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Volume 10, Issue I
Official Newsletter of the National Amateur Baseball Federation
Central Floridian
named “Man of the
Year” by NABF
After his playing career was over, Michael Burton took a front office job in the
Houston Astros organization. The former Assistant General Manager and Daytona Beach
native founded the Daytona Beach Baseball
program in 1982, during that same year Michael was asked to handle the comeback of
former Astros star pitcher, JR Richard.
During his career Michael has served
as a Head Coach at both the college and high
school levels, conducted try-out camps for
Major League teams, served as a consultant
to major league baseball organization along
with cities seeking major league spring training in Florida.
Michael was a two time National Amateur Coach of the Year. He won three National
Championships in 1992, 1994, and 2001. In 1989
he lead the first ever USA team to play in the
Soviet Union, selected as Head Coach for the
1999 Goodwill Games in China and has coached
three first round picks, second rounder, third
rounder and 25 other draft picks.
In 1998 Burton was asked by his former
high school guidance counselor, Patsy Graham, who was then serving as Principal at
Mainland High School to return to his ala mater as baseball coach, a position he still holds
today.
“This is a long overdue honor for Michael,
he has spent his entire life promoting amateur
baseball and helping the youth of Central Florida”, said Charlie Blackburn, Executive Director of the NABF.
Burton was honored on Saturday, November 8th at the NABF annual meeting in
Orlando, FL.
“Man of the
Year” Mark Mills
Originally from Indiana, Mark Mills graduated from Western High School in Kokomo,
Indiana in 1992. After high school, Mark attended Indian River Community College where
he played two years for Mike Easom. In 1993,
the Pioneers attended the junior college world
series in Grand Junctions, Colorado. After
graduating from Indian River, he attended
Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. In 1995, he was voted to the first team Academic All- American team and third base for
the first national runner-up team of 1995. In
his final year at Cumberland, he played for the
third place team of 1996. In 1997, he coached
for Woody Hunt and the Bulldogs while he
finished up his undergraduate courses. Mark
“Awards” continued on page 4
February 2009
NABF World Series All Return to
Familiar Sites—Louisville, Toledo,
Jackson, Lynchburg, & Northville
We are excited to announce all 2009 NABF
World Series sites are returning to their 2008
sites, with one exception. Lynchburg, Virginia
has taken on a second World Series after being
a successful host of the High School World Series
in 2008.
Derby City Baseball is bringing the Major Division (unlimited age) World Series back to Louisville, Kentucky.
Ten teams will compete for the national
title at Derby City Field. The great folks at Derby
City Baseball once again did a marvelous job
conducting the tournament last year, and the
Louisville tradition will continue. Nine of those
10 teams will be regional winners with the 10th
being the host team.
Regional play starts Thursday, August 6,
and the Major World Series in Louisville starts
Thursday, August 13.
The College Division World Series (22 and under) returns to Toledo, Ohio, hosted by the City of
Toledo and the Toledo Amateur Baseball Federation. This 16-team event is planned to take place
at local college facilities at the University of Toledo (Scott Park), former Toledo Mud Hens ballpark
Ned Skeldon Stadium, Rich Arbinger Field at Bowman Park, and Owens Community College. Games
are expected to be televised by the Buckeye Cable
Sports Network (BCSN).
Two Regional winners and host teams will
take part in addition to 11 direct teams representing their respective franchise association
league.
Regional play starts Thursday, July 30, and
the College World Series starts Thursday, August
6.
The 32-team High School Division World Series (17 and under) will be played in Lynchburg,
Virginia. The playing sites will be City Stadium,
home of the Hillcats (the Pittsburgh Pirates
Single A team), Liberty University Stadium, and
other selected college and high school facilities.
This promises to again be one of the finest events
ever held for this age division and a memorable
experience for all.
There is no regional regional play, and the
High School World Series begins Friday, July 24.
The 16-team Sophomore World Series (14 &
under) will also be played in Lynchburg. Three
regional winners and host teams will take part
in addition to direct teams representing their respective franchise association league.
Regional play begins Thursday, July 16,
and the Sophomore Division World Series begins
Thursday, July 23.
The Senior Division (18 & under) will return
to Jackson, Mississippi, where 15 teams will vie
for a national championship, including eight regional winners.
Senior Division regionals begin Thursday,
July 23 and the Senior Division World Series begins Wednesday, August 5.
