The 1999 Bear Classic - Draft Report

Neil

Thanks for asking,

The 9th Annual Bear Classic, High School
Labor Day Tourney, Showcase for Our National
Pastime was a huge success. Lot's
of happy Players, Colleges, Mom & Dads
and fans.....even though it was rain shortened weekend.

Nine high school age baseball clubs
from six states and nine cities attended
including:
New York - Long Island
New York - FABL
Maryland - Host
Maryland - Baltimore
Pennslvania - North Allegheny (Pittsburgh)
Pennslvania - Philadelphia
New Jersey - Ramapo Valley
Connecticut - W. Hartford

Travelling HS players from seven
states + our nations capital attended
the event incl:
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
North Carolina
New York
Maryland
New Jersey
Washington DC
Pennsylvania
Connecticut

College Conferences sending representatives
to the 1999 Bear Classic included:

ACC
ATC
B Ea
B So
CAC
COC
DIAC
East Coast Conference
Eastern College Athletic Conference
Garden State Athletic Conference
Ivy League
Md Juco Conference
Metro Collegiate
Middle Atlantic
NE Conference
NAC
Pat C
Old Dominion
Pa State Ath Conference
USA Baseball
(& I hope I didn't miss anybody)

Lot's of talent this year,
& outstanding individual
performances.

& I am sure all the players
got their 'motivation' switch
turned on for the fall and winter.

Just cant't wait until NLI week
in November, & of course what players
will be drafted in the 2000 June
MLB A draft.

I sure updated my 'follow' list.

cheers
Bear

ps.

& especially for those 'new' readers
requiring looking for numbers in
the drawing....eg. an acronym list

NIL = National Letter of Intent
MLB = Major League Baseball
A = Amateur
follow = To watch a player
ACC = Atlantic Coast Conference
A-10 = Atlantic Ten Conference
B Ea = Big East Conference
B So = Big South Conference
CAC = Capital Athletic Conference
COC = Colonial Athletic Conference
DIAC = Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic
Juco = Junior College
NAC = North Atlantic Conference
NE = Northeast Conf
Pat C = Patriot Conference
PSAC = Pa State Ath Conference
USA = United States of America

psps. OBTW, I had only one, & was good.