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The (Yawkey Baseball League ) of Boston is a wooden bat baseball league comprising 13 teams representing towns in and around Boston. The league is named for the former owner of the Boston Red Sox, and Baseball Hall of Famer, Tom Yawkey. The 2015 season marks the 25th year that the league has been named in honor of Thomas Austin Yawkey. The league comprises players and teams from various collegiate programs, neighborhoods and multi-cultural backgrounds. The league objective is to always be inclusive and field top amateur baseball talent to satisfy the competitive nature of its players and provide a free entertainment option in the communities where games are played. The YBL is the largest amateur baseball program for young men in Boston and has a 30 game schedule from May through July with a playoff and championship schedule in August. The YBL plays 7-inning games under Major League rules with some adaptation of NCAA requirements to ensure player safety. The games are played as baseball was meant to be, with 100% wood bats. The league has its roots in Boston back to the 1950s and was also-known-as the: City League, the Twilight League and until 1990, the Boston Junior Park League. 1990 was a coming of age for the league having been named in honor of Baseball Hall of Famer, Tom Yawkey. The league's affiliation with the Yawkey Family has brought many benefits over the years. The Yawkey Foundation is a major financial contributor. The league mission: Continue the Baseball Tradition established by Tom & Jean Yawkey in Boston. In 2013 the league won the Eastern Massachusetts All Star Classic and has had many of its players be signed by professional baseball organizations. The Yawkey Baseball League, Inc. is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) public charity incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ==2015 Board of Directors== * David J. McKay, President * Joseph O'Hara, Vice President/Treasurer * David Treska, Secretary * Marc DesRoches, Member-at-Large * Matt Grimes, Member-at-Large * Travis Adams, Member-at-Large * Peter Lankarge, Member-at-Large 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yawkey Baseball League of Greater Boston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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