Coach
Westfield 2006
Phillip Reamy was an honor student in the 2006 graduating class from Westfield High School. He played five years of Babe Ruth and was on five Tournament Teams with three district titles and two state titles. Phillip was the top pitcher in the 2007 Babe Ruth State Tournament. Phillip is currently a member of the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University baseball team and recently participated in the 2008 NAIA World Series in Idaho. 2008 is his inaugural year as a coach for the Fairfax squad.
Coach
Washington-Lee 1961
Yep, he’s the manager’s dad! Coach Ron Brooks (some call him Papa Brooks) has found himself on the baseball field since he was a kid. He was recognized as a notable player for Washington Lee High School in Arlington during his years there. Since then he has watched his boy compete on the diamond and later joined his son as a coach in the dugout. During that time he has become a 14-year veteran coach of Babe Ruth tournament teams. Coach Brooks has long been married to his wife and major supporter, Rosemary, who is probably used to all this baseball stuff by now, don’t you think? Yes, she is our Manager’s mom - be sweet!
Manager
Fairfax 1987
2008 is Coach Brooks’ 17th season as a Tournament Team Manager. It doesn’t stop there - his experience goes back to his teen years when he was a player at Fairfax High School and on Babe Ruth Tournament Teams when he was 16, 17 and 18 years old. Coach Brooks is recently married to his lovely, and very patient wife Maura.
Westfield 2007
OF/P
Westfield 2010
OF/P
Centreville 2008
2B/P
Centreville 2008
SS
Fairfax 2008
P/OF
Centreville 2008
P/1B
Fairfax 2007
IF/OF
Centreville 2008
C/P
Westfield 2008
P/OF
Westfield 2008
1B/C
Westfield 2007
3B/SS/OF
Westfield 2008
P/OF/IF
Fairfax 2008
OF/1B
Westfield 2007
P/OF
This is our online version of the 2008 Tournament Team roster. Please note that you can sort the roster with a click of each column title. In other words, do you want to view the roster by first name? Click the “First” column title and the roster will reconfigure itself in alphabetical order (by first name). Try it by last name, too!
New and Improved: Click the last name for any player to see a new page with their photo and roster information.
2008 Greater Fairfax Roster - 16-18 year old Tournament Team (July 14 2008)
| No. | First | Last | School | Position | -- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sean | Burke | Westfield 2007 | P/OF | |
| 8 | Patrick | Gidders | Fairfax 2008 | OF/1B | |
| 12 | David | Grayson | Westfield 2008 | P/OF/IF | |
| 10 | Steven | Gregg | Westfield 2007 | 3B/SS/OF | |
| 11 | Murphy | Luatua | Westfield 2008 | 1B/C | |
| 3 | Steven | MacDougall | Westfield 2008 | P/OF | |
| 15 | Ryan | Michael | Centreville 2008 | C/P | |
| 21 | Matt | Newman | Fairfax 2007 | IF/OF | |
| 18 | Brandon | Spoone | Centreville 2008 | P/1B | |
| 7 | Lee | Strutzel | Fairfax 2008 | P/OF | |
| 1 | Casey | Sutton | Centreville 2008 | SS | |
| 23 | Matt | Taylor | Centreville 2008 | 2B/P | |
| 2 | Corey | Wever | Westfield 2009 | OF/P | |
| 4 | Ryan | Wever | Westfield 2007 | OF/P |
Coaching Staff
#48 - Manager - Kevin Brooks, Fairfax 1987
#44 - Coach - Ron Brooks, Washington Lee 1961
#13 - Coach - Phillip Reamy, Westfield 2006
— - Coach - Matt Del Riego, Centreville 2006
This calendar contains the most up-to-date information about game locations and times that is currently available. Keep your eye on the schedule for updates. You can also find the next 4 or 5 events displayed on the left-side of the home page.
Some important and interesting websites with terrific youth baseball information:
Virginia District VI Babe Ruth Baseball
Virginia Babe Ruth League website
Babe Ruth Baseball - official site
5MIN.com Baseball Videos - Some excellent, quick (less than 100 seconds) thoughts on solid fundamentals - take a look, it won’t hurt, promise.
Past Season Photo Galleries
Collection of galleries from Eddie Sutton (be sure to click all the links at the top)
2007 photo gallery from Tom Gregg
Kevin Brooks
Manager
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Eddie Sutton
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Fairfax has once seen their team advance to the Babe Ruth World Series. In 1976 the Greater Fairfax 15-year-old team won their way to the World Series under the leadership of Patrick Laing. Coach Laing was the Athletic Director at Fairfax High School for over 20 years before his sudden death in 2004. Soon after his passing Greater Fairfax Babe Ruth established their “Hall of Fame” to which Coach Laing was inducted posthumously.
