Buddy Baseball December Newsletter

Hello Buddy Baseball Fans,

2015 has been an awesome year for Buddy Baseball. We celebrated our 100th Saturday of Buddy Baseball in October. 25% of our participants are new to the league. We were featured on a few of the local morning news programs. The success of our league is the result of our fantastic buddies, coaches, volunteers and sponsors.

We have two new board members: Dennis Mueller and Barry Clements. Dennis has been with the league since the beginning. He is the Operations Manager for the Orlando Division of Hugh MacDonald Construction/Alvarez Roofing. Barry is the Executive Deputy Director of USF Athletics/Chief Operating Officer. We are excited to have them on our board of directors.

We have been invited to be on Fox 13's Good Day Tampa Bay - Charley's World on Monday December 19th. We will be playing a game and Charley Belcher will be out to feature us. Let me know if you are interested in playing. You will need to be at the fields by 7:00 a.m.

Have a great holiday season and we will see you in the spring!

Russ Oberbroeckling

Executive Director

Link to our website

Registration is Open

Our next season will start on 2/25/2017 and end on 4/8/2017.

The Meet and Greet will be on Saturday 2/18/2017.

The registration deadline is Friday 1/6/2017 at 5:00pm

Here is the link to register.

Buddy Baseball Registration

End of Season Party

We had a great time at our End of Season Party at Pin Chasers. Over 200 people attended the party and a fun time was had by all. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make it a success.

Player Spotlight - Corey Hemmert

Corey Hemmert

Corey is 20 years old and he has played every season of Buddy Baseball! Corey is an excellent hitter. He loves listening to music and playing PS4 games. Corey has a dog named Rowdy who is 14. Corey enjoys learning new job skills at the REACH program and he rides the city bus every day on his own to get there and back!

Buddy Spotlight - Thomas Dorr

Player Ka'Rhon Dorsey - Buddy Thomas Dorr

This is Thomas's third season as a buddy. He is 18 years old and goes to Sunlake High School. Thomas likes the Red Sox, the Patriots and has a dog named Fenway. His favorite restaurant is Chipolte

Rookie Spotlight - Chase Rivera

Player Chase Rvera

Chase is a first time player with Buddy Baseball. He is 16 years old and attends Focus Academy. Chase has three brothers, enjoys watching movies with his Grandma, he likes to sing and would like to meet Jason Derulo.

Coach Spotlight - Gina D'Amico

Gina D'Amico

Gina is a long time coach with the Wildcats. She always comes with St. Patrick's Day and Halloween decorations for her team. She has said, "W ithout doubt, this is the most rewarding thing I have ever participated in."

Volunteer Spotlight

Stephanie K.

Every Friday before our games for the past four or five years, Stephanie meets me at the fields after work to clean up the grounds and get them ready for the games on Saturday. She enjoys traveling and volunteering.

Where are they now?

Matthew Grynbal

Matthew has played Buddy Baseball for 10 seasons, since the inaugural season. He has played for the Bombers and Wildcats. Matthew graduated from Pepin High School in 2013.

Matthew currently works at PDQ and has been there for about a year and works as a dining room attendant.

He loves going to see the Tampa Bay Lightning. He loves his sister Emily and step sister Hannah and his 2 dogs, Charlie and Zoey.

Sponsor Spotlight

TECO Energy - Big Bend Power Station has been a long time sponsor of Buddy Baseball. This is their second year as a Grand Slam Sponsor.

Big Bend Power Station

December Birthdays

		Age	Birthday
Andrew	Garrett	21	12/2
Rodney	Perry		12/3
Michaela	Mezzei	13	12/4
Kylie	Fedkow	18	12/4
Jose	Tirado	11	12/5
Sarah	Otteson	21	12/7
Kingston	Nathan	9	12/7
Kenny	Eastman		12/10
Daniel	Neuman	22	12/10
William	Rosario	11	12/12
Isabella	Lindley	17	12/14
Jeffrey	Hiner	18	12/15
Chanda	Harkness		12/16
Caleb	Evans	14	12/18
Adell	Davis	14	12/19
Daniel	McLeod	14	12/21
Camden	Nicholson	9	12/21
Nina	Nicholson	9	12/21
Nehemiah	Rentz	13	12/23
Vicky	Talley		12/25
Michaela	Bertic	18	12/28
Jill Lorice	Lamb		12/28
Josh	Padgett	22	12/29

WEDU Be More Awards

We have been nominated in the "Be More Relevant" category for the 2017 WEDU Be More Awards. The top candidates will then be judged by an impartial panel. You can vote once per day until noon on Wednesday December 7th. Thanks for voting!

Be More Awards

Amazon Smile

Amazon Smile

When shopping on line. Consider using Amazon Smile. A portion of the the sale will be donated back to Buddy Baseball, no extra cost to you. Just use https://smile.amazon.com/ selecting Buddy Baseball as the organization that you are supporting the next time you are shopping on Amazon. Thanks.

Amazon Smile