Barrie Red Sox

2004 - The seasons most memorable moments

Here they are, the top five (and one honorable mention) most memorable games from the 2004 season. Click on the links and reflect back on the heart stopping moments from the summer gone by. The games followed along an emotional roller coaster ride of a season. Just when you might wonder if the team had lost its edge the boys would come back and play nothing short of amazing:

Honorable mention: Barrie vs Markham - Semi Finals: OBA Chamionships

5. Barrie vs Birchmount Bulldogs - Round 2: OBA Championships

4. Barrie vs Ajax - Round 4: OBA Championships

3. Barrie vs Mississauga North Bengals - Round Robin: Cambridge Tournament

2. Barrie vs Miss North Tigers - Semi Finals: Ajax Tournament

1. Barrie vs Markham - Round 1: YSBA Elimination Tournament 2004 OBA's - The season comes to a close Congratulations to the champions: Windsor Riverside - AAA Champs, Ajax Spartans - AA Champs and the Aurora Blue Jays A champs. Barrie played some exceptional baseball but was eliminated in the semi-finals. Barrie faced a very demanding schedule - playing three games on Saturday, one of which went to extra innings for a total of 23 innings in a day. The pitching was awesome for the whole tournament: Graham, Adam, Kory, Dane, Zach, Jacob, Branson all pitched exceptional giving up a combined 6 earned runs in 5 games (37 innings). The games featured some great clutching hitting, and there were many defensive highlights. In the end, Barrie advanced to the final day along with the three teams they had already played - previously defeating two of them. Barrie was also the only team in the final four not to have had a bye in the schedule. The boys also faced the task of playing three games back-to back-to back (Noon, 3PM and 6PM). The games were great and the boys left it all on the field playing their best.

• Round 1: Barrie 3 - Brampton 2
• Round 2: Barrie 6 - Birchmount 5
• Round 3: Barrie 6 - Markham 3
• Round 4: Ajax 5 - Barrie 4 (in 9 innings)
• Round 5 Markham 1 - Barrie 0

Game by Game Results Tournaments 1. North York (June 4-6). Barrie pitching looks good but the defence and hitting needs to improve. The team commits 20 errors in four games and exits early in the North York tournament:

• Game One: Barrie 14 - Mississauga Southwest 10.
• Game Two: Toronto Playgrounds 3 - Barrie 2.
• Game Three: Mississauga North Bengals 7 - Barrie 3.
• Game Four: Cambridge 12 - Barrie 10.

2. Cambridge Results (June 18-20). Barrie comes up short in Cambridge but finishes the tournament on a positive note. The 16 team tournament featured a field of the best teams in Ontarion. In the end Etobicoke came out on top, downing the Mississauga Tigers 9 - 3 in the finals.

• Game One: Etobicoke 10 - Barrie 2.
• Game Two: Kitchener 7 - Barrie 3.
• Game Three: Barrie 15 - Mississauga North Bengals 4.

3. Ajax Results (July 9-11). Barrie plays well as the team rounds into form facing off against the Mississauga North Tigers in an outstanding tournament chamionship semi final game:

• Game One: Barrie 6 - Markham 3.
• Game Two: Pickering 14 - Barrie 4.
• Game Three: Barrie 9 - Mississauga North Bengals 3.
• Game Four - Semi Final: Mississauga North Tigers 3 - Barrie 1

4. Newmarket Results (July 31-Aug 2). Barrie closes out the regular season at the Silver Bat Tournament. The boys played well but hit a defensive bump in the elimination game. The pitching was great!

• Game One: Barrie 7 - Toronto Greenwood 6.
• Game Two: Barrie 8 - Brampton Braves 6
• Game Three: Pickering 10 - Barrie 3
• Game Four - Semi Final Elimination : Birchmount 7 - Barrie 5

5. Barrie's run at the YSBAs comes to an end (Aug 13-15). The team's two year reigh as YSBA champs is brought to an end as Vaughan snaps Barrie's 10 consective wins at the annual tournament:

• Game One: Barrie 21 - Thornhill 6.
• Game Two: Vaughan 6 - Barrie 5.
• Game Three: Markham 10 - Barrie 5.

