The Reds are back in action for 2019!!

A renewed sense of optimism surrounds the new-look Reds, after taking advantage of league-wide changes and making some solid acquisitions.

The Reds lost some veteran players:

- Ryan Crawford ended his long-tenured career last season, retiring with a hit in each of his last two games.

- Rob Adams also took a forced retirement after accepting a job in Alberta.

 

The loss of these two core team members came with the demise of two long-standing BMRBL teams - The venerable A's and the lowly Mariners folded, opening the door for the Reds to make some key pick-ups.

 

This year, the Reds welcome A's veterans Jason Sunderland (00) and Chris Hawley (21)!!!

The Reds also welcome JP Castillo (17) to the fold!!

 

GO REDS!

The Reds jumped-out to a surprising start this year, but regressed, and recently snapped a four game losing streak.

The strong start has carried them in the top echelon of the standings, but trademark woes continue to haunt this team with great potential.

Recent retirements by Martin Spina, Paul Barker, and Peter Adrian have the left the Reds depleted in the bullpen, but more frequent offensive outburst have propelled the team upwards.

This year, the Reds welcome two newcomers - Jordan Whissell (#77) and Alvaro Delgado (#20)!!

 

 The Reds welcome Gavin Peacock (#18) to the team!!

 
The Reds avoided disaster (thanks to the Dodgers) and are staying up in "A" Division for the 2017 campaign!!

The Dodgers were disbanded after angering the league last season, and as a result, the Reds were able to keep their spot in the division.       

As has been the case in recent years, this season sees the addition of three new players, shoring-up the Reds' pitching as well as adding depth and versatility to the roster. The Reds welcome Brain Moore (#15), Ken Appleby (#2), and Dave Szubert (#48) !!        

After last year's disappointing season, and with the loss of their "Ace" - Scott Dash, the Reds look to take the league by storm, leaning on the good fortunes of one of their newest team members, Brian Moore, who has won the Championship in the first year of every team he has joined!        

The start of the 2017 has been marred by rain, and the Reds look to start-off strong against the Blue Jays this Sunday, May 14th at 7:15pm.

 

GO REDS!!

What a year it has been for the Reds.

The team struggled every week to put together a roster and made countless errors in the field. They killed themselves all year and are faced with the ominous possibility of moving down to "B" Division.

Needing only one win in their last four games to secure their spot in "A" Division, the Reds floundered, losing every game and being shutout in the final contest of the regular season.

Reds, Mariners and Rockies created a three-way tie at the bottom of the division, but the Reds' fortune would see them demoted with the worst head-to-head record.

 

One last hope - Win the championship!! 

Jordan and Raj represented the Reds in this year's thrashing by the Mississauga All-Stars!!

The once prestigious event has lost its allure as is evident with the mixed-division BMRBL team losing big in a shortened 7 inning game.

 

Jordan played well - getting a hit, walking, being hit by a pitch and making a few plays in the field - but, unfortunately, did not take home the MVP bat.

The Reds' 2016 season begins as they welcome Matt Drury and Nick Hodgson to the roster!!

The Reds now have four sets of brothers on the team!

Paul made a great over-the-shoulder basket catch on the warning track at Kerbal!!

Paul received a commemorative signed ball (created by Spina) after the game to immortalize his moment.

 

This catch goes down in Reds history with other memorable plays such as Greg's diving catch in the playoffs last year as well as Raj's over-the-shoulder playoff catch in center field vs. the Royals two seasons ago.

 

 

Chris has proven to be a very capable option as a pitcher for the Reds!

Two starts, two complete games!!

...But the game was rained out.

The Reds start the 2015 season ready to avenge their disappointing playoff exit from last year.

The Reds welcome one new player. Rahul Badve joins the mix this year!

 

 

Derek, Pete and Jordan represented the Reds in this year's all-star game!!

Each of them made plays in the field and each of them had a hit - Pete's hit was a no-doubter over the left field fence!!!

Unfortunately, Brampton lost to Mississauga in the end.

 

 

 

 

The Reds are getting ready to roll with training sessions at the Brampton indoor facility!!

The Reds beat the almighty A's in Round 2 to advance to the 2013 BMRBL "A" Division Championship!

Disregard any Pitching stats after the ERA as pitch counts were not recorded in all games.

Brampton beat Mississauga 18-5

Arthur was the MVP!!

Defensive Fly Ball Communication

Who's In Charge? - Teaching Fly Ball and Pop-up Fielding Priority

A fly ball is hit to left-center, who calls for it? How do the two players determine who has priority? This situation can occur in many places on the field involving any position on the field and can sometimes result in a collision or more often having two players looking at each other as the ball drops to the ground between them. A more difficult situation is a ball hit over the shortstop or second baseman's head. Now you could have 3 players involved. How about a pop-up to the infield around the mound? Maybe 3 or 4 players could make the play. Getting your team prepared for these situations is something you can work on in practice, but first you need to have a communication system in place.

In order to prevent confusion in these situations it's important to teach your team:

1. Which positions are in charge and able to call off other players. (Priority)
2. Different set of commands for the player who's in charge and those who aren't. (Commands)
3. Confirmation call from the player not making the play. (Confirmation)

1. Priority

The priorities for a fly ball start with the center fielder having complete control over everyone on the field and then moving in. The basic premise is to have the player moving in on the fly ball have control and the ability to call off the other player. If you look at the diagram below you'll see the arrow pointing from each player to the other players that he can call off. All outfielders have the ability to call off all infielders. The shortstop has the ability to call off all other infielders but not outfielders. If he is moving back into the outfield then he has to give up priority to the outfielder coming in on the ball. All infielders have the ability to call off the pitcher*.

