Press Room
Welcome! This page will provide all recent news articles for and about the NBBA and its affiliates. If you have an article, video or something about Beep Baseball in the news please send the details to The NBBA News Editor
2018
2018
Beep Baseball team (Seattle South King Sluggers) hosting Superbowl Party – January 31, 2018
Beep Beep Ball, Yeah – National Beep Baseball Association brings World Series to Eau Claire in 2018 – january 31, 2018
Rutgers softball take on the New Jersey titans in Beep Baseball – January 28, 2018
2017
Adaptive Day for 8th Graders, November 9, 2017
At 59, blind athlete embraces new challenges – September 18, 2017
Beep Baseball Provides Opportunities For Visually Impaired Athletes – September 8, 2017
Blind, visually impaired focus is clearly in beep baseball – August 30, 2017
Beep baseball game promotes blind awareness – August 25, 2017
Columbus State will host ‘blind baseball’ game to support visually impaired – August 18, 2017 CSU helping raise awareness for visually impaired – August 18, 2017 Ballplayer Gets Back In Batter’s Box With Beep Baseball | Only A Game NPR – august 11, 2017
Beep Baseball a hit with the visually impaired – July 8, 2017
6 teams take part in New England’s largest Beep Baseball tournament – July 8, 2017
Beeps and Bases: A beep baseball team in Athens for the visually impaired.
Effectively Wild Episode 1080, If Baseball Were Beep – July 6, 2017
Concert to raise funds for Indy Thunder Beep Baseball for the blind and visually impaired – July 5, 2017
Watertown-based Boston Renegades to host Beast of the East Event – July 4, 2017
Colorado Storm and the Colorado Center for the Blind host Olympic Day – June 24, 2016
51s Help Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation campers play beep baseball – April 13, 2017
American’s game brings normalcy to the blind, March 1, 2017
2016
Nonseeing and seeing play beep baseball in Seattle – September 20, 2016
Cleveland Scrappers take on the Babe’s from 1916 league – September 5, 2016
Indy Beep Baseball Team Honored at Victory Field – August 22, 2016
Tacoma Blind baseball play by ear – August 16, 2016
Jake adds beep baseball to his athletic resume – August 16, 2016
BCS Outlaws place in Beep Baseball World Series – August 10, 2016
Indy Thunder wins the National Beep Baseball Association World Series – August 3, 2016
Camp Abilities brings new opportunities to young blind athletes – August 1, 2016
Beep baseball tournament for the blind being held in Ames – July 24, 2016
Beep baseball team Indy Thunder practices at Victory field – July 22, 2016
Beeping, buzzing baseball – July 22, 2016
Blind players inspire at Indy games – July 16, 2016
Local camp helps athletes overcome disabilities – July 15, 2016
Local beep baseball team gets ready for the World series – July 9, 2016!
Franklin Township Eric Rodriguez heads to Beep Baseball World Series with his team, Indy Thunder – July 7, 2016!
