East Long Beach will be hosting 2 PONY All-star tournaments starting on Saturday, July 5th.
Click on the logo to see all of the tournament page info. Come on out and support your team in this first round tournament.
FALL BALL 2008
**COMING SOON** Fall Ball is just around the corner! Sign-ups will be starting in August with play beginning the first week of September and running through mid-November. Games will be played on Friday nights and Sundays only. Players will receive a hat and team t-shirt. All play is intended to be instructional and is a good start for new players just learning and for players moving into the next division. Age cut-off will go by the 2009 Pony Age Key (Age by April 30th, 2009) Please check back often for updates on official sign-up and start dates!!
***SNACK BAR CHECKS*** For those parents who have fullfilled their snack bar duties, PLEASE come pick your check up in the snack bar ASAP if you have not done so already. We have quite a few still in our possession and these need to be picked up ASAP. Thank You!
SHETLAND RED STARS WIN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
The first East Long Beach All-star tournament championship for 2008 was won by the Shetland Red All-stars over Memorial Day weekend. Manager Jesse Martinez and his staff (Augie Zepeda, Lynn Frehner, and Davon Graham) had the boys playing great defense throughout the event, as the team swept through with a record of 4-0 to win the title. The offense was explosive, outscoring the opponents 84-41. Check out the All-Star pages for more detailed info on the tournament victory.
"BATTLE AT THE BEACH" 2008 TOURNAMENT INFO IS HERE
Sign-ups are underway now for the 7th annual ELB Summer Invitational Tournament "Battle at the Beach" 2008, which will be held June 14-23. Click on the link to the left to go to the Tournament page for all of the info you need. Team rosters and entry forms are available on the page too. We look forward to seeing old and new friends in June.
ELB CHARITY TEAM BASKET RAFFLE
Thanks to all the teams who donated the baskets for this years Charity Event! It was a great turnout as well as the Managers/Coaches/Parent Softball Game!! There was a long line at the store for Epsom Salt we predict!
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
This year's charity event was a great success. All of the teams came up with great themed basket ideas, and we raised the highest amount of money in the past several years. Totaling up sales of merchandise, the basket raffle, 50% of the total sales from the snack bar on Saturday and Sunday, and the charity softball event....we raised a total of $4,100.00. As the President of ELB, it makes me very proud of the fact that our league gives back to our community so generously. I'm sure that this will become an ELB tradition that will carry on for years to come. Many thanks to all of you who participated.
- Darin Reinhardt, ELB President
ELB PURPOSE ELB exists to provide a place for the kids in our community to play baseball. Over the years, the level of talent in our league has increased mainly due to the participation of many of our players in travel baseball. However, lets not lose sight of the fact that ELB is NOT a travel baseball league. As managers and coaches of ELB, we need to remember that our primary goal is to develop ALL players on the team by teaching them the game of baseball.
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2008 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS
2008/2009 ELECTION RESULTS
The 2008-09 elections have concluded, and the winners have been tabulated. The group of volunteers who will be leading the way next season are listed below. Please offer them congratulations and thanks when you see them again.
A huge ELB thank you goes out to all of the election volunteers who made this a very smooth process, and to all of the candidates for stepping up.
Here are the election winners........
2008-09 EXECUTIVE BOARD
President
Darin Reinhardt
Vice President
Mark Williams
Secretary
Mimi Tiedemann
Treasurer
Karen Reinhardt
Player Agent
Terri Williams
2008-09 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Shetland Director
Jesse Martinez
Pinto Director
Mario Ortiz
Mustang Director
Scott Mowl
Bronco Director
Jim Thomas
Tournament Director
Dustin Kempf
Winterball Director
Jim Thomas
Chief Umpire
Mario Ortiz
Equipment Director
Robert Humphreys
Field Director
Harold Betts
Statistician
Vijay Pillai
Snack Bar Director
KRISTEN Frehner
Publicity Director
Brian Neff
Sponsorship Coordinator
Johnathan LaRosa
Member at Large-Comm.
Rick Tiedemann
Auxiliary Board President
Rachel Kempf
2008-09 AUXILIARY BOARD
Opening Day Chairperson
Judy Johnston
Picture Day Chairperson
Tonya Wright
Pancake Breakfast Chair
Tina Neff
Charity Event Director
Yvette Martinez
Team Parent Liason
JOYCE WILSON
50/50 Coordinator
Andrea Harris
Trophy Chairperson
Lisa Beato
Uniform Chairperson
Hollye Humphreys
Snack Bar Assistant
Jill Colin
Volunteer Director
LYNN FREHNER
Merchandise Chairperson
KRISTEN GOWAN
Member at Large
Mike North
2008 Softball Charity Event Champions - "Brakees:
Manager: Jimmy Raffkin, Coach: Sean Bosse
Players: Talisa, Alan, Ray, Mike, Joey, John,
Darin, Gennie, Pat, Augie and Charlie.
2008 ANNUAL SOFTBALL CHARITY EVENT
I want to personally thank all of you who participated in this year’s charity softball event. A great big thank you to Yvette Martinez for running this year’s tournament, and to Mario Ortiz for supplying the umpires. The tournament was a tremendous success!
After all of the 'Ben Gay' and the 'Icy Hot' was used up, only two teams were left to battle for the championship.....the Pinto Phillies and the Mustang Brakees! (A combination of the Braves and the Yankees).
After a long back and forth fight, the Brakees were able to overcome the tenaciously tough Phillies squad, and claimed the ELB 2008 Softball Championship.
Congratulations to all the teams that participated. It was a lot of fun to be a part of.
- Darin Reinhardt
President of East Long Beach Pony Baseball
ELB PONY RECOGNIZES AND THANKS
ELB Pony Baseball would like to thank Lakewood Batting Cages for their continued support of our league.
Lakewood batting cages again donated free cage time for EVERY SINGLE PLAYER in our league, as well as discount team cage time to be used throughout the season.
Located right by the Long Beach Airport on Paramount, LBC is the prefect place to work on your game between practices and before the big game.
Check out their website for more information.
Make sure you stop by and tell Kevin Tyler and the rest of the great staff, 'Thanks for supporting ELB baseball'.
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