World Series Opening Ceremonies Recap - August 6th, 2013

We close out an incredible 2013 Season with our week long 7-Under, 8-Under, and 9-13 AA World Series.  Monday, August 5th saw upwards of 80 teams from as close as Chino Hills, and as far away as Alaska fill up Big League Dreams Chino Hills for food, fun, and a lot of pin trading before play gets under way on Monday.

August 2nd, 2012 - 2012 World Series Recap

The 2012 World Series started off with a bang with our incredible Opening Night.  Over five thousand people in the park with ten vendors, Opening Ceremonies, skill competition, team dinner, pin trading, and so much more were just the start of the incredible week of baseball.   We’ll be taking a look at each age division, the games, the playoffs, and the unexpected.

July 24th, 2012 - Opening Ceremonies Recap

World Series Recap – 7-24-12

On a typical tournament weekend, Big League Dreams Chino Hills will have at most, eighteen teams in their park; twelve teams playing on the six fields, and six more waiting to play on those fields.  If you estimate that each team brings approximately 50 people per team (12 players, 3 coaches, roughly 35 parents and siblings), then you’re looking at about 1,000 people maximum in the park at any given time.  The Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 Western World Series aimed to push Big League Dreams Chino Hills to their limits.  By 5:00 PM, there were over 80 teams in the park, plus 10 different vendors, along with the extra USSSA and Big League Dreams staff called in to help run the park.  A safe estimate would say that there were over 5,000 people in the park, trading pins, shopping, socializing, and generally having a good time.

April 1st, 2012 - Fool's Gold Recap

Welcome to the Weekly Recap at the Baseball First Blog.  This section has unfortunately been neglected since we unveiled our redesigned website in May 2011, but we are going to be providing recaps after each tournament as well as updates and news about upcoming tournaments.

2012 Fool’s Gold

With the threat of rain in the forecast and the overcast skies on Saturday morning, there were no guarantees that we would be playing on Sunday.  Thankfully after a little bit of rain Saturday night after all the games had finished, the clouds blew out and provided us with a beautiful sunny Sunday to play some baseball.  We did have a first for our program at Big League Dreams Riverside when a swarm of bees descended onto Vero during the Semi-Final game between the Rockhounds and the Cougars.   The games unfortunately had to be cancelled because of the safety risk the bees posed for the players, coaches, umpires, fans and tournament staff.  There’s a first time for everything.

Here are the winners and runners up from the 2012 Fool’s Gold.

10-Under Red (BLD)
Champions	Runner Up
Elite Orange	Cyclones
10-Under Black (HB)
Champions	Runner Up
Phillies	Waves
11-Under (BLD)
Champions	Runner Up
Gamerz	Yucaipa Ruff Ryderz
12-Under Red (BLD)
Champions	Runner Up
Bulldogs	Riverside SWAT
12-Under Black – Gold Bracket (HB)
Champions	Runner Up
Stars	Vikings
12-Under Black – Silver Bracket (HB)
Champions	Runner Up
Game Face	Razorbacks
13-Under (BLD)
Champions	Runner Up
Games Cancelled Due to Bees Swarming
14-Under – Gold Bracket (BLD)
Champions	Runner Up
Bulldogs	Pride
14-Under – Silver Bracket (BLD)
Champions	Runner Up
Wildcats	Hitmen

2012 Memorial Day Super NIT & FVPB/USSSA Memorial Day Tournament – May 26-28

The annual Memorial Day Tournaments are quickly approaching.  Last year we had over 275 teams participate, and we are expecting more this year.  The annual USSSA Super NIT will be held at Big League Dreams West Covina, Chino Hills and Riverside with a separate tournament at Big League Dreams Cathedral City (5-Game Guarantee).  Click here for more information.

The annual FVPB/USSSA Memorial Day Tournament will be held at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley.  This tournament is open to all USSSA AA teams, Pony All Star Teams, and Little League All Star teams.  We had over 90 teams participate in this tournament last year, so sign up early.  Click here for more information.

We already have teams from four different states signed up to play in the Memorial Day Super NIT, so this you chance to play a team that you’ve never seen before.

2012 World Series – 7-Under, 8-Under, 9-13 AA – July 23-29

I know the World Series seems far away, but it will be here before you know it.  We already have a number of  teams signed up, including three teams from Hawaii and teams from five other states.  Click here for more information.

See you on the Fields

-AC