MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE

PLAYERS MEET UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG

PAYING TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS ON MEMORIAL DAY

ZION & MALAKAI MICHAEL PRESENT THEIR GRANDFATHER WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRAD MOOAR IS THANKED BY PLAYERS FOR HIS SERVICE

MEMORIAL DAY 2014

11U Advance to 5th Championship in Last 6 Tournaments, WIN MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC!

11U Memorial Day Classic Champions

12U GOLDEN ERA OUTSCORE OPPONENTS 49-8 IN 3 WINS OVER MEMORIAL DAY!

The Golden Era 12U team amazing season continued over Memorial Day Weekend, winning 3 more games while outscoring their opponents 49 to 8 in the wins.

The weekend was highlighted at the plate by home-runs from Josh Ugot and Zion Michael, while Ryan Mooar, Hunter Mott, Aidan Pearce and Jordan Webb added 6 hits a piece.

The 12U dominant pitching continued over the weekend as well, with great performances from Ryan Sasaki, Aidan Pearce, Ryan Mooar and Jordan Webb.

Adam Birt's Awesome Season Continues

9U player Adam Birt is having an awesome season and it only seems to be getting better. Heading into the final stretch of the Spring/Summer of 2014 season, Adam is leading the 9U/10U in:

• Hits
• Singles
• RBI's
• Runs Scored
• Stolen Bases
• and has only struck out 5 times all season in close to 100 plate appearances.

On the mound Birt has been just as impressive as he leads the team in:

• Wins
• and strike-Outs.

Adam Birt (Spring 2014)

Josh Ugot Launches 6th Home Run of Season

SPENCER HELVIG CONTINUES TO DOMINATE

Spencer Helvig (2014)

SIZEMORE CONNECTS FOR 5th HOME RUN THIS SEASON!

Rocky Sizemore (Spring 2014)

Brandon Hoover Clobbers 2nd Home Run of the Season

Brandon Hoover (Spring 2014)

11U ADVANCE TO 4th CHAMPIONSHIP IN LAST 5 EVENTS PLAYED!

The Golden Era 11U team kept there hot play going by winning 4 games over the weekend and advancing to their 4th Championship game out of the last 5 tournaments played. 

The only event in the last 2 months when the Golden Era 11's did not advance to the Championship is when they played up in the 12U division. That event seen them fall in the semi-final game by 2 runs, preventing them from playing the Golden Era 12U team in the championship game.

The weekend was highlighted by great starting pitching from, Brandon Hoover, Rocky Sizemore, Marco Ferrara and Jake Rogers, along with Blake Smith coming in for relief and by closer Nathan Hovey.

11U May 17th & 18th

CODY WAGNER MAKES MOST AMAZING CATCH IN PROGRAM HISTORY!

It's been said before, one of the greatest things about the game of baseball is you never know when 

one of those moments is going to happen that you always remember. You never know when a hit, catch or pitching performance is going to take place that brings the whole ball park to its feet in applause.

Cody Wagner (Spring 2014)

One of those moments happened Sunday afternoon, when 7 year old bat-boy Cody Wagner took the field in the last inning in a 11U game Golden Era was well ahead in against All-Out Baseball.

It was a moment that everyone at the field watching the game won't forget. With one out and a runner on 3rd base a high fly ball was hit over Cody's head. Cody broke back and in a full run reached out and made the catch.

Not only did he make the catch though, he had the field awareness to throw the ball back in quickly to the cut-off man keeping the runner at 3rd base.

It was awesome!

The entire crowd went crazy, cheering, yelling and applauding. The only two people who seemed not to be surprised were Cody himself and Coach Derek Bell.

Derek said,"When its all said and done Cody is going to be a phenomenal outfielder and baseball player. I've seen him catch balls like that when the players have been taking batting practice so its no surprise to me he made the catch. That's just the beginning of many great plays to come. But it sure was nice to watch!"

On a side note, when Cody isn't running down fly balls in the outfield, he's a switch hitter at the plate. Great job Cody and we look forward to watching catches like that for years to come!

Mothers Day Presentation of Roses (12's & 13's)

Moms are the rock...

Moms are the ones that usually wash the uniforms late at night after a long day of baseball so it's ready to go again for the morning.

Moms are the ones that make sure you have a water or Gatorade and make sure your sunscreen is on.

Moms are the ones after a tough game that tell their player, "It'll be alright and you'll get them tomorrow in just the right way to make you feel good".