Indy heads to World Series – July 6, 2016
I beat Pete; Beep Baseball stealing bases – June 29, 2016
A beeping ball and buzzing bases make baseball for the visually impaired possible – June 28, 2016
First annual beep baseball game between the Bucks and Seattle Sluggers – June 27, 2016
Blindfolded, Indians Players’ eye-Opening experience – June 26, 2016
What the Beep – June 23, 2016
Beep ball makes baseball more inclusive – June 21, 2016
Blindfolded and Up to Bat – May 26, 2016
Iowa Reapers take the plate – May 6, 2016
New Beep Baseball facility opens – April 7, 2016
11 random facts about baseball you did not know, and Beep Baseball? April 6, 2016
Adaptive Sports Day at NIU – April 5, 2016
Bret Harte Little League helps blind Arnold Boy play ball – April 4, 2016
Sound and Fury: Inside the Low-Tech ballpark of Beep Baseball, Popular Mechanics, April 4, 2016
Brockport brings day of Camp abilities to campus – March 2, 2016
9th annual Braille Challenge and the Long Island Bombers – February 11, 2016
Initiative calls for students to chime in – January 21, 2016
2015
Students learn to play beep baseball despite visual impairments – November 5, 2015
Windows on Woodland, Blind athletes enjoy sports – November 1, 2015
Sports Camp empowers kids with visual impairment – October 13, 2015
softball without sight proves a challenge for Daytona State – October 3, 2015
Rochester-Native makes impact on Beep Ball World series – August 30, 2015
Austin Blackhawks win the 2015 Beep Baseball World Series – August 8, 2015
Sounds of the game make Beep Baseball a hit – written by Gretyl Macalaster, Baseball Hall of fame – August 7, 2015
Only in Indiana, Beep Ball brings fun for the Visually Impaired – July 29, 2015
Beep Baseball World Series offers inspiring look in to others lives – July 29, 2015
Beep Baseball World Series kicks off in Hilton, NY – July 28,2015
Thumbs Up for Rochester RedWings – June 27, 2015
rochester New York is ready for the Beep Baseball World Series – June 23, 2015
Click here to download and listen to the Assistive Technology Update for June 12, with NBBA Secretary, Stephen Guerra
Seattle Blind Baseball team takes on Tacoma’s first Blind baseball team, June 17, 2015
Camden Police taking on the NJ Lightning on June 6, in Beep Baseball – June 4, 2015
Team fund-raises for Beep Baseball – May 31, 2015
Beep Baseball athletes teach UK fan their is more to sports then hanging banners – may 25, 2015
First Blind Baseball Park opens in Frankfort Kentucky – May 23, 2015
Warwick High School senior plays Beep Baseball – May 2, 2015
I Beat Pete: Beep Baseball, April 30, 2015
You don’t need to see to play Beep Ball – April 27, 2015
First time Beep baseball event, Orange City Iowa, April 10, 2015
Beep baseball teaches students about Visual Impairment, March 30, 2015
Children get a chance to play Beep Baseball in Omaha Nebraska, March 29, 2015
2014
BCS Outlaws taking on SFA Beep Baseball – November 4, 2014
Watch Playing it by Ear – CBS Sunday Morning – November 2, 2014
1989 Topeka Kansas World Series Beep Baseball Documentary
Access Media Inc presents Beep Baseball – October 29, 2014
Watch the video from the presentation of the Buck O’Neil Legacy award – October 22, 2014
Royals honor Hayden graduate John Parker, beep baseball trailblazer at World Series – October 22, 2014
Darton Baseball meets Beep baseball – October 19, 2014
Beep Baseball helps visually Impaired people play – October 13, 2014
blind, Low-vision play Beep Baseball for the first time – October 1, 2014
Where Blind Baseball Players, play to win – September 26,2014
The buzz | Baseball with sound makes it accessible
When the life of the party goes blind – August 31, 2014
click here to watch the entire video of the 2014 Beep Baseball world Series Championship game between the Austin Blackhawks and the RHI XTreme on Saturday, August 9, 2014
Lets play Beep baseball – American Foundation for the Blind – Augusst 27, 2014
Texas team wins Beep Baseball World Series – August 12, 2014
Beep ball shows how much Americans love their favorite pastime – August 12, 2014
Beep Baseball World Series comes to Rochester, Minnesota – August 7, 2014
19 teams competing in Beep Baseball World Series in Rochester, Minnesota – August 7, 2014
