Hamilton Little Lads hold graduation ceremony for 12-year-olds

On Thursday, June 29th Hamilton Little Lads held its 12 year-old Graduation and Awards Ceremony.  All 12 year-old players received their Hamilton Little Lads graduation plaques, and got to run around the bases for their last time.  Several players received special recognition awards for outstanding performance in various categories. One of them was (below) Alex Rodriguez, who is congratulated by league president Mark Meara.  


Alex Rodriguez, who is congratulated by league president Mark Meara.

Alex Rodriguez, is congratulated by league president Mark Meara.


Graduating Players run around the bases one last time.


12-year-old graduates

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Rich Fisher has been around the Hamilton Township sports scene for so long that he actually got Rich Giallella’s autograph when Giallella was still a player! Proud product of Hamilton YMCA and Lou Gehrig baseball leagues and former teammate of Jim Maher on a very average Barton & Cooney rec basketball team, Fish graduated from Nottingham Junior High and Steinert High school and has covered township sports since 1980. His goal in life is to convince Maria Prato that Jersey tomatoes are at least 100 times better than California tomatoes.