And that's only a small piece on the baseball side, not to mention the 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year job that makes up being a mom.

Over Mothers Day Weekend our players honored their Moms by presenting them with a rose and telling every one something they appreciated about their Mom. It was awesome and very enjoyable to hear.

Great afternoon on the field and we appreciate each of you coming out for the ceremony!

WERE ALWAYS TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF KIND WORDS FROM OUR FAMILIES...

I would like to share my opinion of the Golden Era Baseball Program that my grandson has been a part of for the last three years. 

I am extremely impressed with the no nonsense approach to the game that the coaches take while being sensitive to the fact that these are still young kids that will make mistakes. 

I have never witnessed any of the coaches needlessly yelling at any of the kids or criticizing their playing ability or play choice in a way that would destroy their confidence and break their spirit. The coaches do a great job of "emphasizing" to the players their strengths when pointing out how they can improve on their weaknesses.   

The practices are very structured and run in a way that keeps all players busy at all times. They break up into groups to work on fundamentals and drills related to their positions. After a set period of time each group moves on to another drill. 

Some drills are specific to their positions and some drills, of course, pertain to all positions.  This approach keeps every player busy at all times and enables the team to get the maximum work done in the allotted time that they have.  It somewhat reminds me of when I attended spring training sessions for the pros while my brother was a sports writer in Phoenix Arizona.

Lastly and most importantly I feel that every decision by the coaches that I have observed has been made based on doing what is best for the player’s development, improvement, safety, and for the integrity of the game, even if it is not the most popular decision for a fan. 

For example, the kids were told to stop sliding head first primarily due to the risk of injury. It was also pointed out to the kids that a foot first slide with a quick pop up to the standing position increases their chances to advance to the next base if the opportunity arises.  

 I was disappointed at first when I heard Coach Derek tell the kids this because, as a fan, I love watching them slide head first but as a parent (actually grandpa) I do understand that it is less of a risk for injury by having them slide feet first. I will have to admit that I have come to realize that a well executed foot first slide ending with a quick pop up to their feet looks just as impressive as a good head first slide.

I would highly recommend the "GOLDEN ERA BASEBALL PROGRAM" to anyone that has a child or grandchild that loves baseball and wants the opportunity to be part of an organization that is devoted to the kids development and continued improvement of their skills as well as stressing good sportsmanship. 

As the coach has pointed out many times:  It's all about getting better!!

Sincerely,

Bob Hawley

AKA:  One very proud grandpa that feels blessed his grandson is in this program

Thank you Bob! From all of us here at Golden Era. We truly appreciate the kind words...

9U ADVANCE TO CINCO de MAYO CHAMPIONSHIP

9U Cinco de Mayo Championship

11U ADVANCE TO CINCO de MAYO CHAMPIONSHIP

11U Cinco de Mayo Championship

WAGNER & HOOVER BLASTS HOME RUNS FOR 11U

Chris Wagner & Brandon Hoover (Spring 2014)

Chris Wagner and Brandon Hoover both connected for their first home runs of the season on Sunday afternoon. Each players home runs came in the semi-final game against the Fremont Fury, helping lead the Golden Era 11U team to their second consecutive championship game!

Wagner's home run was a missile and Hoover's shot was a bomb that traveled an estimated 250 in the air.

Congratulations guys on your first home runs!

9U MILES TAYLOR & MALAKAI MICHAEL COMBINE FOR NO-HITTER!

Miles Taylor (Spring 2014)

Malakai Michael (Spring 2014)

JAKE ROGERS WALK-OFF HIT ADVANCES 11U TEAM!

Jake Rogers (Spring 2014)

In the season to date the Golden Era 11U team has won championships, won some games big, had great hitting and pitching performances... but there was one thing still eluding them... the come from behind win in the last inning.

Until Jake Rogers came up with a game winning hit on Sunday that is.

Here's how it went, bottom of the last inning, Golden Era 11's down 6-5 to Perk's Titans. 2 outs nobody on base and a 0-2 count on Brandon Hoover. Not looking good.

Hoover fouled a couple off to stay alive then blasted a tripe to deep left-field. The next pitch went to the back-stop and just like that the game was tied.

The comeback was not yet complete though, Marco Ferrara ended up working a walk and Nathan Hovey was beamed on the first pitch in the back.

With runners on first and second base now, Jake Rogers came to the plate. Rogers lined a hit into center-field scoring Ferrara. And after being down their last strike with nobody on base down a run, the Golden Era 11's had make their first come from behind walk-off win of the season!

