Made with Xara Web Designer THE FORMATION OF BASEBALL IN THE BAHAMAS Baseball in the Bahamas was formed Wednesday August 28, 1954 under the Bahamas Baseball Association in the old Y.M.C.A building on Cockburn street. this was the beginning of Organized Baseball. Registered as founding member was The Southern Eagles Baseball Team, the Winnie Ann Reds, the Amateur Athletics Association, and the Western Sporting Club. Mr. E.S.Stanley Mitchell was elected President and Mr. Reno Brown Secretary,these two gentlement was regarded as pioneers of Baseball in the Bahamas.another person who was given great credit for the success of Baseball was Mr. Joseph Moses First Vice President, and last but not least Mr. George Gardiner Treasure. All in all these four men form a great working combination all striving for one objective. Baseball competition was played at Clifford Park in November of 1954. Teams were the Westerns, Blue Sox, Falcons, Amateur Athletics, Jets, Southern Eagles, Ahepa, Braves, Comets, St Bernard’s, and Cee Bees. Mr E.S Mitchell and Mr Reno Brown were instrumental in the organization of baseball and in the continued success that it enjoyed since august of 1954. The Falcons won the first championship.in 1957 Bahamas Baseball Association became a member of the National Baseball Congress of America. the N.B.C has a Global Baseball Programme which covered all the Countries in the World. this Association has help the Bahamas in many ways to imorve the standard of baseball played here. The Bahamas Baseball Association elected Mr. Harry Joynes their Official Representative to the National Baseball Congress and subsequently he became the Commissioner of Baseball for the Bahamas by the National Baseball Congress.Being a member of the N.B.C gave the Bahamian teams an opportunity to participate in the N.B.C 's sponsored Global World Series. this was usually held in the United States and competing teams came from all over the World. the then Commissioner decided that every effort possible would be made to send the Bahamas to Global World Series.The player was chosen from the league and was judged on their proformances during the season. the season end early in the summer and approximately 25 of the best player in the league was selected and trained for about one month before the series was to be played and then the squad was cut down to 16 players which was the limit that a team can carry. In 1958 the Association major steps was taken towards improving the standard of play of baseball. under the supervision of the Commissioner the Association employed Salaried Umpires for the first. Tex Lunn, Bernard Millar, Dennis Fernander, Sidney Wilson and Kenneth Francis were comprise the Association Umpiring Staff. their standard of work was very good and gaining expreience under their belts there is no doubt that the Umpiring has shown a considerable improvement. all the Umpires have shown Euthusiasm Eagerness, willingness and punctuality in their umpiring and they will be a definite credit to the Association.One of the greatest draw backs to good baseball in the bahamas was the lack of good playing facilities. all the games were played at Cilfford Park and although the grounds were good it was not quite large enough for a regular baseball park. also it was impossible to keep the many spectators and players separated and this put an extra burden on the the umpires in handling the games.(Stay tune for more history) PRESERVING THE RICH HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE BAHAMAS