Jim's Baseball notes - Wednesday September 12, 2012
Posted at http://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/
*Also at http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/ (American Legion related only)
Disclaimer- I make mistakes - mostly unintentionally, also I often have 10 thumbs and I wear bi-focals.
American Legion Baseball was founded in 1925 as a program of the American Legion.
If you have any interest in finding out more, I'll be glad to give you some web sites and perhaps some contacts. From my observations you can be a highly competitive program (Midland, MI; Napoleon, OH; Whitehouse, OH are examples) or primarily a high school program (many of the Illinois and Wisconsin programs are primarily one high school).
At the bottom are some excerpts about American Legion Baseball
Summer Championships
Adrian Post 275 (MI) - American Legion Michigan Department Class AA Champion
Adrian Post 275 (MI) - American Legion District 2 Champion
Berrien Springs Post 85 (MI) - American Legion District 4 Champion
Berrien Springs Post 85 (MI) - American Legion Zone 2 Champion
Chief Pontiac Post 377 (MI) - American Legion Zone 3 Champion
Escanaba Post 82 (MI) - American Legion Zone 5 Champion
Kingsford Post 363 (MI) - American Legion Michigan Department Class A Champion
Midland Berryhill Post 165 (MI) - American Legion Zone 4 Champion
Moline Post 246 (IL) - American Legion Great Lakes Regional Champion
New Orleans Post 125 (LA) - American Legion World Series Champion
Pickerington Post 283 (OH) - American Legion Ohio Department Champion
Sandusky Post 83 (OH) - American Legion District 5 (OH) Champion
Whitehouse Post 384 (OH) - American Legion District 1 (OH) Champion
2012 Michigan American Legion Awards
*Adrian Post 275AA State Champion
*Kingsford Post 363A State Champion
*American Legion Baseball Scholarship winner - Joel Crozier from Ottawa Lake (Ida Post 514)
*KiKi Cuyler Award (AA) - Phil Careyfrom Tecumseh (Adrian Post 275)
Description - http://www.michiganlegion.org/baseball/index.html
Past winners - http://www.michiganlegion.org/pdfs/kikicuyler_winners.pdf
*Hal Newhouser Award (A) - Kyle Sexton from Kingsford (Kingsford Post 363 )
American Legion Baseball 2012 World Series
#2012 ALB World Series Champion - New Orleans Post 125 (LA)
#scores and statistics - http://www.legion.org/uploads/baseball/2012/ws/confstat.htm
#2012 Academic schaolarship winners - http://www.legion.org/baseball/academic
($2,500 for all, captian gets $5,000)
*Matthew Armistead - Delaware
*Joshua Crapps- Alaska
*Gareth Hanson- Team Captain - North Dakota
*Josh Holcomb- Texas
*James Lovett- Florida
*Nathan Pflueger - Nebraska
*Kyle Stallbaumer - Kansas
*Caleb Vonstein- Ohio
*Everett Walsh- Massachusetts
#2012 American Legion Baseball national awards - http://www.legion.org/baseball/awards
*Mark Ellis (LA Dodgers) - American Legion Graduate of the Year
(2010 - Brandon Inge; 2008 - Justin Verlander; 1989 - Alan Trammell; 1972 - Al Kaline; 1968 - Mickey Lolich);
*Emerson Gibbs, Post 125, New Orleans, LA - George W. Rulon Player of the Year
(2002 Ty Henkaline, Post 217, Sidney, Ohio; 2001 Jay Threet, Post 275, Adrian, Mich.; 1991 Ryan Beeney, Newark Post 85, Newark, Ohio; 1988 Mike Kessler, George Budde Post 507, Cincinnati; 1961 James J. Gerber, Edward C. Gehlert Post 554, Cincinnati; 1959 Fred Bowen, Jr., Thomas A. Edison Post 187, Detroit; 1957 Fred Fox, Robert E. Bentley Post 50, Cincinnati, OH (3B); 1955 Frank Birri, U. S. Postal Employees Post 216, Cincinnati; 1952 Russell Nixon, Robert E. Bentley Post 50, Cincinnati);
*Evan Ryan, Post 1, Omaha, NE with a .571 batting average - Louisville Slugger Batting Champion
