2008

Bergen Beach Baseball based in Brooklyn New York, will be holding showcase camps and National Team Tryouts across the US starting in Sept.2007, locations to follow. Please pre-register on-line by filling out and submitting the

Bergen Director Steve Bort has coached over 300 players that were drafted, 41 current major leaguers and assisted alumni in receiving over (8) million dollars in college scholarship money. Bergen Beach National Teams have claimed 15 World Series Titles. The 2OO7 17U National Team won the CABA High School World Series held in Euclid Ohio with a thrilling championship over Illinois based Top Tier. The 16U National Team (World Series Champions in 2005) finished 3rd at the recent 16U CABA World Series held in Georgia (East Cobb Complex) and posted wins over the Georgia Roadrunners and Cincy Flames. Register on-line today and

* This is one of many tryouts that will take place across the country to form these elite teams

** CABA is the main tournament that each age group will enter, there could be more accordingly

Bergen Beach Baseball and Steve Bort would like to Thank the following people for making these Camps / National Tryouts possible:

Coach Bort, I worked out with you at Don Bosco last week. I wanted to thank you for giving my name to the LIU coach. I will be visiting the school in about two weeks. I am also setting up a meeting with Sacred Heart and Pace, however, I have now added LIU to my list. I enjoyed pitching for you very much. Thank you again for the recommendation to the LIU coach. Joseph Giordano Clarkstown High School South

Posted January 02, 2006 01:26 PM January 02, 2006 01:26 PM I have alot of experience with the CABA World Series since it has been in my back yard for many years. My son's high school is a host school for the tournament and he was in fact discovered by his present college at the tournament. I can say from experience, the Bergen Beach team (in my eyes and others) is the ELITE of the elite. It seemed all the pro scouts were watching their games more than any others and from appearances for good reason. From what I know, Alex Rodriguez was a member of the team. Based on my take on the talent level it takes to be on that team, none of their claims appear unfounded to me - imho.

Without in any way putting down the opinions of others who have offered opinions on this topic, let me offer a different one. My son played for Steve Bort's team a few summers ago at the CABA tournament in Euclid, Ohio. Not entirely clear how Coach Bort got my son's name, but we investigated the opportunity through some folks that I am confident were in a position to know something about Coach Bort and decided that it sounded like an interesting one. Eventually, my son committed to play for Coach Bort's team for what I recall was a week to 10 day tournament. Frankly, my son had a great time. There were kids on the team from all over the country (4 were eventually drafted in the top five rounds of the MLB draft) and many of them became fast friends like kids tend to do. Yes, the kids were put together for the tournament, but my son made some new friends that he still keeps up with and had a fun baseball experience. The people running the tournament in Euclid were terrific (he had never been to the Cleveland area and we had some time to do some sightseeing including an Indians game) and the baseball was, overall, pretty good. And as it turned out, Steve Bort was a real good guy. He was honest with my son (a pitcher) about playing time for the tournament and delivered exactly on what he had promised. I thought he was very interested in the kids on the team, offered what seemed to me as a parent to be some good advice on college vs. draft issues for the kids who were in that mix and just generally delivered what I thought was a fun experience for my son. Even today, my son still talks about the CABA experience as one of the highlights from the Summer before his senior year in high school. And, as it turns out, one of my son's good friends on his college team was on an opposing team in Euclid that has given each of them an opportunity for some good natured ribbing. I can understand how people might criticize putting a team together for one tournament (I'm sure that he is not close to the only one doing that), but I can tell you that, based on our experience, this was not even close to a scam. It was just one type of experience that worked for my son, that he thoroughly enjoyed and that he still looks back on happily. As a parent, it doesn't get too much better than that.

Gunning for the Big Leagues Written By Molly Grace April 25, 2006 Staring into radar guns is nothing new for Villanova's star pitcher, junior Kevin Mulvey. After college scouts started trailing him during his junior year at Bishop George Ahr High School, the radar guns have become a fixture at the ballpark when Mulvey is on the mound. Their presence increased when he landed a spot on the Bergen Beach Athletics, coached by Steve Bort in Brooklyn, New York,
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