In The Mix... Marauders' Noteworthy News
WebSkillz
LLC announces intent to purchase controlling stake in
Englewood Marauders Amateur Baseball Club
SECAUCUS, New Jersey - As a move that will come as a surprise to some but was rumored for many years, the Englewood Marauders Amateur Baseball Club has come to an agreement to pass ownership and control of this proud franchise to a group named WebSkillz LLC, which is headed by current Marauder Kenan J. ("K.J.") Ross.
During the transition period, MiAngelo Moore will retain his post as Field Manager of the club and will act as co-General Manager until September 6, 2004. The new regime will assume full control of the franchise at that point and Moore will remain with the club as a player and advisor until the Spring 2005 season.
The Fall 2004 season, along with two tournament trips and the Spring 2005 season will be completely sponsored by WebSkillz LLC's many corporate partnerships and relationships. The transition team currently has plans to break into two teams (Lou Gehrig League and Roy Campanella AAA) for the Fall. Jim Doell will be field manager for the Lou Gehrig team and a search for the manager of the RC-AAA Fall team is currently underway.
The Spring 2005 season will commence somewhere around the third week of December with workouts occurring at the Professional Baseball Institute in Upper Saddle River, NJ.
More details will be announced in this space when they become available.
Lee Valentin announces return to MSMBL and chooses Englewood Marauders
CLIFTON, New Jersey - A star has returned... Lee Valentin has announced his decision to end his premature retirement from the game and has come back home to be a star for the Englewood Marauders.
Lee
initially left the game due to injured knees from playing recreational
basketball after the Spring 2002 season. With his injuries sufficiently
healed enough to DH initially, he has decided to make a comeback to the team
where he made his widely known household name to help the Marauders' offensive
attack.
Valentin's first game back will be on Monday, 5/10/04 versus the Parsippany Yankees. His immediate role is not known at this time, since his swing may have some rust on it.
Brian Morris named to Irish National Baseball Team
DUBLIN, Ireland - Congratulations are in order to Marauder ace Brian Morris for being named to the Ireland National Baseball Team for international competition, including possibly the Olympics in 2004 in Athens, Greece.
Brian will leave the
Marauders for two stints of international play from July 5th through July 8th
for the London Baseball Tournament and from July 29th through August 5th for the
European Baseball Championships (Pool-B) Tournament.
Good luck to Brian and the rest of his teammates for being named to the team and
their quest for possible Olympic Gold!
Mark
Bacco inducted into NJ-MABL Hall Of
Fame
ENGLEWOOD - Congratulations are in order to Mark Bacco for becoming the second ever Marauder to be inducted into the NJ-MABL Hall of Fame! He was inducted on his second try by nabbing the most votes on this year's ballot (9). Mark will receive his plaque on Saturday, March 23rd, 2002 at the Houlihan's in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ during the annual League Kickoff Party.
Although most of Mark's accomplishments were achieved as a member/founder of the Lodi Mariners, the Marauder family is proud to recognize Mark for everything he has meant to the organization and the league over the years and we congratulate him.
Also voted to this year's Hall-Of-Fame squad along with Mark were former Elmwood Park White Sox slugger Larry Weckstein and former Cy-Young Award Winner Mike MacManus of the Tigers and Brewers.
Lastly, nominated for this year's ballot but not elected was Marauders' Manager/GM MiAngelo Moore.
For more information on the 2002 Hall Of Fame ballot, please click here.
Did You Know???
That the Englewood Marauders Baseball Club won a franchise-record 11 games in a row and have clinched their second consecutive NJ-MABL playoff berth, as the #3 seed in 2000? (way to go, boys!)
That Julius Soti had an eleven game hitting streak?
That Jorge Hurtado had played in 39 consecutive regular-season Spring Season games for the Marauders?
That Dave Hill has won his last five decisions on the mound?
That the Marauders have already surpassed last season's win total with 14?
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Dave Hill inducted into NJ-MABL Hall Of Fame
ENGLEWOOD - Congratulations are in order to Englewood ace pitcher Dave Hill, who became the first ever Marauder player to be inducted to the NJ-MABL Hall Of Fame! He was inducted on his second try by nabbing the second-most votes on this year's ballot (14). Dave received his plaque on Saturday, March 25th, 2000 at the Jersey Sports Cafe in Rutherford, NJ during the annual League Kickoff Party.