(1988 Scott Hughes, George W. Budde Post 507, Cincinnati (.465); 1986 Mitch Hannahs, Community Post 66, Maynard, Ohio (.486); 1958 Kenneth Peters, Robert E. Bentley Post 50, Cincinnati (.420); 1957 Fred Fox, Robert E. Bentley Post 50, Cincinnati (.412); 1947 George Moeller, Robert E. Bentley Post 50, Cincinnati (.500); 1946 Victor Kauffman, Robert E. Bentley Post 50, Cincinnati (.467));
*Evan Ryan, Post 1, Omaha, NE with 36 total bases - 2012 Rawlings Big Stick Award
(2009 Kyle O'Boyle, Midland, Mich.);
*Taylor Elman, Post 1, Omaha, NE - 2012 Dr. Irvin L. "Click" Cowger RBI Memorial Award (tie)
*Evan Ryan, Post 1, Omaha, NE - 2012 Dr. Irvin L. "Click" Cowger RBI Memorial Award (tie)
*Matthieu Robert, Post 125, New Orleans, LA - 2012 Dr. Irvin L. "Click" Cowger RBI Memorial Award (tie)
(2009 Kyle O'Boyle, Midland, Mich.; 1991 Ryan Beeney, Post 85, Newark, Ohio (16); 1988 Scott Hughes, Post 507, Cincinnati (17));
*Emerson Gibbs, Post 125, New Orleans, LA with 26 strikeouts - 2012 Bob Feller Pitching Award
(2011 Colton Loomis, Midland, MI (35 strikeouts); 2001 Chad Billingsley, Post 300, Napoleaon, Ohio (43));
*Brent Tenuto, Post 72, Brooklawn, NJ - 2012 James F. Daniel Jr. Memorial Sportsmanship Award
(2009 - 2009 Garret Yatch, Midland, Mich.; 1996 Andy Hoffman, Berry Hill Post 165, Midland, Mich.)
*Manager Joey Latino and coaches Kenneth Goodlett and Jeffery Chappuis, Post 125, New Orleans, LA - 2012 Jack Williams Memorial Leadership Award
(2009 - 2009 Dan Cronkright, Mgr., Steven Cronkright and Patrick Dawson, coaches, Midland, Mich.);
#2012 American Legion All-Tournament Team
*Pitcher: Cody Brown; Brooklawn, N.J.
*Pitcher: Brandon Mahovlich; Bellevue, Wash.
*Pitcher: Emerson Gibbs; New Orleans
*Catcher: Jimmy Sinatro; Bellevue, Wash.
*Designated hitter: Luke Voiron; New Orleans
*First base: Taylor Elman; Omaha, Neb.
*Second base: Joe Brooks; Brooklawn, N.J.
*Third base: Brett Tenuto; Brooklawn, N.J.
*Shortstop: Anthony Fortier-Benson; New Orleans
*Outfield: Evan Ryan; Omaha, Neb.
*Outfield: Zach Shields; Florence, S.C.
*Outfield: Pat Kane; Brooklawn, N.J.
*Utility: Akeem Bostick; Florence, S.C.
What does the American Legion do for American Legion Baseball?
AMERICAN LEGION FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The American Legion is the only youth program that provides for team transportation, meals, housing and several other tournament expenses at the national regional and World Series.
Here is a partial list of expenses which are paid for by dues collected by our members and a tournament fee paid by the local hosting committee:
*Meals – 1,280 players @ $20 per day for eight sites = $204,800.
*Motel Rooms for the week - 256 rms @ 8 sites = $164,000.
*Scorekeepers & Umpires – fees, meals, motel room and transportation = $63,000.
*Live scoring via GameTracker = $2,000.
*Airline tickets – 11 teams = $140,000.
*Bus Transportation – 40 teams = $300,000
*Cost to transport, feed, house teams at the 2011 World Series = $250,000
*Trophies and banners for each tournament site = $15,000
*Baggage fees for teams flying to the sites = $21,000.00
*Baseballs for each regional tournament and World Series site = $12,000
In total The American Legion will spend over $1 million dollars hosting these tournaments and we want to share this information with you and the parents. No other youth baseball organization provides for transportation on to our national regional tournaments. Many of these youth organizations require the teams to pay all costs. Several of the other youth baseball programs will charge a large fee for your team to participate in their tournaments.
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