The Junior Division (16 and under) returns to
Northville, Michigan, where the reputation of a
World Series has been ongoing for over 25 years
now. The Junior World Series will see eight teams
vie for a national title, with seven of them being
regional winners and the eighth a host team.
The Junior Division regionals begin Thursday, July 23 and the Junior World Series begins
Thursday, July 30.
For Rookie and Freshman Teams, Rookie
and Freshman Divisions will have the opportunity to take part in the 10-and-under and the
12-and-under NABF National Classics Series in
Southaven, Mississippi. The winning team of
each of these events will advance to the National
Youth Baseball Chamionships planned for Memphis, Tennesseee in Auguust, 2009.
Don’t miss the opportunity for your individual
teams to participate in our 2009 NABF Classics
with ages ranging from six and under through 17
and under. (Visit online at www.nabf.com or call
the NABF at 410-721-4727 for details.)
On Deck in This Issue...
2009 NABF Meeting...page 5
NABF Scholarships...page 6
2009 Tournament Schedule...page 7
FEBRUARY 2009
Senior Division World Series Games Going to 9 Innings
New Rule Books will be available not later than February. NABF Rule
Books are provided to each franchise member association upon renewal of
their annual membership. Please review your rule book prior to participation in NABF National Tournament events.
Changes in your Constitution and Tournament Rules were accepted by
the franchise member delegates taking parting in the Annual Meeting of
the National Amateur Baseball Federation, Inc. (NABF).
2009 RULE CHANGES
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
1. Section 2B. Tournament Fees. All franchise holders must pay a tournament fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each regional tournament
in which they intend to participate. The tournament fee for a champion
team representing a franchise holder assigned directly to a World Series
must pay four hundred dollars ($400.00) for each World Series in which they
intend to participate.
TOURNAMENT RULES
2. 3.11A Players in More Than One Association.
Rule remains the same
3. 3.11B Teams in More Than One Association. Any team registered
with more than one NABF association, playing in a schedule of games as
described under Rules 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04 shall be ineligible to participate in any NABF Regional or National Championship Tournament series of
games, EXCEPT under the following conditions:
Team(s) participating in two or more NABF leagues in the same
age division must designate which (one) NABF League his / her team will
compete in for the right to advance to any NABF Regional or National Championship Tournament. Such league designation request must be approved
by:
(1) President / Commissioner of the NABF league such team will
represent and
(2) Approved by the NABF Franchise Committee Chairman.
The request and approval must be received and approved by May
15 of the current season.
Note: A team, regardless of the team name(s), is defined under
Rule 12.02 authorized team personnel (see Rule 4.02 and 6.09).
Penalty: Failure to comply with Rule 3.11B and 6.09 will result in
forfeiture of ALL games played, and the suspension of the team manager
and team.
4. 4.02 Certification List Due. The secretary of each association must
certify an eligibility list from each team in his league. All eligibility lists
are due by July 1 of the current year (season), or not less than 15 days
prior to the start date of the NABF Tournament assigned. Only players on
the certified eligibility list shall be eligible for NABF tournament play. An
association may not register a team or player in more than one (1) division.
Players certified by each association (franchise member) must have played
with his / her team in a minimum of four (4) games in the league which his
team represents. This rule includes the extra players, who must be selected
from teams in the same league as the representing team. Any violation of
this rule will cause the player(s) to be dropped from competition and the
previous games played will be forfeited. The minimum penalty for violation of this rule by a franchise shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be
imposed on the franchise; the maximum penalty shall be forfeiture of the
NABF franchise held by the association which sent the team.
5. 6.09 Certification of League and Teams. On or before June 1 of the
current year, the Officer of each franchise holder responsible for the certification of their teams shall send to the Executive Director of the NABF
the complete names, addresses and phone numbers of all managers of all
respective teams. The Executive Director will then provide the manager of
each team scheduled to represent its franchise in NABF tournament play
with a copy of the Tournament Rules. Team(s) from any age group may
qualify for post season NABF Regional or National Championship series
events through one (1) NABF franchise organization only.
Note: A team, regardless of team name, name change is defined
under Rule 12.02. Any modification of team personnel, or team name for
purpose of circumvention this rule shall not be accepted or permitted.
Penalty: Disqualification from tournament play and / or forfeiture of all tournament games played to the opposing team(s).
