BAT-A-THON UPDATE!
After an extra week of pledges, teams should have turned info in to their division coordinators or directly to Paul Rosky. If you still have money to turn in, please contact Paul asap.
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SENIORS AND BIG LEAGUE
Seniors teams are ramping up for a 5/25/08 opening day. Big League players can register now
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NOLL/SOLL ALUMNI
NOLL/SOLL alumni shine at the collegiate level!
During a recent three game series in the Bay Area, Claremont-McKenna All-American sophmore and former Tiger, Pelican and Cub Alex WeberShapiro went 9 for 13 with 3 home runs, a pair of doubles and 8 RBIs. Also playing prominent roles on the CM Stags are sophmore Matt Moyer (Rangers, Mets, Pirates) and freshman Jake Bauch (Mariners, Cubs).
A stone's throw from the Claremont field, Lucas Fogerty (Reds, Cardinals), Eddie Pickett (Phillies) and Mike Goldberg (Firebirds, Braves) star for Pomona-Pitzer.
Locally, Isai David (Paw Sox, Cubs) is playing at Laney College while Jake Walter (Mariners, Cardinals) is at Skyline College. Eddie Young (Phillies) isn't playing baseball, but he is local - the Junior linebacker is a defensive stalwart for Cal's Golden Bears.
Up the West Coast, Alex Briskin (Mariners, Cardinals) is a freshman under Scott Brosius at Linfield College in Oregon. Also at Linfield, altho playing football, is Nick Safir (Marlins, Phillies)
Moving East, we find Jeremy Simon (Yankees, Mariners, Cardinals) in a starring role for Oberlin College in Ohio. Adam Koshkin (Royals, Padres, Phillies)is toeing the rubber for Swarthmore College in Philadelphia and Eric Walterhouse (Giants) transferred from USF to catch for Missouri Baptist in St. Louis.
Several NOLL/SOLL alumni figure prominently in the collegiate Club baseball scene as well. Seth Jones (Giants) plays for the UC Santa Barbara club. Alex Ackerman-Greenberg (Indians, Mariners, Braves) was instrumental in starting a club team at Stanfurd this year with overwhelming success. Also establishing the groundwork for a new club team was Charlie Lesch (Mustangs) who is now delivering his submarine offerings for the Yale club. Frank Bauch (Giants, Reds, Braves) is captain and team president of the Northwestern University club team in Evanston IL.
Last, but not least, baseball is unique among the major sports in that players often skip college entirely to ply their trade professionally. Michael Durant (Marlins, Phillies) was drafted out of Berkeley HS to the Philadelphia Phillies and does just that for the Class-A Lakewood BlueClaws.
Each year as HS graduation looms, many more NOLL/SOLL players move on to colleges and universities with plans to continue the careers that began on local fields. Players, coaches and parents should know that anything is possible for NOLL/SOLL players - on little league fields, high school diamonds, at college or even Major League Baseball.
Updates:
Justin Hughes (Tigers, Mariners) is playing at Swarthmore College
Noah Walker (Pirates) is playing in the Israeli Professional Baseball League
Ben Zemmelman (Giants, Reds) is at Sierra College
Ryan Worley (?) and Deren Rehr-Davis (Firebirds) are at DVC
Erik Preston (?) is playing for the UCLA club team
Ryan Choi (?) is playing for the UCSC club team
Please let us know of any NOLL/SOLL alumni playing collegiate baseball who were omitted here.
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What's New?
 Umpire Registration
Umpires Request Games
Batathon Info
Help!
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Field of Dreams Opening Day
Oakland Tech is building joint baseball/softball fields on the site of neighboring Carter MS. Phase one is on a fast track; they broke ground on September 8, 2007 and opening day was April 1st! |
Introducing TBall
NOLL/SOLL is adding a TBall league for players aged 5 and 6 in 2008. Like Peanuts and SingleA, TBall will be a social experience. Teams will be formed by school or neighborhood and we will need coaching volunteers. |
Boundary Updates
After recent changes, NOLL and SOLL now include all of Oakland, Piedmont, Emeryville and the portion of Berkeley south of Virginia St. Players living in these areas are eligible for play in our leagues.
North Oakland Boundary Updates:
NOLL's northern boundary with AlbanyLL is Virginia Street.
NOLL's western boundary now extends past San Pablo Ave all the way to the bay
NOLL's southern boundary now extends past 580 all the way the Alameda Estuary
NOLL's border with SOLL now follows Piedmont Ave from 580 to Moraga Ave.
South Oakland Boundary Updates:
SOLL's border with NOLL now follows Piedmont Ave from 580 to Moraga Ave.
SOLL's western boundary now extends past 580 all the way to the Alameda Estuary
SOLL's southern boundary now extends all the way to the San Leandro border |
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