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The Renegades in the news

Christian Thaxton appeared on NPR’s “Only a Game”

On Saturday, August 12th, Christian Thaxton appeared on NPR’s “Only a Game” which aired nationally.  Only a Game is an Acclaimed show on NPR radio that has an audience of nearly a half a million listeners.  The story was a seven and a half minute piece that can be listened to our read on their […] Continue reading →

The Renegades Featured Prominently in the News During July

The Renegades featured in the Boston Globe The Renegades were featured in an article about the Beast of the East Championship.  The articles ran in the north and west editions of the Sunday Globe. Renegades featured twice in the Watertown Tab The Renegades were features in an article in the Watertown Tab this past week in […] Continue reading →

Melissa Hoyt featured in article on Mito Action Website

Mellisa Hoyt was recently featured in an article on the Mito Action website. The article talks about Mellisa and her fight with mitochondrial disease. It also talks about beep baseball, the Renegades and how Mellisa, as the only female member of the team, is an inspiration. Mellisa recently threw out the first pitch at a […] Continue reading →

Perkins School Magazine interviews Tim Syphers

Syphers batting Tim Syphers was interviewed as part of an article which ran in the quarterly magazine published by the Perkins School for the Blind. The article was about blind athletes who accel in competitive sports. The article, with a section about Tim and the team, can be read on the Perkins site. Continue reading →

Joe Quintanilla named to the Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame

On April 29th, Joe Quintanilla was named to the Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame.  “Q”,  who owns the Renegade record for most games played entered got his start in sports long before he started playing ball in 2000.  Q’s roots as an athlete started long before the Renegades.  He ran 11 different seasons as a member […] Continue reading →

Smartest Player in the NBBA has to be Aqil Sajjad

Picture of Aqil Sajaad in the field with text from the show Big Bang Theory Who is the Smartest player in the NBBA?  Well, there is no official way to measure this but Aqil Sajjad would likely be at the top of any list.  Afterall, how many NBBA players (let alone how many people) have a PHD from Harvard in Theoretical Particle Physics.  Aqil graduated from Harvard in 2014 and […] Continue reading →

Weissman interviewed by IBM about volunteerism

IBM recently interviewed Rob Weissman, a 13 year employee of IBM about his work with the Boston Renegades.  IBM has supported the Renegades through Weissman’s involvement over the year to the tune of $18,000 in community grants.  The article was posted internal but they have cerated a PDF for us to share with our fans […] Continue reading →