The East Cobb Lightning is a year-round travel baseball team playing out of the nationally recognized East Cobb Baseball (ECB) organization and complex in Marietta, Georgia. For the past 25 years, ECB attracts top players from around the country and has produced more national titles than any other youth baseball organization in the country. In addition, ECB has sent hundreds of players to college baseball programs, and is one of the leading organizations in the country in producing Major League draft picks. As a result, ECB is well known around the country by college and major league scouts who visit the ECB Complex on a regular basis for games, tournaments, and showcases.
The East Cobb Lightning has been together since 2005, and has been successful over that six year period with a 160 win and 98 loss record, and seventeen championship appearances, including this year in which they were a Championship Finalist out of 33 teams at the BPA World Series. In addition, in 2008 they won a Championship national title victory at the 2008 Grand Slam World Series in Panama Beach, Florida. In 2009, the team had a remarkable run making the “Sweet 16” and finally getting eliminated in the quarter finals of the “Field of Dreams” tournament in Cooperstown New York at the baseball Hall of Fame, where they competed against 102 teams from 27 states. In addition in 2009, the team had four semi-final championship appearances, and were crowned USTBA Georgia State Champs, and Northwest Baseball Association (NWBA) Division Champs. In 2010 the team has had five semi-final tournament appearances and has won three Championships, including NWBA State Champions and being crowned BPA State Champions of Georgia. The team also places academic achievement as a major goal, and this year the team accomplished a team GPA of 3.59.
Volunteer parents manage the team’s Front Office, and a combination of volunteer Dad’s and paid coaches are responsible for coaching the team year-round. The kids are all from local, north metro Atlanta schools. The goals for the team are as follows; high academic achievement, to learn the game of baseball, to play at an a elite level, to understand the importance of sportsmanship, to learn life lessons, and have a blast!
The team plays AAA and Majors levels in USSSA, Grand Slam, AAYBA, USTBA, CABA, BPA, Triple Crown and NWBA travel team tournaments throughout the southeast. In the 2011 spring and summer season, the team intends to play in approximately eight tournaments and 40 additional games, between February and August 2010, totaling a 70 game season. An additional 10 games will be played in the fall between September and November.
The ECB 14U Lightning provides excellent opportunities for some really great and talented kids achieve their baseball dreams!
To Attend the Workout on Wednesday, August 4th, Please call or e-mail Head Coach and GM Scott Weiss at (678) 592-2090, scott.weiss@speakeasyinc.com
Visit the team’s website at www.ECBLightning.com |
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