If you are new to youth Little League® baseball, Tee Ball is typically the first stage of baseball development. Tee Ball introduces a young player to the bat, the round object with the red laces, the glove, the field, the bases, teammates, and being coached, maybe by Mom […]
Here in Rhode Island youth baseball, the regular season is played and completed (for most teams) by the beginning of June. Then, District All-Star season begins for some, with only a chosen few moving onto States, and a very select few advancing to the Regionals, and an even […]
The Rhode Island American Legion League is designed for interscholastic school age baseball players to compete and play summer baseball against great competition. According to the official website of American Legion Baseball (www.legion.org/baseball/history) “American Legion Baseball enjoys a reputation as one of the most successful and tradition-rich amateur […]
The Rhode Island Babe Ruth league is comprised of several teams spanning the state. These teams include: Coventry, Cranston, Cumberland, Darlington National, Middletown, Newport, North Providence/Smithfield, Portsmouth, Providence, South Kingstown, West Warwick and Warwick PAL. At the conclusion of their regular season play in the spring, the teams […]
This past summer, a number of Rhode Island Cal Ripken Baseball Leagues participated in New England Cal Ripken Regional tournaments. The RI Cal Ripken network of teams includes: CLCF, Jamestown, Washington Park, Elmhurst, West Warwick, and Apponaug. Here is a recap of the results of these tournaments. Congratulations […]
Rhode Island Little League has four divisions that each play a District Tournament upon the completion of the Spring regular season. District 1, District 2, District 3, and District 4 play a double elimination tournament for their 10U, 11U, 12U, Juniors, and Seniors Divisions. Then, the District tournament […]
The forecast was accurate. Most weather stations, websites, the locals at the barber shop, the lifeguards at the Town Beach – they all predicted high heat with oppressive humidity to accompany it. And they were all right. The heat indexes were in the triple digits. It felt as […]
When most of Rhode Island baseball leagues and school programs start in early Spring, I hear the following statements around the ballpark. “Baseball is a summer sport. Why are they playing in 30 degree weather? It is forecast to snow tonight into tomorrow, so there won’t even be […]
I had an opportunity to travel to several Rhode Island District Tournament games this summer. The truth is, I wish I could go to all of the games in every District because the atmosphere is so incredible. You have these youth athletes playing at a very high level, […]
