Published September 15th, 2010
Lamorinda in Cooperstown
Submitted by Don Nimura
Back row: Tommy Nimura, Grant Young, Alex Vick, Nicky Fafoutis, Ryan Geisreiter, Tommy Henderson, Max Flower Front row: Jake Berry, Reid Gibbs, Jack Eisner, Tyler Henderson, Patrick Ratchford Photo by Mary McConnell
The Lamorinda Baseball Academy (LBA) Legends proudly represented the Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda (and Alameda) area with a 9-1 record at the Cooperstown Dreams Park Baseball Tournament, losing in the semi-finals 7-6 to the eventual champions, Santa Clarita (CA) Bulldogs.

After an undefeated trip through pool play the Legends beat Homer (IL) Heat 4-1, DeMarini (CA) Bombers 14-2, and NFWB (MI) Cobras 17-5 in the play-offs to reach the semi-finals.

The Legends finished in third place with a record of 9-1 (out of 104 teams), having played 48 innings, and notching 134 runs to their opponents 23. They recorded 30 home runs.


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