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In Memory of Jephrey Vincent
Jeph Pitching

Bay Area Baseball Association extends its sincere condolences to the family of Jephrey Vincent, who was tragically killed on August 21 while riding his bicycle in Texas City.

Jephrey played for the 2008 11U TX Hitmen, where his father, Billy, coached and his mother, Janna, was team mom.

A fund has been established at Amegy Bank to cover the funeral expenses. The deposits should be made in the name of Jephrey Vincent to the following location:

Jephrey Vincent Funeral Fund
Amegy Bank
2501 Palmer Hwy, Ste 100
Texas City, TX 77590
409-948-6553

Several area tournaments are planned to help cover expenses. As details are released, that information will be posted here as well.

Fall League: Deadline Saturday!
Bay Area Baseball Association is offering a fall league at Big League Dreams and other area parks. The registration deadline is August 30!

The 10-game Fall League has a Sunday-Only option for those teams that desire it. It begins September 3 and ends November 30.

For more information and to register, see the Fall League Information page.

Two Great Labor Day Tournaments

BABA is offering two great tournament options on Labor Day weekend:

  • BABA Back to School Bash II
    8.29 -8.31
    - 9U Open
  • BABA Labor Day Dreamin' Double Elimination
    8.30 - 9.1
    - 10U Open
    - 12U Open

Find out more about these tournaments on the Tournament Schedule page.

BABA Now Affiliated with Nations Baseball!
Nations Baseball
Bay Area Baseball Association is now affiliated with Nations Baseball and Cooperstown Dreams Park!

All BABA tournaments and leagues are now sanctioned under Nations Baseball.

Nations Baseball is a national youth select baseball sanctioning body with headquarters in Houston, Texas. Tournaments and teams come from all over the United States. World Series events will be held in beautiful places that teams will enjoy travelling to such as Savannah, GA, Denver, CO, and Louisville, KY, as well as Texas sites.

Nations Baseball is affiliated with Cooperstown Dreams Park in Cooperstown, NY. This park is the premiere facility in the United States, with 96 teams competing in each of the 12 week-long tournaments held every summer.

More information about Nations Baseball is available on the Nations Baseball website, which is currently under construction. This website will feature many options that teams and parents have come to expect, plus many new options that make managing teams and your own player much easier and which provides much more oversight and information to the parents and coaches. Look for new features every day.

Team registration is already live—and required for BABA leagues and tournaments. The majority of tournaments (plus a tournament search feature that functions by zip code) will be available soon. BABA Fall League and several fall tournaments (and a couple in the spring) are already posted.

For questions and comments about Nations Baseball, please see the Nations Baseball board in the BABA Forum.

Note

Read the Open letter from Ron Mathis on the Nations Baseball board.

 

Rawlings Baseballs

BABA is now offering genuine Rawlings USSSA baseballs for sale at a discount price. Maybe you playing in a World Series that requires you to supply baseballs, or maybe you just want the best baseballs for your team practices and scrimmages. Whatever your reason, we can get you fixed up with orders large and small.

Note

Please note that these are USSSA baseballs, and USSSA accident insurance is only valid if the injury occurs while using USSSA baseballs!

Due to the weight of the baseballs, we recommend that you pick them up (in Alvin), which will result in no shipping or handling charge, but we will ship them to you if needed.

Item Cost Shipping
case baseballs
$385
15%
dozen baseballs
$30
20%
online payment fee
3%
Brazoria Co sales tax*
6.75%
*Note: Sales tax is waived for exempt organizations that send us their tax exemption certificate. See order form.

Order your baseballs using our order form.
 

Let us Renovate YOUR Field

Bay Area Baseball Association is taking applications from field owners who are interested in entering into partnerships between our organization and their fields.

BABA will invest up to $15,000 in your field in exchange for a usage contract that allows us to host one weekend tournament a month and host weekday league games on specified days to be determined by mutual consent. For Little League organizations, we will work around your All Star schedules.

We will only partner with one organization over the next three years, and this organization will be selected this summer. (In addition to our investment, we also pay field rental when we use the fields.)

More Tournaments in Your Division
Would you like to see more tournaments in your division? BABA is looking for directors to lead age divisions. The work benefits your team in several ways, and you know you'll always have a place to play.

Benefits include

  • tournament profit
  • concession profit, if the field owner allows concessions
  • tee-shirt profit
  • free tournament and half-price league play for your team

Responsibilities include

  • finding a field for your division
  • generating interest among teams in your division
  • directing tournaments
  • running concessions (if allowed)
  • selling tee-shirts

BABA does a lot of the leg work

  • processing payments
  • paying umpires
  • coordinating tee-shirts
  • providing baseballs
  • marketing the tournament
    (sending emails, posting on various websites)

The following division directors are needed

  • 7U
  • 8U
  • 10U
  • 11U
  • 14U
  • 15U
  • 16U

Participating teams must have or have applied for their 501(c)(3) federal excemption status. If you are interested, Contact Us (registration required).

 
Upcoming Events
 
BABA Fall League

9.3.08 - 11.30.08
Big League Dreams & Other Parks
7U - 14U Open
League
Registration Deadline 8.30.08
See Fall League Information

September Slam II

9.26.08 - 9.28.08
Bobby Beach, Texas Ave Park, & Godard Park
9U, 11U, 12U, 13U Open
Fall Tournament
Registration Deadline 9.20.08
See Tournament Schedule

Pumpkin Blaster II

10.17.08 - 10.19.08
Bobby Beach, Texas Ave Park, & Godard Park
9U, 11U, 12U, 13U Open
11U is wood bat!
Fall Tournament
Registration Deadline 10.11.08
See Tournament Schedule

Turkey Shootout II

11.21.08 - 11.23.08
Bobby Beach, Texas Ave Park, & Godard Park
9U, 10U, 12U, 13U Open
Fall Tournament
Registration Deadline 11.8.08
See Tournament Schedule

Field Directions
Maps and directions to Bobby Beach & Big League Dreams; addresses and maps for Godard Park, Texas Ave Park, and League City Sportsplex
Newsletter Archives

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WS & State Berths

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Heard Around the Horn

"We had a great time this weekend. Your facility was very clean and everyone was very friendly. It was a nice place to spend a long Sunday. Our players really enjoyed trying to get a home run over the Green Monster [at Bobby Beach], three of them made it."

Shirley Newlin
Katy Vipers

 

This is Jason from the Dickinson Gators 8U team and I just wanted to thank you guys for the fall league and the fact that we played every game at BLD was also very nice.  We beat the [other team] 5-2 in a tough one. Once again thanks and we hope to see you next year.

Jason Minter
Dickinson Gators 8U-CP

 

"Everything worked out this weekend. Unfortunately for us, we lost. This is our 1st USSSA tourney. We had a great time!  You put on a great tourney."

Kerry Hardy
Pearland Lightning 10 AA

 

"I just wanted to let you know that we really enjoyed our weekend at the September Slam. It was a great experience for our boys to play at Big League Dreams..."

Scotty Young
GhostRunners 11 AA

 

"Hey!  Great tournament this weekend.  We almost made it to the Championship Game!
We were up 2 runs.  The game time had expired and the home team was up to bat with
two outs and hit a line drive down third base to win the game.  Man!  We were soooo close!

But, we enjoyed the teams we played this weekend!  Thanks for a smooth tournament!"

Carole Nunn
Missouri City Heat 12 AA

 

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