Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Babe Ruth Players on 2017 Provincial Teams
Date:12/31/2017 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Congratulations to Jared and Chris who successfully made team Alberta competing in the Canada Summer Games held in Winnipeg: Team Alberta - Canada Summer Games (bronze medal) Jared Caldwell (ANG) Chris Thomson (ROC) In all, there were 8 Babe Ruth players selected to various four different Zone teams: Zone 3 - Alberta Summer Games (tournament held Aug 18-20 in St Albert) Cole Alguire Reese Finla...
Registration & Evaluation Schedule
Date:11/23/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
On-line registration will open January 2nd, 2017 *For all players ages 13-19 (must turn at least 13 years of age by May 1st, 2017; can NOT turn 20 in 2017) In Person Registration Dates and Uniform Sizing - all players ages 13-19: January 22nd & January 29th Optimist Arena Meeting Room 12pm-3pm Evaluation Schedule: **All new players ages 13-19 need to evaluate; after registration players will...
Fadar Ties Triples Record
Date:09/05/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Graham Fadar of the AAA Giants tied the AAA league record with 5 triples in 2016. Fadar joins Trent Barr (2012) and Shane Stewart (2014) atop the leagues single season triples record. Congrats to Fadar ! ...
Elgert Breaks League Records
Date:09/04/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Duncan Elgert of the 2016 BRC AAA Champion Indians broke the single season slugging percentage record with a .808 average, surpassing Shane Stewart of the Giants (2013). Elgert also tied the league record of 27 rbi's with Contance (2012) and Gillies (2014). Great season Duncan ! League Records Link ...
Daniel Lavery - CCBC
Date:08/28/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
BRC Alum Daniel Lavery will be continuing his baseball career at VIBI - Vancouver Island Baseball Institute for the 2016/17 season. Congrats to Daniel - have a great season ! ...
Joel Pineau - Cloud County, Kansas
Date:08/26/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
BRC alum Joel Pineau, a member of the 2016 BRC League Champion Indians will be joining the Cloud County T Birds for the 2016/17 season. Congrats to Joel ! ...
Nick Pelletier - CCBC
Date:08/26/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
BRC alum Nick Pelletier will be joing the Okanagan College Coyotes of the CCBC for the 2016-17 school year. Congrats to Nick ! ...
Cody Haubrich - NAIA
Date:08/25/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
BRC Alum Cody Haubrich signs Letter of Intent to join Presentation College NAIA for the fall semester. Congrats Cody ! ...
What outfielders can learn from Pillar...besides being fearless
Date:06/28/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Superman. The nickname is appropriate as we have all seen Kevin Pillar launch himself into the air after covering 80 feet and reaching speeds of nearly 20 m.p.h. It seems like these types of catches are a nightly occurrence for Pillar. Does anyone remember back a few years ago when there were cries from Nationals fans saying that Bryce Harper needed to play with a more cautious style?...
BRC alum McGeein WMBL Player of the Week
Date:06/22/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Congrats to BRC Alum Mitch McGeein of the Lethbridge Bulls of the WMBL and The Eastern Michigan Eagles NCAA for being named the WMBL Player of the Week ! http://wmbl.ca/news/?article_id=317 ...
Multi-Sport Athletes...
Date:06/21/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Baxter Mason, currently playing for the A-League Rangers, was awarded the W.H. Croxford High School All Star Award for JV Basketball and for JV Volleyball. Congratulations on athletic excellence across multiple sports! Baxter is currently hitting over .300 with 19 stolen bases for the Rangers. ...
League Records Watch
Date:06/20/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
** AAA League Records set to fall in 2016 ** As the regular season is winding down we look at a number of AAA league records that could be tied or broken over the next few weeks. http://baberuthcalgary.pointstreaksites.com/view/baberuthcalgary/-6795/brc-league-records-wood-bat-era On the pitching side: Connor Veillet of the Giants is challenging the WHIP league record of 0.92 held by Justin Re...
Kellen Beggs
Date:06/06/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Congrats to Kellen for being named the CTV - Big Chief Athlete of the Week http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=883571 ...
BRC in the WMBL
Date:05/24/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
The WMBL.ca rosters are being finalized for the 2016 season and so far Babe Ruth Calgary has 5 alumni on WMBL rosters. Good luck to all of our players. Brandon Desjardins Fort Mac Giants Mitch McGeein Lethbridge Bulls Jamie Whitehead ...
