the eddie brooks league was weakened substantially last year by the movement of premier teams to the ripken league. is anyone out there from the clippers or monarchs who knows if they may join this league in 2006. some new blood would help to strengthen the league. although a 22 and under league[similar to ripken], some teams played as 18 year old squads[caplans orioles, mile one]. putty hill was weak and will probably be weak again. al nuzzis hunt manor team, though promising early was beset with injuries. streibs redbirds[not to be confused with mark russo 22/under] were good as were the 22/u carroll county rangers. the frederick entry could play, but forfeited too many games[not cool]. and the hurricanes could give you a good game. this league could certainly use both the clippers and the monarchs. hopefully the administrators of the league are looking to upgrade this year, after losing three top teams to the cal ripken league last year[albanys orioles, russos redbirds, and gene bovellos maryland bomber program]. the league plays a nice 30 game schedule which leads to multiple oppurtunities for the postseason, but some adjustments will be necessary to bring this league near its old status. if it does not improve this year the brooks league may become passe. ripken should expand, but in seeking to become like cape cod or at least the valley league you have to jump through multiple hoops to be included[budgetary, lighted fields].
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