*NEW UPDATES*
- ABDG will host their 7th Annual Mike Scioscia Charity Golf Tournament at Moorpark Country Club in Moorpark, CA on 11/8/10. To learn more and register for this event go to our Golf Tournament link.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR ABDG SPONSORED TEAMS!!!
AMATEUR BASEBALL DEVELOPMENT GROUP
The Amateur Baseball Development Group (ABDG) is a non-profit foundation with all proceeds supporting amateur baseball in Southern California.
In a short time THE ABDG FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO HAVE: revived baseball leagues, built facilities, donated to 34 high school baseball programs throughout Southern California, sponsored youth clinics, High School and Collegiate All Star Games, a 16U Championships team, a Connie Mack League, a Connie Mack Team and a Collegiate Team. Most recently, the ABDG is continuing to raise funds to finish the construction of a new baseball field at Conejo Creek Park in the City of Thousand Oaks.
The main fundraising event for the Amateur Baseball Development Group is the annual Mike Scioscia Charity Golf Tournament & Auction. The ABDG has made a difference thanks to our sponsors and all who support the golf tournament. We will be forever grateful to the Angels Organization, Howard's Appliance and Flat Screen Superstores, and American Technologies.
The ABDG believes the baseball experience is one that should be enjoyed by families for generations to come.
On behalf of Mike Scioscia, Randy Riley, Kevin Muno, Roger Lazar and the Amateur Baseball Development Group, we would like to thank you for your generosity and support. Your participation is giving our youth options and direction while enjoying our great pastime. Thanks for helping our young men realize their potential.
If you would like to contact ABDG, please go to our Contact Us page.
SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT EVENTS
- ABDG will host their 7th Annual Mike Scioscia Charity Golf Tournament at Moorpark Country Club in Moorpark, CA on 11/8/10. To learn more and register for this event go to our Golf Tournament link.
- ABDG and the California Collegiate League (CCL) held their 2nd annual collegiate all-star game at the Urban Youth Academy in Compton, California on July 14th, 2010. The event allowed players from all the CCL teams to showcase their talents in front of major league scouts in a scout day/all-star game format. Fox Sports West televised the game live nationally and telecasted it multiple times on Fox Sports West and Primeticket. To learn more go to the California Collegiate League (CCL) website.
- ABDG’s Conejo Oaks 16U Championships team went to the 16U Championships in Arizona to compete against 71 teams from the west in late June. The team went to the championship game and won their first championship title in the 8 years that ABDG has been sending a team. This makes it 2 years in a row that the team has gone to the finals. It was an exciting year for coach Frank Mutz and the team. To learn more go to our Conejo Oaks 16U Championships Team link.
- ABDG, The Urban Youth Academy and the Major League Scouting Bureau held their 3rd Annual Southwest Future All-Star Series on June 4th, 5th, and 6th at the Urban Youth Academy in Compton, CA. The event was a great success giving 80 of the best High School players from the southwest the chance to showcase their talents in front of Major League and Collegiate Scouts. All of the players run through a combine Friday with four teams of 20 players competing in games on Saturday and Sunday with the final game on Sunday being the Championship game that was televised on LA36. To learn more go to our All-Star Games link.
- ABDG and Mike Scioscia hosted their annual Mike Scioscia/Howards Youth Baseball Clinic on May 15th at Angels Stadium. ABDG was proud to have Howard's Appliance and Flat Screen Superstores as our sponsor again this year. The clinic was free to all and was an excellent opportunity to learn from and meet players and coaches at the major league level. The Angels organization was very generous to allow us to host the event down on their field. Angel's coaches Mike Scioscia, Ron Roenicke, Orlando Mercado, Alfredo Griffin, Mickey Hatcher, Mike Butcher, Dino Ebel, and Steve Soliz, Angel's players Jered Weaver, Reggie Willits, Macier Izturis and Angel's sportscasters Terry Smith and Jose Mota came out to help make the event very special for the kids.
- ABDG’s Conejo Oaks Collegiate team finished the 2010 California Collegiate League season 22-28. We wish the players a great 2011 college baseball season. To learn more go to our website www.oaksbaseball.org.
- The District 13 Big League All-Star Team competed in the Big League World Series in Easley, South Carolina winning the United States Big League Champonship and losing 3-2 to Puerto Rico in the World Series Championship game. To learn more go to www.bigleagueworldseries.com.
- The Conejo Oaks Connie Mack Team won the Pacific Coast Connie Mack Baseball League this summer and went 3-2 in the Connie Mack Western Regionals in Seattle, Washington. To learn more go to www.pccmbl.org.
David Vassegh, Terry Smith, Rory Markas, Matt Bennett, Joe McDonnell
ABDG would like to extend our condolenses to the Rory Markas family. Rory Markas was a true supporter and friend of
ABDG and he will be greatly missed.
AMATEUR BASEBALL DEVELOPMENT GROUP
FOUNDED IN 2004
DISTRICT 13 BIG LEAGUE
