Saturday’s Herts Futures Tournament drew the second season of the Herts Baseball Little League to a close.
It seems only a few weeks ago that the young Herts players reported for Spring Training at Northwick Park’s baseball batting tunnels. Many new families joined the Herts Baseball family and the League grew from 4 teams last year to 6 teams this time around. The standard of baseball being played increased tremendously. The fans had the opportunity to see many home runs, terrific pitching, amazing plays, including a triple play, and much much more. This was the year when a Herts Little Leaguer made his debut with the Herts adult teams. Many more will be doing the same in 2010. The Herts Little League started to officially score its league games just like they do in MLB. Grovehill Ballpark hosted its first ever international baseball game when the Herts Little Leaguers came up against the Irish Wolfhounds. We all remember the nail-biting final day of the season when the Herts Yankees came back from 4-0 down to win the title with 6 runs in the final inning. Thousands of hot dogs and doughnuts were sold as the Little League set a new fund-raising record. All profits will be going into developing baseball facilities at Grovehill Ballpark to make future Little League seasons even better.
Herts made its first appearance in the British National Youth Championships. Written off by every opponent and placed as the outsiders, the Herts All Stars had to play 6 must-win games to be confirmed as the best team in British baseball. One wrong step and the team would have been eliminated. They kept going, knocking 5 teams out on the way to the final. And what an epic final it proved to be.
What will 2010 bring? Be a part of it and join the Herts Baseball Family.
2009 HERTS BASEBALL LITTLE LEAGUE AWARDS
OUTFIELD GOLD GLOVE
Storm Frisby, Outfield Gold Glove, Herts Blue Jays
Lewis Green, Outfield Gold Glove, Herts Yankees
Charlie Owens, Outfield Gold Glove, Herts Red Sox
James Wells, Outfield Gold Glove, Herts Cubs
INFIELD GOLD GLOVE
Zachary Longboy, Infield Gold Glove, Herts Blue Jays
Charlie Mayhew, Infield Gold Glove, Herts Yankees
Adam White, Infield Gold Glove, Herts Red Sox
Michelle Johnson, Infield Gold Glove, Herts Cubs
Alistair Baird, Infield Gold Glove, Herts Cardinals
Tyler Sorters, Infield Gold Glove, Herts Giants
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Aaron Witter, Rookie of the Year, Herts Blue Jays
Jose Morillo, Rookie of the Year, Herts Yankees
Brett Sorters, Rookie of the Year, Herts Red Sox
Mitchell Procter, Rookie of the Year, Herts Cubs
Lewis Auchterlounie, Rookie of the Year, Herts Cardinals
Gage Petar, Rookie of the Year, Herts Giants
BATTING CHAMPION
Lewis Paterson, Batting Champion, Herts Blue Jays
Marty Cullen Jr, Batting Champion, Herts Yankees
Liam Green, Batting Champion, Herts Red Sox
Adam Smith, Batting Champion, Herts Cubs
George Owens, Batting Champion, Herts Cardinals
Alexander Deacon, Batting Champion, Herts Giants
CY YOUNG
Nickolas Martinez, Cy Young Award, Herts Blue Jays
Marty Cullen Jr, Cy Young Award, Herts Yankees
Liam Green, Cy Young Award, Herts Red Sox
Mikito Ariga, Cy Young Award, Herts Cubs
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (MVP)
Kieran Manning, MVP, Herts Blue Jays
Marty Cullen Jr, MVP, Herts Yankees
Michael Davis, MVP, Herts Red Sox
Mikito Ariga, MVP, Herts Cubs
Jamie Brener, MVP, Herts Cardinals
Theo Longboy, MVP, Herts Giants