6. 9.05B Wooden Bats. The following rule will apply to NABF Regional
and National Championship Tournaments Games. The bat shall be a smooth
round stick not more than 2¾ inches in diameter at the thickest part and
not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood
or formed from two or more pieces of solid wood bound together by an adhesive in such a way that the wood grain direction of the solid wood pieces
are essentially parallel to the length of the bat. Any such laminated bat
shall contain only solid wood held together with adhesive.
Cupped Bats – Forming an indentation in the end of the bat up
to on inch in depth is permitted and may be no wider than two inches and
no less than one inch in diameter. The indentation must be curved with no
foreign substance added.
The Bat Handle – For not more than 18 inches from its end may be
covered or treated with any material or substance to improve the grip (See
official Rule 1.10 A, B, C and D).
7. 9.05C Major, College, Senior, High School and Junior Age Division
Bats. Wooden Bats as described under Rule 9.05B – Wooden Bats must be
used in all Major, College, Senior, High School and Junior Division National
Regional and National Championship Series Games with NO exceptions. No
colored bat may be used in an NABF Tournament Game unless approved
by the Major League Rules. The official colors are natural, black, burnt
orange and hickory or brown.
Note: Metal bats may be used in NABF Classics events (see NABF
rule 9.05(A) Metal Bats).
Penalty: If the umpire discovers that the bat does not conform to
any of the above Rules, when the batter comes to bat or while be is batting
or after he has completed his at bat, he is declared out and the batter will
be ejected from the game.
8. 9.14 Collision Rule. When there is a collision between a runner and
fielder who clearly is in possession of the ball, the umpire shall Judge:
(A) Whether the collision by the runner was avoidable (could the
runner have reached the base without colliding) or unavoidable (the runner’s path to the base was blocked) or
(B) Whether the runner actually was attempting to reach the base
(plate) or attempting to dislodge the ball from the fielder.
Penalty: If the runner:
(A) could have avoided the collision and reached the base, or
(B) Attempted to dislodge the ball, the runner shall be declared
out even if the fielder loses possession of the ball. The ball is dead and all
other base runners shall return to the last base touched at the time of the
interference.
A.R.1 – If the fielder blocks the path of the base runner to the base
(plate), the runner may make contact, slide into, or collide with a fielder
as long as the runner is making a legitimate attempt to reach the base or
plate.
A.R.2 – If the collision by the runner was flagrant, the runner
shall be declared out and also ejected from the contest. The ball shall be
declared dead.
(C) If the defensive player blocks the base (plate) or base line
clearly without possession of the ball, or is not in the immediate act of
catching the ball, obstruction shall be called. The runner is safe and a delayed dead ball shall be called.
A.R.1 – If the runner collides flagrantly, he shall be declared safe
on the obstruction, but will be ejected from the contest. The ball is dead.
9. 10.01D Length of Games:
*** Major Division . . . . . . . 9 (7) innings Junior Division . . . . . .7 innings
*** College Division . . . . . .9 (7) innings Sophomore Division . .7 innings
** Senior Division . . . . . . .9 (7) innings Freshman Division . . .6 innings
High School Division . .7 innings Rookie Division . . . . .6 innings
* The length of games shall be seven (7) innings for the first three (3)
rounds of regional play in the College and Major Divisions only. Remaining games will be nine (9) innings under the double elimination bracket
schedule.
** The Senior, College and Major Divisions when participating in a
Round Robin format at the Regional level only play seven (7) innings in pool
play and nine (9) innings in the semi-final and final game(s).
10. 10.02 World Series completed and Suspended Games.
(A) All Major and College games must be played until a minimum
FEBRUARY 2009
Rule Changes
continued from page 2
of nine (9) innings have been completed. (See exception in note)
Note: During play in any 9 inning World Series game, a team
reaching a ten (10) or more run lead over another team in any completed
inning after the completion of at least seven (7) complete innings (or in the
case of the home team reaching a ten(10) run lead in six (6) or six (6) and a
fraction of half-innings) shall be awarded a victory.
