FOB has ded­i­cated itself from year one to enhanc­ing the qual­ity of coach­ing in our region, so we decided that it’s time to dou­ble up in 2012.  We ask that you mark your cal­en­dars for our Jan­u­ary 15th Port­land Clinic with N.W. Star Acad­emy and March 17th clinic with Cor­val­lis Boys and Girls Club in Cor­val­lis!  We’re thrilled to bring back Coach Dave Gasser  with a brand new pro­gram for not just one but for both of these events!  Coach nearly filled our audi­to­rium for the 2011 clinic, so we’re mak­ing arrange­ments to expand seat­ing in 2012! 

2011 NW Star/FOB Coaches Clinic

Reg­is­tra­tion will open Decem­ber 1st.  To cover inci­den­tals we ask for $50 per league, regard­less of the num­ber of affil­i­ate coaches! Yes, last year we had a league send nearly 30 coaches for a sin­gle fee! We also have a num­ber of full schol­ar­ships avail­able if there are leagues or indi­vid­u­als who may not oth­er­wise be able to attend. Sin­gle tick­ets will also be made avail­able.  Mean­while, begin spread­ing the word.  Coach Gasser is rec­og­nized by many to be hands down one of the best teach­ing Coaches in Ore­gon! All pro­ceeds from our Clinic in Cor­val­lis will be directed to the Cor­val­lis Boys and Girls Club Base­ball Cap­i­tal Cam­paign. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion and reg­is­tra­tion details please con­tact: Info@Friendsofbaseball.org  We are hop­ing for a full house at both venues.  Watch for reg­is­tra­tion link on this web­site Decem­ber 1st!  

It has just been announced that our Part­ner Pacific­Source Insur­ance and FOB will be con­duct­ing a team equip­ment drive for new and like new equip­ment in sup­port of our under­served Ore­gon Play­ers. Come join us on May 22nd at Goss Sta­dium in Cor­val­lis for the Ore­gon State Beavers game against USC. Con­tain­ers will be avail­able to col­lect these con­tri­bu­tions. Thank you in advance to our friends Pacific­Source and to all of you for par­tic­i­pat­ing! Come say Hi … Go Beavs’

For fur­ther details please fol­low this Link:http://www.pacificsource.com/friendsofbaseball/

With spring in the air FOB feels the loss of Pro­fes­sional Base­ball in Port­land this sea­son. To view this Ore­gon­ian arti­cle sim­ply fol­low this Link:

http://www.oregonlive.com/mlb/index.ssf/2011/04/april_brings_nostalgic_feeling.html

This past fall the Port­land Beavers hon­ored us by nam­ing Friends of Base­ball as interim cus­to­dian of PGE Park’s home plate. Thanks to a gen­er­ous dona­tion we have now com­pleted a museum qual­ity trav­el­ing exhibit. In recent weeks we have begun dis­play­ing this sig­nif­i­cant piece of Ore­gon Base­ball his­tory in the hopes it will help sus­tain the dream of bring­ing Pro­fes­sional Base­ball back to Port­land and restore the oppor­tu­nity for future gen­er­a­tions of fam­ily mem­o­ries. We will be announc­ing its loca­tion and sched­ule on an ongo­ing basis. (more…)

FOB works dili­gently with our many part­ner providers to assist teams strug­gling to keep game on the field. This allows us to lever­age ser­vices and sup­port as broadly as pos­si­ble. With the sup­port of these won­der­ful part­ners we have been able to pro­vide resources in many forms this win­ter and spring. (more…)

What a ter­rific and inspir­ing night for all guests attend­ing our Film Fes­ti­val on March 10th. Along with view­ing a won­der­ful film, our auc­tion raised sig­nif­i­cant funds for our pro­grams. We would like to thank all atten­dees for their enthu­si­asm and finan­cial sup­port of our 2011 pro­gram; as noted in the recent assis­tance above .… boy, this is really going to Help!  (more…)

In last month’s Coaches Clinic Cham­pi­onship Coach Dave Gasser began the ses­sion in chal­leng­ing the coaches to address eight ques­tions that will impact each and every one of their sea­sons. These ele­ments are right on point and Friends of Base­ball would like to share these with all teams and coaches within its and in turn …your reach. Please view and pass along this link, and start the sea­son off on a great foot!

Link: Coaches 8 Keys.

We encour­age you to mark your New Year’s Cal­en­dars for this excit­ing evening with a ben­e­fit screen­ing of “Time in the Minors”. We’re thrilled to launch this annual fundrais­ing event with the show­ing of a won­der­ful movie that fol­lows the lives of two young men in the Minor Leagues; one is com­ing to terms with the fact that this may be his last chance, the other is full of opti­mism for his first shot. The ulti­mate ques­tion becomes: will they make it to “The Show?” (more…)