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November 20, 2009 Series will return to Queen City in 2010 Senior League World Series will celebrate its 50th anniversary
Jurrjens played on the 2002 Curacao team, which won the series that year. He was signed by the Tigers in 2003. Teammate Shairon Martis signed with the San Francisco Giants in 2004 and debuted with the Washington Nationals in September 2008. Another alumnus, Dominic Brown, who played for Dade City, Fla., in the 2004 World Series, signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2006. He was recently promoted to the team’s AA affiliate, Reading, Pa., and participated in the Arizona Fall League’s showcase all-star game earlier this month. The 2010 series will be the 50th edition. Senior League Baseball is a division of Little League Baseball for players ages 14 through 16. The series features regional champions from U.S. East, U.S. South, U.S. Central, U.S. Southwest, U.S. West, Canada, Latin America, Europe-Middle East-Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The host district champion – Maine District 3 – also gets a berth. The 10 teams are split into two pools of five teams each. Each team plays four games in pool play over the course of five days. The top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinal round, with the winners of the semifinals playing for the world championship in front of a worldwide audience on ESPNU. August 22, 2009 Texas East captures world title over N. California
The visiting team, Texas East opened the game with four consecutive hits sandwiched around a hit batsman to take a quick 3-0 lead in front of a crowd of about 1,200 at Mansfield Stadium and countless more watching on ESPNU. Lead-off hitter John Williamson hit the first pitch he saw from Billy Nevin down the right field line for a double. Travis Gauntt followed with an RBI single and took second base on the late throw to the plate. Lankford drove Gauntt home with a single down the right field line. Michael Resnick, who entered the game with seven hits – four of them home runs – was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second as Nevin tried to settle down. A Ryan Farney single to left-center field loaded the bases with still nobody out. What to bring Don’t let Maine’s northern location fool you: summer temperatures can reach the mid-80s and even 90s, with high humidity. Evening temperatures can be anywhere from the 60s to low-70s. Bring shorts, pants, a light jacket, and sun screen. Depending on your tolerance level, you may need insect repellant for evening games. |
Bangor, Maine, will host its ninth Senior League Baseball World Series in 2010, Little League Baseball has announced. The 2010 series will be held Aug. 15-21 at Shawn T. Mansfield Stadium. The series moved to Bangor in 2002 and has been held in the Queen City ever since, with the championship game of the last three series broadcast on ESPN networks. Several Bangor World Series alumni are making their way through the professional ranks, with Atlanta
Braves pitcher Jair Jurrjens the most notable. Jurrjens became the first alumnus to make it to the majors when he debuted for the Detroit Tigers in August 2007.
Texas East’s Cole Lankford went 4-for-4 with a solo home run and four runs batted in to lead the U.S. Southwest champ, from West University L.L., Houston, Texas, to a 9-7 win over Northern California in today’s Senior League Baseball World Series championship game.