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Click the link below to read the article about University of St. Thomas Head Baseball Coach Dennis Denning stepping down.
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Leonard C. Brickens 59, of Indianapolis, passed away on October 30, 2009. Born on September 4, 1950 in Indianapolis the son of Leonard I. and Jenny Fosso Brickens. Lenny began Umpires for Youth in 1971 and took over the Indianapolis Umpires Association (IUA) in 1973. He recruited, trained and scheduled umpires in central Indiana throughout all of those years. Lenny was also the umpire supervisor and scheduler for the Missouri Valley Baseball Conference since 2006. During his 40 year career, Lenny umpired all levels of baseball and had several appearances in NAIA World Series competitions, NCAA Division 1 Tournament, Division II and III College World Series, Missouri Valley Championship Series, and the Big Ten for many years. Lenny also represented the United States as an umpire at the Pan Am Games in Indianapolis, the Junior World Championships in Moncton, Canada, the European Olympic Championships in the Netherlands, and the World Baseball Champions hips in Taipai. He was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, the IHSAA, Collegiate Baseball Umpires Alliance, Amateur Baseball Umpires Association, Indiana Officials Association and The Fall Creek Officials Association. He organized a contingent of umpires to work pre-season collegiate baseball in Florida. Because of his dedication and perseverance, Lenny built one of the most respected and unique umpire organizations in the United States. He also can be credited with helping Central Indiana high schools to better their baseball programs by organizing and running a summer baseball program. To help supplement team costs for this summer program, Lenny organized and ran an annual Monte Carlo charity night in Indianapolis for many years. For the past 15 plus years, Lenny raised thousands of dollars within his IUA organization which was either given to specific charities or to families who had suffered losses of loved ones who were members of the IUA. Lenny is survived by his wife, Theresa Donahue Brickens, daughter Anissa Borden; sister,Stella Benefiel; granddaughter, Cayleigh Donahue. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Larry J. Brickens.
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Congrats to the following NW Umpires that were selected to work the Amateur A, B & C Tournaments
The A tournament can be followed at the following link: http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=saintpaul
The B/C tournament can be followed at the following link: http://www.mbastatetourney09.com/ & http://www.minnesotabaseball.org/
Dean Aasgaard, Erik Anderson, Tony Anderson, Adam Berg, Kris Bertelsen, Marshall Behrens, George Drouches, Chad Eischens, Jon Fox, Larry Gallagher, Tom Goetz, Terry Helget, Hank Hentges, Greg Holeman, Brandon Jackson, Zar Kovalov, Andre Lanoue, Ken Lehner, Dave Malley, Mike Monita, John Priester, Kirk Rall, Bill Ryan, Ken Sargent, Jeff Schmit and Dave Wiles
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Click the link below to read the MBA article on our own Ken Sargent
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Click the link below to watch a video on Adam Bender.
Adam Bender, 8, is one of several kids who plays catcher in Southeastern’s rookie league at Veterans Park. What makes Adam stand out is that he plays one of the toughest positions on the field with only one leg. Because of cancer, he had his left leg amputated when he was one. Adam doesn’t use a prosthesis, and only uses crutches when he reaches base for the Astros.
UPDATE: Since the story of 8-year old cancer survivor Adam Bender was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader, and on www.kentucky.com, on June 1, 2008, the one-legged catcher has been invited to throw out first pitches at a Chicago White Sox game, a Cincinnati Reds game, a Houston Astros game, and has been invited to a Garth Brooks benefit in Las Vegas. He is also being profiled for a story that will air on ESPN. On Sunday June 6, 2008, Adam threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Adam Dunn of the Reds.
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