2008 EVENT
APPRECIATION AWARDS
1. White House Dugout Club as host of 2008 NABF Fifteen & under Classics Championship Series, Mark Mills
2. City of Southaven as host of the 2008 NABF Classics Championship
Series, Scotty Baker
3. City of Springboro as host of the 2008 NABF Fourteen & under Classics Championship Series, Jerry Salyers
4. Northville Baseball / Softball Association as hosts of the 2008 NABF
Junior Division National Championship Series, David Jerome
5. Virginia Amateur Baseball / NABF as host of the 2008 NABF High
School Division National Championship Series, G.R. Wiley
6. Mississippi NABF as host of the 2008 NABF Senior Division National
Championship Series, Derek J. Topik
7. The City of Toledo Recreation Department and Toledo Amateur
Baseball Federation as host of the 2008 NABF College Division National
Championship Series, Shawn Sobel
8. Derby City Baseball, Inc. as host of the 2008 NABF Major Division
National Championship Series, Greg Reddington
9. Orlando Baseball League as host of the 2008 94th Annual Meeting
of the National Amateur Baseball Federation November 7, 2008, Tom
Trotta
(B) All Senior Division Teams when participating in a round robin
format at the World Series level, only play seven (7) innings in pool play
and nine (9) innings in the Quarterfinals, Semi-Finals and Finals. All Games
must be played until a minimum of 7 innings / 9 innings have been completed. (See 10.02(A) exception, mercy rule for nine inning World Series play.)
(C) All Senior, High School, Junior and Sophomore games must be
played until a minimum of seven (7) innings have been completed.
(D) All Freshman Division games must be played until a minimum
of six (6) innings have been completed.
(E) All Rookie Division games must be played until a minimum of
six (6) innings have been completed.
(F) All incomplete games shall be continued from the exact point
of suspension.
(G) In direct seed World Series tournaments, the mercy rule in
Rule 10.01C shall apply in pool play only (not in bracket play).
FEBRUARY 2009
2008 NABF AWARDS
“Awards” continued from page 1
now resides in Portland, Tennessee and teaches
math at White House High School in White House,
Tennessee. Mark has taught at White House High
School since 1997 and become the head baseball
coach there in 2001. In 2000, he was the assistant
coach on the AA state championship team. He is
married to Andrea Mills and has two girls, Hannah and Marlee.
“Man of the Year”
Anthony “Tony” Gorvet
Tony Gorvet has spent the last 31 years
coaching and running various youth baseball organizations and tournament in the Youngstown,
Ohio area. He married the former Janet Samuel
and has two children, Marc 18 years old and Marissa, 14 years old. He has spent the last 25 years
as a member of the Youngstown Class B League
serving as president of the league for the past 10
years. Tony was selected Man of the Year by the
Youngstown Class B League for all the time and
effort he put into making the league a well respected league. He will still serve on the board of
the Youngstown Class B League as the President
Emeritus in 2009, because much of his attention
has shifted to coaching his daughter Marissa in
softball. Currently, Tony is a Road Supervisor
with the Mahoning County Engineers as well as
the Head Baseball Coach at Chaney High School.
In the summer, he will manage the Rondinelli
Tuxedo 18 and under team in the Youngstown
Class B League.
“Man of the Year”
Vincent “Vin” DiLauro
Vincent “Vin” DiLauro is a life long committed man to amateur baseball for the last
fifty years. Vin started with the West Haven Connecticut Twilight League as a youth playing for
three years, starting back in 1958. A few years
later Vin became a team sponsor, and has since
served as a league director, vice president and
current president. Back in 1990 under Vin’s leadership, the West Haven Twilight League formed a
close association with the NABF. In 2006, Vin was
named a NABF director. He helps oversee fifty regional and eight national annual championships.
Vin has been a life long resident of West Haven,
Connecticut area. He was a board member and
president of the Auto Body Association of Connecticut from 1968 to 1980, and presently serves
as chairman of the Political Action Committee
of the state’s professional towing association.
Vin runs and supervises family-owned automotive company that is celebrating eighty years in
business this year. Vin now lives in New Haven
with his wife, Mary Ellen. They are the proud parents of three daughters, two son-in-laws and the
grandparents of Brennan and Spencer.
“Woman of the Year”
Susan R. Hall
Susan has worked with G.R. Wiley and the
Virginia Amateur Baseball / NABF for almost three
years. She is one of the key Sophomore Division
Administrators and manages the Virginia NABF
website. This past summer Susan was involved in
the administration of the 2008 NABF High School
World Series helping the Championship Tournament be a success with 32 teams from the United
States and Canada. Susan is the proud mother of
three and has one granddaughter.
