The Seattle Studs are a non-profit organization whose goal it is to help provide college-age players the opportunity to play in a wood-bat league at the highest level of amateur baseball in the country. Any and all monetary donations to the Seattle Studs are tax-deductible, and the team is always looking for more sponsorship. Please contact Barry Aden by phone or email @ the numbers or address listed below, and he will be happy to provide any information you may require. The three-time defending Pacific International League Champion Seattle Studs are off to a hot start in 2007, compiling an overall record of 14-2 less than three weeks into the season. The Studs have secured 5 straight berths to the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas, and with a 5-2 league record to start the season, the Studs are looking to keep up the pace in the coming weeks and secure the number #1 seed heading into the 3-team league playoffs in late July. The PIL is an NBC Premier League and the winner of the playoffs is extended an automatic entry into the NBC World Series that begins August 1.

The PIL has a history of success at the NBC, with two teams having won the championship in the last 19 years, and the Studs are looking to improve on their team-best 4th place finish of 2005. Studs manager Barry Aden, who recently managed his 800th game in the PIL, has numerous visits to the NBC under his belt as both a player and manager, and he is excited about this year’s team and its mix of youth and veteran leadership. ”Good pitching and defense, and timely hitting, have always been the key to winning baseball games, and that is only amplified at the NBC. With the addition of a lot of good, young arms and front-line catchers, mixed together with our veteran hitters and returning pitchers, I expect us to compete for the league title again and hopefully make another trip to Wichita.”

The Studs return 6 2006 PIL All Stars such as Shawn Lindsey, last year’s league MVP, and Andre Marshall, who was named an NBC All-American for his performance in last year’s NBC World Series. The addition of new, young pitchers combined with veteran pitchers Clay Johnson, Taylor Thompson, Nick Cebula and Chris Larsen, the pitching staff should be deeper and can be expected to continue to pitch well throughout the summer. And with the continued power supplied by sluggers Chad Diaz and Peter Varon, and the overall hustle and performance of Anthony Slagle, Nate Baker and Radley Raven, Seattle can look forward to continuing its reputation for playing the gritty style of baseball that has characterized the 54 year tradition of Studs baseball.