BERLIN BRAVESTM
STORE 0

HOME RUN DERBY

FUTURE GAME WITH BASEBALL SCHOOL BERLIN

projects October 21, 2017
home run derby

ON OCTOBER 21, BERLIN BRAVES BASEBALL HOSTED THE CITY’S VERY FIRST HOME RUN DERBY, TOGETHER WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDS FROM BASEBALL SCHOOL BERLIN

‍ACCOMPANIED BY AN ALL STAR FUTURES GAME SHOWCASING THE SKILLS OF THE BASEBALL YOUTH AND A SEASON-ENDING PARTY, WE HAD A BLAST COMING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY ON OUR FIELD OF DREAMS IN COLUMBIA PARK.

‍FIRST OFF WAS THE ALL-STAR FUTURES GAME, WHERE 20 YOUNG PLAYERS DIVIDED INTO TWO TEAMS WENT HEAD-TO-HEAD.


‍THE EXCITING GAME ENDED WITH TEAM RED WINNING 9:5 AGAINST ITS OPPONENTS.

AFTER A QUICK BREAK, IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR THE HOME RUN DERBY. JULIUS MANNEL (BERLIN BRAVES), MARCOS BALANQUE (BERLIN FLAMINGOS), YAN ST. PIERRE (BERLIN BRAVES), JOHANNES BASCHE (MAHLOW EAGLES), STEVEN SEEGERT (BERLIN DRAGONS), ORLANDO DEL MURO (MANNHEIM TORNADOS), CURT FREYHOFER (POTSDAM PORCUPINES), BERNHARD SCHWARWÄCHTER (BERLIN WIZARDS), HEIKO NEUMEISTER (BERLIN ROADRUNNERS), PARSA BERGENGRÜN (BERLIN SLUGGERS) AND NIKLAS WÄGNER (BERLIN FLAMINGOS) SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK TO THE FIELD TO HIT SOME OF THE LONGEST AND HARDEST BALLS TEMPELHOFER FELD HAS EVER SEEN.



‍EACH PLAYER WAS GIVEN 5 MINUTES AND THEIR FAVOURITE WALK-OFF SONG TO SHOW THEIR BEST MUSCLE AND MAKE AS MANY BALLS AS POSSIBLE PASS THE FENCE.



‍IN THE FINALE OUR VERY OWN MVP JULIUS MANNEL COULD SECURE THE WIN AGAINST “SWINGMAN” MANNHEIM’S ORLANDO DEL MURO, SCORING A PHENOMENAL 8 HOME RUNS WITHIN 2 MINUTES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY helping out making this a fantastic first home-run derby in berlin. Thank you Benji from the baseball school, vitamin well, and thankS to all OUR Dj’s and BBQ friends. APPRECIATION.


berlin braves balls homerun derby