Amateur Update: Learning from vision-impaired athletes – August 5, 2014
click here to view WCCO CBS Minnesota features story about Minnesota Millers – August 7, 2014
Beep Baseball a competitive sport for the blind – August 3, 2014
Baseball tournament for the blind in Indiana – august 3, 2014
Athens Beep Baseball tournament traveling to World Series – July 29, 2014
Hearing is Believing in Colorado Springs Beep Baseball – July 23, 2014
Beep Baseball give the Blind and visually impaired a chance to play, July 12, 2014
Baseball with a noisy twist, July 11, 2014
Harris’ Heroes: Camp lighthouse allow visually impaired children to enhance their skills, July 10, 2014
Students from Miami Lighthouse taking part in beep Baseball Classic, July 7, 2014
Beep Baseball coming back to Rochester Minnesota – July 1, 2014
Beep Baseball at the Georgia Games – June 29, 2014
Georgia games comes to North Hall – June 26, 2014
Blind batter aims to get others back in the game – June 23, 2014
Camp helps blind campers dreams come true – June 18, 2014
CBS Indianapolis affiliate reports on Indy tournament, June 9, 2014
Beep Baseball tournament held in Indianapolis – June 8, 2014
Beep baseball not for the timid – June 7, 2014
Seattle south King sluggers take on the Police in Beep Baseball – June 6, 2014
Batter up and Listen up as the Seattle South King Sluggers demonstrate Beep Baseball – June 1, 2014
BCS Outlaws host first Beep Baseball Tournament – June 1, 2014
From Center Field to Center Stage – May 28, 2014
Camden New Jersey hosts exhibition of Beep Baseball allowing blind to play national passtime, May 24, 2014
The unstoppable slugger plays baseball blind; Boston Globe, May 22, 2014
Low Vision baseball comes to county; May 22, 2014
Iowa Reapers have a successful demonstration with the Lions in Iowa, May 18, 2014
Peg Bailey, Watertown Mass, serves as Assistant Coach to the Boston Renegades, May 15, 2014
Iowa Reapers in Lions Celebration with a Beep Baseball Demo, May 13, 2014
Seattle South King sluggers take on Seattle Police in benefit game, West Seattle Blog, May 13, 2014
Independence Center of Colorado Springs films video with Colorado Storm Michael Jackson and Jon Walker, May 12, 2014
Click here to download or listen to The Blind Sport Podcast, Episode 12 with Darnell Booker from the NBBA, January 31, 2014
Visit the Blind Sport Podcast web site
2013
Buy the EBook on Amazon, Opening the Gate: Stories and activities about athletes with disabilities (Life skills through sports) (Volume 1) – by Author Ingrid floyd – December 2, 2013
Video – Vipers take on Sherwood Christian in Beep Ball – October 26
A Father-daughter baseball movie sends a clear message – October 25
More than meets the Eye – Davis Enterprise – October 24
Beep Baseball Exhibition game to be a fund raiser – Wichita Eagle – October 24
October 1, 2013; The Beep Ball Player; Boston Renegades, Harvard Gazette
September 19, 2013, Sound of Sight: (Text version) A Story of The Blind Overcoming Through Baseball August 2, 2013, Columbus hosts international Beep baseball
August 1, 2013, Sightless players compete in beeping baseball tournament
August 1, 2013, Atlanta Eclipse competes in Beep baseball World Series
July 29, 2013, Beep Baseball allows the blind to play Americaas sort
July 24, 2013, “Beep Baseball” A Homerun With Blind Players<
July 24, 2013, Blind baseball team ready to take on the world
July 21, 2013, Austin blind baseball team headed to World Series
July 18, 2013, Beeping Balls allow the blind to step up to the plate
June 9,2013, Beep Baseball allow the Visually impaired to play
June 8, 2013, For the Visually Impaired, a league of their own
May 29, 2013, Concord Currents; What’s happening in town this weekend
May 21, 2013, Seattle’s 1st official baseball team for the blind: Tryouts June 1
May 16, 2013, How the Blind play Baseball, (Video)
May 16, 2013, See how the visually impaired play beep baseball
May 7, 2013, Proceeds from garage sale will benefit blind athletes in Kansas
April 21, 2013, For the visually impaired, beep ball is more than a game
April 13, 2013, Youngsters try their hands at beep baseball, kickball April 12, 2013, Bowl-A-Thon For Visually Impaired
