Next meeting of the Baseball Oshawa (OLMBA) Board is Tuesday, May 21st 6:30pm at the

Durham College Campus Recreation & Wellness Centre 2nd floor Varsity Boardroom.

New volunteers always welcome.  

URGENT!!!!  BASEBALL OSHAWA NEEDS ONE MORE COACH FOR THE MINOR ROOKIE BALL DIVISION! CONTACT OUR HL DIRECTOR, EARL CHAMBERLAIN   @ earlchamberlain33@hotmail.com
OSHAWA SHINES AT MLB PITCH HIT AND RUN SECTIONALS IN MISSISSAUGA
	With a trip to the Rogers Centre and the Finals at stake, six Oshawa Minor baseball players that qualified at the Baseball Oshawa hosted MLB PHR Local Area Competition last week, represented Oshawa extremely well at the MLB PHR Sectional Championships held today across Ontario. The trip to Mississauga today saw Oshawa players bring home 5 overall medals in the Sectionals competition. Just awesome!! Oshawa blue and gold was everywhere today!!  Gabby Marshall finsihed third overall and captured Bronze Medal honours in the Girls 11/12 Division. Meanwhile Nolan Hartley won the Bronze Medal finishing 3rd overall in the Boys 7/8 Division and Luke Torrence brought home overall Bronze in the Boys 9/10 Division.  Two more medals went Oshawa's way as Braden Babcock won the overall Boys 11-12 Division Gold medal and Addam Wilson took Bronze in the Boys 11/12 Division, finishing 1-3 in that age division overall.  Brodie Baker also competed well and just missed an overall medal in the Boys 9/10 Division.   What a great showing for Oshawa today at the Major League Baseball PITCH HIT & RUN 2013 SECTIONALS. Woo Hoo!!! Overall Gold Medalists will now wait to see if their overall score rated top 3 in the province amongst all Sectionals for a chance to qaulify for the MLB PHR Bluejays Finals at the Rogers Centre. As you'll recall Oshawa's Connor May won the finals in his age category 3 summers ago at the Rogers Centre. Hopefully there is more good news for Oshawa with another of its players advancing to the Finals.   Special thanks to the organizers and volunteers from Mississauga North Tigers Baseball Association for hosting today's Sectional Event for Boys and Girls!  A great day!
OSHAWA WILL PROUDLY WEAR THE 50TH EOBA SEASON LOGO IN 2013!
	Oshawa Legionaires rep baseball teams will be proudly wearing the 50th EOBA Season logo on the sleeve of their uniforms for the 2013 season. In celebration of the 50th season of baseball in the Eastern Ontario Baseball Association. All rep uniforms from Minor Rookie Ball to Bantam have the logo embroidered smartly on the right sleeve!
BASEBALL OSHAWA UNVEILS EXCITING NEW HOUSE LEAGUE UNIFORMS!
	Baseball Oshawa continues to raise the bar with its overall program and will debut an exciting new look for its entire 40 House League teams in 2013. In the theme of Major League Baseball teams across the entire House League and proudly displaying the increased sponsors from the list generated this year from the collective Board Members. Great stuff! Players will look cool and feel like big leaguers!
2013 SCOTTS MLB PITCH, HIT & RUN COMPETITION
	Congratulations on a great showing by your child at the 2013 SCOTTS MLB Pitch Hit & Run Local Competition in Oshawa.  Hosted by Baseball Oshawa.  As a result your child  has qualified for the MLB PHR Sectionals May 18th in Mississauga.  Overall age winners at Sectionals have a chance to advance to the Rogers Centre and the TEAM MLB FINALS.  It is expected that your child advance and compete at Sectionals.  NOTE: BRING YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR TABLE REGISTRATION and also you will register and sign another waiver at Mississauga. Each player will compete again in all 3 categories at Sectionals. Good luck!!!! Click here for Saturday's Results
REGISTRATION NOW ONLINE FOR BLUE JAYS INSTRUCTIONAL CLINIC - JULY 14TH Don't delay. This clinic will sell out.  Registration is now live for the 2013 Honda TORONTO BLUE JAYS Instructional Clinic that is coming to Oshawa on July 14th. To be held 9am to 1pm at Durham College Field 2000 Simcie Street North. Click here to register. All registrations must take place through the Blue Jays website.  Open to boys & girls ages 8 to 14. Other info:  The Blue Jays Baseball Academy is proud to announce our Honda Instructional Clinic schedule for 2013. Blue Jays Honda Instructional Clinics will be taking place throughout Ontario from April through to July for players aged 8 to 14 and the registration fee is only $40 per player plus applicable fee. The Blue Jays are aware of the need for local associations to raise funds to offset some of the rising costs they are experiencing. Therefore the host association will receive $20 per registration for the clinic. During the four-hour clinic, players will rotate through drills that will work on fundamental baseball skills such as: hitting, throwing, fielding, pitching, and base running. Also, each Blue Jays Honda Instructional Clinic participant will receive a Blue Jays hat and T-shirt. Register now for the Blue Jays Honda Instructional Clinic on-line.

