RESERVE YOUR SPACE AND REGISTER NOW FOR 2010 SUMMER CLINICS

The Doug Carroll Baseball Academy has announced our Summer 2010 Baseball Skills Clinic schudule. Our indoor/outdoor clinics begin on Tuesday, June 22 and run from 9:00 - 1:00. The clinics will be held at our baseball training facility in Framingham, MA. Spots will fill up fast, so please contact us for more information and to reserve your space.

SESSION 1: Tuesday, June 22nd - Friday, June 25th
SESSION 2: Monday, June 28th - Thursday, July 1st
SESSION 3: Tuesday, July 6th - Friday, July 9th
SESSION 4: Monday, July 12th - Thursday, July 15th
SESSION 5: Monday, July 19th - Thurdsday, July 22nd
SESSION 6: Monday, July 26th - Thursday, July 29th

FREIRE ON BOARD AS NEW GM

Background Knowledge of Game Essential

The Doug Carroll Baseball and Bay State Softball Academy introduces Mike Freire as our new full-time General Manager and Program Director. Mike brings years of baseball knowledge and business management experience to DCBA/BSSA.

In 2004, Mike was the General Manager at Extra Innings in Watertown, MA (one of the most successful Extra Innings franchisees in the nation), overseeing the day-to-day operations and implementing new programs, incentives and sales plans before moving on to Nokona in 2007. Then in 2007, Mike took on the role of Sales Manager for the northeastern (United States) territory for Nokona, growing the sales in that territory by nearly 200 percent in one year's time. He also introduced a new glove idea to Nokona that he saw come to fruition in 2008.

Fall & Winter Clinics Announced

The Doug Carroll Baseball Academy will hold a series of Fall and Winter baseball clinics during the Christmas and February school breaks. These 4-day skills clinics cover all essential mechanics of the game. The cost of each clinic is $195 for 4-days.

In addition, Winter Baseball for players 13-18 will begin on January 10, 2010 and now run through March 14, 2010.

Specialty clinics focusing on Hitting, Pitching/Catching and Strength & Conditioning are now being scheduled and being on November 2, 2010. Two different sessions, players 7-12 and 13-16, are accepting reservations.

Please click here further information, pricing and registration forms.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

AUGUST 2009: The Doug Carroll Baseball Academy is very pleased to announce our new merger with Nokona USA Baseball. We are extremely excited about this newly created relationship and the prospects it brings to further the growth of our Baseball organization.

team_ nokona The Nokona program is well established and has a strong reputation as one of the premier youth travel baseball organizations in New England and the country. Nokona USA Baseball began in the fall of 2005 with a single elite team and now has six elite teams, consisting of players from 20 different towns across two states.

We intend to expand our team base to cover all the age groups (Ages 9-16), with the possibility of having multiple teams at a few age groups. This merger also enables us to expand our recruiting geography to a much larger degree, giving us access to more areas in Massachusetts, in addition to Sudbury, Wayland, Wellesley, Needham, Dedham, Marlboro, Framingham, Weston, Brookline, Newton and other towns in our current recruiting base.

Along with the talented Nokona coaching staff we intend to utilize the Framingham facility to broaden our off season player development, expand our coaching staff, adhere to and train to a consistent and structured method of coaching across our entire staff, incorporate a new and dynamic strength training program and provide all of our boys the necessary tools to become better baseball players.

For 2010 tryout information and Registration, please go to the link below:

http://www.nokonausabaseball.com/tryout.htm

If you have any questions and would like to speak with Mike Freire, our Program Director or me regarding this announcement, please do not hesitate to contact or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it us for more details.

Regards,
Lucine Seifel
General Manager
508-877-7737

In addition, special recognition goes out to Chris Warren and Sahil Bloom who were also named Boston Herald and Boston Globe All Scholastics.

TWO MORE ALUMNI GO PRO

Frieman Drafted in 8th Round

June 11, 2009: Doug Carroll Baseball Alumni Nate Freiman and Chris McKenzie have been drafted by prefessional baseball organizations. Freiman wa drafted in the 8th by San Diego and McKenzie in the 35th rounds by Pittsburg.

Wellesley's Freiman completed his career at Duke as the school's all-time home run leader, with 43 home runs in his college career and 20 this season. Frieman batted .352 on the season, with 63 RBIs, a .703 slugging percentage and an on base percentage of .463.

McKenzie, a 6'3" right-handed pitcher, is 2008 graduate of Marian High School and Marlborough resident. Going 4-2 in his rookie season at the Texas College, McKenzie quickly became a pro-prospect.

"Both Nate and Chris have trained with me for years. They worked hard, did very well in college ball and now have the opportunity to show their stuff in the pros," said Doug Carroll. "I could not be prouder of these two guys."

Wellesley's Freiman Breaks Home Run Record At Duke

DURHAM, N.C. - Nate Freiman went 3-for-4 and became Duke's all-time home run leader with his 43rd career home run to back a 7.1-inning start from classmate Andrew Wolcott that led Duke to a 10-4 win over No. 13 Clemson Friday evening at the ACC Tournament.

Freiman crushed the record-breaking homer in his third at bat of the day, sending his ACC-leading 20th long ball of the year over the Blue Monster at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. He just missed hitting another over the 35-foot tall fence when his seventh-inning double hit three feet from the top of the left-center field wall. He was one of two Blue Devils to homer in the game, joining sophomore shortstop Jake Lemmerman, who drove in three runs and was a single short of hitting for the cycle.

McCarthy Bats Season High .471

Receives Local Honors

The reaches of the DCBA extend to the state of Florida, where high school senior Conor McCarthy led the Saint Stephen's Falcons with a .471 batting average for the season. McCarthy also posted five home runs and a whopping twenty-six steals! The following is an excerpt from the Bradenton Herald, which recently named McCarthy to its 2009 All-Area Baseball Team.

DCBA ALUMNI TARDIFF PICKS UP SIXTH WIN

Sophomore Jeff Tardiff (Framingham, MA) picked up his sixth win of the season in game one of a doubleheader split with NYIT on Friday at Dick Rockwell Field. Tardiff pitched eight innings, allowed four hits and one run to pace the Dolphins in a 7-1 victory in game one. NYIT bounced back to take the seven-inning nightcap 6-3.

Le Moyne (23-23) got to NYIT starter Louie Bernardi early and built a 4-0 lead after two innings. In the first inning, freshman Brett Botsford (Baldwinsville, NY / Baldwinsville) led off for the Dolphins with a triple down the right field line. Matt Nandin (North Syracuse, NY / CNS) pushed across the first run of the day with a double to left center to score Botsford. Le Moyne added three more runs in the second inning behind RBI singles from Dan Sisto (Liverpool, NY / CBA) and Botsford.

Scanlan Named America East Pitcher of the Week

Picked Up Win and Save on the Week

May 18, 2009

ORONO, Maine - University of Maine sophomore pitcher Kevin Scanlan (Sudbury, Mass.) was named the America East Pitcher of the Week on Monday, May 18. He is the second Maine pitcher to earn the honor this year, as Jonathan Balentina was named America East Pitcher of the Week on March 10.