A non-profit summer collegiate baseball team located in Bethesda, MD. Est. 1999. 11 x @calripkenleague Champions. linktr.ee/bigtrainbaseball
Shirley Povich Field
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Here’s what Kramer’s (@OleMissBSB) home run in the 2nd inning sounded like! VC: @anna_yuan7
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KRUSH ALDERMAN KRUSHES A WALK OFF GRAND SLAM TO BEAT THE GRAYS 9-8 IN THE SECOND GAME OF A DOUBLE HEADER ‼️
This kid is an actual machine 🦾
#RollTrain 🚂 @OleMissBSB
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Kemp can hit AND throw missiles???? What can’t this guy do❓
@OleMissBSB
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THIS MAN IS UNREAL. 💥GRAND.💥SLAM.💥Alec Burleson we don’t deserve you. 9-3 Big Train!!! @alecburleson9 @ECUBaseball
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A little history tonight at Povich...
Kelli Jenkins (St. Marys MD) becomes the first female to play in the Cal Ripken League! She held the Giants scoreless in the top of the 4th.
@CalRipkenLeague
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Grand slams?
Just Kemp Alderman’s (@OleMissBSB) thing.
Listen to @bo_bobeck and @TylerAGallo call the homer 🔥
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Kemp hates baseballs. 9–0 Big Train now 😳
#ChuggingAlong🚂 @OleMissBSB
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Introducing your 2018 Cal Ripken League 🏆Champions🏆—
The Bethesda Big Train
#rolltrain #choochoo 🚂
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KRUSH ALDERMAN BRINGS IN BIG TRAIN’S FIRST GRAND SLAM OF THE SEASON‼️
Bats one out and over the centerfield fence for…
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@OleMissBSB’s got a good one.
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#RollTrain
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Congratulations to Gio Diaz (Big Train 2019) on signing a contract with the @Nationals! Welcome back to the DMV, Gio.
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Now this just isn’t fair!! Christian Jayne (ECU) belts a 3-run HOMERUN to right field!! Talk about a 2-out rally....
@ECUBaseball
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Baseball fans love a fireballer, and that's what Big Train supporters got to see every time @TheJLit11 (@ECUBaseball) took the mound in 2022. Jordan's late game dominance is why he is this season's Most Outstanding Relief Pitcher. 1/6
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New @TerpsBaseball head coach, and Big Train alum (99-00), @MattSwope19, is an innovator. Check out how he’s changing batting practice.
washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
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Running out of things to say. @alecburleson9 (@ECUBaseball) 2-run homer puts Big Train up 13-0. Boom.
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CHOO CHOO CHAMPIONS!
Final score 4-2. We win the series 2-1. We are back to back @CalRipkenLeague champions! A fitting end to #BT17
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Cal Ripken League All Stars have been announced! Here are your Big Train players representing the South Division!
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And I oop…
That’s another Kemp Alderman homerun! (@OleMissBSB )
@bo_bobeck and @TylerAGallo on the call ⤵️
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SCORING UPDATE: The ruling of last night’s Aces’ infield single has been changed to an error, making last night a combined no-hitter!
Congratulations to Dalton Ponce and Jack Weeks! #ChooChoo
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💥ALEC BURLESON💥 @alecburleson9 (@ECUBaseball) with the go ahead RBI-single to make this championship game 9-8!
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Touch ‘em all TATE!! Soderstrom (Arizona) crushes a ball to right center for a 2-run homer! 🚂💪🏼💥
@ArizonaBaseball @tatesode
Bottom 8 | Big Train 11, T-Bolts 0
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BRADY GUMPF (@NDbaseball).
DON’T DO IT TO ‘EM LIKE THAT.
SOLO HOMER TO TIE THE GAME.
#RollTrain
Bottom 8 | Big Train 7, Grays 7
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Congratulations to former @CalRipkenLeague MVP Alec Burleson (Big Train 2018) on being drafted by the @Cardinals!
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KRUSH ALDERMAN crushes one over the center field fence for a 2️⃣-run homer ‼️
That’s six home runs on the season for the @OleMissBSB stud 🤯
End 5 | Big Train 8, Aces 0
#RollTrain🚂
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We’ve tweeted too many home run tweets tonight…
BUT HERE’S ANOTHER ONE!
@NDBaseball’s Brady Gumpf puts one out and over for a 12-1 ballgame ‼️‼️
Mid 9 | Big Train 12, Grays 1
#RollTrain
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Congratulations to our guys who earned @CalRipkenLeague honors this season! We had eight first team selections, as well as one second team and one honorable mention! Check out the full rosters on calripkenleague.org. #ChooChoo
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Kemp making hitting dingers look easy. It’s cause they are.
The second part of that sentence is false.
