In playoff against Pleasant Hill Creswell takes 1st place in Kidsports 9u

Congratulations Creswell Warriors on your 1^st place win over the Pleasant Hill Running Billies who took 2nd place.

Going into the Kidsports playoffs both the Warriors and Running Billies were undefeated during the Kidsports JBO season.

Several of the players on the Creswell Warriors team played on teams with the Pleasant Hill Running Billies and other Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth teams during the spring season making the playoffs an exciting game.

Both the Warriors and Running Billies now advance to the JBO State Tournament. The Running Billies said, “Congratulations  Warriors but don’t get too comfortable with your win for we will meet again!”

The Pleasant Hill Running Billies played 6 hard fought games during this tournament losing one game by a single score. On Saturday the Pleasant Hill Running Billies won games against the Cascade Cougars, Eugene Crushers and the Springfield Millers (Hoffman).

The Pleasant Hill Running Billies started off Sunday morning with a 3-0 record and won against the Thurston Colts XL. In the afternoon PHBR lost to the JC Red Sox resulting in a Game for 3rd or 4th against Sheldon Irish LL who had lost against the WVBR All-Stars.

At the bottom of the 4th the Billies were down 8-1. Like the team that they are they pulled themselves back together and fought like Marines using every technique they had practiced so hard and kept their head in the game.

10u Bobby Doerr Classic 3rd place winners from Pleasant Hill

In the next two innings the Running Billies scored 10 runs and in the bottom of the 6th the Pleasant Hill Running Billies won against the Sheldon taking 3rd place in the 10 and under Gold Division with Sheldon Irish taking 4th.

The Pleasant Hill Running Billies team players starting with the front row left to right: Seth Hensley-Weinheimer, Collin Good, Dylan Miller, Brady lane. Second row: Torey Gage-Tomlinson, Tanner Maryanski, Brandon Good, Preston Paparo, Colton Baker, Tyler Cook and Kaleb Miller. The coaches left to right: Kirk Miller, Forest Tomlinson, Chad Good and Leigh Baker.

10U Gold
1st place – Willamette Valley 10U All-Star A
2nd Place – JC Red Sox
3rd Place – Pleasant Hill Running Billies

10U Silver
1st Place – Willamette AAA
2nd Place – Creswell (This team had several PHBR players on it.)
3rd Place – Springfield Millers (Deller)

Speaking for Pleasant Hill coaches and families we are certainly proud of our Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth youth baseball players. In this tournament the Running Billies demonstrated to all of us if you keep on going when things get tough you are a winner.

Terry Weinheimer, team reporter

Oregon Ducks

Youth Day Camp (Babe Ruth Complex) July 5-8
Players who will be in enrolled in grades 2-6 in the 2010-2011 school year.
Youth Day/Overnight Camp (PK Park) July 19-22
Players who will be in enrolled in grades 2-8 in the 2010-2011 school year.
High School Prospect Camp August 2-4
Players who will be enrolled in grades 9-12 in the 2010-2011 school year.

Oregon Beavers

Grand Slam 2010 Summer Camps

Willamette Valley Baseball Academy

Oh sure I have enjoyed watching my grandsons baseball skill and knowledge increase during these past 6 years and yet when I look back on his T-ball days I have so many memories that still put a smile on this old face.

What we so often overlook when thinking about T-ball or older youth teams are the coaches. Dedicated coaches such as T-Ball Navy coach Jason Barber seen in the photograph above. These coaches put hours of time and countless patients into teaching baseball and team participation skills to our youth.

The next time you are at a baseball practice or game or at the super market and see one of our Babe Ruth or Cal Ripken coaches take a minute to say thank you. Just think of what baseball would be like if we did not have these dedicated coaches to teach our sons and daughters the game of baseball.

Terry Weinheimer, PHBR webmaser

Photo by Courtney Dills and Tara Kelly, PHBR T-Ball Navy team reporters.

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To me T-Ball is more than just a game of baseball. T-Ball is the grins, giggles and laughs of boys and girls as they play one of their first games of baseball. T-Ball is the smiles, cheers and applause of parents and other spectators as they watch the game.

There are missed balls and knocked over Tees. There are missed bases, there are home runs made by boys and girls that keep on running as a player on the opposing team holds on to the ball or throws the ball in the wrong direction. It is hard to resist playing in that dirt or spinning in excitement. So much fun and so many distractions and yet T-Ball is a family game that is enjoyed by kids and parents alike.

Players sometimes lose track of the game as they draw pictures on the infield, roll in the grass or dance because they hit the ball off the Tee and yet with every game or practice they learn more about baseball and participating as a team. This is Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth – Cal Ripken T-Ball and the players you are watching today are our stars of the future. Sure they are just having fun now but time flies by fast when you are having fun. In a year or two the T-Ball player you see today will be playing Babe Ruth – Cal Ripken baseball. A short time later they may just be that high school or college baseball star. And yes, you just might be looking at a future big league player so maybe you need to start collecting your autographs now.

Congratulations Pleasant Hill T-Ball Gold and T-Ball Navy you have some great baseball players in trainin

Below is a wonderful Tee-Ball poem from Seniors-Site.com that I thought you might enjoy.

T-Ball is a fun type game.
It even has a funny name.
It’s played by pros, of little fame,
By little folks, who love the game.

They’re only five,
To seven years old.
They may seem awkward,
But very bold.

They aren’t afraid,
To catch a fly.
They try real hard,
As it flies by.

It just may take,
Three or four with grace.
To get the baseball,
And throw it anyplace.

And when they bat off—
Of the tee.
It’s the high point of,
The folks so wee.

There’s boys and girls,
All colors and sizes.
They don’t care,
So why should we.

They’re having fun,
With a glove, bat and ball.
That’s an American game,
It’s called T-Ball.

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