“Woman of the Year”
Mary Gallo
Mary has been affiliated with amateur
baseball for over 30 years and with the NABF
for about 20 years. Mary became involved in
baseball when her oldest son was 6, teaching
him the game of baseball and did the same with
her other two boys, and has been involved ever
since. For the past 12 years, she has worked the
NABF franchise, Brooklyn Baseball League and
handles all NABF responsibilities. Mary says, she
enjoys being able to give it all my attention.
John Benedict Sports
Journalism Award
Ted Allen
After graduating in 1990 from the University of Virginia, where he worked for four years
on The Cavalier Daily, Ted Allen, currently a high
school sports writer for The News & Advance in
Lynchburg, VA, began his career in sports journalism at The Maryland Independent in Waldorf,
MD, in 1991. He served as sports editor for The Recorder in Prince Fredrick, MD from 1994 to 1996
and The Fauquier Time-Democrat in Warrenton,
VA from 1996 to 1998 before taking on copy editor
positions for The Potomac News in Woodbridge,
VA, and The Daily Progress in Charlottesville,
VA, through 2000. He started out in that capacity at The News & Advance in September of that
year before shifting back to reporting on prep
sports in the fall of 2002. During the transition
after leaving jobs at The Recorder (1996) and Potomac News (1999), Allen cycled across the United
States with Wheel Power Christian Cyclists, from
San Francisco in 1996 and Seattle in 1999 to Yorktown Beach, VA, meeting his future wife, April,
on the second trip. They married in September,
2000, and now live in Forest, VA, with daughters
Ashton and Taytum.
NABF Award of Merit
Irvin “Frosty” Brown
Coach Brown has been coaching baseball
for 38 years. Frosty played for the nationally
ranked Western Michigan Broncos in the mid
‘60’s and later served as graduate assistant
at Eastern Kentucky University. After leaving EKU, Frosty was employed by Bethel High
School where he coached baseball for 28 years
and served as Athletic Director of 16 years. He
was honored in 1992 as Southwest Ohio Athletic Director of the Year and was a finalist for
Ohio Athletic Director of the Year. Coach Brown
was named Dayton Area Coach of the Year,
five times. In 1998, he was selected Ohio Coach
of the Year by the Ohio High School Baseball
Coaches Association. That same year, he was
also selected Ohio Amateur Coach of the Year by
USA Baseball. In 1999, he and his wife, Connie,
were chosen “Man and Woman of the Year” by
the National Amateur Baseball Federation. In
2000, he was installed in the inaugural class of
the Bethel High School Athletic Hall of Fame. In
2003, the American Amateur Baseball Congress
chose Frosty Brown as the “National Midwest
Region Coach of the Year”. Frosty was inducted
in the Miami Valley Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, in March of 2006. Coach
Brown’s high school teams have won 16 league
titles, 24 sectional championships and earned
two trips to the state finals. His 618 High School
victories rank him 7th all time in Ohio High
School Baseball. Coach Frosty Brown has also
been the head coach of Troy Post 43 Baseball
of 37 years. His Troy Post 43 team has won 1348
games and earned numerous trips, to state and
national level tournaments. He has a combined
record of 1966 – 965 over 38 years. His proudest
accomplishments are the over 300 former players who have gone on to compete at the college
level. And 41 former players have signed professional contracts, and 2 made it to the majors. In
the summer, he runs the Troy Baseball School
for the Troy City Recreation Department. Each
autumn, his Frosty Brown Fall Hitting League
involves over 250 boys and girls throughout the
Dayton area. In 2006, Frosty Brown retired from
Bethel High School with 35 years of service.
He and his wife, Connie, have 3 children and 5
grandsons. Frosty plans to continue coaching,
traveling and spending time with his family.
Ronald E. McMinn
Award
William “Bill” Ball
Bill started his baseball career as a pitcher
playing Independent Baseball in Virginia in the
1960’s. Moving to Florida in the late 1970’s, and
in the early 1980’s he helped start The South Orange Little League in Orlando, FL and served as
President for 8 years. In 1993 became Assistant
Coach of the Cypress Creek High School Baseball
team in Orlando, where his two sons played ball,
also, one of them still holds most of the pitching
records of the school. Then in 1996 Bill helped
start the Orlando Baseball League, which is affiliated with the NABF. Bill has been and continues
to be an extremely successful team manager of
The Orlando Royals with over 300 wins and several players making it to the pros. Bill has given
over 40 wonderful years to amateur baseball and
twelve years have been with the NABF.
