Bomber Tryout Information

UPDATED Friday, July 8th at 5:00 PM

Tryout dates for the 2012 Bomber teams have been announced, including the date for a new Bomber 8 team, and the addition of a second Bomber 9 team. All tryouts will be at the Bomber Field in Somerset Park (CLICK HERE to see a map).

  • Bomber 8yo and 9yoPOSTPONED UNTIL THURSDAY
  • Bomber 8yo and 9yo – Session 2 – Thursday, July 7th at 6pm
  • Bomber 11yo - Wednesday, July 6th at 6pm
  • Bomber 12yo – Friday, July 8th at 6pm
  • Bomber 12yo FINAL tryout – Tuesday, July 12th at 6pm
For more information about the tryouts for the 12 year olds, contact Joel Anderson at j-manderson@cox.net or call 402.932.6472.

CLICK HERE to fill out a tryout application form that let’s us know you’ll be attending one of the tryouts.

Bomber-10 Classic

The rain stayed away on Sunday, and after a long day of great baseball, the Frozen Rope Black team held on to defeat the Lincoln Rebels in the bottom of the 6th and take the Bomber-10 Classic Championship. The Bomber organization would like to thank all the great teams who participated, and all the volunteers…

2011 Bomber-10 Classic Tournament This Weekend!

Time for the 2011 Bomber-10 Classic, which will be held this coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (June 24th to 26th) at Bomber Field. This year’s teams include the Omaha Gladiators, Lincoln Rebels, Frozen Ropes Black, Lincoln Dominators, and of course, the Omaha Bombers. For more information on the tournament, you can CLICK HERE to visit…

Bomber 8′s Take 2nd in Tagge Tournament

Playing some great baseball, the Omaha Bomber 8′s took the runner-up trophy in this years Tagge Rutherford River Cities Invitational Tournament. After pool play on Friday and Saturday, the team headed into the Sunday bracket play seeded 5th. They first took on the Millard Elite and won 9 to 4, and then upset the #1…

Weather Strikes Again!

Someone forgot to tell whoever’s in charge of Nebraska Weather, that it’s BASEBALL SEASON. The Bomber 10 game for tonight (Tuesday) with the Elkhorn Red Storm has been cancelled, and the weather guys are saying that the rest of this week won’t be much better. NOAA is predicting a 50% chance of rain on Thursday,…

Bomber Teams Having a Good Weekend!

It’s Saturday night, and the Bomber Nation can so far, feel good about the weekend. The bomber 8′s played Friday night in the UBA Tournament, and won 2 games. They play again on Sunday. The Bomber 11 team, playing in the Keystone Tournament, won Friday night 14-4, and two games on Saturday, 10-2 and 8-0….

“Quiet Confidence” Video now on Resource Page

A while back, a friend who knew I was into both baseball and videography pointed me toward a video put out by the 2011 TCU baseball team. He’d gotten a copy from a friend of the team, and was now passing it around to anyone who was interested. I actually let it sit on a…

Bomber Field All Set to Go — Bomber 8′s take both games!

With a great turnout of volunteers, a wealth of shovels and rakes, and Tim’s formidable expertise in dragging, Bomber field went  from pre-season dirt to “season-ready” in just 3 hours this morning. In fact, the Bomber 10′s had the first practice on the newly re-topped field at 1 PM, right on schedule. A big thanks to all…

Bomber Field Cleanup Day This Saturday

This Saturday, April 2nd, we’ll be meeting at Bomber Field to start (and hopefully finish) work to get it ready for the 2011 season. At 9am we’ll start dragging and prepping the field for new topping, which should make it over to the field by around 10am. Our goal is to have the field ready…

The Player Virtues

Michael and Karen Jonas were kind enough to send me a very insightful essay entitled “The Player Virtues“, and after reading it, I just had to pass it along to all of you. RIGHT CLICK here and choose SAVE AS to download a PDF copy. The Player Virtues include: Poise – you always have total…