Bellefonte Baseball

Bellefonte Baseball 2008 Summer and Fall Tournament Schedule

Bellefonte Baseball will be sponsoring five Mid-Atlantic Wood Bat Summer Showcase baseball tournaments and two, fall baseball tournaments in 2008. The first tournament of the year will be our first Memorial Day tournament this event will have two divisions 16U and 19U. The dates will be May 24-26. The second tournament June 13-15 will be a 16U tournament. This event will be followed by the PERFECT GAME USA’s PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOWCASE June 19th. The third tournament will be our Bellefonte Showdown XXVI tournament, June 20-22. This tournament will have two divisions 16U and 19U. The fourth event June 27-29 will be our third July 4th Fest tournament. This tournament will also have two divisions 16U and 19U. The fifth tournament will be our third 19U Arts Fest tournament, and will run July 11-13. The two fall tournament September 13-14 and October 4-5 both will be 19U event. All five Mid-Atlantic Summer tournaments will be run with the same format, round robin play with each team playing four games (weather permitting) with a championship round for the qualifying teams. The fall tournaments will be a three game round robin.

The entry fee for this year’s summer tournaments will be $550.00 due April 1st (A non-refundable $100.00 deposit will hold your spot until June 1st). You can reserve your spot in any of the Mid-Atlantic summer tournaments by calling Joe Menna @ 814-355-0411 or you can register on line by going to the Mid-Atlantic Tournaments on this web site: www.bellefontebaseball.com and completing the tournament application and remitting your entry fee. (No team will be entered into the tournament until fee is paid in full). The fall tournaments will have a $250.00 entry fee and you can also register on-line.

Perfect Game USA to conduct the Pennsylvania State Showcase III

On Thursday June 19th, 2008 PERFECT GAME USA, the world’s largest scouting service will conduct “Pennsylvania State Showcase III” at Governors Park baseball field in Bellefonte Pa. for any interested baseball players. For more information about the Showcase go to the Perfect Game web site. www.perfectgameusa.com or www.perfectgame.org

Thank you for choosing to attend a PERFECT GAME USA state showcase. Because of your attendance at this event you will be considered for other Perfect Games events. You may get invited to one of our State Top Prospect Showcases, one of our Perfect Game regional underclass showcases. You have taken the first step to get involved with Perfect Game USA. Perfect Game State Showcases are for players: *who have never attended a Perfect Game Showcase or those who have and want to improve their numbers *all player profiles and results will be listed in PG web site *players contact information and report listed on www.PGCrosscheckers.com *player will receive a personal scouting evaluation, jersey and hat *player listing will include hometown, high school, high school coach, summer team and summer coach *player may attend a State Showcase in any state. If you have interest in attending please contact Dan Kennedy at 860-805-1132 or e-mail dkennedy@perfectgame.org.

ESPN names Perfect Game as there leading Authority on Amateur Baseball.

ESPN and Perfect Game agree to an alliance that could have a large impact on amateur baseball.

Cedar Rapids IA—“Perfect Game’s association with ESPN will help us continue our mission of promoting baseball at all levels”, said PG president Jerry Ford. Amateur baseball will benefit greatly, which is a major goal of both ESPN and Perfect Game. ESPN and PG share a desire to help young people fall in love with the game of baseball. Creating baseball fans is just as important as creating baseball players at all the grass roots level. We are very honored and excited to team up with ESPN, Ford said, there is no one who has a bigger impact on baseball or sports in general.”

In 2006 952 MLB draft picks, including 38 of the 44 players selected in the first round and supplemental first round, attended PG events. Over the past five years well over 3,000 players who attended PG events have been drafted by Major League organizations. The teams that played in the past three NCAA College World Series telecast by ESPN, included over 400 players who attended a PG event as a high school player. It has been estimated that by year 2009 more then half of all those on Major League rosters will have played in a perfect game event.

Perfect Game reports to all 30 Major League scouting departments front office and over 1,200 college programs. We have established a reputation for holding the best and largest scouting events in all of baseball. PG also works in partnership with Baseball America. We rank and write scouting reports on players in all 50 states, Canada and Latin America.