Middle 6 | Big Train 1️⃣1️⃣, Grays 3
@OleMissBSB @KempAlderman #dingerszn
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Christian Jayne (ECU) sends that allll the way to the wall and delivers a 1 out, bases clearing, stand up TRIPLE!! 🚂
@ECUBaseball @Cjayne_10
He then comes home right away on a passed ball to score himself!
Top 4 | Big Train 6, Braves 1
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Take a bow, Sal Colangelo.
Our bench boss recorded his 499th and 500th summer collegiate baseball wins tonight against the Thunderbolts.
Congratulations, Sal!
#RollTrain
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The Golden Spikes Award is given to the Big Train player who best showcased his abilities in each facet of the game. From that perspective, @emilien_pitre (@UKBaseball) is the deserved winner of the 2022 Golden Spikes Award! 1/6
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Highest ranked team not in the Cape Cod League.
We’d love a shot to compete against one of their teams!
Who thinks Big Train could win?
The @GoBigTrain of the @CalRipkenLeague continue to steam on up the line to #7 in this week's CSBR Top 25 RPI Rankings! Go Big Train!! #playsummerball #realtop25 #csbn
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Kade Woods (@AlabamaBSB) finishes with two strikeouts. This was the first time he pitched in over 14 months due to Tommy John Surgery. Way to go Kade!
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THE STARS ARE SHINING BRIGHT!
Congratulations to the NINE Big Train players that will be playing in the All-Star Game tomorrow at Shirley Povich Field! Good luck gentlemen!
#RollTrain🚂
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BIG shoutout to Alec Burleson (East Carolina) for being named @CalRipkenLeague Most Outstanding Player! Alec led the league in HR and RBI, while allowing just one earned run in 26.1 innings on the mound. #ChooChoo
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And with 1 swing of the bat we are back in this ballgame!!! 🚂🚂🚂
MATT THOMAS (W&M) with the insanely clutch 3-run HOMERUN!! A no doubter over the scoreboard to plate Jayne (ECU) and Kato (Arizona)!
@matthewrt16 @WMTribeBaseball
Bottom 8 | Big Train 3, T-Bolts 4
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1️⃣1️⃣ Big Train players earned All-@CalRipkenLeague First Team honors this season! Two more were named to the Second Team.
Congratulations to all our honorees! #ChooChoo #RollTrain
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Speedster Keith Torres (Sac State) straight up steals H O M E!!! T-bolts didn’t even see it coming and he scores the 13th run!! 🚂
@keith_t4 @SacStBaseball
Top 9 | Big Train 13, T-bolts 5
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Measuring defensive excellence is something baseball has not quite figured out. But if you know anything about catching, it is obvious @schiavone_jason (@JMUBaseball) is an amazing catcher. He showed it often in 2022 and is why he is this season's Most Outstanding Defender. 1/7
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Brian Dozier (BT ‘06) is back in town! The former Big Train star has signed a contract with the Washington Nationals! #ChooChoo
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BREAKING: Bethesda Big Train Names Chris Rogers as General Manager; Elects Six New Board Members.
Full press release: bigtrain.org/news/?article_i…
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SEEEE YA, that’s outta here!! Kobe Kato (Arizona) connects and launches a 3-run HOMERUN!!! @ArizonaBaseball
Down by just a run now in the 8th! 🚂
Top 8 | Big Train 10, T-bolts 11
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DIXON DOES IT AGAIN! HE HITS A GRAND SLAM TO ADD HIS FIFTH HIT OF THE DAY!
It’s 15-7 in the bottom of the 8th, and Dixon Williams has five hits, seven RBIs and two stolen bases @ECUBaseball
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Another season for the record books!
Kobe Kato (@ArizonaBaseball) set new @CalRipkenLeague records for batting average, on-base percentage and walks. Way to go, Kobe!
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Rachel Hopmayer caught up with Kelli Jenkins after the game to chat about her outing and her baseball career!
@rmhopmayer @SMCM_Baseball
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Nothing we haven’t seen before!!! @alecburleson9 (@ECUBaseball) knocks it out of the park for a 🚂🚂🚂-run homer!
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Although these guys won’t take the field at Povich this summer, they’re still part of the Big Train family. Check out our (would be) 2020 roster! #RollTrain
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@LukeNowak25 (@ECUBaseball) may have come to the Big Train late due to ECU's run through the College World Series, but he made a huge impact once he arrived and is this season's Most Outstanding Hitter. 1/X
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Your @CalRipkenLeague ASG MVP, with a save and an RBI, from @SMGaelsBaseball- @kevin_milam9! Congrats Kevin! #BT17 #RollTrain
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Walking it off in GRAND fashion 💪
👂to @bo_bobeck and @TylerAGallo on @KempAlderman’s walk off slam⤵️
@OleMissBSB
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Jayne (ECU) keeps the rally going!!! He d o u b l e s home Diaz (St. Mary’s) for a necessary insurance run! 🚂🚂@ECUBaseball @Cjayne_10
Bottom 8 | Big Train 6, T-Bolts 4
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Don’t even try running on Tate Soderstrom (Arizona)!! He guns the runner down at the plate! Vincelli-Simard (Sac State) holds on to make the tag!!