ANGELO FERRARA 3 RBI TRIPLE LEADS 9U TEAM TO WIN!

Angelo Ferrara (Spring 2014)

MOOAR, PEARCE, MOTT, UGOT, WEBB & MICHAEL LEAD 12U TO 5-0 WEEKEND ON THE MOUND, ONLY ALLOWING 5 RUNS IN 5 GAMES

Hunter, Aidan, Ryan, Jordan & Josh (Spring 2014)

The Golden Era 12U team has had tremendous pitching all season, and in the weekend's 'Spring Bash' tournament it was no different. Ryan Mooar, Aidan Pearce, Hunter Mott, Josh Ugot & Jordan Webb all picked up wins on the mound, with Zion Michael closing out 2 of the games picking up the saves.

When it was all said and done the 12U squad had went 5-0 over the weekend and advanced to their 6 Championship in 7 tournaments played.

Ryan Mooar got the weekend started on the mound, going against 925 Baseball. Mooar surrendered a double in the 1st inning, and only allowed one hit the rest of the way. Golden Era picked up the win 12-0 over 925 Baseball.

Aidan Pearce picked up right where Mooar left off. Pearce shut down Lafayette Rock, taking a no-hitter into the 4th inning as the team went on for the win.

Not to be outdone, Hunter Mott got the start on the mound in game 3 of the tournament against the Mon-Stars of Modesto. Mott took a no-hitter into the 4th inning as well as Golden Era went on for the win.

The fourth game of the tournament saw Golden Era going against Triple Crown Baseball, with big Josh Ugot on the mound. Ugot dominated Triple Crown Baseball as the team cruised to another win, advancing them to the championship game.

Jordan Webb got the start in the Championship Game and completed off the weekend of great pitching, shutting down the Mon-Stars in an 8-0 win in the Championship.

Of course any good pitching staff needs a great catcher behind the plate, and catching in 3 of the 5 games over the weekend, anchoring down the pitching staff, was Ryan Sasaki.

12U WINS 'SPRING BASH' CHAMPIONSHIP!

12U Golden Era 'Spring Bash' Champions!

11U Win "Spring Bash" Tournament Championship!

11U Golden Era 'Spring Bash' Champions!

12U GOLDEN ERA REACH 5TH CHAMPIONSHIP OUT OF 6 TOURNAMENTS PLAYED

JORDAN WEBB PITCHES 12U TEAM INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Jordan Webb (Spring 2014)

11U JOSH HALL'S BIG WEEKEND AT THE PLATE LEADS SQUAD

Josh Hall (Spring 2014)

Elijah Ramos Strikes Out Hitter to Send 9U Team to Semi Finals

9U ADAM BIRT STELLAR ON THE MOUND IN WN

HELVIG THROWS NO HITTER!

Spencer Helvig delivers a pitch in his no-hitter (Spring 2014)

Congratulations to Spencer Helvig for throwing a no-hitter!

HUNTER MOTT DEALS ON THE MOUND IN WIN OVER THE K-ZONE MUSTANGS

Hunter Mott (Spring 2014)

WALNUT CREEK BULLDOGS NO MATCH FOR 12U SQUAD, GOLDEN ERA WINS 18-3

Ryan Sasaki (Spring 2014)

11U MARCO FERRARA LEADS TEAM INTO THE SEMI-FINALS PLAYING UP IN 12U EVENT

Marco Ferrara (Spring 2014)

AIDAN PEARCE DOMINATES ON THE MOUND IN WIN OVER BULLDOGS

Aidan Pearce (Spring 2014)

IAN PASCUAL LAUNCHES 11TH HOME RUN THIS SEASON

Ian Pascual Connects for his 11th HR (Spring 2014)

11U GOLDEN ERA HAMMER 12U WALNUT CREEK BULLDOGS IN TOURNAMENT WIN

Brandon Hoover (Spring 2014)

ROCKY SIZEMORE GOES COMPLETE GAME IN WIN ON THE MOUND

Rocky Sizemore (Spring 2014)

William Hovey Steals Home

Awesome video of William Hovey stealing home!

Rocky Sizemore launches a Monster Home-Run

11U Rocky Sizemore launches a MONSTER home-run. Just missing from clearing the 325 foot fence!

12U GOLDEN ERA REACH 4TH CHAMPIONSHIP OUT OF 5 TOURNAMENTS PLAYED!

