Bellefonte Baseball

Bellefonte Baseball 2010 Summer and Fall Tournament Schedule

Bellefonte Baseball will be sponsoring seven baseball tournaments in 2010, one Spring High School Junior Varsity tournament four summer tournaments and two fall tournaments. Plus the inaugural Summer Challenge Series for 16U & 14U teams. The first of four wood bat summer tournaments of this year will be our third Memorial Weekend, (14U Aluminum bat), 16U tournament May 29-31 (Saturday, Sunday, Monday). Our Memorial Day tournament will be followed by our first University of Maryland Wood Bat Open, 18U tournament June 18-20. This tournament will have a twelve-team limit with the first six paid teams playing two of their four round robin games (weather Permitting) at the host site for this tournament Shipley Field on the campus of the University of Maryland. The third tournament of the summer will be our Bellefonte Showdown XXVIII, (14U Aluminum bat), 16U & 19U tournament June 25-27. This year Play will be suspended Friday June 25th after the 3:00 O’clock scheduled games to allow teams to attend the SHOWDOWN at the State College Spikes night (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York - Penn League team) at Medler Field at Lubrano Park..

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

For more information on the Curve and discounted tickets for your team contact:
Matt Hoover at 814-283-3112 or mhoover@altoonacurve.com

The Altoona Curve will be at home to play the Bowie Bay Sox on June 25-27. Game time is 7:00pm for both Friday and Saturday and 6:00pm for the Sunday game.

For more information on the Spikes and discounted tickets for your team contact:
Scott Walker at 877-99-SPIKES ext. 326 or swalker@statecollegespikes.com

The Spikes will be home for the Showdown and the July 4th tournaments. The Spikes will host the Jamestown Jammers June 24-25 start time will be 7:05. Friday June 25th will be our Bellefonte Showdown teams, night at the Spikes outing. The 25th will also be fire works night. So it should be a good time.

On Friday July 2nd the Williamsport Cross Cutters are in town, game time is 7:05. On Sunday July 4th Vs. the Hudson Valley Renegades, game time will be 4:05. A game then the third best fire works show in the United States should be a great evening.

If you are planning on going to a game let me know so that I can arrange the tournament schedule accordingly.

Both ball parks have a picnic pavilion available for rent.
You can check out both teams full 2010 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 V

On Monday June 28th, 2010 PERFECT GAME USA, the world’s largest scouting service will conduct “Pennsylvania State Showcase V” 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.