History of the GRBA

The GRBA first began in 1952, with a single baseball league comprised of six teams. Sixteen years later in 1968 the organization was incorporated, having 5 trustees, and today the GRBA Executive Board has 15 voting members.  

Through the years, the GRBA has continued to grow. In 1970, the softball program was added; in 2002 the PeeWee league was separated into the 1^st grade and 2^nd grade leagues, and night games for the Senior league were scheduled under the lights at the Upper Faber field. In 2004, the softball program created the “TeeWee” league by combining Kindergarten and 1^st graders. In fact, the GRBA Tee Ball and TeeWee leagues are the most popular of the programs!  

Today the GRBA is comprised of 10 Recreational programs with 6 baseball leagues and 4 softball leagues, with enrollment of almost 1000 children, 5 through 14 years of age.  

In addition, the GRBA sponsors Travel programs in the Spring, Summer and Fall. The Travel Programs are much more competitive, in which GRBA teams compete against teams from other towns. The GRBA Travel programs support teams in age categories from 9 to 17 years of age.  

Past Presidents of the GRBA
1952-1955 Hugh Dovey	1956-1958 Edward Kraebel	1959 Dan Higdon
1960-1961 Bob O’Hara	1962-1963 Jack Tully	1964-1966 Jim Glass
1967 George Kramer	1968-1969 H. R. Muse	1970-1971 Harry Flynne
1972-1973 Al Nelson	1974-1977 Ralph Trotta	1978 Van Freier
1979-1980 Richard Dolan	1981 Bob Callahan	1982-1984 Michael Leible
1985-1986 Bob Fisher	1987-1991 Hal Corney	1992 Kevin McElroy
1993 Shel Hirshberg	1994-1995 Jim Boyan	1996-1997 Ted Burke
1998-1999 Artie Pazan	2000 Jack Szymanski	2001-2002 - Ed D'Alessio
2003-2004 Steve Mickolajczyk	2005-2006 Ken Palmer	2007-2008 Joe Frissora