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Thanks to Jeff Janzen of Delano Athletics for the Coaches/Contacts Directory Welcome This web site is produced by Herald Journal Publishing of Winsted, Minn., for the Minnesota Baseball Association. We'd appreciate hearing your comments from this season -- good or bad -- as well as any suggestions you have for this web site for next year. New E-mail: In order to avoid the spammers, we are changing our e-mail address every year. For 2007, please use: General Info: Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament - Umpires Minnesota State Amateur Baseball Tournament - Umpire Application Release FormBaseball ContractFinal League RosterFinal RosterMBA
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Rawlings named official baseball for 2008 state tourneyRawlings R100HS has been named the official baseball for the 2008 State Amateur Baseball Tournament being hosted in Chaska and Shakopee.Rawlings is also offering MBA members a "Ball Bucket Program" consisting of cushion cork raised seam full grain leather cover baseball (3 dozen) bucket for $99 per bucket. These are practice baseballs, not actually game balls. Contact Dan Phelps at (763) 754-3906 or by e-mail at dphelps@rawlings.com for more details. State tourney records broken in 2007Several state tournament records were either tied or broken at the 2007 state tournaments. Below are the new records, now in the books.• Plato set the team record with four shutouts in one state tournament. • Cold Spring extended its record for most consecutive state tournament appearances by one team to 20, and also most state tournament apperances overall to 46. • Minnetonka tied Columbia Heights with the most state championships won by a team with eight when they claimed the 2007 Class A state title. • Dassel-Cokato's John Riewer tied Randy Moselle with the most consecutive state tournament appearances by one player with his 28th straight trip in 2007. Plato and Sauk Rapids staying in Class C
The Plato Blue Jays defeated Sauk Rapids Cyclones in last year's Class C state championship. During the off-season, the board looked at moving both teams up to Class B for 2008. At the January 5 meeting, the two teams made their cases to stay in Class C, and the board voted to keep them in Class C.
With that, the board set up a criteria that will be used to move Class C teams up to Class B after the season. The rule is as follows: After many years of operating with no (criteria) on reclassifying teams, the board came up with the following format: (Effective January 1, 2008 season, the Class “C” Champion and Runner-up will be reclassified to Class “B” for a period of two years. Third year, teams may appeal to be reclassified.). Starting with the 2006 State Tournament, any team in the final (4) two out of three years will also be reclassified to Class “B” for a minimum of two years. MBA set to have booth at Twins FestTwins Fest will run the weekend of Jan. 25, 26, 27 at the Metrodome. The MBA board will have a booth set up, stop in and see us.Rawlings named official baseball for 2008 state tourneyRawlings R100HS has been named the official baseball for the 2008 State Amateur Baseball Tournament being hosted in Chaska and Shakopee.Rawlings is also offering MBA members a "Ball Bucket Program" consisting of cushion cork raised seam full grain leather cover baseball (3 dozen) bucket for $99 per bucket. These are practice baseballs, not actually game balls. Contact Dan Phelps at (763) 754-3906 or by e-mail at dphelps@rawlings.com for more details. Next board meeting March 8, 9The next meeting of the MBA board will take place Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9 at the Holiday Inn in St. Cloud.State tourney records broken in 2007Several state tournament records were either tied or broken at the 2007 state tournaments. Below are the new records, now in the books.• Plato set the team record with four shutouts in one state tournament. • Cold Spring extended its record for most consecutive state tournament appearances by one team to 20, and also most state tournament apperances overall to 46. • Minnetonka tied Columbia Heights with the most state championships won by a team with eight when they claimed the 2007 Class A state title. • Dassel-Cokato's John Riewer tied Randy Moselle with the most consecutive state tournament appearances by one player with his 28th straight trip in 2007. The state tourney records page updates are in, and will be uploaded in the next week. 2008 state tournament website now onlineThe 2008 Class C and Class B state tournament will take place at Chaska and Shakopee. The host sites have a web site now up and running at www.stateamateurbaseball08.com.Looking for broken batsBen Bakeberg, a former player with Dassel-Cokato and Jordan, is looking for team's broken wood bats. Bakeberg is a woodworker and uses wood bats in his projects. If you are interested in letting him use your team's old, broken wood bats, contact him at (651) 307-4720.State champoinship T-shirtsThe Miesville Mudhens, the 2007 Class B state tournament champions, are selling commemorative T-shirts. If you are interested in getting one of these T-shirts, click on the link included: http://www.ma-estores.com/default.aspx?p=viewitem&item=MM705&subno=&showpage=2&subcatPlato and Miesville claim state championshipsThe Plato Blue Jays and the Miesville Mudhens won state championships Monday. Plato defeated Sauk Rapids 10-0 in 7 innings in game one, then followed that up by topping them 6-3 to win the Class C state title. In Class B, Miesville beat Austin 11-3 to win the state championship. Class B MVP – Matt Vanderbosch, Miesville: 22 AB, 7 runs, 10 hits, .455 BA, 4 RBI, 2 HR. Class B All-Tournament Team: Colin Brakeen (Hastings), John Riewer (Dassel-Cokato), Tony Lane (Chaska), Chris Rupert (Mankato), Koski Hottori (Mankato), Justin Sokol (Rochester), Joe Siple (Rochester), Sean Breslin (Austin), Pat Wolard (Austin), Aaron Pork (Austin), Brady Toops (Austin), Matt Vanderbosch (Miesville), Garnet Retka (Miesville), Chris Olean (Miesville), Jimmy Bohmbach (Miesville). Class C MVP – Mike Mueller (draftee from Hamburg), Plato: 26 2/3 innings pitched, 14 hits, 1 run, 0 ER, 5 BB, 19 SO, 3-0, 1 save, 0.00 ERA. Class C All-Tournamnt Team: Neil Theisen (St. Stephen), Brian Muell (Elko), Josh Anthony (Winsted), Gregg Kohler (Winsted), Bud Heifort (St. Francis), Mark Siminson (St. Francis), Tom Whippler (Sauk Rapids), Greg Bemboom (Sauk Rapids), Paul Schlungen (Sauk Rapids), Nate Swan (Sauk Rapids), Mike Mueller (Plato), Nik Franck (Plato), Scott Welch (Plato), Dave Donahue (Plato), Eric Engelmann (Plato). • Class C Bracket • Class A Bracket To get information on the Class A state tournament click on the link: www.minnesotahardball.com Next round of state tournament sites awarded at June 16th meetingWith six hopeful groups in attendance at the June 16th state board meeting in St. Cloud, three groups came away with big smiles on their faces. Austin (single site), St. Cloud (single site), Red Wing/Miesville, Glencoe/Brownton, Maple Lake/Delano, and Willmar/Bird Island all made presentations to the board to host a state tournament between 2010 and 2012. After a lengthy discussion, the board awarded the 2010 state tournament to Willmar/Bird Island; the 2011 state tournament to Glencoe/Brownton; and the 2012 state tournament to St. Cloud.Longest games in MinnesotaHere is a list developed over the past 43 years of all Minnesota amateur baseball games taking 20 or more innings, six or more hours, or ending after 1 a.m. Can anyone suggest any omissions or corrections, or suggest anyone who would be knowledgeable enough about Minnesota amateur baseball to be able to discover omissions or corrections? If so, please contact Phil Lowry at (612) 281-2713 or at plowry1176@aol.com. Click on the link for the current list. Longest games |
Reminders • All forms are in either word or excel now. • For those of you looking for past board minutes, click on the MBA Board link at the top of the page, and down the left hand side of the page are all the past minutes. • Remember, there is a new e-mail address for this web site. It is baseball07@hjpub.com. |
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