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Love Fuels Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s' Run to World Series SemisBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:00AM / Thursday, August 18, 2022 | |
 HENRICO, Va. — On Thursday night, the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars will get down to business. On Wednesday afternoon, the mood was light as the squad held what is sure to be its last full practice of the season. They kidded one another about their shoes, they reminisced about past games and past tournaments, someone came up with the notion of reviving old Little League dugout chants for Thursday's World Series semi-final, but that idea did not get much traction. They were, for perhaps the last time in this current incarnation, the tight-knit sports family that has pulled together to achieve great heights in a game devotees call "the ultimate 0 Comments
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Family Affair: Pittsfield Babe Ruth All-Stars Backed by Parents, Wider CommunityBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
07:03PM / Wednesday, August 17, 2022 | |
 HENRICO, Va. — Robert Gyurjan says he is fortunate. And he is … if good fortune means driving 500 miles from home and paying for a hotel room where you can work late into the night on a computer keyboard. "i'm lucky enough that I can work remotely," Gyurjan said while watching his son Sam and his teammates practice on the baseball field at Hermitage High School outside of Richmond. "i brought two monitors and a laptop, and once the day's activities are done, I log on and I work at night to keep up with everything." Robert Gyurjan is part of a large group of parents and other family members who made the trip to the Old Dominion 0 Comments
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Hillard, Pittsfield 13s Win, Claim Top Seed for Bracket PlayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
06:06PM / Tuesday, August 16, 2022 | |
 GLEN ALLEN, Va. — Cam Hillard hit a two-run, go-ahead single in the top of the fourth and split time with Connor Paronto in a 7-4 win for the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars on Tuesday afternoon. With the win over the Pacific Northwest Champions from Wilamette Valley, Ore., Pittsfield finished pool play with a record of 3-1 and grabbed the top seed out of the tournament's five-team National Division. That means a day off when bracket play begins on Wednesday and a bye into Thursday's championship semi-final. One day after being no-hit in its only loss of the all-star season, Pittfsfield responded with nine hits on Tuesday, including a double by 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Playing for Top Seed Today at World SeriesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
08:17AM / Tuesday, August 16, 2022 | |
 GLEN ALLEN, Va. — The path for the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars at the World Series today is clear: Win and it is the top seed heading into bracket play with a first-round bye into the champiionship semi-finals. Lose, and things could get really complicated, really fast. All five teams in Pittsfield's pool have at least one win, and could, in theory, all end up tied at 2-2 when pool play concludes today. All five teams in Pittsfield's pool are in action on Tuesday at Glen Allen Stadium, starting with an early morning matchup between the Pacific Northwest Champions (Oregon) and the Virginia State Champions (Manassas). When that game is 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s Go to 2-0 at World SeriesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:56PM / Sunday, August 14, 2022 | |
 GLEN ALLEN, Va. — Christian Barry hit an RBI triple in a three-run second inning Sunday, and the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars defeated the Virginia State Champions, 4-1, at the World Series. Pittsfield improved to 2-0 with two games remaining in round-robin pool play at the event. They take the field again on Monday morning against another Virginia squad, Southeast Regional champion Winchester, at 10 a.m. On Sunday, Pittsfield did all its damage early, taking a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second and relying on Connor Paronto and Cam Hillard to do the rest on the mound. "I think these guys after a day off [Saturday] got some swings 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth Opens World Series with One-Run WiniBerkshires.com Sports,
12:56PM / Friday, August 12, 2022 | |
 GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- The Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars Friday came back from an early three-run deficit to earn a 6-5 win over the Mid-Atlantic Champions from Williamsport, Pa., in their first game at the World Series. "It was a little nerve-wracking," Pittsfield Manager Ben Stohr said. "But it felt good to get that first one." Connor Paronto and Cam Hillard combined to allow just five hits, and Hillard left the bases loaded in the pivotal fifth inning to preserve the lead before shutting out the Pennsylvania State Champs over the next two innings. Jackson Almeida went 2-for-4 with a double and a pair of RBIs to lead 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Putting Perfection on the LineBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:52PM / Thursday, August 11, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — If you want to get to Glen Allen, Va., drive about nine hours south. If you want to get there as the New England Regional Champions of Babe Ruth Baseball's 13-year-old division, it takes a different kind of drive. Pittsfield's Babe Ruth All-Stars have the will to win, and they haven't lost yet. Pittsfield's 13s take an 8-0 record into Friday morning's World Series opener after roaring through the Western Massachusetts state tournament and New England Regional. Perfection is nothing new for two of the men who lead the squad into the national championship tournament. "We've had kind of a crazy baseball 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Brings Deep Lineup to Babe Ruth World SeriesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:37AM / Thursday, August 11, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars have scored 100 runs in eight games between the Western Massachusetts and New England championship tournaments. That does not happen without production up and down a very potent lineup. "You've got someone like Andrew Hammill who, you know, he's a pretty unassuming and quiet guy, but he's just been hitting the ball really hard," Pittsfield coach Ben Stohr said this week. "We feel like, top to bottom, whatever nine or 10 guys we put out there all bring something to the table. Really, all 14 of them all belong on this team. They've put together competitive at-bats, and 0 Comments
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Crows Capture Pittsfield Soccer League CrownBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:27PM / Wednesday, August 10, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Cale Rathburn made the only save of a penalty kick shootout on Wednesday night to send the Crows past the Maroon to claim the summer championship of the Pittsfield Soccer League. The Crows saw a 1-0 lead evaporate in the closing minutes of the second half but rallied to hold off the Maroon through two five-minute overtimes to get to the shootout. It was 4-4 going into the fifth round of PKs before Rahburn, who made six saves in the 50-minute regulation time, got all of Camilo Bermudez’ attempt to give the Crows an opening. Reinaldo Castro then sealed the deal with a low liner past Maroon keeper Jeff Egan, who guessed the wrong way on his 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13s Celebrated on Path to World SeriesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:00PM / Monday, August 08, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – A ride through the city on a fire truck, a ceremony on the steps of City Hall with the mayor, TV cameras from the local news station out of Albany, N.Y. It’s a lot for a group of 13-year-olds. And it is all very much deserved. But as Pittsfield Babe Ruth 13-and-under All-Stars Manager Ben Stohr was putting his team through its final full practice at Deming Park before leaving for this week’s Babe Ruth World Series in Virginia, he also was thinking about how to make sure his players do not get overwhelmed by the moment. “Balance is definitely the key,” Stohr said about an hour before the team loaded up on a 5 Comments
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