12U Spring 2014

UGOT & SIZEMORE SLAM HOME RUNS!

Rocky Sizemore with the shirt given to him for hitting a home run. Rocky finished with 2 home runs over the weekend (Spring 2014)

Josh Ugot with his shirt for hitting a home run (Spring 2014)

PASCUAL BLASTS 3 MORE HOME RUNS OVER WEEKEND!

Ian Pascual (Spring 2014)

DANIEL NAKAMURA'S HOT BAT HELPS LEAD GOLDEN ERA 12U INTO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Daniel Nakamura (Spring 2014)

HOVEY MAKES A CATCH FOR THE AGES

Nathan Hovey (Spring 2014)

One of the best things about baseball is you never known when one of those great moments is going to happen.

You never know when a hit, pitch, steal or play is going to take place to make the ball-park stop and applaud.

11U player Nathan Hovey had one of those plays Sunday morning when while playing left-field he broke back on a deep fly ball that took him to the fence.

Hovey leaped, extended out and while in the air, reached over the wall and robbed a home run.

An amazing catch on this play would be an underestimate. It was one of the best catches you will see at any level.

Great job Nathan!

HUSDON & NELSON SET STANDARD AS GOOD TEAMMATES

CJ 'Huddy' Hudson and Zack 'All-Day' Nelson are on the disabled list. Both suffering from injuries that have forced them to miss some time.

Since going on the DL both Huddy and All-Day Nelson have been at every practice and game, being there to support and root on there teammates.

This is really what its all about...

Get better guys so we can see you out on the field again soon!

Akintunde Ahmad's Mark of Success

We are extremely proud of you Tunde! Everyone please take a second to read this great article on Golden Era player, Akintunde Ahmad.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Oakland-senior-s-mark-of-success-top-college-5375015.php

 

SASAKI LEADS GE 11'S TO CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE MOUND

Ryan Sasaki (Spring 2014)

In a weekend that was filled with great pitching from the 11U Golden Era squad, Ryan Sasaki saved the best performance for last, as he threw a complete game 3 hitter over the North Bay Redbirds in the Championship game.

After working out of a jam in the first inning where he surrendered a run, Sasaki settled in, only allowing 1 more hit while striking out 5 the rest of the way, leading the Golden Era 11's to the championship!

Golden Era 11U Celebrate After Winning Championship

The 11U Golden Era squad celebrate after a 16-2 win over the North Bay Redbirds in the Championship game!

11U WINS TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP!

11U Champions (3/23/2014)

Rocky Sizemore Launches Monster Home Run

Rocky Sizemore blasts a monster home run against Fremont Fury. Bear with the video quality, it was taken by a very excited Rocky Sizemore SR. Thanks for the video & congratulations guys!

PASCUAL, SIMPLY AMAZING OVER WEEKEND

Ian Pascual (Spring 2014)

There's good weekend's out there, then there's what 12U player Ian Pascual did this weekend...

In a four game stretch Ian hit 5 Home-Runs, three of which traveled well over 300 feet in the air, hit a triple which if the field had a fence would of been a 6th home-run!

To top off the phenomial hitting, Ian had 3 assists from center-field and made a running catch in the outfield that many we're saying was the best catch they had ever seen at the youth level. He also had 7 steals on the bases.

Great job Ian Pascual on an outstanding weekend!

12U Golden Era Outscores Opponents 56-3 to Claim St. Patricks Day Championship

12U Golden Era St. Patrick's Tournament Champions

The 12U squad started off this weekend as they have every tournament weekend this season, by dropping the first game then turning it on. After the game one loss, the team went on to outscore there opponents 56 to 3 en-route to the Championship.

Following the game one loss the team responded with:

16-0 Win over the Patriots
12-0 Win over the Patriots
11-1 Win over the Perks Nor-Cal Titans in Semi-Finals
17-2 Win over Triple Crown Baseball in the Championship

Great job Golden Era 12's!

9U TEAM COMPLETES 10-0 WIN ON GREAT PLAY AT THE PLATE

The Golden Era 9U squad complete a 10-0 win over the North Bay Redbirds on Saturday by this great throw by Adam Birt to the plate.

9U GOLDEN ERA WIN 9-0 OVER SUTTER STORM

Alijah Ramos (Spring 2014)

The Golden Era 9U squad made there team debut by winning 9-0 over the Sutter Storm.

The game was highlighted by great pitching from Jason Reed, who came out throwing smoke as well as Alijah Ramos.