Season Closes to an End with 13 Playoff Champs to be Crowned
Tuesday update: In a twice delayed game due to our lightning sirens going off, the first of now two Majors championship games saw the Cubs pull away from the Red Sox to force a winner take all "final" final on Wednesday night on FOD with a pushed up 6:30 start. And then the season will conclude on Thursday with the annual Majors intra-league all star game for 11's and 12's on FOD at 6:30. Come on by the field both nights for some great action and the closing games of the year
Monday update: This crazy season is close to an end with champions crowned Monday night. Action began on FOD in the early game as the Rangers came back to defeat the Royals and complete their undefeated run to the AA Gold Championship. Action continued on that field as the International D-Backs held on in a tight finish to put away the Mets and capture the International crown. Meanwhile over on Garr, the Cards backed up their regular season crown with a solid win over the Dodgers in the Pony National championshiip. And finally on Wilkins, making the day long wait well worth, it the Pirates and Yankees battled for nearly 5 hours over 15 innings of epic baseball as the Pirates pulled out a 7 inning win in game 2 to take the Bronco crown. The regular season champ Yankess battled hard to take game 1 in 8 innings in a seesaw affair, but the Pirates were able to storm back from an early defecit to catch the Yanks and take the game 2 lead for good in the top of the 7th. It was a night to be remembered and a great close to the 12 year old season for so many wonderful famillies in our program.
Sunday update: Thanks to all who pitched in today to help get the games in. And thanks to all the players and parents for hanging in with us on what was probably the craziest day we ever seen (to close out the rainiest season we have ever had). It was not only great to see some great baseball out there (in the 8 of 11 games we were able to get in), but also really iimpresive to see how flexible and patient everyone was as we fought threw an afternoon of rain, sirens and occasional sun. See the revised schedule below.
See the Circle of Champions attachment to this article for a full list of all of our regular season champs, the playoff champions and runners-up and a list of our PCA Coaches of the Year.
Join us for a few more days of NYO Baseball as we head into the weekend and early next week and get ready for some great championship baseball.
Here's the schedule for Championship Week (click on the article title to read more):
Friday night: Majors playoffs on FOD, Pony National semis on Garr and Bronco loser bracket final on Wilkins
Saturday 10:00 FOD: AA Silver Championship - Champion - White Sox Runner-Up - A's
Saturday and Sunday at various times and fields: Semiifinal action and loser bracket finals in Majors, Int'l, AA, A, Rookie and Shetland Red
Monday 7:00 Garr: Pony National Championship - Champion - Cards Runner-Up - Dodgers
Monday 5:30, 7:30 Wilkins: Bronco Championship Game(s) - Champion - Pirates Runner-Up - Yankees
Sunday 1:30 BWW: A League Silver Championship - Champion - Rangers RunnerUp - Yankees
Sunday 1:30 BWE: Rookie Silver Championship - Champion - Braves Runner-Up - Rays
Sunday 1:30 TB2: Shetland Red Gold Championship - Champion -Yankees Runner-Up - Rangers
Sunday 3:30 BWW: A League Gold Championshp - Champion - Giants Runner-Up - Braves
Sunday 3:30 BWE: Rookie Gold Championship - Champion - Yankees Runner-Up - Nationals
Sunday 3:30 TB2: Shetland Red Silver Championship - Champion - D-Backs Runner-Up - Giants
Sunday 4:00 Garr: Pony American Championship Champion - Angels Runner-Up -Orioles
Monday 5:30 FOD: AA Gold Championship - Champion - Rangers Runner-Up - Royals
Monday 7:30 FOD: International Championship - Champion -D-Backs Runner-Up - Mets
Tuesday 5:30 FOD: AA Gold Chmpionshp (if necessary) - not played
Tuesday 7:30 FOD: Majors Championship - Cubs defeat Red Sox
Wednesday 5:30 FOD: International Championship (if necessary) - not played
Wednesday 6:30 FOD: Majors Championship (if necessary) - Cubs (H) vs Red Sox (A)
Thursday 6:30 FOD: Majors Intra League All Star Game for 11U and 12U players
Come out and join us for some great baseball as we put a cap on one crazy season. When we're done, we'll have played 974 games in all with 121 teams in action, 1535 players and thousands of practices. But who's counting.
Thanks to all, NYO Baseball
Click on the attachment at the bottom of this articles for everything you need to know about 2013 fall baseball at NYO. Signups will be between May 25-July 15 online under the Registration tab. The fall program is open to all players whether returning from the 2013 spring season or joining us for the first time in anticipation of playing with us during the spring 2014 season. Seems a long way off, but be sure to register timely as we will definitely fill up all spots in the program. Thanks, NYO Baseball
5/21/13 update -The playoff speadsheets are up to date with all reported scores thus far. Several leagues still have championship games to be played tonight and tomorrow so come on out to watch some CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL!
5/11/13 update - A, Rookie and Shet Red playoff schedules are posted based on Saturday results. Click on his article and downloand the playoff spreadsheet daily for updates. Playoffs start on Monday!
5/9/13 update - Click on this article and download the playoff spreadsheet daily to see the results of all playoff games in AA, Intl, Majors, and Bronco. The spreadsheet will tell you who won and what game each team has next.
5/6/13 update - The tiebreaker in AA has been resolved. The top threes seeds in that league are Royals, Cards, and Pirates.
5/4/13 update - Pony playoff schedules are posted within this site under the Baseball tab above (follow links to Pony league schedules to view the playoff schedules for each league). Playoff schedules for Bronco, Majors, Intl and AA are posted within the download attached to this articles.
Note 1 - AA seeds 1, 2 and 3 to be determinted by league director. Note 2 - Bronco seeds are based on assumption that Sunday makeup games are rained out.
5/1/13 - It's May which means regular seasons are drawing to a close with some tight races for the regular season crowns, and the second season is about to start. Download the attachment to this article for the upper league link to playoff schedules in AA, Int'l, Majors and Bronco which were distributed to the coaches last week. We will be posting schedules for all other leagues shortly. Playoffs in Shet Red, Rookie and A will start on May 13 and conclude on May 19. Playoffs in Pony will start around May 9 and conclude on May 19.
NYO Baseball Suzanne Caswell Volunteer of the Year Award Presented to Jay Smith
A few words about our recipient this year (which I undertake with great trepidation in light of the literary skills of our honoree). Most of you who know me well know that the baseball is just a small part of what the NYO experience is all about. For me, as well as many of you, what draws you back year after year is that feeling you get the first time you walk out here for tryouts at the beginning of the year, or that burst you feel on opening day and that desire to stay at the ball park all day if you could. That feeling on a warm night at
NYO is proud to partner with Ninth Inning Baseball to deliver its 3RD Annual Summer Baseball Camp June 24Th – 27TH at NYO!
Ninth Inning has developed baseball skills and a “love of the game” for hundreds of kids at NYO’s Spring Training Clinic each January and they will bring that same energy to this Summer Camp in a high-paced, fun, learning environment! This one camp you will not want to miss!
Ninth Inning will again provide experienced instructors who will cover the fundamentals of the game from fielding, throwing and catching to hitting and baserunning. Each station at the camp will be managed and designed by ex-professional baseball players. The camp will be broken down by age group to ensure age-appropriate instruction for all players.
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