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Santa Rosa Babe Ruth Base ball league is a competitive league that plays
games at the local level, Bringing boys and girls from Santa Rosa city
and some of the surrounding cities to play local teams. We have league
play followed by all star tournament. The tournament cycle consists of
District 2 play with the winner advancing to the State Tournament. The
winner of the State Tournament advances to the Regional Tournament with
the champion advancing to the Babe Ruth World Series. The winning team
receives an all expenses paid trip to the World Series. There is a
tournament series for each specific age group. Santa Rosa Babe Ruth
consistently has one or more of its Tournament teams representing our
organization in the Tournament Series with our 14 year old division
reaching the Regional Tournament in the spring of 2006 in Sacramento,
California.
Laurence Cook Middle School, Elsie Allen High School and at our home
field Doyle Park is where we play our local home games. With interlock
we will play in Ukiah, Windsor and Rohnert Park. Doyle Park is one of
the premier baseball fields in our area. In the spring of 2009 the City
of Santa Rosa will be renovating the field lighting for the spring of
2010.
Santa Rosa Babe Ruth has three divisions consisting of 13 year old Prep
(new to 2009), 13/15 Majors division and a 16-18 division. Playing age
is determined by your age as of May 1 of that given year of application.
The 13 year old Pred. league has been used by Babe Ruth leagues around
the country. Santa Rosa Babe Ruth has decided it was good for the 13
year olds to get use to the size of the field and not have to face
pitchers 2 years older. So for the 2009 season we will start the 13 year
old Prep. division. We are interlocking with Windsor and Rohnert Park.
The games will be played in Windsor, Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa.
Coaches are welcome to recruit and bring in core groups of players.
There will be try outs and an open draft for players not recruited.
There will be sign ups in early Feb, try outs - draft early March and
games will start in April. The season will end in May. District
Tournament play will be in July. We are excited about this new division.
Signups for the 13-15 division are held in early Feb. with tryouts held
in early March. Players who try out are drafted immediately after for
the playing season which starts in mid May. The regular season runs
until late June and tournament play commences in early July.
Santa Rosa Babe Ruth returned to the 16-18 division of Babe Ruth
Baseball in the spring of 2003. Since that time this division has been
renamed the North Bay 16-18 league. This league is comprised of teams
from Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Novato and Sonoma. Each city provides a
team and fluctuates from 4 teams to 8 teams depending on the amount of
players signed up on any given year. This division has the ability to
travel to other areas for play and is getting increasingly stronger
every year. Each city hosts league games which also gives the players
the opportunity of travel.
In the spring of 2005 the North Bay league won the 16-18 State
Tournament held in San Leandro, California and advanced to the Regional
Tournament in Watsonville, California. The Santa Rosa 16-18 team has
played in tournaments outside of Babe Ruth in Illinois and Redondo Beach
and was invited to play in the Hawaii World Series of Baseball. The
16-18 team also was the runner up in the Championship game of the “Best
of the West Baseball Tournament” held in Redondo Beach, California in
the spring of 2006. The North Bay league also competes against Connie
Mack and Joe DiMaggio baseball teams from Northern California as well as
other Babe Ruth teams throughout Northern California.
Signups for the 16-18 division are held in late April with games
commencing in late May after the local High School Season. Tournament
play commences in mid July.
Santa Rosa Babe Ruth in 2005 lost one of our board members suddenly and
the “Carolyn Warner Wood Bat Memorial Tournament” was founded. This
year will be our fifth year of hosting this tournament which is one of
the premier tournaments in California. This is an 8 team tournament
with teams from all over California participating. The Santa Rosa 16-18
team won the inaugural tournament in 2005. This year’s tournament will
be held in July dates TBD. This tournament is a fundraiser to help our
16-18 teams with expenses while traveling to various locations for
tournament play.
Babe Ruth baseball for the 13-15 year old division was founded in 1951.
Each local league chartered with Babe Ruth International is able to
administer its own program within the framework of the Rules and
Regulations of Babe Ruth Incorporated. Each state, province or
territory operates under the elected State Commissioner. In most states
the State Commissioner is assisted by District Commissioners. There are
eight western states that comprise our region. They are Utah, Arizona,
Guam, Hawaii, Northern California, Central California, Southern
California and Nevada. These areas are governed by a Regional
Commissioner who also serves on the Board of Directors of Babe Ruth
International.
The 16-18 division of Babe Ruth Baseball was founded in 1966 and has
increased its membership steadily since its inception. This age
division was formed as there were limited opportunities for players once
they completed the 13-15 year old division. The purpose of this
division is to provide a community level program which eventually gives
the players the opportunity to participate in the 16-18 World Series.
Babe Ruth Baseball has several players who have progressed to the
Professional Baseball level and continue to assist Babe Ruth League in
its development of the youth of our country.
We are looking for volunteer board members at all levels, there are
several board members that no longer have children play in the league
and would like to move on. They are willing to stick around to help out
until these spots are filled. They include Vice President, Secretary,
Treasure, Snack bar coordinator and some members at large. Without the
constant replacement of board members leagues like Santa Rosa Babe Ruth
cannot exist. No experience necessary. We meet once to twice a month
during the season and once a month in the off season. Your input is
needed to keep the league current with fresh ideas such as the 13 year
old prep league. To join the board just email one of the board members
and we can walk you through the process.
We are also looking for umpires. If you have umpire experience and would
like to work the 13, 13/15 , 16/18 division please contact me by phone
or email. Some of you have umpired little league and may want to move up
to the older levels.
In closing I hope your experience with Santa Rosa Babe Ruth is an
enjoyable experience for your entire family. The Santa Rosa Babe Ruth
Board is unanimous in making this your league and is always striving to
be the top baseball league in our area. If you have any questions or
concerns or even want to volunteer in some capacity please contact us at
our Web Site
santarosababeruth.com
and one of our members will contact you.
Thank you,
Paul Biondi
President
Santa Rosa Babe Ruth / North Bay League
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