Congratulations to the Bethesda Big Train

The Trachtenberg office extends hardy congratulations to the Bethesda Big Train for capturing their second consecutive Cal Ripken Collegiate League Championship (CRCBL) last Saturday night at Povich Field before a crowd of 600, winning with a score of 8-4 over the Baltimore Redbirds!

Big Train entered the Championship Series as the #3 seed and knocked off the #1 seed, Youse’s Orioles and then went on to prevail over the #2 seed Baltimore Redbirds becoming the first team to repeat as outright CRCBL champs!!

Thanks for another terrific summer of the best family entertainment value in Montgomery County! We look forward to another great series next summer!

For more information about the Bethesda Big Train, please visit http://www.bigtrain.org/

Bethesda Big Train Baseball Game

I so enjoyed being at the Bethesda Big Train game on Saturday night at the Shirley Povich Field, in Cabin John Regional Park!

I joined Big Train Founder and President, Bruce Adams out on the pitcher’s mound where he highlighted various young people and community organizations who live and work here in Montgomery County. It was a thrill for me to throw out the first pitch along with Marilyn Bagel of the Family Justice Center Foundation, one of the non-profits featured at the June 19th game.

I was able to chat with many neighbors, friends, players and others being honored at the game that evening. I even met the Bethesda Big Train mascot, Homer! Big Train played the visiting Silver Spring Thunderbolts and the Big Train won the game 10 – 1.

Shirley Povich Field, one of the nation's finest amateur ballpark and an amazing community resource not to mention one of the best family entertainment opportunities available anywhere! So, I am very pleased that the Bethesda Big Train organization was established right here in Montgomery County because it is just one more of the of the many things that makes living here in Montgomery County so special.