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The Brookfield
Bulldogs are a nonprofit select baseball program
offering competitive baseball to youths in the
Elmbrook school district.
We provide Elmbrook Youths an opportunity to play in
leagues such as the Wisconsin State Youth Baseball
League (WSYBL). In contrast to Elmbrook Little
League, which consists of several teams made up of
Elmbrook youths playing against each other, we
develop and support very competitive teams that play
against other communities in southeastern Wisconsin.
We also participate in many tournaments throughout
the baseball season. Unlike Little League, which
consists of several different age groups on one
team, we have teams for each individual age group.
We also differ from Elmbrook Little League in the
size of fields we use and the pitching structure.
The age groups under 11 year olds play on 60-foot
diamonds and 46 foot pitching rubber. At age 11 they
graduate to 65-foot diamonds while maintaining the
46-foot pitching rubber. A 70-foot diamond is used
for the 12-year-olds with a 50-foot pitching rubber.
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The 13 and 14 year-old
teams play on regular 90 foot diamonds with 60foot
6inch pitching rubbers. Leading off is allowed for
12,13 and 14 year-old divisions. Balks are called in
the 12,13 and 14 year–old age brackets. Rather than
using the Little League Rulebook we use the National
Federation of State High School rules, the same ones
used by Brookfield East and Brookfield Central high
schools. All teams use live pitching.
The Bulldogs, founded in 1997 as a single U-11 team,
added a U-10 team for the 1998 season. Our goal is
to promote competitive baseball with emphasis on
sportsmanship and community responsibility. We work
with the Milwaukee Brewers, Mike Hegans Field of
Dreams, Brookfield Central, Brookfield East and
other organizations to provide and develop clinics
for skill development. We encourage and provide year
round training in pitching, hitting and fielding
skills. We do this with a flexible program so that
we do not interfere with other activities during the
baseball off-season. |
We stress the
responsibility of athletes to their community and to
be good role models. This year we are creating a
mentoring program encouraging our older players to
become mentors to our younger players. This not only
helps our players develop good baseball skills but
also good leadership skills and a sense of
responsibility.
As members of the Wisconsin State Youth Baseball
League, we are committed to a competitive baseball
program that will feed into the Brookfield high
schools. The league consists of teams such as the
Waukesha Firebirds, Waukesha Blazers, Menomonee
Falls Falcons, Racine Ericksons, Hartland Hawks,
Sheboygan Diamondbacks, New Berlin Heat, New Berlin
Magic, West Bend, Franklin, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Lutheran, Watertown, Lake County, Muskego,
Greenfield, Lake Country.
We also participate in many state tournaments. Our
home games are played at St. Lukes in Brookfield,
St. Dominics in Brookfield and Wirth Park in
Brookfield. League rules require that each team be
made up of youths from the same School District. |
