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Visit MLB.com and MiLB.com 2015 BABE RUTH LEAGUE MEDIA GUIDE CONTENTS Administration ................................3 Sportsmanship Code .........................17 Advisory Board ...............................6 Summary of Sponsorship All Century Team ...........................12 and Fundraising Programs ..............16 Alumni Association .......................10 Tournament Visitation .......................41 Babe Ruth, George Herman ..........66 Volunteer of the Year .........................11 Board of Directors ...........................4 World Series: BULLPEN On Line .........................12 All Defensive Teams ...................44-45 Bambino Buddy-Ball .....................10 All World Series Teams ..............42-43 Cal Ripken Jr.– Hall of Famer ........11 Batting Champions .....................56-57 Division Descriptions: Educational Sites .............................10 Cal Ripken .....................................8 Honor Roll of Champions ...........38-39 Rookie ...........................................8 Most Outstanding Players ..........40-41 13-Year-Old ................................8-9 2014 World Series Champions: 13-15 ............................................9 12U Softball ....................................46 16-Year-Old ...................................9 16U Softball ....................................47 16-18 .......................................9-10 Cal Ripken 10-Year-Old ...................48 Softball ........................................18 Cal Ripken 12-Year-Old ........ 49-50-51 Executive Staff ................................3 13-Year-Old .....................................52 Graduates In Major League: 14-Year-Old .....................................53 American League ........................14 13-15 ..............................................54 National League ..........................15 16-18 ..............................................55 Hall of Fame: World Series Sites: Organizations ..............................12 2015 Baseball Sites: Individuals ..................................13 10-Year-Old (Jonesboro, AR) ..24-25 Highlights In BRL History ...............5 Cal Ripken/60 (Monticello, AR).. 26-27 Host Family Program ......................6 Cal Ripken/70 (Aberdeen, MD ... 28-29 Inquiry Kits ...................................17 13-Year-Old (Jamestown, NY) .. 30-31 Mission Statement ..........................5 14-Year-Old (Pine Bluff, AR) .........32-33 National Umpires Association .........6 13-15 (Lawrenceburg, TN) ......34-35 News Coverage Service .................60 16-18 (Klamath Falls, OR) .......36-37 Official BRL Baseballs ...................10 2015 Softball Sites: Official BRL Softballs ....................10 12U (Alachua County, FL) ........20-21 People Are Talking...........................7 16U (Jensen Beach, FL)...........22-23 Regional Commissioners: World Series Baseball Records: Baseball ........................................4 Individual .................................58-61 Assistant for Softball ...................18 Team ........................................62-63 Regions .........................................17 World Series Softball Records: Scoreboard .....................................4 Individual ......................................64 Scorekeeper of the Year ................11 Team ............................................65 Softball Division ............................18 www.baberuthleague.org [email protected] INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 1770 Brunswick Pike, P.O. Box 5000 Trenton, NJ 08638 Phone: (609) 695-1434 Fax: (609) 695-2505 (800) 880-3142 Copyright © 2015 Babe Ruth League, Inc. All Rights Reserved 2 President/CEO Chairman of the Board STEVEN M. TELLEFSEN JAMES WAGONER Vice President Vice President Commissioner Operations & Marketing ROBERT P. FAHERTY, JR. JOSEPH M. SMIEGOCKI Commissioner Controller ROBERT A. CONNOR DONNA MAHONEY ADMINISTRATION The administration of Babe Ruth League, Inc. is headquartered at the corporate office in Trenton, New Jersey. 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS The International Babe Ruth Board of Directors, composed of not more than 17 persons, including the Chairman of the Board and the President/CEO, direct the affairs and policies of Babe Ruth League, Inc. The eight Regional Baseball Commissioners serve as Board members along with eight “at large” members who are volunteers from all walks of life, representing the combined thinking of Babe Ruth’s adults at all levels of administration. STEVEN M. TELLEFSEN, President/CEO AT-LARGE MEMBERS REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS JAMES WAGONER New England Region Chairman of the Board NORMAN MESSIER Fort Smith, Arkansas Lyndonville, Vermont Middle Atlantic Region RAYLA J. ALLISON RAYMOND A. LOTIERZO Bloomington, Minnesota Maple Shade, New Jersey RUSSELL E. DIETHRICK, JR. Ohio Valley Region Jamestown, New York MARK A. WATKINS Evansville, Indiana ROBERT DICKSON Southeast Region Alexandria, Indiana HENRY P. SERMONS Havelock, North Carolina JIM HILL White Hall, Arkansas Midwest Plains Region TIM KUNTZ Bismarck, North Dakota STEPHEN F. HUPKA Nolensville, Tennessee Southwest Region JOE FEATHERSTON GEORGE R. LALLY, JR. Bentonville, Arkansas Norwood, Massachusetts Pacific Northwest Region GORDON W. WELBOURNE NORMAN TRAVIS Surrey, BC, Canada Burlington, Colorado Pacific Southwest Region LEONARD J. HAMMER Fowler, California SCOREBOARD PARTICIPANTS .......................................... 1,043,700 TEAMS ............................................................ 57,128 LEAGUES ....................................................... 10,285 VOLUNTEERS ........................................... 1,400,000 The program has been cited by government, educational, civic, religious and recreational organizations throughout the world, including: Freedom Foundation, 67th Congress of the United States, National Federation of State High School Associations, and the International Film Festival-Cannes, France. Babe Ruth League, Inc. is a non-profit, educational organization and an active member or associate participant in such organizations as: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation; Major League Baseball; National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; National Fastpitch Coaches Association; National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations; National Recreation and Parks Association; USA Baseball; United States Olympic Committee and World Leisure and Recreation Association. 4 HIGHLIGHTS IN BABE RUTH LEAGUE HISTORY: 1951 – Babe Ruth Baseball was founded in Hamilton Township, a suburb of Trenton, New Jersey to provide wholesome amateur baseball for 13,14 and 15-year-old players. 1952 – Babe Ruth Baseball held its first World Series for the 13-15 year-old division in Trenton, New Jersey. 1958 – First World Series held outside the United States in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 1961 – Babe Ruth Baseball institutes Host Family program at World Series competition. – The Hostess program was established as part of each World Series. 1966 – Babe Ruth Baseball, recognizing the need for an older division, formed the 16-18 year-old division. 1968 – Babe Ruth Baseball held its first World Series for the 16-18 year-old division in Morristown, New Jersey. 1974 – Babe Ruth Baseball, in order to provide greater participation for younger players, formed the Babe Ruth Prep League limited to 13-year-old players. 1980 – Babe Ruth Baseball held its first World Series for the 13-year-old players in Jamestown, New York. 1982 – Babe Ruth Baseball instituted its Bambino Division for those players ages 4-12. – National Umpires Association founded to better serve Babe Ruth leagues nationally. 1984 – Babe Ruth Baseball held its first Bambino Division (4-12) World Series in Shelbyville, Indiana. 1984 – Babe Ruth Softball, designed for girls ages 5 through 18, made its debut. 1986 – Babe Ruth Baseball World Series Training Center opened in Jamestown, New York. 1987 – Rookie League became part of the Bambino Division. 1988 – Babe Ruth Baseball began to offer a summer baseball camp. 1989 – Carl Yastrzemski, a Babe Ruth graduate, inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame. First Babe Ruth graduate to attain this honor. 1990 – Joe Morgan and