Interested coaches should apply now!

Click here for application form.

2012 was the first year of the Oshawa Legionaires Select baseball program in Oshawa.  In 2013 we will be offering a Rookie Ball Select team and Mosquito Select team for sure in 2013 and possibly a Peewee Select team as well depending on interest of players and a coach.  The Select Program is an extension of Baseball Oshawa’s House League.

Select Coach apps are to be submitted to our House League Director by APRIL 30th  c/o Earl Chamberlain.

Click here for more details.

Baseball Oshawa is proud to extend Black History month into April and promote the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures movie release of "42", the powerful story of legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson, who against all odds, broke baseball’s color barrier in the late 1940s.  A must see in theatres starting April 12th.  Click here for the movie trailer.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9RHqdZDCF0

Don't delay. This clinic will sell out.  Registration is now live for the 2013 Honda TORONTO BLUE JAYS Instructional Clinic that is coming to Oshawa on July 14th. To be held 9am to 1pm at Durham College Field 2000 Simcie Street North.

Click here to register.

All registrations must take place through the Blue Jays website. Open to boys & girls ages 8 to 14.

Other info:  The Blue Jays Baseball Academy is proud to announce our Honda Instructional Clinic schedule for 2013. Blue Jays Honda Instructional Clinics will be taking place throughout Ontario from April through to July for players aged 8 to 14 and the registration fee is only $40 per player plus applicable fee. The Blue Jays are aware of the need for local associations to raise funds to offset some of the rising costs they are experiencing. Therefore the host association will receive $20 per registration for the clinic. During the four-hour clinic, players will rotate through drills that will work on fundamental baseball skills such as: hitting, throwing, fielding, pitching, and base running. Also, each Blue Jays Honda Instructional Clinic participant will receive a Blue Jays hat and T-shirt.

Register now for the Blue Jays Honda Instructional Clinic on-line.

Registration for the 2013 summer baseball season is officially open!  Play baseball like the Blue Jays this summer with the same ball they use.  We are looking forward to continued growth in 2013 at all age groups of our house leagues, so be sure to sign up early to avoid disappointment.  You can register and find out additional information by clicking HERE. If you have any questions please e-mail info@baseballoshawa.com and someone will respond to you within 24 hours.  With the exciting off-season the Toronto Blue Jays have had, it is going to be a fun baseball season with the Jays back in contention this summer.  Don't delay. Sign up today. Divisions start at age 4.

Click here to register.

Oshawa Legionaires Rep Baseball teams proudly compete in the Eastern Ontario Baseball Association (EOBA) and the 2013 season will mark the 50th official season of the EOBA.  As such a number of special celebrations and things are being planned to mark the occasion.  All EOBA teams will wear a specially designed EOBA 50th Season Logo decal on their helmets in 2013.  Oshawa Legionaires rep team uniforms will also include the 50th logo as well.  Oshawa will also cap off the 50th season of EOBA baseball by hosting the 50th EOBA Annual General Meeting in November.  You can view the special 50th logo adjacent.

All 16 provisional rosters for the upcoming World Baseball Classic were revealed Thursday with a bevy of big-name Major Leaguers committing to the third edition of the international tournament.

Among the most promiment were Miguel Cabrera, the Tigers third baseman and reigning American League Most Valuable Player and Triple Crown winner, who will play for Venezuela; Dodgers infielder Hanley Ramirez, Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano and Blue Jays shortstop Jose Reyes for the Dominican Republic; Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, who is on the Mexico roster, and outfielder Carlos Beltran and catcher Yadier Molina -- both of the Cardinals -- for Puerto Rico.

The U.S. roster, announced earlier in the day, boasts last year's National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey of the Blue Jays, the National League's 2011 MVP in Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun, and Mets third baseman David Wright among a host of other All-Stars, including Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira and Twins catcher Joe Mauer.

The Toronto Blue Jays in connection with Baseball Canada held a major Coaches Clinic Jan. 4-6 at the Rogers Centre with an all-star group of instructors.  Cy Young winner Pat Hentgen, Homer Bush, DeMarlo Hale, Chad Mottola, Duane Ward, Lloyd Moseby and more.  What a weekend with Hot Stove Lounge, Coaching Instruction on field and in classroom, NCCP threads, and also a Coaches BP session on field.  Our very own Tony Quick (Oshawa Minor Bantam Legionaires Head Coach pictured here with Pat Hentgen) is in the recap video now posted on the Blue Jays website following the Toronto Blue Jays National Coaches Clinic held at the Rogers Centre last weekend. Very cool!!  We love what the Jays are doing at the grass roots level. Every coach should look at attending next year.  Click here to see the video. 

