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Hub City Baseball

Monday, July 16, 2012

The Home Runs of Hub City Baseball

Hub City Baseball has been a recreation team for young men in New Brunswick since 2004.

Sometimes you need more than a love of a game to ensure a successful youth sports program. You need a love for working with kids and for helping them reach their full potential. One such entity that does all of that is New Brunswick's own Hub City Baseball. Started in 2004, this recreation baseball team is partnered with New Brunswick Recreation and headed up by head coach and manager Gregory Hall, an accomplished baseball player in his youth and respected coach in New Jersey. Hall's team plays during the summer months, practicing twice a week and playing two to three games per week. The team consists of players from New Brunswick, Franklin Township, Orange and Jersey City, Hall said. Hub City Baseball's involvement in the lives of its …

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Hub City Baseball Provides a Playing Field for Young Athletes

League enrolls kids from New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Highland Park, Franklin and Piscataway.

Greg Hall loves baseball. And when it comes to seeing young players in the New Brunswick area succeed on the baseball diamond, well, that is something Hall is passionate about. That is why in 2004 he and his wife, Crystal, started Hub City Baseball, which has partnered with the New Brunswick Recreation Department to help bring the sport to youth who may otherwise miss out on an opportunity to play. “We love the game of baseball,” Hall said. “I do camps all over. We just had a camp at West Side Park in Newark. We do a camp in Newark every Sunday for inner city kids who don’t have an opportunity to play at a high level. There is no fee involved, just come out and play baseball. “We have been blessed to do our part to help kids reach that …

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