Play Beep Baseball For The Boston Renegades!

Do you have a visual impairment, or are you legally blind and looking to play a sport? The Boston Renegades may be the team for you. As one of the most active and established Beep Baseball Boston Renegades programs in the National Beep Ball Association (NBBA), we have a rich history of success and a strong community of players and coaches. Established in 2000, the Renegades attended their first World Series in 2002 and have been a force in the league ever since. If you want to join a team that values growth, development, and camaraderie, the Boston Renegades are waiting for you.

Our player roster helps tell an important story. Heading into 2024, we currently have 17 players committed to play (one of the largest rosters in the NBBA). This group averages over nine years of Renegade experience. We have seven players who have played for more than a decade. Players enjoy coming back each year for new challenges and camaraderie. Our players love playing for the Beep Baseball Boston Renegades for many reasons. Let’s share them with you in hopes you’re interested in playing or coaching with the Beep Baseball Boston Renegades or know someone who might be interested!

Our players love the level at which the Boston Renegades compete

Every year, the Renegades set goals in alignment with their current roster. We are very proud of the fact that we are the only team in NBBA history to move from the doormat of the league in 2002/2003 to competing in a title game in 2016.

Some fun facts about our squad on a competitive level:

• Boston has won more Beast of the East titles than all other teams combined – Nine
• Boston has had 16 consecutive winning seasons starting in 2007
• The Renegades are the only team in league history from the East Coast to finish in the top three of the league (2016/2019)
• Boston has finished top five at the World Series seven times (2015-2019, 2022-2023)

One unique thing about our team culture that is hard to find in other sports is our way of balancing being competitive amongst our opponents and being supportive within our team. Every Renegade knows we are always trying to get the most out of our team on and off the field. We drove change into the NBBA Rule book over a decade ago to demonstrate and enforce this behavior. This change resulted in new rules allowing increased flexibility to get more players into a game. The Renegades use this rule change to share playing time, get more players involved, and help players succeed quickly on the field.

Our players love playing for the Renegades for our culture

Ask a Renegade what makes our team culture special, and you will get various answers. You will hear different perspectives from different people. We base our culture around the primary theme of respect. We work hard to respect each other, our diversity, the time people put into the team, and everything that people do for the squad. This bleeds into sub-themes of having fun, learning, working hard, and supporting each other on and off the field. The Beep Baseball Boston Renegades are a family. That word gets thrown around a lot and should not be taken lightly with this squad. Not only do we work together at practice, but you will also find so many great things happening off the field. Some examples of off-the-field support that have happened in recent years include:

• A desire to help players live a healthier life and work off the field to help them lose weight and change their lifestyle
• Multiple players find employment through their contacts on this team
• Never-ending learning from players about technology mobility and life skills
• Individuals on the team pulling together to support a former coach with a sudden death and helping them financially
• A player getting help with financial struggles and legal counsel to help navigate the system
• We even helped guide a player through the process of getting a place to live when they were without a home
• Our players love playing for the Renegades’ dedicated volunteer staff and coaching.

Our players love playing for the Renegades dedicated volunteer staff and coaching

One of the reasons you may want to play for the Renegades is the coaching it offers. We have one of the most experienced coaching staff in the sport. This coaching staff has been involved in parts of 294 NBBA games. The trio of Ron Cochran, Bryan Grillo, and Rob Weissman helped start competitive Beepball in New England in 2000.

Producing All-star’s

The Renegade coaching staff works hard to help each player get the best of their abilities. We have had players come to this team without knowing how to run or swing a bat. With hard work by the players and coaches, those players cracked the starting lineup and set team records. At the other end of the spectrum, The Renegades have produced 14 World Series League All-stars in their history due to the athleticism of their players, their coaching, and the way the team works together. Included in these all-stars, the Renegades have produced three MVP’s at the NBBA World Series:

• Guy Zuccarello – Defensive MVP of the 2012 World Series making 36 defensive stops
• Christian Thaxton – Offensive MVP of the 2017 World Series hitting .897
• Joe McCormick – Offensive Co-MVP of the 2019 World Series hitting .800

Coach Stats

Some fun stats about the Renegade coaching staff entering the 2024 season that separates us from all the teams in the league:

• Heading into the 2024 season, Boston has 18 returning coaches with a collective 214 years of coaching the Renegades – or Averaging 9.3 years a coach
• Seven of the Renegades coaches have at least ten years’ experience coaching beep baseball, three with 20+ seasons of experience
• Five coaches played collegiate baseball or softball & another four played High School Baseball

Hitting is often found the most exciting part of the sport. A team can’t win in this sport without a top-tier pitcher. Boston has two of the best pitchers in the league in Ron Cochran and Peter Connolly. These guys can help just about any hitter have success in this league. During the 2022 World Series, Boston was one of the first teams in NBBA history to have two pitchers with contact rates north of 80%. If you want to have success, we have the pitching to help!

• Cochran ranked 2nd in the league at 84.3%
• Connolly ranked 5th in the league at 80.2%

Our players love our medical staff and how it benefits them

People come to play beep baseball for the Boston Renegades at different stages of their life. We had a former junior college baseball player join the team, and we had a player whose doctor said they would never play sports. We have had everything in between those extremes. All our players get something from our medical staff. Some players get a reason to work out and get into shape with the guidance of our staff. Others will work with the staff on injury prevention. Face it, this sport is more physically demanding than baseball. Every defensive play involves hitting the ground. Many players also hit the ground every time they run the bases. That demand can tax one’s body. Our staff is with us during our games to help our players stay on the field. Heading into 2023, our medical staff is the biggest and most diverse in the league.

• We have two doctors on our staff
• We have a surgeon available if needed
• We have two physical therapists
• We have two nurses

There are so many reasons to want to play for the Renegades! Email us at bostonrenegades@gmail.com to learn more about our program and hear the passion that is Renegades, Beep Baseball!