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2010 Merchants
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Roster:

2010 Merchants (18 and under) Manager: Joe Pearse, Coaches: GM: Bill Elsig (510-769-0135) Assistant Coaches: Tom Bennett, Matt Bucci, Gary Longoria, Adrian Martinez, Cody Nelson, Kip Nelson, Ricky Rodriquez
Alex Altman (17U) Dylan Armijo (16U) Adam Boyd (16U) Tyler Cobb (16U) Michael Conti (16U) Cameron Corwin (16U) Cory Hearne (17U) Daniel Higuchi (17U) Matt Kaufman (18U) Chris Lancaster (16U) Bryan Lee (16U) Daniel Marte (16U) Andrew Nelson (17U)	Joseph Norton (17U) Erik Penrose (15U) Zac Oransky (16U - IR) Adolfo Perez (17U) Scott Rees (17U) JM Reyes (16U - IR) Richard Roque (16U) Matt Schopf (17U) Daniel Skinner (17U) DarArmani Swift (15U) Joseph "JoJo" Verduzco (16U) Blaine Webber (18U - IR)

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game summaries:

vs. Blankenship Baseball
Sun, 6/13
- W: 6-1, Pitchers - Elzig (5), Hermann (2)
- W: 6-4, Pitchers - Cobb (4), Dea (1), Oransky (2)
vs. Bay Area Warriors
Sat, 6/12
- L: 4-6, Pitching Maier (5) and Cobb (2)
- L: 3-4, Pitching Swift (5) and Hermann (2)

History & Tradition
The Alameda Merchants

General manager, Tom Green, who also served as its first manager, started the Alameda Merchant baseball club in 1977. They played in the Ala-Costa Senior Babe Ruth League, playing only one home game at Krusi Park and having Merchant uniforms for their last two games.

Mr. Green's concept was to give the best sixteen through eighteen-year-old baseball players in Alameda the unique opportunity to play in a program similar to a college or minor league level program, show casing the players commitment and skills to college and pro scouts while playing quality teams. This is still the foundation for the program today.

Don Murray, and outstanding college baseball player and coach at Alameda High School became its second manager in 1978 and served until 1987. During this time the Merchant teams made it to the Northern California State Tournament, all but one year, compiling a record of 291 wins, 181 losses, and 7 ties.

Steve Yamasaki became the manager in 1988 and the team compiled a record that year of 41 wins, losing only 14 games. They won the State Tournament, the Pacific Southwest Regional Tournament and finished second in the Babe Ruth World Series losing two extra inning games to Marrieta, Georgia, who won a second National Championship as a team that year. Steve continued the success from 1989 to 1997 as the Merchants compiled a record of 237 wins, 123 losses, and 6 ties, playing in the Northern California State Tournament each year except 1991 when the Merchants did not field a team.

Rick Hubbs took over the reigns of the Merchant team in 1998 and the team played in the Northern California State Tournament. Gary Nelson was the General manager of the program.

In 1999, John Harris became the Merchant Manager, moving up from a highly successful year as Manager of the Mariners, the sixteen-year-old team that won the Northern California State Championship and went to the Southwest Regional Tournament in Bakersfield. Don Sherratt, moving with John from the Mariner program assumed the General Manager position. The team qualified for the Northern California State Tournament, finishing in third place at Woodland. The Alameda Babe Ruth Program started a very successful Memorial Day Tournament that attracted the best teams in Northern California. The tournament continues being a success.

Mike Gerson took over the Merchant program in 2000 and the team qualified for the Northern California State Tournament and traveled to Whitefish, Montana to play in a select tournament of the Pacific Northwest and Canadian teams. The team played an intense schedule of thirty-nine games in fifty days.

The Merchants did not field a team in 2001, but Tim Marr took the Mariner team through a successful season, playing in tournaments in Reno, Nevada, and Whitefish, Montana and finishing second in the Northern California State Tournament in Galt.

Tim Marr took over the manager's position in 2002. The Merchant team had a successful season in 2002 and 2003 playing an intense schedule. Traveling those two years to Mesa, Arizona during the Fourth of July week, the team played in a thirty-two team tournament held a the training fields of the Chicago Cubs. Other major tournaments where the team found success were in Sacramento, Reno, and Santa Barbara.

Tom Greens' vision still continues as a number of Merchant players are playing college baseball this year.

Those Serving the Merchant Teams:

General Managers:
     Diane Bustos 1993-95
     Tom Green 1977-87
     Rich Hubbs 1998
     Bill Leitz 1996
     Mario Mariani 1988-90
     Gary Nelson 1997
     Ray Ortner 1992
     Don Sherratt 1999-2005
     Ron Matthews 2006
     Nan Klein 2007-08
     Dave Boyd 2009
     Bill Elzig 2010

Coaches and Managers:
     Ken Arnerich 2006
     Mike Ballerini 2002-05
     Jim Bustos 1989-90, 1992-96
     Brett Bustos 1999
     Dan Chaix 1977
     Lew Colaneri 1977
     Richard Crawford 1995
     Terry Fedor 1999
     Dick Gambetta 1999-2000
     Steve Garrett 1984
     Mike Gerson 2000
     Vic Gerson 1990, 1992-96
     Tom Green 1977
     Larry Groves 1977
     John Harris 1999
     Rick Hubbs 1998

Kurt Hubbs 1998
Doak Jones 1998
George Kanto 1988-90
George Kinard 1993
David Howard 2000
Tim Marr 2002-05, 2007
Don Murray 1978-87
Jim Ogden 1985
Buz Pezold 1990
Larry Rodriguez 1988
Anthony Sanchez 1992-94
Kevin Sato 2000
Marvin White 1986-87
Steve Yamasaki 1978-90, 1992-97

There have been 24 Alameda Merchant alumni who have played professional baseball and over 100 players who went on to play college baseball.

The Alameda Merchants have a great history and a tradition that the community of Alameda is very proud of and continues to support.

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History & Tradition
The Alameda Merchants

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TEAM PICTURE:

TEAM NEWS:

game summaries:

History & Tradition The Alameda Merchants

History & Tradition
The Alameda Merchants