6. Barrie advances to the OBA Finals (Aug 21/22). Barrie returns to form and the team plays some of the best baseball of the season to advance to the OBA Championship Tournament. At times the team looked awesome banging out 16 hit in each game and adding a home run in every gave:

• Round One - Bye
• Round Two: Barrie 17 - Markham 3.
• Round Three: Barrie 17 - Newmarket 7.
• Round Four: Barrie 10 - Newmarket 6.

Regular Season

FINAL STANDINGS Major Mosquito 2004
Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Points	W Pct
Vaughan	16	13	2	1	27	.843
Barrie	15	11	3	1	23	.767
Markham	16	11	3	2	24	.750
Newmarket	16	11	5	0	22	.688
Aurora	16	9	6	1	19	.593
Richmond Hill	15	5	9	1	11	.366
Georgina	14	4	8	2	10	.357
Bolton	16	2	14	0	4	.125
Thornhill	15	1	14	0	2	.066

Regular Season: Game by Game Game 15. The Red Sox close out the regular season home schedule with a strong performance:

• Barrie 19 - Bolton 0

Game 14. The Red Sox return to their winning ways:

• Barrie 10 - Thornhill 3

Game 13. The Red Sox come up short and Aurora comes out on top:

• Aurora 5 - Barrie 4

Game 12. The Red Sox win their 6th regular season game in a row, downing Newmarket:

• Barrie 6 - Newmarket 4

Game 11. The Red Sox win streak continues as the team downs Bolton:

• Barrie 13 - Bolton 3

Game 10. The Red Sox roll. A great all around team effort pushes the team past Markham. The win streak reaches 5 as team defence and pitching makes the difference:

• Barrie 15 - Markham 1

Game 9. The Red Sox win streak continues as the team defence improves and clutch batting makes the difference:

• Barrie 8 - Georgina 6

Game 8. The Red Sox win streak continues as the batters come up big:

• Barrie 17 - Thornhill 4.

Game 7. Red Sox come alive and the defense begins to take shape:

• Barrie 15 - Richmond Hill 1.

Game 6. A determined Markham team rallied from a 6-0 deficit to score 11 runs in their final two innings.

• Markham 11 - Barrie 7.

Game 5. Red Sox down Georgina and return to their winning ways:

• Barrie 11 - Georgina 4.

Game 4. Red Sox return to their winning ways behind Graham's fine pitching performance:

• Barrie 8 - Newmarket 3.

Game 3. Red Sox dropped one to Vaughan:

• Vaughan 8 - Barrie 7.

Game 2. It wasn't pretty but the boys scored enough and get their first win of the season:

• Barrie 14 - Aurora 10.

Game 1. The Red Sox season opener wasn't pretty but the boys rallied to manage a tie:

• Vaughan 6 - Barrie 6.

Exhibition

• Game One North York 7 - Barrie 1.
• Game Two Barrie 17 - Newmarket 3.
• Game Three Barrie 13 - Newmarket 6.
• Game Four Barrie 11 - North York 9.
• Game Five North York 7 - Barrie 5.
• Game Six: North York 21 - Barrie 5 (in 7 innings).
• Game Seven: North York 5 - Barrie 4.
• Game Eight: Barrie 6 - Aurora 4.

2004 Season The schedule for 2004 is now available. All details including games, practices and tournaments can be viewed in the team calendar. The YSBA Major Mosquito loop will consist of 9 teams, they are:

• Aurora
• Bolton
• Georgina
• Newmarket
• Markham
• Richmond Hill
• Thornhill
• Vaughan

Congratulations to the 2004 Barrie Red Sox Major Mosquito Team:

• Connor A
• Zack B
• Colin B
• Graham D
• Branson F
• Michael G (welcome back in 2004)
• Dane G
• Jonathan G (new in 2004)
• Dylan H
• Jacob H
• Kory K
• Adam R

According to Slam Sports there are 586 Canadians playing ball in US Collages during the 03/04 season. This is up slightly from the 580 who played there last year. Check out Slam Sports for a list of the names, home town and details about the programmes. There are presently 7 players, that call Barrie and the surrounding area home, playing in the US, they are:

