Since 1998, Babe Ruth League has been a featured league in Books published annually by Chancellor Publications, Inc.

The publisher, Chancellor Publications, Inc., has published these Books for Babe Ruth League since 1998 and there have been editions for the years of 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

These books were created by Chancellor Publications in order to honor the outstanding players in Babe Ruth League. Selection of players for inclusion in these books is primarily based upon those players who have been named to their league "All-Star" teams for tournament competition. We believe that this is the fairest method of selection because, for the most part, the most outstanding players in Babe Ruth League are those players who in fact have been selected at the local league level to represent their league in tournament competition.

The inclusion of any player in any of these Books does not obligate the player of the parents to purchase the Book, nor is there any cost of obligation whatsoever to have any such player included in any edition.

The only requirement to be included in any edition is that the player or the player's family complete the Player Data Form which is sent to the family by the publisher. The families to whom such notification of selection and data forms are sent are the families of those players listed on All-Star rosters which are sent by the leagues to Babe Ruth League headquarters. Or course, the families have the option to purchase any edition. We can tell you that all of the families which have purchased an edition have been extremely pleased with the concept of these Books. Not only are the families and the players happy to have been honored by being included in the Book, but they also enjoy having such a beautiful keepsake. The Books themselves are beautifully done with richly grained hard covers and beautiful stamping.

In addition to biographical sketches and photographs of the honored players, the prior editions had contributing commentaries from baseball notables such as Tommy Lasorda, Alex Fernandez and Charles Johnson.

Another noteworthy aspect of these Books is that Chancellor Publications, Inc. has arranged for the inclusion of these Books in the library and archives of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. These Books have become a permanent part of the collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's library and archives.

One of the founders of Chancellor Publications, Inc. is Ron Fraser. Ron Fraser retired as 30-year Head Coach of the University of Miami Baseball team in 1992, where he has a building and a street named in his honor. During his tenure as the manager of the Hurricanes, he compiled a career record of 1271 wins and only 438 losses, retiring as the winnigest active college baseball coach in America. His teams won National Championships in 1982 and 1985. The title in 1982 was the first National Championship in any team sport won by any NCAA Division 1 school in the State of Florida. A few of his notable college accomplishments are named Collegiate Baseball's "Coach of the Decade" for the 1980s; inducted into seven Halls of Fame; named Coach of the Year 24 times; and made 12 College World Series appearances. In addition to his college coaching career, Ron Fraser was also a top international amateur coach. He coached the Dutch National Baseball Club in the Netherlands (1960-62, 1974) winning three European Championships. He was the coach of the only USA team to win a World Baseball Championship (1974), and the only American ever to be named International Coach of the Year, which he did twice (1974 & 1988). In 1987, he led the United States Pan American Team to a Silver Medal and was named the Head Coach of the first official USA Olympic Baseball Team in Barcelona, Spain in 1992.

Since Coach Fraser's retirement, he has remained in baseball as a special advisor to the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Florida Marlins organizations, as a TV "color" analyst, and as a motivational speaker.

Babe Ruth League is very honored to have been selected by Coach Fraser as a featured league in these wonderful Books.

As indicated, these Books are an annual event, so every year the families of the players selected for that year's editions will receive notification from Chancellor Publications, Inc. of their selection. These mailings to the parents will, as we said before, be based upon the names of players included in local league "All-Star" rosters. So, if you are a player or a member of a player's family who has been included in any such local league "All-Star" team for tournament competition, make sure that your local league's "All-Star" roster is sent in to Babe Ruth League headquarters.

For more information refer to The Best Players in Babe Ruth League Q&A.

If you have further inquiries contact Chancellor Publications at (305) 816-4826.