 FREE INTRO TO BASEBALL CLINICS ARE BACK!
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED!  BEGINS IN FEBRUARY!

TOP 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL CANADIANS IN BASEBALL

Congratulations to Ryan McBride (#80) former Legionaires player, coach and current executive member with OLMBA plus involvement with the Toronto Mets Elite program and Sam Dempster (#98), past Legionaires coach and many years of involvement as a pro scout and MLB envoy rep, Durham College/Great Britain coach for being named one of the TOP 100 Most Influential Canadians in Baseball.

Baseball Oshawa held their NHL style awards night celebration at Eastdavle CVI Theatre capping off and celebrating a tremendous and highly successful 2012 summer baseball season in Oshawa for House League and Rep. Over 200 people attended the event which was a great venue to host the year-end celebration. Forty six (46) awards were presented on the night with 44 of the award recipients all in attendance.  It was a great year for Baseball Oshawa in 2012 with many successes recorded and continued growth. The year was also captured in a 15 minute “Year in Review” video put to music on the giant theatre screen at Eastdale.  What a year for Baseball in Oshawa and more great things are in store for 2013.

Please click here for the complete list of 2012 award winners

The EOBA 18U received tremendous pitching, great defence and timely hitting en route to a Cannon Cup championship Sept 14-16. It is the first time a team from the EOBA has won the prestigious tournament, featuring league all-star teams, since 2002. The winning effort had a strong Oshawa flavour to it with 7 Legionaires players, three coaches and the team manager all part of this all-star team. Congrats to Head Coach, Jim Walerowich and all the Oshawa representation!!

Click here for the full story

The Baseball Oshawa Executive and the selection committee would like to formally announce the Oshawa Legionaires Rep Head Coaches for the 2013 season. A big thank you goes out to all candidates that applied for positions for 2013. We appreciate your interest in wanting to take on a leadership role with our association.

Click here for the 2013 REP Coaching Selections.

A highly competitive Baseball Oshawa House League season saw the following results and Champions crowned following the play-offs.  In the Rookie Ball House League Division, the Yankees captured the "A" Championship defeating the Dodgers in the final. The Phillies took the "B" Championship with a victory over the Tigers.  In the "C" Final it was the Cubs defeating the A's, while the Red Sox took the "D" Final over the Pirates. Meanwhile the Mosquito Championship went to the Phillies who defeated the Cubs for the title in exciting fashion. Congrats to all Rookie Ball and Mosquito teams, players and coaches for an exciting season.

Oshawa Midget Legionaires player Ryan Norris is the recipient of a major award from the OBA.  Ryan was recently announced as the 2012 R. Jack Middlemass Scholarship award recipient. This major award from Baseball Ontario is presented annually to a well rounded Midget aged player from the OBA, who is active in his community, demonstrates good sportsmanship in the game of baseball, enthusiasm and involvement in the game of baseball and their community with a "spirit" of giving back. The player must also be attending a post-secondary school in the fall. Ryan will receive the $3,500 scholarship in time for this fall where he will be attending Durham College. Congratulations Ryan! Baseball Oshawa is very proud of you!

Baseball Day in Oshawa!! What a wonderful day under perfect, sunny blue skies!! And ended under the stars with a great movie on the giant inflatable 40' screen in the outfield!!

Click here for photos from Baseball Oshawa’s Official Field Dedication of Jim Lutton Legion Field.

What a special night!

Baseball Oshawa is pleased to announce that we are using text messaging to provide all coaches, players and parents with rain cancellation notices or other urgent information during the summer of 2012!

Text messaging allows us to send a message directly to your cell phone before you leave home or work allowing us to save you time, money and gas. All you need to do is provide your coach with your cell phone number within the next week and we will get your cell phone number into the system.

Once your number is in the system, you will receive a text message on your phone that reads:

Baseball Oshawa Alerts: standard message rates apply, 10 msgs/month.

Reply YES to confirm, to end reply STOP, support@smsnet.ca

When you receive that text message, please click reply, then type the word YES, then click send. This will confirm your activation.

Please note that if you have a text message package on your cell phone plan, it is free to receive text messages. Your cell phone information will not be shared with any outside company, there is no spam and your privacy is assured. All cell numbers will be deleted at the end of the season.

Please direct all inquiries to info@baseballoshawa.com, including pictures you would like to see
included at the top of our website.

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