Extra Innings REGISTRATION

Steps to ensure registration and participation in this event include:

1. Go to http://www.extrainningscharity.org
2. Click on the “Register” tab and complete all of the requested info for your child to join the fundraiser.
3. Send the personal fund raising page link from the welcome email you receive to your family, friends, and colleagues so they can donate in your child's name.

As players raise funds they will receive prizes. When a player raises $50, they will receive an official event shirt; $150 gets them an official event shirt AND official event hat; $250 gets them the official event shirt AND hat AND the opportunity to attend, with a guest, lunch with a former New York baseball legend (still to be determined). Lunch will include a question and answer session and picture taking opportunity. The top overall fundraiser will win the opportunity to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Brooklyn Cyclones game!. There will also be team awards to encourage participation.

Questions or comments...contact Mike Otero at oterom@nytimes.com

Extra, Extra, Extra Innings

HBQVB Athletic Association to play 24 hour baseball game for charity



Queens, NY. - Sleep will be at a premium starting at noon on Saturday, May 22nd when the 500 players of HBQVB AA (Hollis, Bellaire, Queens Village, Bellerose Athletic Association) participate in New York City’s first ever 24 hour marathon baseball game.

The Knights of Columbus (Holy Family Council 14520) created the event, billed “Extra Innings with HBQVB”, as a charity event to raise money for a variety of national, regional and local charities, and also to help support the HBQVB Athletic Association.

Extra Innings will begin on Saturday, May 22nd at noon and continue straight through the night until Sunday, May 23rd at noon. Every baseball and softball player at HBQVB who signs up to participate in “Extra Innings” will play in the game. The 24 hour roster will feature T-ballers right through to those playing in the Babe Ruth league.

The 24 hour game of a lifetime will be played at MCU Park (formerly KeySpan Park), home of the New York Mets Class A farm team, the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Event organizer and K of C member John Saffian said, “This is going to be a great ball game, and it’s also going to be a great community builder. These young boys and girls from Queens and Long Island will be playing a 24 hour game on a professional field in Brooklyn, and the event will raise money for many worthy causes. The kids can’t wait to step onto that ballfield.”

As players raise funds they receive prizes. When a player raises: $50-An official event shirt $150-An official event shirt AND official event hat $250-Official event shirt AND official event hat AND the opportunity to attend, with a guest, lunch with a former New York baseball legend. Lunch includes a question and answer session and picture taking opportunity. The top overall fundraiser will win the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at a Brooklyn Cyclones game, and there will also be team awards to encourage participation.



About Fisher House Foundation:

The Fisher House™ program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America’s military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

Because members of the military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House™ Foundation donates “comfort homes,” built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful times-during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury.

There is at least one Fisher House™ at every major military medical center to assist families in need and to ensure that they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive environment. Annually, the Fisher House™ program serves more than 10,000 families, and have made available nearly three million days of lodging to family members since the program originated in 1990.

For more info, go to http://www.extrainningscharity.org/

Upcoming Tournaments

HBQVB has been promoting its Thunder Rumble Tournament for the past month now, and many have since come to recognize Joel Bernstein as HBQVB Thunder’s manager and head coach. Now, another HBQVB tournament has made its way onto the official calendar of events.

The Memorial Day 12U and 14U girls’ fast-pitch holiday tournament will be held at Padavan-Preller Fields on May 29 and 30. A guaranteed four games, with umpires and balls included in the price, as well as team awards and winning manager awards are included in the standard rate of $450. Please contact Tournament Director Joel Bernstein at tournaments@hbqvbaa.org or 347-564-7083.

HBQVB Thunder is still looking for a few dedicated girls for its 14U team this spring season. Anticipation, excitement and intensity all put together. We call this mix of emotions Thunder. For more info, visit www.eteamz.com/hbqvbthunder, or contact Thunder Manager Joel Bernstein. Check back on our Web sites HBQVBAA.org for further information.

As an extension to HBQVB’s Nick Lomangino Tournament, dubbed the Thunder Rumble Tournament, a girls’ 12U, 14U, and 16U fast-pitch series will take place from Saturday, July 10 to Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Padavan-Preller Fields. A $450 team fee will guarantee four games (three pool and single elimination), umpire fees, and balls. The event has already received much attention and spots are filling up very quickly.

HBQVB has a professional athletic facility that includes nine available fields divided up between baseball and softball, a concession stand, restroom, full parking lot including handicap-designated sections, and the luxury of batting cages.

HBQVB has been featured in many periodicals and online magazines, including The Queens Courier and fiveborosports.com, respectively. Don’t miss your chance to participate in one of the best well run, highly respected, and talked about tournament programs in New York.