Does anyone know what's going on with Russell Babe Ruth? Are they going to have a league this year or not?

Does anyone know what's going on with Russell Babe Ruth? Are they going to have a league this year or not?

Russell High School baseball Coach was upset with the all star teams having too many non-russell players. Coach told players not to play there in 2007.

Also South Shore and Raceland have their own leagues this year. I believe there still might be one team from Greenup County play there this year.

Russell High School baseball Coach was upset with the all star teams having too many non-russell players. Coach told players not to play there in 2007.

 

That is a big load of hogwash.

 

First, why would Russell's coach care if the Babe Ruth's All Star team had non-Russell players on it? Russell's coaching staff has nothing to do with players playing Babe Ruth. They did start a second JV team with 7th and 8th graders playing on it because the numbers were there to do so. However, they are only playing 14 games and will be finished in plenty of time to move over to Babe Ruth. They have NEVER told players they could or could not play Babe Ruth. They have always encouraged players to play Babe Ruth in the past. Why would you not want kids to get more games under their belt?

 

Whatever is going on with players not signing up for Babe Ruth has NOTHING to do with the high school baseball coaching staff. Your best bet is to find out from the parents of the players who did not sign up.

That is a big load of hogwash.

 

First, why would Russell's coach care if the Babe Ruth's All Star team had non-Russell players on it? Russell's coaching staff has nothing to do with players playing Babe Ruth. They did start a second JV team with 7th and 8th graders playing on it because the numbers were there to do so. However, they are only playing 14 games and will be finished in plenty of time to move over to Babe Ruth. They have NEVER told players they could or could not play Babe Ruth. They have always encouraged players to play Babe Ruth in the past. Why would you not want kids to get more games under their belt?

 

Whatever is going on with players not signing up for Babe Ruth has NOTHING to do with the high school baseball coaching staff. Your best bet is to find out from the parents of the players who did not sign up.

 

You mean the outfield bonfire was for nothing???

Ha Ha! Apparently so. Folks are mad because kids are not signing up for Babe Ruth and are blaming the second JV team. One such folk decided to start a bonfire in protest. However, there needs to be some discussion with parents of those players as to why they decided not to play and some internal reflection on the Babe Ruth's part. Pointing fingers at the high school coaches is the wrong direction to be looking. All I know is that high school baseball teams benefit from a great feeder program. They would never deter kids from playing in good feeder programs. Maybe there is some strife within the Babe Ruth, maybe it is not a good feeder program, or maybe parents have their own bones about why they don't want to sign up.

Contact the local Babe Ruth administrators, for the answers.