Opening Day Celebrations - CTV News
Date:05/02/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Babe Ruth Calgary - 21st Opening Day Ceremonies with Special Guest Bill "Spaceman" Lee from our own Montreal Expos ! http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=853857 On CTV evening news video at time 33:50 is the Babe Ruth Opening weekend news story Check out the link above. You likely have to play through and wait for the ads and just keep fast forwarding until you ge...
Walks will kill you on the mound!
Date:04/27/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Taking a look at the numbers from last year, in particular BB/IP (walks per inning pitched), I was curious to see what they were. Our Winter travel team had struggled with walks in Kamloops. Not one team in AA was in double digits for walks (all in triple digits!) and a couple teams had more BB’s than IP! You just aren’t going to win many ball games with those stats...period....
Random Thoughts: Jamboree Edition
Date:04/26/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
1. Have the hitter in the hole get the foul balls First, for accuracy the official term for the next hitter on deck is actually "in the hold". Originating from the sailing term where a boat was "in the hold" prior to being "on deck". I learned this little tidbit from Vin Scully and, in my opinion, Mr Scully can never be wrong. Regardless of the term that y...
Geoff Freeborn - Carribean Goodwill Tour
Date:04/20/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Here is a link to the Calgary Sun / Scott Mitchell article. ...
BRC Players in the News - 2016
Date:01/29/2016 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
We like to post player accomplishments in this area. Send all information to the web site manager. ...
Jacob Cuch signs Letter of Intent to play for Dickinson State University - NAIA
Date:10/27/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Cuch to join DSU at Semester for 2016 Season Fulll Story: http://www.dsubluehawks.com/sports/bsb/2015-16/releases/20160106iwo5x3 ...
Former HP Fall Player Now in Minors
Date:08/24/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Reign Letkeman is now settling in as professional baseball player. After being drafted in the 23rd round this past June by the Tampa Bay Rays, Letkeman reported to Tampa's Rookie League affliate in the Gulf Coast League. After his first outing where "home plate looked mile away", Reign has now posted 4 scoreless outings including a 5 inning gem today (Aug 24th) where he s...
Being Flexible as a Baseball Player
Date:08/01/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
As the title says it's really important that you are flexible as a baseball player in your career. Now by saying flexible I'm not talking about being a yoga master, although that can benefit your baseball career (see Dr Durnin's video at the end of this post for help with physical flexibility)! What I'm talking about is that you have to be flexible with anything that might happen t...
Michael Heaton to become a T-Bird
Date:07/01/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
After completing his second year with the Community Colleges of Spokane (CCS) baseball program, Michael Heaton will transfer to UBC for the 2015-16 season. This spring the CCS Bigfoot finished 4th in the east region with a 16-12 record (28-16 overall) and made the NWAC playoffs for the first time in 7 years. Heaton was a key contributor playing every inning at 3rd base. ...
How do you walk off the bus?
Date:06/17/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
This has been an exciting start to the 2015 season for our league. A tournament win by our winter travel team in Kamloops focused some attention on Babe Ruth before we played our first league game. Coaches from three Canadian College Baseball Conference (CCBC) programs have all shown considerable interest in a number of Babe Ruth players. After seeing our AAA Blues in Medici...
Graham Fader
Date:06/12/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Graham Fader has been named the 2015 Male Athlete of the Year at Rundle College. ...
Parents and Coaches: Effective Communication with your Players
Date:06/10/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
FOCUS ON THE PROCESS: When players are preoccupied with the outcome (hits, wins, runs, etc), they tend to go away from the things that make them successful. Hitters start to press when they come up with the bases loaded and swing at bad pitches. Players have difficulty finding positives in games that they lose or they do not learn from games they win. Hitters try to do too much when they...
Big Inning for Cuch
Date:05/31/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
Jacob Cuch hits 2 homeruns and records 6 rbi's in the same inning, the second a grandslam to walkoff the win for the Giants over the Rockies. Congrats to Cuch ! ...
Random Observations - Baseball IQ
Date:05/30/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
A few things that I noticed this week related to baseball IQ: First baseman holding the runner with runners at 1st & 2nd. The runner at first base is not going to steal 2nd with a runner in front of them. There is NO NEED to hold the runner and limit your defensive range. Base runner going 1st to 3rd on a ball that didn't leave the infield. An INCREDIBLE display of ba...
Dealing with the Disappointment of Being Cut
Date:05/30/2015 Source:Babe Ruth Calgary Baseball
1. This is not the end...it should be the beginning: Whether you made the team or you were left off the roster, it is important to remember that your work is just getting started. For the players who were cut, it tends to go one of two directions. Players either become extremely motivated to improve in the areas that were exposed during the evaluation or they become de-motivated b...
