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BBYF Night at LaGrave Field |
 Over 5,000 fans attended Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Night at LaGrave Field as the Cats defeated the Lincoln Saltdogs 8-3 on Thursday night.
Bragan addressed the crowd, scholarship winners were recognized and members of the BBYF Board of Directors, family and friends gathered to enjoy a night at the ballpark for a good cause.
It was the fourth annual Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Night at LaGrave Field as the Fort Worth Cats and the BBYF teamed up to help honor and movtivate young students in achieve in school.
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1949 Fire Featured in the Star-Telegram |
This May 15 marked the 60th anniversary of the 1949 fire that did considerable damage to LaGrave Field. Despite the fire, the two teams played the next day with fans using makeshift seating to watch the game. Bobby Bragan was the player/manager on that 1949 team and remembers the day well. The story is chornicled in the Star-Telegram.
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BBYF Board Members Visit 8th Grade Awards Assemblies |
 In an effort to give added recognition to Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation scholarship program participants, members of the BBYF board are making presentations to students at 8th grade awards assemblies in May and early June. Board members call up 2009 finalists and winners from the audience and present them with baseballs autographed by Bobby Bragan.
These presentations give the foundation the opportunity to recognize these outstanding students in front of their families, school faculty, and--most importantly--their peers, and increases the awareness of this unique program.
Pictured right, BBYF board member, Michael Davidson at Ferguson Junior High School in Arlington on Tuesday, May 26 with scholarship finalist Devin Cooksey and scholarship winner Kaylen Taylor.
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Bragan attends Rangers Grand Opening |
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 Fort Worth's Mr. Baseball, Bobby Bragan took part in the Grand Opening ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Texas Rangers Store in downtown Fort Worth.
Bragan, along with former Rangers' catcher Jim Sundberg, Mayor Mike Moncrief, former Ranger and Fort Worth Cats' pitcher Jose Guzman were among the luminaries on hand for the event.
Left, Bragan is pictured with Guzman (center) and Moncrief (right).
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08-09 Scholarship Winners Announced |
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The Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation has selected this year's 36 scholarship winners, who will receive their $2,500 scholarships after completion of high school and acceptance at an institution of higher learning.
This year's winners represent 15 different independent school districts: Arlington (five winners), Birdville (two), Burleson (one), Crowley (two), Dallas (six), Eagle Mountain-Saginaw (two), Fort Worth (five), Grand Prairie (two), Grapevine-Colleyville (two), Keller (three), Kennedale (one), Lake Worth (one), Mansfield (two), Northwest (one), and White Settlement (one winner). Two schools have the honor of having two winners each: Summer Creek Middle School in Crowley and Ronald Reagan Middle School in Grand Prairie.  Both winners and finalists were recognized at the foundation's annual scholarship celebration on April 26th at Martin Hall, located on the campus of Texas Wesleyan University. Doug White, BBYF Board Member and President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, was the featured speaker.
Bobby Bragan and the BBYF board send their congratulations to all the outstanding students who qualified to compete in the 2008/2009 scholarship competition.
Click Read More for the complete list of winners and finalists.
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