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Former Atlanta Braves Players Bring Youth Baseball Headquarters and Tournaments to Central Florida's Polk County
By Anonymous Polk County, FL January 25 2004--Four former Major League Baseball standouts have reached an agreement with International Travel Baseball to create a partnership and join the two organizations. International Travel Baseball will now operate as Terry Pendleton Baseball and will continue to run tournaments throughout the country. The headquarters of the company will also move to Polk County and operations will be run out of a local office. “We are proud to team up with Terry Pendleton Baseball and become partners,” said Bing Tyus, who will become the National Tournament Director for Pendleton Baseball. “ We are anticipating much more success and we will be bringing many more tournaments to Polk County,” said Tyus. Tyus was previously Director of International Travel Baseball, an organization that held wood bat tournaments here in Polk County as well as around the nation, and will now join forces with the already established Terry Pendleton Baseball. The first Terry Pendleton Baseball tournament held in Polk County will be the Wood Bat World Championships, taking place June 20-26 in Winter Haven.
With the addition of Terry Pendleton Baseball, Polk County is now home to four governing body headquarters. The Independent Softball Association (ISA), USA Waterski, the Futures Golf Tour also call Polk County home. “We are very proud of the relationships we have formed with the organizations that operate out of Polk County,” said Mark Jackson, Director of Polk County Sports Marketing. “It says a lot about our partnerships, sports infrastructure and the people of this county that so many organizations want to be a part of our community. It also illuminates the importance of our diverse approach to sports marketing which includes both tourist and economic development,” Jackson said.
The organization, owned by former Atlanta Brave stars Terry Pendleton, Greg McMichael, Mark Lemke and Bobby Holley, began in 2002 by giving youth baseball players a place to go for first-class instruction and training. The newly formed partnership will now allow both organizations to benefit with extreme potential for growth. Before the partnership, Terry Pendleton Baseball operated as Hardball Warehouse, offering lessons and instruction at indoor training facilities, but as a result of the newly formed partnership, will grow operations to include tournaments and leagues across the country. “We will start out with about 5,000 teams around the country and our goal is to have 10,000 by the year 2007,” said Tyus. Talks of the partnership began during the American Baseball Coaches Association meeting January 2-4 in San Antonio that Tyus attended with Polk County Sports Marketing. Pendleton, who played in Major League Baseball for 15 years, is a managing partner in the organization, while former Brave pitcher, Greg McMichael runs the day-to-day operations.
An initiative of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners, Polk County Sports Marketing is responsible for recruiting sporting events to Polk County and marketing the county as a venue for competitive sporting events and recreational sports such as golf, bicycling and water skiing/boating. During the past year, more than 130 PCSM-assisted events generated in excess of $70 million in economic benefits for Polk County. In recognition of this and other accomplishments, the Florida Sports Foundation honored PCSM with its coveted “Sports Commission of the Year” award in 2002. General information on sports in Polk County can be found by visiting the PCSM website at www.centralfloridasports.com.
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Utah Little-League Team To Tour Ground Zero
By Anonymous SPRINGVILLE, UT July 1, 2003 -- 1984 Silver-Medal Olympian, and 9-year Major League Baseball veteran, Cory Snyder, will bring his nationally ranked 12-year-old little-league team, Utah Stars, to the Big Apple July 4. Snyder will accompany his boys on a solemn and memorial tour of Ground Zero. They will take-in other sites of New York, before capping-off the day with a trip to historical Yankee Stadium, to see the Yankee, Red Sox game.
Final destination for Snyder and his Utah Stars, is Cooperstown, NY—home of Baseball’s Hall of Fame—where the team will participate at the week long Cooperstown Dreams Park baseball camp and tournament (www.cooperstowndreamspark.com). The Stars will take their 47-12 season record into the tournament of 64 teams from around the country. They will play two games per day, Sunday – Tuesday, in an effort to seed high for Wednesday and Thursday’s single elimination championship bracket.
The Stars have traveled to Tucson, AZ, and Las Vegas, NV, among other nearby cities, to participate in tournaments this year. The Stars are 19-6 in tournament play this year. And by winning Utah’s Memorial Weekend Triple Crown Tournament, they have qualified to play in the Triple Crown World Series (www.triplecrownsports.com), in Steamboat Springs, CO, July 23-27.
Former Cleveland Indian, Giant and Dodger, Cory Snyder, selflessly gives a great deal of his time to the the boys. Drawing upon his 30-plus years of baseball experience, Snyder teaches the skills and fundamentals of the great game of baseball; and how good sportsmanship and hard work can make the boys into better men. Snyder stresses 110% effort in everything they do, and the importance of academic excellence. His goal is that each boy possess the athletic skills and good grades to make them candidates for college scholarships.
The boys are incredibly excited about they’re trip, and they have worked very hard to make it a reality. They have held several fund-raisers, including selling discount merchant cards, a golf tournament, a car wash, and a garage sale. They would be thrilled and grateful for any lunch or dinner invitations offered by the good people and merchants of New York City.
For more information about the Utah Stars, call Anthony Ramon at 801-369-0044 and/or visit their team website at: www.usasportsrankings.com/team/team_qfacts.asp?team_id=15530.
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iMassRadio to air Boston Baseball League MABL All Star Game July 29th
By Anonymous iMassRadio.com and the Boston Baseball League are proud to announce that the leagues mid-season All Star Game, being held July 28th at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, MA (home of the Lowell Spinners) beginning at 6 PM, will be webcast on iMassRadio.com on a tape delayed basis July 29th at 6:00 PM.
Besides bringing the sounds of summer to the Internet, iMassRadio will also be bringing the sounds of the dugout to baseball fans as well. Managers from both sides will have live microphones attached to them during the game to bring the feel and action of the game to the internet listeners.
The Boston Baseball League is the local chapter of the national Men's Adult Baseball League (MABL) and Men's Senior Baseball League (MABL). The league has 55 teams across three age divisions to satisfy the needs of amateur players of all ages. The national MABL/MSBL has 325 local affiliates, 3,200 teams and more than 44,000 members who play organized amateur baseball in local leagues, 25 regional tournaments and two national tournaments. The Boston Baseball League can be found on the Internet at www.bostonbaseball.com, and is the first league in the MABL/MSBL to have their games regularly broadcasted via the Internet.
iMassRadio.com is an internet based radio station, airing music from unsigned Massachusetts musicians as well as semi-professional and professional sports teams from around the region. Along with the Boston Baseball League, iMassRadio will also be airing a limited schedule of games this summer from The New England Storm, the Women's Professional Football League team based in Medford, MA.
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