2008 Graduate of the
Year — Gavin Floyd
Galvin Floyd, Major League Baseball’s Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Galvin
Floyd has been chosen as the 2008 National Amateur Baseball Federation Graduate of the Year.
As of September 14, 2008 Floyd had a record of
15-7 with a 3.77 ERA and 125 strikeouts. Floyd
started the 2008 season with 14 quality starts
and a 6-1 record. Floyd was born in Annapolis,
Maryland and played in the NABF in the Baltimore Metro League.
Galvin Floyd made his Major League debut
playing for the Philadelphia Phillies on September 3, 2004, against division rival New York Mets,
earning a win pitching seven innings string out
five and allowing only one run and four hits.
Floyd was picked up by the Chicago White Sox on
December 6, 2006.
FEBRUARY 2009
2009 NABF Annual Meeting
to be in Annapolis, Maryland
The 95th Annual Meeting of
the National Amateur Baseball Federation will be Thursday, November
5 to Sunday, November 8, 2009 in Annapolis, Maryland.
The director’s meeting is Friday, November 6 and the delegates’
meeting, for all
NABF franchised
member associations, is Saturday,
November 7. All
NABF meetings are
planned to be held
at the Double Tree
Hotel.
This event will
be hosted by Maryland State Baseball
Association
franchise and will
be held at the Double Tree Hotel of
Annapolis at 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis, MD 21401. The hotel phone
number is (410) 224-3150. Holiday
Court is off Riva Road (between US
Route 50 and Riva Road).
The hotel is located just minutes from some of the greatest
attractions to Annapolis and the
greater Metropolitan area. Some of
these include...
• 12 minutes to U.S. Naval
Academy (tours will be available)
• 10 minutes to Maryland State
Capital
• 9 minutes to St. John’s Col-
lege
• 10 minutes to Historic Waterfront District
• 30 minutes to Washington,
DC (via US Route 50)
• 35 minutes to City of Baltimore (via 1-97 & US Route 50)
• 25 minutes
to Baltimore Washington International
(BWI) Airport
The Double Tree
Hotel offers complimentary shuttle
service within five
miles. You also have
access to a fitness
center, restaurant
and lounge, as well
as a café inside the
hotel. Or for your
convenience within a short walk
or drive upscale shopping and fine
dinning at...
• Annapolis Town Center
• Harbor Town Center
The NABF was established at
an organizational meeting in Louisville, KY in 1914, and is the oldest
continually operated national baseball organization in the country.
The NABF is a nonprofit organization run by officers and directors from all parts of the United
States. These volunteers help keep
the organization running smoothly.
FEBRUARY 2009
In Memoriam
The National Amateur Baseball Federation regrets to inform its members that Bob Greenwood, “Mr. Twilight League”
of the West Haven Twilight League, Connecticut, passed away
January 31. Bob was the NABF Man of the Year in 2006 and
“mentor and good friend” of NABF director Vincent DiLauro.
Lets keep Bob and his family in your prayers.
The WAKE was Wednesday, February 4. The funeral was
Thursday, February 5 at KEENAN FUNERAL HOME, 238 ELM ST,
WEST HAVEN 06516.
Paul Messina
2008 Players, their colleges and franchise affiliations follow:
William P. Tecklenburg
Ohio Dominican University
Miami Valley Amateur Baseball
Michael A. Trainer
Capital University
Central Ohio Amateur Baseball
In Memoriam
Andy Maught 2004 NABF World Series MVP and member of the
Brunswick, Md. Orioles was tragically killed in an automobile accident in Hagerstown, Md on December 4, 2008. Maught played left field
for the Orioles in 2004 as the Md. Squad captured the title and became
the first Maryland team to accomplish this feat. Maught played second base in the 2008 series for Brunswick. Maught was just 26 years
old.
REGISTER LEAGUE: The NABF must have a registered list of all the
teams in each league, with the managers’ name, address, and phone
number by July 1.
ELIGIBILITY LIST OF PLAYERS: The NABF must have an eligibility list
of each player in your league. This is a team roster with the name,
birth date, and address of each participating player. The rosters must
be received at least 15 days prior to the start of the regional or national tournament assigned.
