Due to the success of the 2009 "Hit with the Badger" Program we will be running the following dates...

July 24, 2010

All hitting sessions will begin at 10:00am sharp and will be held at Historic Labatt Park. Please notify Coach Lumley if you plan to attend. Since our supply of smaller bats is limited we would suggest that you try and bring your own bat and helmet.

When you arrive at the park, please hand in the following Badger Liability Waiver.

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Read about the successful "Hit with the Badgers" program in the Londoner.

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"Hit With The Badgers" update.... May 12th 2009

The London Badgers have introduced a program called, 'Hit with the Badgers.' The idea behind this new program is to promote baseball at the grassroots level in London and the surrounding area.

If this past Sunday was any indication, the new program will be a huge success. The free hitting clinic allows house league and competitive players aged 8-12 the opportunity to actually 'HIT' with the Badgers. Despite a windy and chilly morning, close to 10 young baseball players and their parents took part in a one-hour hitting clinic with the Minor Midget Badgers prior to their PBLO doubleheader with the Ontario Blue Jays Under-16 team at Aldridge Field.

Garry Robbins was at the clinic with his son Adam who plays for the EBBA Mosquito Tecumsehs and had this to say, "It can only be a positive learning experience when our 10 and 11 year old boys attend a Badgers Baseball Clinic. It was a good time." Adam had some very interesting comments as well, "It was really a lot of fun, and I want to do it again. I like playing with the big guys. One of the players taught me how to bend my knees and position my arms so I can hit the ball better."

You wouldn't have known it was as chilly as it was by watching the young players go through warm-ups and hitting drills and then play a scrimmage against the Minor Midget Badgers. Another EBBA Mosquito player, Daniel Jaffe had some comments about the clinic and the scrimmage in particular, "It was great to play with older boys who are incredible players and who love baseball as much as I do. I don't know how they beat us in the scrimmage when they were hitting from the wrong side and running backwards."

Daniel's father Peter Jaffe explained what this kind of experience means to the young ball players, "The boys all want to be Badgers one day, so it is a good motivator to see how much they have to keep learning every day. It is like climbing to the top of one mountain and then seeing four more towering peaks ahead."

The free hitting clinics which are open to all London area baseball players aged 8-12, will continue for the next few weeks.