Twist of the New Century
When travel baseball transformed the youth baseball landscape in 1998, the Babe Ruth League took some knocks. While the pseudo-elite in Northern Virginia baseball consider Babe Ruth a second or third tier league, Babe Ruth results contradict their criticism. Study the history of the league and recent, notable victories to find the emergence of a Babe Ruth experience filled with a sense of respect, redemption, or validation. Players that found no spot available on their high school bench found themselves starters on our All Star teams. Some went on to capture a State Title or two. Many players that started on their high school varsity squad joined Babe Ruth for the rich experience and to taste more success. Other leagues played competitive ball, but without any title that lives forever.
Recent Years
The Team Today
In 2008 the team will endeavor to secure their third straight District VI Title. Having won the 2007 State Championship the team will be challenged to accomplish the same feat with just four returning members of the 2007 roster. Returning to the team in 2008 are David Grayson, Steven Gregg, Murphy Luatua and Casey Sutton. With 2008 being his third appearance on the roster, Casey Sutton has the opportunity to become the only 16-18 year old player from Greater Fairfax Babe Ruth to ever play on three straight District VI title teams.
New names on the roster that hold the key to keeping the winning tradition alive include: Sean Burke; Patrick Gidders; Steven McDougal; Ryan Michael; Matt Newman; Brandon Spoone; Lee Strutzel; Matt Taylor; Corey Wever; Ryan Wever. Click this to see the full 2008 roster.
For five decades the Greater Fairfax team has competed in Babe Ruth Baseball. The 2008 Team is ready to continue and represent that legacy with pride and power.
This is where you will find much of the official news and information about tournament locations and schedules. UPDATED: July 18.
Game Information
Greater Fairfax won their first State contest against Chamberlayne of Henrico County with a final score of 16 to 1 in five innings.
Next game is Saturday at 9AM. Location is the Glen Allen Stadium at RF&P Park (details below)
Early Tournament Information
Here’s a teensy bit of info to get you through the next day:
Bracket - click here to download the bracket PDF from the Virginia Babe Ruth website.
For more at their website - click this link.
Tournament Location
The 2008 State Tournament for the Babe Ruth 16-18 Year Old League held in Glen Allen, Virginia, part of Henrico (pronounced Hen-rye-ko) County. The main field is the Glen Allen Stadium at RF&P Park. Click here for more information about Glen Allen, Virginia.
State Tournament at Glen Allen Stadium
The Henrico County website adds, “Welcome to Henrico County’s new, state-of-the-art Glen Allen Stadium at RF&P Park. The $4 million facility, which opened in March 2007, features covered bleachers with more than 600 individual seats; sunken dugouts with restrooms; a large digital scoreboard and message board; and a fully lighted and irrigated playing field engineered for quick drainage. Henrico voters approved funding for the stadium in the 2005 bond referendum.”
Click the following links to learn more about our destination!
Glen Allen Stadium Dedicated - HenricoCitizen.com
New baseball stadium brings country to Henrico County - Henrico.com
New State-of-the-Art Stadium Brings the Babe Ruth World Series to Henrico County - HenricoMagazine.com
Ripken Design & Management - participated in design and development
Photos of Glen Allen Stadium
While attending the 2008 Tournament our shutterbugs snapped a photo-tour of the facility. Click the following links to see the photo galleries:
Fairfax Team Arrives at Stadium
This is where you can gain access to all the photo galleries for the 2008 Fairfax Tournament Team. You will find, literally, hundreds of photographs that not only follow the team through every step of their 2008 season but also look back at previous years. Click this to see the entire collection in our Gallery Page or you can click this to find them all at Flickr.com.
Game Three - Gallery Two
Fairfax wrapped up their 2008 season in their third game of that State Tournament on Saturday, July 19. Tom Gregg snapped a ton of photos and we have them assembled in a towering gallery of photography. Click here to see the photos in our Gallery page or you can click this to see them at Flickr.com. Don’t forget we have another gallery from the third game - click this to see that. You can also find every single photo every published on this website in our Photos page - click this to visit the Photos page or find the “Photos” button over on the left-side of any web page.
Team Workout - July 18
During the two-day break between games at the State Tournament the Fairfax crew had a workout at a local high school field. Tom Gregg was there and snapped this set of photos so you can feel like you were there! Click here to see the pics in our Gallery page or you can click here to see them at Flickr.com. Remember you can find our entire collection - some as far back as the 2007 tournaments - on our Photos page - click this to visit our Photos page.