Mid 6 | Big Train 7, Braves 4
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It's a clean sweep! Chase Lee (Alabama) is the @CalRipkenLeague Pitcher of the Year!
"The Viper" was nearly unhittable out of the bullpen, striking out 48 hitters in just 25 innings of work. Congratulations, Chase!
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You never know! @baylorcobb17 (@LATechBSB) CRUSHES this ball to RF for a two-run home run. 10-3 Aces in the 6th.
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Big Train wins a third straight @CalRipkenLeague regular season title! Congratulations to players and coaches! #ChooChoo
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BALLGAME! Peyton Schulze (@LBDirtbags) ropes a single into left field and the Big Train come back in the bottom of the 9th to win!
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Sal Colangelo has picked the best of the best for the Big Train Manager Awards! Congratulations to these guys for earning one more honor! #ChooChoo #RollTrain
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Gio Diaz (St. Mary’s) we don’t deserve you!!
The second baseman comes up with a 2-RUN single to come from behind and take the lead!!! #rolllltrain 🚂🚂
Bottom 8 | Big Train 5, T-Bolts 4
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The season didn't end how we wanted, but this season could not have been possible without the best fans in the Cal Ripken league.
We can't wait to see you at Shirley Povich Field in 2023. Thank you for your support all season long!
#RollTrain🚂
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M-V-P! M-V-P! Kobe Kato (Arizona) is the 2019 @CalRipkenLeague Offensive Player of the Year!
He set new records in AVG, OBP and walks, and was a key part of Big Train's offense all season long. Congratulations, Kobe!
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This one is worth the entire watch. Hear from Brock Guffey interviewed by @PJGlasser9 after his stellar performance on the mound tonight!
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The train is rolling early 🚂 🚂 Brandon Lowe is the first Big Train alum ever to hit a World Series home run! #RaysUp
FOX Sports: MLB
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Tonight would have been our exhibition opener. We’ll be back on the field ready to play for you soon, and hope that all Big Train fans are staying safe at home! #choochoo #rolltrain
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Brian Dozier (BT 2006) is all smiles in his Big Train uniform. Dozier was named to the Inaugural @CalRipkenLeague Hall of Fame class and accepted his plaque before @Nationals game today.
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🏴☠️THE PIRATE FOUND SOME TREASURE 🏴☠️
Couldn’t have asked for more out of @joshgrosz2 on the mound. Stellar outing tonight in Game 2 of the championship💪
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New comer Pete Costigan (University of Charleston) contributes right away! He doubles to left to plate Hunter (VA Tech)!
Top 3 | Big Train 3, Aces 1
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Justin Wylie (Arizona) @Jdubtalks becomes the Big Train leader in batting average narrowly beating out Adam Barry (BT 2011-2012)!
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Matt Thomas (William and Mary) was the best of the best in this LCS! His 8th inning heroics in game 3 earned him MVP honors 🏆🚂
@matthewrt16 @WMTribeBaseball
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Cade Hunter (Virginia Tech) hits a home run in 8th! #rolltrain #CHOOCHOO
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And always remember, “sometimes the pencil breaks and you’ve just gotta scribble with the nibble”-@dhamrock7
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Hey now, you're an all star 🌟🌟
Congrats to our 12 representatives in Monday's CRCBL all-star game! #RollTrain #BT17
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He hit 27 homers for the Big Train. Now, Hunter Renfroe has his first World Series dinger! #RaysUp #RollTrain
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A big congratulations are in order tonight for Gio Diaz (St. Mary’s)! With his stolen base in the first inning he breaks the single season Big Train record for stolen bases!
@SMC_Baseball
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Big congrats to Dalton Ponce for being named the Cal Ripken League pitcher of the week! Way to go Dalton! 🚂
@SMC_Baseball @Dalton_Ponce25
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RYLEY JOHNSON ➡️ DYLAN HATFIELD WOW
@ECUBaseball @HokiesBaseball
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What a game for our All-Stars!!! Big Train players combined for 12 hits, 13 runs, 10 RBI!!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
South defeats the North 15-1!
#rolltrain #choochoo 🚂
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Burleson clears the bases AGAIN!!! 3-run homer in the top of the fifth to extend the lead 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂-3! Welcome to the Big Train, @alecburleson9! @ECUBaseball
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