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Star Hill is pleased to announce our partnership with Baseball City LLC and the CT Capitals Baseball Club, a professional baseball training center and premier travel baseball club. Baseball City and the CT Capitals were established to develop baseball skills of all players in Connecticut by providing professional private instruction, clinics, camps and travel baseball teams from ages 10U-18U. Bill Masse opened Baseball City in 2007 and started the CT Capitals Baseball Club in 2008.
Baseball City will serve as the Technical Director for Star Hill's comprehensive baseball programs. Baseball City will develop the baseball curriculum for all events and develop all the baseball programs. The programs that will be offered at Star Hill are Leagues, Tournaments, Clinics, Camps and Professional Private Instruction.
Detailed information regarding our Baseball Programs can be found here at www.starhillsports.com or at www.baseballcityct.com.
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Bill Masse, Owner and Head Instructor at Baseball City, is a 43-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 for the Seattle Mariners. Bill recently garnered his 500th 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 1st Team All-American & 1st 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.