Although
most of Dave's accomplishments were achieved as a member of the Elmwood Park/Clifton
White Sox (the Marauders' forefather franchise), the Marauder family is proud to
recognize Dave for everything he has meant to the organization and the league
over the years and we congratulate him.
Also voted to this year's squad along with Dave were perennial slugger and long-time Marauder nemesis Jason Leyner, former two-time champion Bayonne Mets player Joe Policano and Bill Hardenberg of the Rangers.
Lastly, nominated for this year's ballot but not elected was Marauders' 3B/2B Al Ramirez.
For more information on the 2000 Hall Of Fame ballot, please click here.
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Englewood Marauders clinch 1999 NJ-MABL playoffs
Thursday, August 12, 1999 - as appeared in The Press Journal
ENGLEWOOD - In its first year of existence, the Englewood Marauders hardball team has clinched a spot in the North Jersey Men's Adult Baseball League (NJ-MABL).
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Heading into their final regular season finale against the Palisades Park Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, at Dwight Morrow High School (DMHS), the Marauders hold a 10-9 record and also hold second place in the NJ-MABL A League / National Division standings, just two games behind the division champion Essex Tigers.
The NJ-MABL is made up of thirty teams
divided into three leagues: A, B and C by talent, with A being the highest
designation. Each of the leagues is then split into a National and an
American Division of five squads each.
After a 20-game regular season schedule, the
eight best teams by record from each league then make the playoffs.
Englewood took a playoff spot this year (1999) by
winning three games in a row to move from 7-8 to 10-8.
On July 25, the Marauders knocked off North Haledon, 15-1, before beating the Rutherford Dodgers, 12-6, on Sunday, Aug. 1, and then topping the Lyndhurst Brewers, 13-7, last Thursday, Aug. 6, at Breslin Stadium.
On Sunday, Aug. 8, the Marauders winning streak came to an end with a loss to the Ridgefield Park Red Dogs, 11-10, on a run in the bottom of the ninth.
The team's founder and player/manager is MiAngelo Moore, a member of the DMHS Class of 1990 who went on to play baseball at NJIT.
A catcher/first baseman/designated hitter, Moore is averaging .348, with six runs batted in and four scored.
The list of other Englewood residents on the roster includes Justin Parris, Jorge Hurtado, Eric Edwards and Lee Valentin.
Parris is an outfielder who bats third in the Marauders' order and is averaging .438, with 13 runs batted in, 27 runs scored and 17 stolen bases in 20 attempts.
Hurtado is a shortstop who bats leadoff and is averaging .309, with an on-base percentage of .441, seven runs batted in, 20 runs scored and 11 steals in 15 attempts.
Edwards is a outfielder/designated hitter with three runs batted in and five runs scored to go along with a .300 batting average as the squad's sixth slot slugger.
Valentin is a second baseman who bats second and is averaging an even .300, with seven runs batted in and 11 runs registered.
The NJ-MABL playoffs are set to open on Saturday, Aug. 21.
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Break up the Maroon Raiders!!! We're *SO* proud of Dwight Morrow High School's varsity baseball program (our co-tenants at Dwight Morrow Baseball Field) for what they accomplished on Monday, April 3rd, that we re-printed the following article from the Bergen Record:
Englewood (DMHS) puts an end to long skid
Tuesday, April 4, 2000 - as appeared in the Bergen Record
HACKENSACK - Englewood's baseball team began the 21st century by doing something it had not done in the last several years of the 20th century: win.
The Maroon Raiders registered their first victory in four years and snapped a 62-game losing streak Monday with a season-opening 8-4 independent victory over host Bergen Tech.
"The reaction was more like being cool and stunned," said second-year coach Carmine Battista (of the NJ-MABL's fall league Butler Bears), whose team was 0-20 last season. "They are happy that they won, but they are expecting to do more of it."
Englewood should enjoy more wins this season with Jeff DeVilliers on the mound. The junior right-hander tossed a complete-game four-hitter with 13 strikeouts.
"He was tremendous," Battista said of DeVilliers. "He was unhittable, and very few kids put a bat on the ball. Two of their four hits went off his glove. He has command of every pitch and hit every spot and threw 98 pitches."
The Maroon Raiders had six hits and opened a 6-1 lead in the third on a two-run triple by Ainsworth Minott, known more for being the quarterback on the school's more successful football team.
Said Battista: "It feels good to win one. We've already made a great stride. We had one kid, Jahvia Griffin, who took dirt from behind home plate and took it home with him."
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