Bellefonte Baseball

Bellefonte Baseball 2009 Summer and Fall Tournament Schedule

Bellefonte Baseball will be sponsoring three Wood Bat Summer Showcase baseball tournaments and two, fall baseball tournaments in 2009. The first tournament of the year will be our second Memorial Day tournament May 23-25. This event will have two division’s 16U and 19U. This event will be followed by the fourth PERFECT GAME USA’s PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOWCASE June 22nd. The second tournament will be our Bellefonte Showdown XXVII tournament, June 19-21. This tournament will have two divisions 16U and 19U. The third event July 3-5 will be our fourth, July 4th Fest tournament. This tournament will also have two division’s 16U and 19U. Two fall events. The first tournament will be our Kickoff tournament September 6-7, followed by our Octoberfest tournament October 3-4. All three 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 all non-qualifying summer tournaments will be $550.00 and $650.00 for all national qualifying tournaments. All entry fees will be due by May 1st. A non-refundable $100.00 deposit will hold your spot until June 1st. A $100.00 late fee will be assessed to any fee paid after the due dates. You can reserve your spot in any of Bellefonte Baseballs summer tournaments by calling Joe Menna @ 814-355-0411 or you can register on line by going clicking here 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.

If you are planning on participating in the Memorial day tournament or the July 4th Fest tournament, I would suggest that you make your hotel reservation now or as soon as you can because there will be a large girls volleyball tournament and a Blue Chip basketball camp here those weekends. All the hotels rooms within forty miles will be taken, soon after the first of the year.

If you are planning on coming for our July 4th Fest tournament the Saturday schedule (July 4th) will end with the three O’ Clock starting time. This will give the teams a chance to visit the Fourth Fest celebration on the Penn State Campus and view the third best fire works show in the United States.

Coming the summer of 2010
The Summer Challenge Series
19U, 16U, 14U

I have been organizing weekend youth wood bat baseball tournaments for thirty years. I would like to go one step further and try a Summer Challenge Series that would culminate with a World Series. I would like to start with three twenty-team divisions of 19U, 16U and 14U teams. With each division starting play with four, five team round robin tournament. Tentative starting date would be June 13-14, 2010. The top two teams from each round robin tournament will advance to one of two sites for each division and participate in a four team round robin series. The tentative starting date for the round of eight would be June 27-28. The two winning teams from each division would then participate in the championship series to be held on or around July 18-19. The three playing dates are somewhat flexible. The two teams from each division would play a best of three series for the title. Click here to read more

If you are looking for something fun and entertaining to do with your team while you're in the area. The Altoona Curve and State College Spikes will be in town

May 22nd – 25th vs. Reading Phillies
June 19th – 21st vs. Connecticut Defenders
July 4th – 6th vs. Bowie Baysox

For more information on the Curve and discounted tickets for your team contact:
Colin Scott at 877-99-CURVE ext. 3116 or cscott@altoonacurve.com

June 19th and 21st vs. Williamsport Cross Cutters
July 3rd vs. Auburn NY Double Days
July 4th vs. Williamsport Cross Cutters

For more information on the Spikes and discounted tickets for your team contact:
Scott Walker at 877-99-SPIKES ext. 353 or swalker@statecollegespikes.com

** Both ball parks have a picnic pavilion available for rent.
** You can check out both teams full 2009 schedule on www.bellefontebaseball.com, just click on the Curve or Spikes scrolling ad at the top of the page.

Perfect Game USA to conduct the Pennsylvania State Showcase IV

On Monday June 22nd, 2009 PERFECT GAME USA, the world’s largest scouting service will conduct “Pennsylvania State Showcase IV” 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.