April 11, 2013, Blind baseball expansion team to come; Burien man to organize
March 2, 2013, Vickroy: Beep baseball lets the blind play by ear
Click here to listen to Beep baseball, heard on NPR – The Story
Blind Baseball team ready to take on the World, July 24, 2013, MYCentralNJ.com
Austin Blind Baseball team headed to World Series, July 21, 2013, KVUE.com
Beeping balls allow blind players to step up to the plate, originally aired on July 19, and featured on NPR – Morning edition, July 24, 2013
Players with Visual impairments compete in Beep Baseball, July 4, 2013, York Town Record
Beep Ball Offers Thrills of Baseball Diamond for Visually Impaired Competitors, June 29, 2013, NESN.com
Chicago Comets on Chicago ABC 7 on June 9, 2013
For the Visually Impaired, A league of their own, June 8, 2013
Click here to watch Beep Baseball featured on E60, on ESPN on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Athens Timberwolves to host Beep Baseball Tournament on Saturday, April 27, 2013; April 24, 2013
For the Visually Impaired, Beep Baseball is more then a game; Boston Globe, April 21, 2013
Youngsters try their hands at Beep Baseball, Kickball – Omaha.com, April 13, 2013
Bowl-A-Thon for the Visually Impaired; Farmingdale Patch, April 12, 2013
Blind Baseball expansion team to come; Burien Man to organize | High Line Times – Des Moines News,, April 11, 2013
Click here to read the April 9, 2013 Blog entry from Braille Works about Beep Baseball
NPR – The Story, Beep baseball, March 27, 2013
Click here to hear the interview with Richie Flores, Austin Blackhawks, #21
Beep Baseball lets the blind play by hearing – SouthTownStar – March 3, 2013
Disabled Baseball team seeks players for newsAthens team, February 25, 2013
A Real World Series: Inside the World Championship of Blind Baseball, February 14, 2013
2012
Video/Article about the Austin Blackhawks and Bayou City Heat Show down, November 1, 2012
Wide, Wide World of Sports from the McGillDaily.com – October 22, 2012
Atlanta Eclipse take on Georgia Tech Women’s Softball, October 21, 2012
Hearing the Ball Well, Spokane Spokesman – September 29, 2012
2011
For the Chicago Comets, Blindness Is No Impediment, September 8, 2011
St. Louis Society for the Blind holding an event in Shaw Park, September 17, 2011, offering Beep Baseball
Michael finn, Novato Gym owner plays Beep Baseball
What are the ABC’s of Country’s Midnight Express, August 25, 2011
2010
Click here to watch the Minnesota Fighting Lions from the 2010 World Series
Listen to Serotalk Tech Chat 96, Beep Baseball 2011 season and World series
The NBBA would like to extend its thanks to Serotalk and Serotek for hosting Eric Mazariegos, Kevin Barrett and Stephen Guerra to preview the 2011 Beep Baseball season and World Series.
Click here to listen to the 57 minute podcast and learn all you need to know!
2009
Wall Street Journal, Tuesday August 18, 2009, In Beep Ball, Umpires Aren’t Blind, But the Players Are
Video from Article in the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, August 18, 2009, In Beep Ball, Umpires Aren’t Blind, But the Players Are
On June 27, 2009, the Cleveland Scrappers and RHI Indy Thunder took part in a beep baseball demo in coordination with the Kentucky Association for Blind athletes, held in Louisville Kentucky. The game was competitive and the hope was to bring the knowledge of this wonderful sport to the area to start up a team and in the future a tournament.
The Courier Journal wrote a wonderful article and took great photos which are available to view below.
Beep baseball for visually impaired aims to field local teams, Louisville, Kentucky, Courier Journal Cover Story, July 8, 2009
June 27, Photo Gallery from the Louisville Kentucky, Courier Journal Cover story
2008
check out Fred’s Head Companion Blog, all about beep Baseball
courage Center Names its 2008 Award Winner, NBBA’s own James Mastro
RHI Indy Thunder to demo at Indianapolis Indians game
Houston Chronicle, Houston Texas, July 28, 2008
Post Bulletin, Rochester Minnesota, July 30, 2008
WRAL.com, North Carolina, July 26, 2008
NewsObserver.com, North Carolina Beep Baseball League, July 27, 2008
The High Point Enterprise, North Carolina, July 23, 2008