Today was the final day of baseball for us in the AAYBA World Series at St. Louis. The NH Grizzlies placed 8th out of more than 30 teams from around the country. They lost both Friday’s game, and today’s. The game today went into three extra innings.
Brandon Hammerstrom of Auburn, pitched the first three innings, [...]

The NH Grizzlies 14U team from Litchfield dropped their baseball game today 9-1 against the Blues from Kansas City. Tim Sullivan pitched for the Grizzlies, and was relieved by Robbie McCormick.
When we left the field, I heard one of their parents bragging that this was their third year in a row making it to the [...]

The NH Grizzlies 14U team beat the Redhawks 7-2 in six innings tonight, moving themselves up in the brackets with a 3-1 overall record in the AAYBA World Series baseball tournament in St. Louis.
Under the pitching of Matt Lipkind, and heavy hitting of the Grizzlies, the Redhawks were kept to only a pair of runs. [...]

After a night of thunder and rain storms, the NH Grizzlies’ game against the Redhawks of St. Louis is delayed until 5 p.m. Both are top teams in the tournament, so this should be a very good game. Both teams will have their #34’s back for the game. The Redhawks #34, and our #34 (my [...]

After winning their first baseball game Sunday, the NH Grizzlies boys stopped by a Hooters restaurant in St. Louis to celebrate Addison Hanscom’s 15th birthday. After dinner, the Hooters girls posed for photographs with the team and signed autographs for them. Addison is in the front.

 
 
Addison Hanscom of Nashua shows his moves to the Hooters [...]

The NH Grizzlies 14U baseball team began play in the AAYBA Open World Series in St. Louis, Mo., Sunday afternoon, July 6, 2008. The team played three pool games through today, taking two of the three. They have Tuesday off, and will be seeded into brackets for the rest of the tournament. 

Saturday was spent watching [...]

The NH Grizzlies AAU 14U baseball team from Litchfield, N.H., is on their way to the AAYBA World Series in St. Louis. I will be with them, and will be blogging throughout the week-long tournament, which begins Saturday. Check back often for updates and photos of the team.

Just received this picture from my friend Dave, a fellow NH Grizzlies parent. It’s a picture of the Grizzlies surrounding my son, Brandon congratulating him on the three-run homer he hit at a baseball tournament in Connecticut last weekend. He’s the one with the big smile on his face in the middle. His dad (myself [...]

The parents from the other team must have thought we were nuts, while our NH Grizzlies 14U parents gave each other high-fives, yelling “dominos” as our boys defeated the Stratford, Conn. Braves in a playoff game Saturday night, June 21, 2008, sending them into a semi-final game Sunday in the 4th Annual Grant E. Stanis D1 Territory Championships baseball [...]

There has been something missing from AAU games this spring. Since pitchers have been throwing for their school teams, some have not been able to pitch much for their AAU ball clubs.
Now that junior high baseball teams have finished their seasons, and high school teams wrap up, AAU teams will become even more competitive as all [...]