B Buzz Baseball League
2023 Pre-Registration is OPEN
Pay in April 2023
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Board of Directors
Wendell H. Fields
Executive Director
League Commissioner
Virgil L. Pittman, Jr.
President
Kathey Rush-Germany
Secretary
Bilal S. Akram
Public Relations
Myra ReGina Collins
Treasurer
Position Open
Grant Manager
Nate Gray
Community Development
Advisory Board
Aljay Bettis III
Kathryn Parks
Mayor Ben Holbert
Mayor Brad Sellers
Zack Reed
Greg Cameron
Desmond Howard
John Barnes Jr.
Honorary Board Member
Ken Ferguson (2021)
Roy Rush Sr. (2022)
Mary Rush (2022)
Thomas Roper (2022)
The future of B-Buzz Baseball League.....our plans, our vision. For more information please call 216-712-2721. Click HERE for more details and
for direct information from the League Commissioner.
Let's Play Ball!
OUR HISTORY: Founded in the late 1950's, B-Buzz Baseball League was an integral part of many young men’s lives in the Lee-Harvard community. Fast forward to 1969 – Lee-Harvard’s rapid transformation to a predominantly African American middle-class neighborhood prompted a group of parents and community members to continue the league long after its original participants moved away. For more than 15 years after relocating to Charles W. Eliot fields in 1969, five age divisions comprised of young men ages 8 to 17, played baseball almost every day during the summer months. At one time, close to 300 youth participated in B-Buzz Baseball League which produced quite a few notable Cleveland citizens in the process.
By the early 1980s, the league started to dissolve and the young men that played were well on their way to becoming community leaders, professional athletes, and successful businessmen themselves. In 2014, after over 30 years of absence from the ballpark, a newly formed Board of Directors consisting of former alumni decided to re-establish the B Buzz Baseball League, thus, creating it as a 501c3 non-profit organization. Wendell Fields and the board built the league with the same integrity, character, and virtue that they were provided during their youth. The goal is to resurrect the game of baseball for the youth of the Lee Harvard/Miles/Warrensville Hts. and surrounding communities just as it was in the past.
In 2014 & 2015 we registered 24 players each of those years, in 2016 we introduced our first Tee-Ball age division and registered a total of 52 players within our two age divisions. We maintained this enrollment number of players until 2019 when the Covid 19 pandemic struck us all. Our staff was determined and dedicated to continuing our growth and in 2021 we registered over 122 players and created 10 teams in 3 different age brackets.
As we move into the 2022 season, we are forecasting our enrollment numbers to double to over 250 players and by 2025, we are forecasting 390 players registered in our program each summer. With that being said, the current playing conditions of our home fields (Kerruish Park) and the other available baseball fields on Cleveland’s southeast side are in serious need of leveling & re-conditioning due to the lack of use over the many years without baseball being played on these fields. When you add in the unstable weather conditions in Northeast Ohio, the result is many games being cancelled, rescheduled, or not played at all year after year.
Our Board of Directors has approved and is proposing to build a state-of-the-art baseball complex with the help of various funding sources to be completed by 2024/2025 with 4 AstroTurf ballfields (Age Appropriate) which would avoid the game cancellations we experience, allow our seasons to begin two months earlier which would keep our young adults engaged that much longer during the summer months, while providing a safe space and proper adequate playing conditions for years to come. Along with the ball fields. we are also looking to construct a two-story modular structure that will house our field maintenance/team equipment, restrooms, concession stand, indoor batting cages, weight conditioning, fielding training areas and outdoor fitness zone, but most importantly, this
structure will give our educational/social resource partners the classroom and activity space they need to provide their complimentary services for our players and their families, all while enclosed behind a 15-foot-high gated off fenced in area to provide the safety and security needed for everyone.
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