Nederland Babe Ruth League (13-15)

[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

Registration information for the upcoming Spring season at Nederland Babe Ruth League can be found on our league website.

 

Please visit us at http://nederland.baberuthonline.com or like us on Facebook at https://facebook.com/nederlandbaberuth

 

Any child age 13-15 who resides or attends school in Jefferson, Orange or Hardin Counties are eligible to play at NBRL.

[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

Nederland Babe Ruth League has two separate divisions. The prep division is for 13 year olds only. It is a transition division from smaller little league fields to the larger regulation diamond. The major division is for 14/15 year olds. We keep the 13 year olds separate from the older kids as there is quite a physical difference in these ages and most of the 14 and 15 year olds are playing high school ball as well.

[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

I have received several calls over the last several days about our program vs. some of the other youth league programs in this area. I would like to shed some light on our program at Nederland Babe Ruth for any folks who may not be familiar with our organization. Babe Ruth Baseball is an international organization headquartered in Trenton, NJ. In SE Texas locally, there are two separate Babe Ruth organizations. Nederland Babe Ruth Bob Harmon Park is located at 3300 Park Drive in Nederland and is open to youth ages 13-15, and Mid-County Babe Ruth is located at the Nederland High School Metreyon-Delahoussaye Field and is open to youth ages 16-18. The two leagues operate independently from one another due to the large age difference in its participants, but often work together when hosting State and/or Regional Tournaments.



Nederland Babe Ruth League has been in existence since the 1950's and has seen great success throughout the years. Teams in all three age divisions are perennial State, Regional and World Series Championship contenders. The league's most recent success came in the 2014 season with the 13 year old tournament team making it all the way to the World Series in Glen Allen, VA. The league is open to any age eligible child who resides or attends school in Jefferson, Orange and Hardin Counties, and we STRONGLY encourage players who reside in this geographical boundary to come play with us and strengthen our All-Star teams. We want the best in the area to come play at NBR to represent Southeast Texas in All-Star tournament competition. All-Star competition is played in tournament fashion much like the select tournaments played at Ford Park and other facilities. State Tournaments are generally three day weekend tournaments held in any number of locations between Nederland and Bay City/Wharton/Lake Jackson areas. Regional Tournaments are longer, generally week long tournaments held in any one of the Southwest Region sites (TX,OK,LA,AR,MS). These are double elimination tournaments. If a team advances to the World Series in their age division, they could play anywhere in the US. World Series Tournaments are held in a different host location each year. These tournaments are very large and are of the pool play to bracket play variation and are complete with parades and banquets for the participants... a once-in-a-lifetime memorable experience for those lucky enough to participate.



Unlike other organizations like Senior Little League, the 13 year old division is kept separate from the older 14/15 year old division, as this 13 year old year is a transition from the smaller Little League sized field to the regulation sized diamond. Furthermore, we have found that there is just too great of a gap in physical size and ability between a 13 year old and 14 and 15 year olds. Often, the 14 and 15 year olds are also playing high school baseball, and thus throwing and hitting with much more power than a 13 year old. Keeping these groups separate offers a safer and more even playing field for all involved. The 13 year old division also sees new playing rules introduced. Little League does not offer what some refer to as "real baseball rules." Base stealing, pitchers holding runners, etc. are new facets of the game which a player coming from Little League has not yet been exposed to. For this reason, the 13 year old division is referred to as the Prep Division. The Prep Division generally consists of 4-5 teams and the Major Division generally consists of 8-10 teams. All games are played at Nederland Babe Ruth Bob Harmon Park... no travelling to other facilities.



Unlike other organizations, Nederland Babe Ruth does not do mandatory fundraisers. We will not ask you to sell a load of candy or "buyout" the fundraiser at registration. Most of our operating funds are generated from registration fees, concession sales and area sponsors. We will not ask you to work in the concession stand or umpire games, as we have paid workers to do this. Just come out and watch your kid play ball... that's it. Our registration fee is $165 for the first child and $80 for each additional in the same family... no additional fees to pay. We also offer scholarships to those who request and show a need for assistance. It is the policy of the NBR to allow ALL kids the opportunity for success.



I hope that I have answered any questions you might have, but if I have not please contact us at [email protected],  visit our website http://nederland.baberuthonline.com, Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/nederlandbaberuth or call 409-293-1991.

[fox]

sounds like someone is concerned about port neches starting up their senior league program again.

 

loosing PN and GROVES kids will hurt NBR in a big way.

 

if you are concerned with your kid transition to a bigger field PONY is always and option. they don't jump from 44/60 to 60/90 like at NBR does . they transition to 54/80 before jumping to 60/90 field  

 

be careful at NBR if you are not from nederland.................

[Rake1]

sounds like someone is concerned about port neches starting up their senior league program again.

 

loosing PN and GROVES kids will hurt NBR in a big way.

 

if you are concerned with your kid transition to a bigger field PONY is always and option. they don't jump from 44/60 to 60/90 like at NBR does . they transition to 54/80 before jumping to 60/90 field  

 

be careful at NBR if you are not from nederland.................