INFORMATION PACKET: Teams participating in regionals will receive
an information packet before the start of the tournament. Your packet will include an NABF Rule Book and other pertinent information
for your particular event. This information is all self-explanatory
but it must be reviewed. The required forms must be completed and
presented to the designated tournament officials in order to sanction
your team for play in an NABF event.
TEAMS MUST BE SANCTIONED: Teams participating in a World Series
also have a few administrative tasks to complete. Information is
provided to all eligible teams taking part in NABF national championship events. All teams must be sanctioned under the rules of the
NABF prior to taking part in any NABF national baseball tournament
Ryan Mouch
Oberlin College
Toledo Amateur Baseball
Federation
Joseph Carabello
Kyle Just
Georgetown College
Derby City Baseball
Joseph Carabello
Chestnut Hill College
Long Island Connie Mack League
Andrew Cauchi
Lehigh University
Long Island Connie Mack League
Ryan D. McMillin
Western Michigan University
Chicago Northwest
Joseph Mitchell
Michigan State University
Midwest Alliance Travel Baseball
League
Michael I. Cracchiola
Saint Michael’s College
Federation Amateur Baseball
League
Zachary W. Folger
Liberty University
Virginia Amateur Baseball/NABF
Paul Messina
University of Central Florida
Orlando Baseball League
Andrew Cauchi
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
In 1984, an NABF Scholarship Fund was established and
the first scholarship was presented in 1985. Named after the
NABF executive director emeritus of the NABF and his wife,
the Ronald and Irene McMinn
Scholarship is an annual Award.
In 1988, Mr. McMinn, in memory
of his late wife Irene, generously
endowed the fund so that several
NABF scholarship awards could
be made each year.
In 2000 Edward “Red” Carrington, past President of NABF
and long time President of Fort
Wayne Baseball Federation, bequeathed a generous scholarship
fund in memory of both him and
his wife Germaine. Red Carrington
had a remarkable, durable and effective relationship with the NABF
which he joined after the conclusion of World War I.
FEBRUARY 2009
NABF
Charles M. Blackburn
Executive Director, NABF
Franchise Membership, Chairman
P.O. Box 705, Bowie, MD 20718
TEL: 410-721-4727
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NABF
Directors:
President: David E. Jerome
Northville, MI
1st VP: Greg Reddington
Louisville, KY
2nd VP: Thomas Stout
Altoona, PA
3rd VP: Vin DiLauro
New Haven, CT
Mark Mills, White House, TN
Richard Crumback, Ft. Wayne, IN
Connie Brown, Troy, OH
Derek J. Topik, Brandon, MS
Mary E. Love, Lynchburg, VA
Bob Mingo, Youngstown, OH
Lou Tiberi, Dublin, OH
Ronald “Lefty” LeBlanc, Taftville, CT
Ron Leib, Buffalo, NY
Leonard Renna, Kings Park, NY
Bill Ball, Orlando, FL
J. Patrick Eaken, Perrysburg, OH
Bruce Edwards, Holland, OH
Jerry Salyers, Miamisburg, OH
Robert Chiara, Malverne, NY
Michael J. Tewell
NABF League Division Directors:
Major Division (Unlimited Age):
Greg Reddington, Louisville, KY
College Division (22 & under):
J. Patrick Eaken, Perrysburg, OH
Senior Division (18 & under):
Lou Tiberi, Dublin, OH
High School Division (17 & under):
Derek J. Topik, Brandon, MS
Junior Division (16 & under):
David E. Jerome, Northville, MI
Sophomore Division (14 & under):
Jerry Salyers, Miamisburg, OH
Freshman Division (12 & under):
Scott Baker, Southaven, MS
Rookie Division (10 & under):
Scott Baker, Southaven, MS
NABF Classics Directors:
6 (T-Ball), 7, 8 (Machine Pitch), 9, 10, 12,
14 and under:
John Conner, Del City, OK
8, 9, 11, 12 & under:
Chad Hughes, Madison, MS
9, 10, 11, 13 (80’), 16 & under:
Scotty Baker, Southaven, MS
10, 12 & under:
Chuck Ford, Bowie, MD
10, 12 & under:
Aaron Myers, Toledo, OH
14, 15 & under:
Mark Mills, White House, TN
17 & under:
Mike Burton, Daytona Beach, FL
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