• Jordan Neufeld at Canisius Collage Note: Jordan also plays with the BayCats
• David Latour at Central Michigan University Note: David also plays with the BayCats
• Todd Piirto at Teikyo Post University (Connecticut).
• Matt Proctor at Graceland University (Iowa)
• Jordan Lundberg at Missouri Valley College. Note: Jordan also plays with the BayCats
• Derek McDaid at Barton County Community College. (Kansas) Note: Derek also plays with the BayCats
• Kenny Price at Barton County Community College (Kansas)

The Barrie Red Sox congratulate last year's OBA Rookie Ball finalist, the Cambridge Cubs, who this season defeated the Oakville A's in the finals of the Ontario "AAA" championships. In "AA" action the Mississauga North Bengal's came from behind in the bottom of the 7th to defeat the Markham Mariners 8-7 and win the Ontario "AA" championship. Mississauga bounced Barrie earlier in the day in the tournament semifinal 12-4 bringing the Red Sox 2003 season to a close.

YSBA has made changes to "Import Classifications". Basically, an "Import" is a player who resides outside the geographic boundaries of a Local Association who, for whatever reason, decides to play in another Local Association. "Import" quotas have been established to, for the most part, limit player movement and establish the maximum number of players who can play on a team from outside the geographic area. The maximum number of players that can play on a given rep team from outside the Local Association's boundries are as follows: Rookie & Mosquito - 2 Peewee - 3 Bantam - 4 Midget - 5 Junior Unlimited All players playing for a "Local Association" outside of their residencey area require a "Release" from the Local Association within which they reside. This decision makes it difficult for a player from the areas surrounding the BMBA (i.e., Orillia, Angus, Alliston, Stayner, etc) to be able to play ball at a higher level. Previously the "Import" rules made it easier for a player to move to an Association that offered the opportunity to play ball at a higher level.

Barrie Minor Mosquito Red Sox 2003 Most Memorable moments Here they are, the top five most memorable games from last season. Click on the links and reflect back on the heart stopping moments from the summer gone by:

5. Barrie vs Vaughan - Semi Finals: Brampton Tournament

4. Barrie vs Cambridge - Round Robin: Cambridge Tournament

3. Barrie vs Brampton - Round Robin: Brampton Tournament

2. Barrie vs Oakville - Finals: Brampton Tournament

1. Barrie vs Vaughan - Elimination Game: OBA Provincial Finals 2003 OBA's - The season comes to a close The Barrie Red Sox congratulate last year's OBA Rookie Ball finalist, the Cambridge Cubs, who this season defeated the Oakville A's in the finals of the Ontario "AAA" championships. In "AA" action the Mississauga North Bengal's came from behind in the bottom of the 7th to defeat the Markham Mariners 8-7 and win the Ontario "AA" championship. Mississauga bounced Barrie earlier in the day in the tournament semifinal 12 -4 bringing the Red Sox 2003 season to a close. The tournament had many memories including the heart thumping 9 inning match with Vaughan. Here's how the four day tournament went:

• Game 1: Barrie 13 Newmarket 2
• Game 2: Barrie Burlington
• Game 3: Barrie 5 Mississauga Bengals 8
• Game 4: Barrie Burlington
• Game 5: Barrie 12 Vaughan 11
• Game 6 - Semifinal: Barrie 4 Mississauga 12

2003 YSBA Tournament Results - Barrie Sweeps Barrie Baseball sweeps the York Simcoe Tournament - Triple Championships - Barrie Minor Baseball Rep teams traveled to Vaughan August 8-10 to compete at the York Simcoe Zone Championships. By the time the final out was made three of Barrie's teams had won championships and they did so by going undefeated. The Restored Sports Major Mosquito team went 5 - 0 winning the finals against Vaughan 16 - 6 and out scoring the opposition by a combined score of 70 - 22 during the tournament. The Minor Mosquito team also went 5 - 0 defeating Aurora "A" in the finals 16 - 5 and out scoring the opposition by a combined 60 - 21. In the closest match of the day, Barrie's Murray Demolition Rookie Ball team defeated Bolton by posting 5 runs in their last at-bat to score the come from behind 10 - 9 victory and complete Barrie's championship sweep. The Rookie ball team went 4 - 0 and out scored the opposition 56 -18 during the tournament. For the 2003 Minor Mosquito team it is back-to-back titles as they repeat as YSBA champs. Here is the team's game-by-game summary:

• Game 1: Barrie 10 Richmond Hill 4
• Game 2: Barrie 8 Newmarket 4
• Game 3: Barrie 16 Aurora "A" 3
• Game 4 - Semi Final: Barrie 10 Vaughan 5
• Game 5 - Championship Barrie 16 Aurora "A" 5

2003 Brampton Tournament Results The Red Sox put on a spectacular performance this weekend but fell just short in the finals versus the Oakville A's. The Red Sox rolled into the finals of the tournament with 4 straight victories, out scoring the opposition 97 - 12. The most impressive victory was a real "gut check" come from behind victory on Day 1 of the tournament. In their third game of the day, and following a short half-hour break in between games, Barrie went up against a determined Brampton squad who were in a must win situation. In their first at-bats Brampton posted 7 runs and put on an amazing hitting display spraying hits deep into (and well past) the outfield before the boys even got to pick up a bat. The boys picked themselves up and eventually roared back for the victory. In finals the team played in what was by far the best game of the year to watch. Both teams made stunning defensive plays and kept the game close until Oakville managed to put 3 runs across in the 4th inning. In the end, Oakville downed Barrie 5-1 but the boys showed a level of play and execution that bodes well for the future. Once again the boys showed they can play with anyone in the province. The complete tournament recap is as follows:

• Game 1: Barrie 20 Burlington 2
• Game 2: Barrie 31 Agincourt 0
• Game 3: Barrie 19 Brampton 8
• Game 4: Barrie 27 Vaughan 2
• Game 5: Barrie 1 Oakville 5

2003 Regular Season

FINAL STANDING
Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	winning %
1. Barrie	17	14	3	0	0.824
2. Newmarket	18	13	5	0	0.722
3. Vaughan	17	11	6	0	0.647
4. Markham	17	11	6	0	0.647
5. Aurora A	17	7	9	1	0.437
6. Aurora AA	18	7	11	0	0.389
7. Bolton	16	2	13	1	0.133
8. Richmond Hill	16	2	14	0	0.125

Regular Season: Game-by-Game 1. Red Sox win their season opener. Paced by 3 hits from Dylan H as well as 4 RBI from both Zach B and Kory K the Red Sox open the season strong downing the Aurora "A" team 21 - 4. click here for the line score. 2. Red Sox sweep a doubleheader with Bolton. Red Sox depth at pitching proved too much for the Bolton Braves as Barrie pitchers allowed only 1 hit over the two games and the hitters provided outstanding support. In the end, Barrie won game one 8 - 4 and took the second game 26 -5. Dane and Zach each came up with monstor home runs in the second game Click Here to see the game one results and click here for the results for game two. 3. Red Sox win their 7th: Barrie went on the road and defeated the Aurora "AA" 10-2. Click Here to see the line score. 4. Red Sox Rally to down Richmond Hill: After falling behind 9 - 2 the Red Sox rallied with 10 hits late in the game to slip past the Pheonix 12-11. Click Here to see the game summary. 5. Red Sox win a "squeaker". The Barrie Red Sox escaped with an 8 - 6 victory over the Vaughan Vikings as curfew is called. Click Here to see the details. 6. Barrie ends the regular season with a win. Barrie bats strike early and often in rolling up a 9 - 0 lead and then cruising to a 10 - 7 victory.. Click Here to see the details. 7. Red Sox win streak snapped Markham Mariners, backed by some excellent starting pitching, downed the Red Sox 14 - 4. The loss snapped the team's regular season winning streak at 11 in a row. Click Here to see the details. 8. Red Sox roll continues. The Red Sox batters remained hot and recorded a 20 - 0 shut out over Richmond Hill. Click Here to see the details. 9. Red Sox remain hot. The Red Sox batters recorded 20 hits and go on to defeat Aurora Blue Jays 22 - 3. Click Here to see the details. Opening Day 2003 Congratulations, here is the line-up for the 2003 Minor Mosquito Team:

• Connor A
• Colin B
• Christian B
• Cole T
• Dane G
• Zach B (new in 2003)
• Jacob H (new in 2003)
• Dylan H
• Kory K
• Adam R
• Graham D
• Branson F(new in 2003)