Video: State Tournament
Dave Grayson is our videographer for the 2008 State Tournament and he grabbed a ton of footage. We have his collection of video clips from all three State Tournament games right here in our web pages! Three pages contain the videos. Click this to see video clips from the first game. Then click here for Game Two video after which you click this for Game Three video. You can also click this to see them at Flickr.com. When you see a video clip, click the little arrow to make it go! Big THANK YOU to Dave Grayson for shooting and sharing the video!
Final Game, First Gallery
The season may be over but we ain’t done yet with photo galleries! Introducing the first gallery of the last game for the Fairfax crew - the end of another season. This collection of photos takes you back to Saturday afternoon to the second game of the day for our Fairfax Favorites. Click this to see the final game in our Gallery page or you can click here to see them at Flickr.com. Stay tuned as we expect to publish more photos in the near future - and maybe even a teensy bit of video. Also remember you can look back at any of our photos with a visit to our Photos page.
Game Two: 145 Photos of Fairfax
Saturday morning saw the second contest for the Fairfax crew. The game ended with a one-run loss (4 to 3) against the Manassas All Stars under the hot, Glen Allen sun. We have a photo gallery from the game - 145 photos of Fairfax in the field and in the batter’s box. Click this to see Game 2 photos in our Gallery page or you can click this to see them at Flickr.com. We have a ton of photos from the previous game and venue - you don’t want to miss those. Visit our Photos page to assure that you don’t miss a thing!
Game One: Fairfax At Bat
WARNING: This is one huge batch of photos, but that’s a good thing. These pictures tell a great story. Work your way through all of them and re-live the moments as the Fairfax Offense hammers the ball on their way to scoring a total of 16 runs in their first State contest of 2008. Click here to see all the photos of the Fairfax Offense in action at our Gallery page or you can click this to see them at Flickr.com. You can gain access to all our photo galleries with a quick scroll down this page. Lots of pics - check ‘em out!
Game One: Fairfax Defense
Another gallery packed with photos from the first tournament game for Fairfax on July 16. This batch focuses on the Fairfax defense as they handled their opponents with pristine pitching and fantastic fielding. Yes, it’s a huge number of photos, but stick with it as they begin to tell a little story. Click this to see the “Fairfax Defense” photos in our Gallery page or you can click here to see them at Flickr.com. Stay tuned for more as we have a bulging collection of Fairfax Offense photos on the way.
Post-Game Fun
What happens after the game? Join us with the team through this photo gallery that picks up at home plate after the final out and follows the guys (and families) from the field to dinner. After Game One for Fairfax the team finds itself (after some quick showers and a change of clothes) at the Chili’s restaurant in Glen Allen. Click here to see the post-game photos in our Gallery page or you can click this to follow them at Flickr.com. Stay tuned for more pics from the game as we have two galleries on the way - one focused on defense and the other on offense.
Photo Tour: Glen Allen Stadium
The Glen Allen Stadium complex is the venue for the 2008 State Tournament. It’s impressive and we want to share it with you! This is our photographic tour of the ballpark and facilities - though it’s not entirely complete. We expect to have more in the coming days as we explore the ballpark more deeply. We heard about a closed circuit television network that sounds nifty - we’ll look for that, too. Click here to see our photo tour in our Gallery page or you can click this to see it at Flickr.com. Stay tuned as we continue to prepare more and more photos!
States: First Game, First Gallery
Tom Gregg shares 171 photos from the first Fairfax game of the State Tournament. Our boys defeated the squad from Chamberlayne in five innings with a final score of 16 to 1. This first gallery includes photos that begin with the coin flip behind the stadium all the way through to fans heading for the parking lot after the victory. Click here to see them in our Gallery page or you can click this to see them at Flickr.com. Have some photos of your own to share? Go to our Contact Us page and click the email link for Eddie Sutton and he’ll help you share them on the website!
Arrival at Glen Allen Stadium in RF&P Park
The Fairfax Team arrives as the Glen Allen Stadium complex and feels right at home. What a fantastic facility this is - everything you might dream of for a first-class baseball facility. The team arrives, takes a moment to soak-in the glory of the place, and then gets to work with pre-game warm-ups. Follow them through the experience with these photos from Tom Gregg - click this to see them in our Gallery page or you can click here to view them at Flickr.com. Stay tuned for more as shutters will be busy throughout tournament play and we’ll post them here to help you follow the crew through their 2008 adventure!
Arriving at Springhill Suites Hotel
After traveling a whopping 97 miles from Centreville High School to the Springhill Suites hotel in Glen Allen, Virginia (which feels a lot like today’s Loudoun County - with green suburbia vs. suburban sprawl, and all) the Fairfax Tournament Team arrives intact. Tom Gregg was there and poised for action with his Nikon when the team walked through the doors. He snapped the pics and we present them here. Click this to see our Gallery page with the photos or you can click here to see them at Flickr.com. Stay tuned for more - tons more - as we continue to file reports and photos from the 2008 Virginia State Tournament.
