball in Mexico from an early age.
“We as ALIJBRM see an area of opportunity for children and parents themselves to have one more option to continue fostering, promoting and organizing children's baseball in Mexico. Thank you for this support that you are giving us, and we hope that everything goes well in the next tournaments, as well as that everything grows day by day”, said Rito Flores, President of ALIJBRM.
Babe Ruth League CEO President Steven M. Tellefsen said of this affiliation “Babe Ruth League is excited for this growth opportunity to associate with ALIJBRM, a very historic organization in Mexico. We welcome ALIJBRM’s 22,000 players, 5,500 coaches, and countless volunteers to our Babe Ruth League Family as we continue to afford the opportunity to play baseball and softball to every child that desires to play the game.”
The intention is for ALIJBRM to represent Mexico in the World Series by a team in the 8U Player Pitch, 10U, Major70, 14U, and 16-18 age groups. Softball teams from across Mexico will also compete in the Babe Ruth Softball World Series.
ABOUT ALIJBRM
The Association of Children's and Youth Baseball Leagues of the Mexican Republic is a non-profit Civil Association of Mexican Nationality and constituted in 1971 in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code for the Federal District.
ABOUT BABE RUTH LEAGUE
Founded in 1951, Babe Ruth League, Inc. is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to developing better citizens by providing properly supervised baseball and softball competition for 4 through 18-year-old players. It is the basic intent of Babe Ruth League that every player who has a desire to play the sport is given the opportunity to participate and have fun.