Getting started
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Birocapedia was made and is managed by a Birch Rock camper. Here are some things you can do if you are new here:
- Read the about page.
- Look up some of your favorite things at Birch Rock and maybe learn a little more about them. If you don't know what to looks up, click the random page link to see a random article.
- Register an account by clicking the link in the top right. After that you can write and edit pages.
- Read some help pages to learn a little bit about how to use this site.
- Write an article about something at Birch Rock like your favorite activity, your last cabin, or anything that you think merits an article.
- Look at the pages that have already been made and edit them.
- If you don't know what to write an article about, look at the list of wanted pages and write one of those.
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News
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It is Saturday, April 27, 2024.
- The new Chief's Cabin is under construction. Pictures and updates of the progress can be viewed here.
- Over thirteen hundred images from the last 9 years have recently been uploaded. They can be viewed here.
- Check out the Birch Rock website from 1998 on the internet archive
- The most wanted or expanded pages are History, Pete Haas, and Birch Rock Camp. You can help Birocapedia by writing or expanding one of them.
See the current events page to see more news and past news.
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Beach day was the brilliant idea of one of Birch Rock's best modern day heroes, one Pete Haas. In summer of '76, Pete proposed an all camp trip to the beach, which was of course huge hit. When they first arrived at the beach, Pete drew a long line in the sand with his foot and called the entire camp to the line. Then on the count of three it was a mass rush for the water. Usually there was some feeling of glory if you were one of the first guys in.
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Featured facts
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From Ron Mattson, the first Field Director, come these famous moments in Birch Rock baseball history.
- In the 1970s, counselor Hub Burton, a future minor league baseball announcer, would keep a running commentary throughout each period of baseball. On hot days, he would claim that the hill was, “Hotter than Busch Stadium in July.”
- In 1981, counselor Dick Snyder, a Towson State University pitcher, threw a baseball through one of the boards on the backstop.
- In 1981, the Birch Rock team beat Camp Skylemar on the road at Camp Skylemar.
- In 1984, the Birch Rock team played the local Harrison boys team, who had recently won the local Little League championship. Birch Rock lost 2-0 with pitcher David J. giving up only one hit, a two-run home run.
- In 1985, the basepaths were dug out by hand in an attempt to create a more recognizable diamond. This development backfired when many campers twisted ankles on the uneven surface.
- In 1986, Seth B. broke the Spalding Mushroom, the biggest bat ever used at Birch Rock, with one mighty swing.
- From 1984-1994, the camper with the most enthusiasm for the game was awarded a blue mitt called the Joe B. Mitt, named after the camper who had left the mitt at camp in 1983.
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