As Sam Jones of Pleasant Hill Baseball’s prep gold team took a step and made the swing he heard the crack and saw the baseball fly off the bat. Sam rounded first and second as the blue team outfield chased the ball. Sam ran to third and off to home and almost collides with catcher Sam Thurman who moves aside as home plate is touched. The gold teams first home run of the season was greeted with high fives and lots of congratulations from his team and spectators. [Read more...]
The Pleasant Hill Majors team played this past weekend in the Sports Authority Spring Classic in Medford, Oregon. While the Billies did not come out on the winning end of the score sheet this weekend, they were able to get outside and play some baseball. The team learned a lot over the course of three games. Each player learned a lot about themselves and about the game of baseball. [Read more...]
Why play T-Ball in Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth? I remember asking that same question of myself just 8 or 9 short years ago when my grandson was 4 years old. Soon though our family was involved with t-ball along with so many other families that we still see involved in Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth youth baseball today.
Our family quickly learned that Babe Ruth Cal Ripken t-ball was not only fun for the child but great entertainment for parents. We would watch the players picking daisies in the baseball field or getting the baseball and coveting it as if it were a brand new toy. If they couldn’t throw the ball they might run it from the outfield to home plate soon learning that they were out run by the runner. There were always lots of smiles and sometimes a few tears and yet the kids were always having a fun and exciting time. [Read more...]
The Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth evaluations have been completed. The Spring 2012 Cal Ripkin and Babe Ruth team players and coaches have been named. Teams are composed of players from Oakridge, Lowell, Dexter, Jasper, Creswell, Cottage Grove and Pleasant Hill, and portions of Eugene and Springfield Oregon that are within the Pleasant Hill, Lowell or Creswell school districts. Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth is a division of Willamette Valley Babe Ruth and Babe Ruth International. Registration is now open for Tee Ball and the t ball team players and coaches will be announced at a later date. [Read more...]