Ridiculous statement!! Nederland Babe Ruth is unmatched in 13-18 year old baseball for overall competition, atmosphere and talent level. Nederland Babe Ruth routinely draws some of the best talent in the triangle in all age groups. I know plenty of boys who came from other towns besides Nederland that would gladly tell you the Babe Ruth experience was some of the most fun and competitive baseball they play. The opportunity to play competitive baseball with your friends is a welcome break from travel ball for many players. The quality of players that show up maintain a high level of baseball while the social aspect of playing against others who do not play travel ball is a perfect combination that is not duplicated anywhere locally. When a league has the year in year out success that Nederland Babe Ruth has and draws as many players from all across the triangle as it does it's awful hard to argue with their level of success. One more thing for you to think about, if "your Pony league" was such a great option why would you need to "re-start" it? Seems like if it was that good it never would have stopped in the first place.

 

 

Rake1

[fox]

Ridiculous statement!! Nederland Babe Ruth is unmatched in 13-18 year old baseball for overall competition, atmosphere and talent level. Nederland Babe Ruth routinely draws some of the best talent in the triangle in all age groups. I know plenty of boys who came from other towns besides Nederland that would gladly tell you the Babe Ruth experience was some of the most fun and competitive baseball they play. The opportunity to play competitive baseball with your friends is a welcome break from travel ball for many players. The quality of players that show up maintain a high level of baseball while the social aspect of playing against others who do not play travel ball is a perfect combination that is not duplicated anywhere locally. When a league has the year in year out success that Nederland Babe Ruth has and draws as many players from all across the triangle as it does it's awful hard to argue with their level of success. One more thing for you to think about, if "your Pony league" was such a great option why would you need to "re-start" it? Seems like if it was that good it never would have stopped in the first place.

 

 

Rake1

here is an example: below is last years 15 year old roster. you are telling me out of all the kids from BC and other towns in orange county that played only 1 was good enough to make all stars? 

15 year old team

 

Ryan Klinkhammer----Ned

Conor Mcgrath----Ned

Jacob Vaughn-----Png

Dane Jones----Ned

Drew Seymour-----Ned

Kevin Gordon----BC

Austin Junot----Ned

Michael Escagne----Ned

Mattew Geisel----PNG

Max O Connor-----Ned--

Caine Williams----Ned

Brandon Morse----PNG

Burke Badon-----Ned

Seth Hanks----PNG

Hayden Guerra---PNG

Coach------ Troy Rodgers

[Rake1]

Impossible to say without knowing who all agreed to play if chosen. Many play travel ball as well and decide to play those events instead of All Stars. Just to help open your eyes on the subject more than half the roster of the 17-18 year old All Stars were from outside of Mid County. In fact 4 were from BC. Unless you know that everyone in the league said they would play if chosen your argument holds no merit.

Rake1

[td]

I can tell you that when my boys played  Babe Ruth they were offered an All Star spot that we didn't accept because we were already committed to our travel team.

[Baba Ganoush]

A lot of PN kids already talking about playing Babe Ruth w everyone. They seem excited and don't even mention pony. And the main groves kids play travel ball. Hmmm...

[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

I was contacted again today with many of the same questions.  In the earlier post I failed to address the number of games that we offer in a season.  Last year our Major division kids played a 15 game schedule and the Prep kids played a 16 game schedule.  Not sure how many the other leagues are playing.

 

To address the individual above about PN-G kids leaving... I'm not really concerned with that.  NBR puts out a great product year in and year out... as stated before, we've been around since the 1950's.  I have been affiliated with this league for over 8 years now and have seen the PN-G kids leave and then come right back because the other guys couldn't sustain a program.  The fact is that PNLL, because of its close proximity to Bridge City and Beaumont (who also have Senior Little League programs) cannot take players from those areas due to LL geographical restrictions. The only other areas from which they could acquire players would be from Port Arthur and Nederland areas.  Nederland kids aren't going to go play in PN because they have a great program right here in their own back yard... wouldn't make sense to go elsewhere.  So that pretty much limits PNLL to PN-G kids and Port Arthur kids only.  I'm not sure how many teams they were able to field last year, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't 12 as we did at NBR... makes for better competition when you can play more than one or two teams over and over.

 

There are no other Babe Ruth programs in this area, which allows NBR to have a much larger geographical league boundary and allows for more kids from other areas to play here.  The opportunity to meet and play ball with kids from all over 3 counties is a memorable experience for these kids.  Although many of them will be competing against each other during their high school years, they maintain friendly rivalries, and sometimes lifelong friendships, due to their relationships established in Babe Ruth ball.

 

Again... if anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact us.

[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

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[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

Chambers County also allowed to play at NBR now.

[westend1]

We were from Beaumont and I never felt like we were mistreated.   It's a great place to play.  Somebodys kid didn't make allstars.  Same song, second verse.

[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

You may still register online for Spring Baseball at Nederland Babe Ruth. Visit our website at http://nederland.baberuthonline.com to register.
Tryouts will be Saturday February 21 and Saturday February 28. 13 year olds at 10:00AM and 14/15 year olds at 12:30PM. Returning 15 year olds do not tryout. All other players are required to attend one of these tryout dates. For more information visit our website.

[Raider24]

When are the games played? During the week or weekends?

[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

Play mostly during the week, but there are some weekend games.

[NED BABE RUTH LEAGUE]

Tryout #2 tomorrow (2/28) at the ballpark... 3300 Park Drive, Nederland. 13's @ 10AM and 14/15's @ 1230PM. Please be there about 30 minutes prior to your scheduled tryout time in order to check in and get warm. There are still a few spots available for any league age player who hasn't registered. Show up to tryouts and we can get you registered.