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Welcome to the Holden Baseball web site. Holden Baseball Program, Inc. is a non-profit corporation that operates baseball programs for players age 5-19 in the Town of Holden, Massachusetts. This site contains news, information, schedules and forms. REGISTRATION, TRYOUTS FOR SPRING, 2009 COMING SOON Registration for the 2009 spring season will open in mid-September. Tryouts will be held on Saturday, September 27 from 9 am until 3 pm. Any player who will be age 8-11 on April 30, 2009 and is not a returning Little League Majors player should plan to attend tryouts. Players may attend at any time during the day, and should allow 60-90 minutes to rotate through the stations, depending upon waiting time. It is recommended that players attending tryouts register on-line prior to September 27 to avoid waiting in line, but paper registrations will be accepted on the day of tryouts. There is a substantial discount offered for early registration. More information will follow soon. HOLDEN BASEBALL SEEKS NEW DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Holden Baseball is seeking volunteers for its Board of Directors and various leadership positions for the 2009 season. We are particularly interested in parents of our younger players who will be involved in the organization for several years. You will have fun and help an organization that serves 800 players. If you are interested, please contact Chuck Tidman at ctidman@bowditch.com by September 24, and plan to attend our annual meeting on Wednesday, October 1 at 7 pm at the Light Department Community Room.
HOLDEN SUMMER TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Holden 1 Minor League team won the Minor League Division chamipionship in the annual Holden Invitational Summer Tournament. To see all the results, click on the following link:http://www.kzonecages.com/holdenll/holdentournament.htm HOLDEN ALL-STARS HOPES DASHED (7/9/08) The Holden All-Stars went from a favorite in the District Tournament to summer vacationers in a twenty-four hour period, dropping a nail-biting 3-2 contest with Rutland on Monday, then being ousted in an 11-1 mercy-shortened loss to Jesse Burkett on Tuesday. Such is the nature of the District tournament, but the boys played very well along the way and were great representatives of our program. Thanks to manager Dan Quinn and coaches Bob Sachse and Greg Post for their hard work over the past three weeks, and good luck to the remaining teams. The players who were selected to represent Holden by vote of their peers and managers are: Ben Amaral, Cole Auger, Jake Boltruczyk, Ryan Fors, Wiley Knight, Ashton Merrill, Pat Myers, Tim Post, Brian Quinn, Tim Robinson, Eric Sachse, Derek Shamlian and Nicholas Wage. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CROWNED Congratulations to the #1 seeded Dodgers, who beat the Athletics 2-0 and 6-2 on consecutive nights to capture the Little League Majors championship. In Junior Little League, the # 1 seeded Muck Dogs stormed back from the losers bracket to beat the River Dogs for the championship. And in AAA, Emerald Isle, the #4 seed, overcame a slow start to finish the season 6-6, then swept through the playoffs to capture that championship. To see the complete Junior Little League and Little League Majors brackets, just click on: Holden Baseball Playoffs 2008 .
Final Little League Majors Standings (* denotes league champion)
Final Junior Little League Standings (* denotes league champion)
Final AAA Standings (* denotes league champion)
. BAD WEATHER POLICY So what do you do when you wake up on a game day and it is raining? Before you call anyone, come to this site and see if there is a weather alert posted. We generally will put information about Saturday postponements on the site by 8 am if morning games are affected by weather. On Sundays, we wait until 11 am to make a call. We usually do not postpone an entire day of games early in the morning unless it is absolutely clear that the rain will continue for the entire day. If you have a game at 4 pm, you will likely have to check back during the day as we monitor the weather and field conditions. Of course, the managers involved in the game are the ultimate decision makers, and will not play a game if they decide that either the field or weather conditions are not acceptable. Some fields, such as the Swenson Fields are better maintained and drain better than others, so they are quicker to recover from a heavy rain. We do not have field maintenance equipment at the Town-owned fields. In addition, we have a lightning policy that is set forth below. Our primary concern in deciding on postponements is the safety of the children.
REMINDER ABOUT COACHES No one may be involved in any way with a team unless he or she has filed the applications and been cleared theough a background check. This applies to all coaches, even those who coached last season. League directors will circulate a list of approved coaches to eah manager, and the manager is responsible for making sure that only approved coaches participate. INFORMATION FOR PARENTS NEW TO THE PROGRAM If this is your first year as a Holden Baseball parent, let us first welcome you to our program and wish you many years of enjoyment. For many of us, the days and nights spent at the baseball fields are among our best memories and launched lasting friendships for us and our children. As we place your child on a team, you will receive a call from your child's manager with information about the first practices, which begin as soon as fields are open. The regular season continues through mid-June. There are no playoffs for our primary leagues (Instructional, Rookie, A and AA) which include players age 5, 6, 7 and most 8's. Playoffs in the upper leagues (AAA, Junior Little League and LL Majors) last until the third week in June. Players in the 5 and 6 year old leagues play 10 games, which means two on some weekends and one on others. There are no games in those leagues on Mothers Day. There are no games in our lower minor leagues on Memorial Day weekend. All our teams are assigned a practice time on one weeknight. Much of our curriculum in the primary leagues is geared toward the team experience, so attendance and punctuality is a lesson parents can instill in their children to assist us in that teaching. Please be aware that no parent may manage, coach or even go on the field with the children without first having submitted the two coaching applications and a photo ID (see Forms section at left for applications) and having been cleared by the league after a background check. Please do not put us in the position of telling you that you may not coach because you have not submitted your applications. As parents, you should take some comfort in our insistence on this issue. If you have questions about what to expect this season and cannot find your answer here, please email our league president, Chuck Tidman, at ctidman@bowditch.com and he will be happy to help you. Enjoy your season!
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