Bill Masse, Owner and Head Instructor at Baseball City, is a 44-year old native of Manchester, Connecticut.  He has coached 13 years in Minor League Baseball, serving as a manager in 9 of those seasons. He is currently a Major League Professional Scout (East Supervisor) for the Seattle Mariners. Bill recently garnered his 500^th  Minor League win as a manager in 2007 while at New Hampshire, the Double A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.  Masse had joined the Blue Jays organization in 2007 after spending the previous six years working for the New York Yankees as a manager and coach. In 2008, Bill managed the San Antonio Missions, the Double A affiliate of the San Diego Padres.  In 2009, Bill was the hitting coach for the Buffalo Bisons, Triple A affiliate of the New York Mets.

While in the Yankees Organization, Masse managed the Double-A Trenton Thunder in the Eastern League during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He led the Thunder to the post-season in both years at the helm, winning the regular season Northern Division Championship in 2006.  Masse spent 2003 and 2004 as the Manager of the Tampa Yankees (Class A).  In 2004, the Tampa Yankees were the Champions of the Florida State League.  His other experience in the Yankees system was the Manager of Greensboro (Class A) in 2002 and as the Hitting Coach for Tampa in 2001 - Champions of the Florida State League.

Masse also spent four years in the Montreal Expos organization.  He managed Cape Fear (Class A) in 2000 and the Gulf Coast Expos (Rookie) in 1999.  He also served as Hitting Coach for Ottawa (Class AAA) in 1998 and for Vermont (Class A) in 1997. 

After capturing an Olympic Gold Medal as an outfielder for Team USA in 1988, Masse played professionally in the New York Yankees organization between 1989-1995.  He was named 1993 Minor League Player-of-the-Year while a member of the Triple-A Columbus Clippers.  Masse graduated from Wake Forest University and was the only player in Division I athletics to be named both 1^st  Team All-American & 1^st  Team Academic All-American for the year 1988, his senior year.  He received the Arnold Palmer Award in 1988 for Athlete of the Year at Wake Forest University. 

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John Fote, Owner of Baseball City, pitched on the college level at Quinnipiac College. He had been the Head Coach at Wethersfield High School for ten years. John led the Eagles to their first ever Class L State Championship game in the 2005 season. John coached the District I team to the Senior District championship in 2002 and was named the coach for the Connecticut vs. Massachusetts All-Star Game at Fenway Park. John is the originator of 5-Star Baseball and conducts lessons in hitting, pitching and position play.

Mark Bagdasarian, Owner of Baseball City, was a catcher at the University of Connecticut (Hartford). He is currently the Head Coach at Wethersfield High School and former Head Coach at Manchester High School. Mark is entering his 10th year of coaching at the High School level and was also an Assistant coach at the American Legion level.  Mark conducts lessons in catching and hitting.
 

Brady Stouffer, General Manager at Baseball City, graduated from the University of Hartford in 2009 with a Management degree from the Barney School of Business. As a Hartford Hawk, Brady was the starting shortstop for four years. For his freshman year performance he was honored by the America East conference to the All-Rookie Team.

 Brady played his high school ball in Maryland, where he was born and raised. As a senior, he was selected to the All-Met Second Team, represented the state of Maryland at the 2005 Sunbelt Classic held in Oklahoma, played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards for the Maryland High School All-Star Game, and was named to the Pre-Season All-State Team for the second consecutive year.   

Brady has been leading group clinics and high school programs at Baseball City for the past 3 years.  His leadership skills and ability to teach younger kids the basic fundamentals of the game are second to none.  The University of Hartford baseball program was lucky to have had him for 4 years.

Bill Perry, Assistant General Manager at Baseball City, graduated from the University of Hartford in 2007 with a Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education. Bill played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Bourne Braves in the summer of 2007 and was named the Cape Cod League Top New England Prospect following the season. As a Hartford Hawk, Bill played four years at third base. He was named 1^st Team All Conference in his final year at the University of Hartford. 

In High School, Bill played baseball, football and basketball at Falmouth High School ... named a two-time Old Colony League All-Star in baseball ... also named all-state as a senior and All-Cape Cod in 2002 and 2003 ... named an OCL All-Star and an All-Cape Cod selection in football ... also a three-time OCL All-Star in basketball and a two-time All-Cape Cod selection.

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Joe Serfass, a former pitcher in the New York Mets organization, is currently the Head Coach at Windsor High School.  Joe finished his professional playing career with the Binghamton Mets (Double A) and posted outstanding numbers as a middle reliever. Joe was the winning pitcher for Eastern Connecticut State University when the team won the National Championship in Division III. He has also been inducted to the Eastern Connecticut Baseball Hall of Fame since he was signed by the Mets.  Joe conducts pitching lessons.

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Gary Burnham, A native of South Windsor, CT Gary lead SWHS to a Class L state championship and earned All-American honors.  In that same year he was named CT Gatorade High School Player of the Year.  Gary was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 22nd round but elected to go to Clemson University instead.  While at Clemson, Gary would participate in two College World Series Tournaments while earning All-American, All-ACC, and team MVP honors during his 4 year career.  During the summer months Gary was a two time Cape Cod League All-Star for the Orleans Cardinals, and the Falmouth Commodores and was MVP of the Cape Cod League All-Star game in 1995.  In 1997 Gary was drafted in the 22nd round by the Philadelphia Phillies and earned New York Penn League All-Star honors during his first half season in the minors (.325BA 5HR, 45RBI).  In 2001 Gary earned AA Eastern League All-Star status for the Reading Phillies (.318BA, 15HR, 77RBI).  In 2002 Gary was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays and earned AAA International League All-Star honors and was the teams' MVP.  (.281BA, 18HR, 88RBI).  After bouncing around with the AAA Reds, and AAA Cardinals Gary was back with the Phillies in 2006 where he set the career HR record for the AA Reading Phillies with (56HR).  That same year he was also named to the AA Eastern League All-Star team and was the teams' MVP.  In 2007 Gary would be promoted to the AAA Ottawa Lynx still with the Phillies minor league system and posted another team MVP year.(.292BA, 12HR, 84RBI).  Taking his bat to Taiwan in 2008 Gary set the all-time foreign hitting streak record at 23 games in a row.  In 2009 at 34 years old and still hungry for a major league job Gary finally got his break and landed a pinch hitting job on Bobby Valentine's team (Chiba Lotte Marines) in Japan.  Gary conducts lessons in hitting and position play.

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Matt Rondinone is currently JV Head Coach at Windsor High School.  Matt has been actively involved in the Connecticut Capitals organization since its beginning in 2007. He has been the Head Coach of the 2008 14U Team, the 2009 15U team, and is currently the Head Coach of the Fall 18U team. In 2009, Rondinone’s coaching helped earn his team 4th Place at the 15u AAU Div I National Tournament.

In High School, Matt was an All-State and All-Conference player at East Hartford. He also played on the #1 Ranked High School team in CT in 2005. He continued to go on to play college baseball at Keene State & Albertus Magnus.  Matt conducts lessons in catching and hitting.

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