 

Following up on the coaching advise above, you'll notice in the diagram that I have the pitcher being able to call off the catcher. This really is an age/skill thing. In higher levels of baseball the pitcher will rarely catch a pop fly, but for younger players the reality is that the pitcher will often have a much better chance than the catcher to catch any pop fly hit in front of him. It's a difficult skill for the catcher to learn to catch a fly ball out in front of the plate, so until you know you have a catcher that can do it, I would give the pitcher priority.

2. Commands

Having each player yelling "I got it" doesn't really help determine who has priority when there is more than one fielder who can catch the ball. To reduce that confusion you can teach the players who have priority to use a different call. I use "Get out" for the fielder who has priority. So if a ball is hit into shallow left field, the shortstop going back on the ball would yell, "I got it". The left fielder coming in would have priority and would yell, "Get out". Anyone who has called for the ball and hears "Get out" should immediately give way to the other fielder.

3. Confirmation

Another useful call is to confirm to the other fielder that he has it. So, using the same example the shortstop is going back on the ball and calls "I got it". As he is getting close to the ball he hears the center fielder running hard towards him. His natural reaction will be to worry about the center fielder running into him. He may catch the ball or he may slow down and have it drop behind. The chance of this happening can be reduced if the center fielder can give a call to confirm that the shortstop is the one who is going to catch the ball. We do this by having the other fielder confirm with "You, you, you". When a player that has yelled "I got it" or "Get out", hears "You, you, you" from the other player, he can be confident in making the play.

A balk is scored in the base runner's cell and is indicated with a "BK".  The batter does not get credited with an RBI. 

http://b4uplayball.hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Score-Baseball-The-Balk

The official scorer shall charge an outfielder with an error if such outfielder allows a fly ball to drop to the ground if, in the official scorer’s judgment, an outfielder at that position making ordinary effort would have caught such fly ball.

The official scorer shall not score a stolen base when a runner advances solely because of the defensive team’s indifference to the runner’s advance. The official scorer shall score such a play as a fielder’s choice.
Rule 10.07(g) Comment: The scorer shall consider, in judging whether the defensive team has been indifferent to a runner’s advance, the totality of the circumstances, including the inning and score of the game, whether the defensive team had held the runner on base, whether the pitcher had made any pickoff attempts on that runner before the runner’s advance, whether the fielder ordinarily expected to cover the base to which the runner advanced made a move to cover such base, whether the defensive team had a legitimate strategic motive to not contest the runner’s advance or whether the defensive team might be trying impermissibly to deny the runner credit for a stolen base. For example, with runners on first and third bases, the official scorer should ordinarily credit a stolen base when the runner on first advances to second, if, in the scorer’s judgment, the defensive team had a legitimate strategic motive—namely, preventing the runner on third base from scoring on the throw to second base—not to contest the runner’s advance to second base. The official scorer may conclude that the defensive team is impermissibly trying to deny a runner credit for a stolen base if, for example, the defensive team fails to defend the advance of a runner approaching a league or career record or a league statistical title.

Scott and Allan played in the 2012 BMRBL @ MMRBL All Star Game!

Brampton beat Mississauga 8-6!!

Scott almost got MVP!

Scott served his one game suspension May 30, 2012 vs. the Rockies.

Scott is facing possible expulsion or suspension from BMRBL

Game 1: Greg behind Raj

Game 2: Chris behind Derek

Game 3: Pete behind Scott

The 2011 regular season stats have been added again in case you want to look back and/or compare stats to this year!

In it's basic form, a dropped third strike is scored as a K-PB or K-WP.

In baseball, a sacrifice bunt (also called a sacrifice hit) is a batter's act of deliberately bunting the ball in a manner that allows a runner on base to advance to another base. The batter is almost always sacrificed (and to a certain degree that is the intent of the batter) but sometimes reaches base due to an error or fielder's choice. Sometimes the batter may safely reach base by simply outrunning the throw to first; this is not scored as a sacrifice bunt but rather a single.

The most opportune situations for sacrifice bunts occur when a runner is on first base, or runners are on both first and second base. The runners try to advance as soon as they see the ball bunted. A properly executed sacrifice bunt in this scenario would put the ball up the first base line with a runner on first, or down the third base line with runners at first and second. This avoids a double play and results in the runner(s) advancing to second (and third) base, "in scoring position".

A successful sacrifice bunt does not count as an at bat and, unlike a sacrifice fly, does not count during the calculation of on base percentage. However, if the official scorer believes that the batter was attempting to bunt for a base hit, and not solely to advance the runners, he is not credited with a sacrifice bunt and is charged an at bat.

In leagues without a designated hitter, sacrifice bunts are most commonly attempted by pitchers, who are typically not productive hitters. Managers consider that if a pitcher's at bat will probably result in an out, they might as well go out in a way likely to at least advance the runners. Some leadoff hitters also bunt frequently in similar situations and may be credited with a sacrifice, but as they are often highly skilled bunters and faster runners, they are often trying to get on base as well as advance runners.

A sacrifice bunt attempted while a runner is on third is called a squeeze play.

Although a sacrifice bunt is not the same as a sacrifice fly, both fell under the same statistical category until 1954.

If anyone is interested in reliving the Reds' 2011 Playoff run, the stats are located at www.leaguelineup.com/redsplayoffs2011

Going forward, ALL our stats will be located on this site.

The 2011 scoresheets have been found and the stats will be updated shortly!!

While setting up the 2012 season I accidentally added the new roster to the 2011 stats roster - every player's name was showing twice under 2011. When I tried to fix my error I inadvertently deleted the wrong set of names! Only three player's stats remain fully intact. I will redo the 2011 stats to show offensive stats only (for the remaining players) if I still have last year's scorsheets (which I know I had within the last 2 weeks).