District Championship: Gallery 1
Greater Fairfax clinched their third District Title in a row on Sunday, July 13 2008. The Fairfax crew performed great pitching, hitting, and defense. Click this to see our first collection in our gallery page and, of course, you can click here to see the photos at Flickr.com. This gallery includes shots from the game, Ryan Michael gettin’ all dirty running the bases, pics of fans in the stands and much, much more. We have many more photos currently being assembled into a new gallery - keep your eyes open for that as they will appear here soon!
Districts: Gallery 2 from Game 1
Tom Gregg has generously provided a gallery of 100 photos from the first game of the District VI Tournament on July 12 2008. His finely tuned shutter-finger captured perky shots of action and preserves the emotion and personality on the field at West Springfield High School. You can click right here to see all the photos in our Gallery page or follow a click here to see them at Flickr.com. Either way you get the full impact of the great collection of pics. Always remember you can find your way to any of our published photos by clicking the Photos button on the left-side of any web page!
First Game, First Victory, First Gallery
The first game for the 2008 Fairfax Tournament Team ended with a 13 to zero victory over the Springfield squad. David Grayson occupied the mound for the entire contest while the Fairfax bats were hot and our defense got the job done. And we’ve got the photos to prove it! Click here to see the pics in our online gallery page or you can click this to see them in our Flickr.com web pages. This is just one gallery packed with 100 pics, with more to come, because this is just Gallery One!
Team Dinner at Austin Grill
Players and coaches from the 2008 Tournament Team infiltrated the work place of Coach Del Riego on Thursday night as they dined at the new Austin Grill in Centreville. Coach Del Riego took the night off so he could join his team in their final social engagement prior to the launch of the District VI competition Friday night. With a little logistical glitch, the team found itself situated around the bar with the frantic bartender as their server. You could almost see Coach D laughing under his breath as he enjoyed being on the other side of the table rather than serving. The boys grabbed a few pics during the spicy, tex-mex chow-time - click here to see them in our Gallery page. You can also click this to see them at our Flickr.com gallery.
2008 Team Photo
Every baseball team should have a group photo - even when the guys get to be a little older. To begin the team practice on July 9 the team posed (in a variety of ways) for the Official 2008 Fairfax Team Photo. We have three photos available - click these links to see the full-size versions: High-resolution super-large photo; Medium-size image; Medium-size photo with team title (as seen to your left). You can also click the small photo to see it in our website gallery. Then click this to see the team photos at our Flickr.com gallery. In that gallery you will find a large, high-resolution version (suitable for printing) along with a smaller, title-less photo that is a nice size for emailing. Remember that you can always find our collection of photos here on our Photos page - look for the button on the left-side of this website.
2007 State Champs
The Greater Fairfax Tournament Team for 2007 traveled to Southern Virginia for the State Tournament. They endured anxious local baseball fans and exotically hot temperatures to emerge as the STate Champs with four straight victories. Click here to see our photo galleries at our Flickr.com account or you can click here to see all photos in our Gallery page.
More 2007 Galleries
Lots of shutterbugs were following the 2007 Tournament Team as they won States and continued on to the Regional Tournament in Tarboro, North Carolina. Click the following links to see all the old photos!
Great collection of photo galleries from Tom Gregg - keep clicking so you don’t miss any of ‘em!
Regional Tournament Opening Ceremonies from Eddie Sutton
Welcome BBQ in Tarboro, North Carolina
Brief tour of Scotland Neck, NC - our team’s HQ for the tournament
Game two - pre-game photos
Game two - Gallery one
Game two - Gallery two
Post-game pizza party at hotel
Coach Ron Brooks’ photo gallery
The Greater Fairfax Babe Ruth 2008 Tournament Team hails from Fairfax County, a thriving suburb of Washington, DC in Northern Virginia. The 2007 crew are the State Champions in the 16-18 Year Old League. Kevin Brooks is the manager of the 2008 team with almost two full decades of experience at the helm of youth teams. This is his 17th season as a Tournament Team manager.
Coach Brooks is joined by his father Ron Brooks who is a 14-year veteran coach of tournament teams. Joining both Coach Brooks are team alumni Phillip Reamy and Matt Del Riego. Coach Reamy and Coach Del Riego both played for the District Title Teams and the State Tournament Teams in 2006 and 2007.
Manager Kevin Brooks
Coach Ron Brooks
Coach Phillip Reamy
Coach Matt Del Riego
The Greater Fairfax Babe Ruth Tournament Team for 2008 competes in District IV located in Fairfax, Virginia.
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Contact us by phone:
Kevin Brooks, Manager: 703-981-1435
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