USA Baseball has released it’s list of Top 10 moments of the 2010 season, which spans across all ages and genders.  With such a well run organization, the list is sure to have some amazing moments and  others which made history.

Check out the list below from their website, with links to each story.

10. Tamara Holmes hits the first over-the-fence home run in the history of the Women’s National Team program. Recap »

9. 18U and Collegiate National Team alums dominate day one of the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Recap »

8. The 14U National Team wins Pan American bronze, continues its four-year medal streak. Recap »

7. The Pan American Qualifying Team finishes T-3, qualifies Team USA for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Recap »

6. Alum Bryce Harper becomes only second JUCO player to win the Golden Spikes Award, drafted No. 1 overall by the Washington Nationals. Recap »

5. Women’s National Team continues medal streak of its own in defeating host Venezuela to win the bronze at the IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup. Recap »

4. Alex Bregman and Eric Kibler of the 16U National Team become the first ever youth-level winners of USA Baseball’s Player and Coach of the Year Awards, respectively. Recap »

3. The Collegiate National Team narrowly falls to a loaded Cuban club in the FISU World University Championships final, brings home silver. Recap »

2. Chicago Cubs prospect Chris Archer silences Cuba in a dominating start in the Pan American Qualifying Tournament, outing earns the USA Baseball International Performance of the Year Award. Recap »

1. The 16U National Team wins Pan American gold, runs international unbeaten streak to 40 games. Recap »

The USA Baseball season has come to an official close with the Gold Medal for the 16U team….again.  Not only did they dominate this year at the 2010 COPABE Pan Am ‘AA’ 16U Youth Championships, but they made some historic (and downright amazing) results.

From BA Blog:

The 16U program is now unbeaten in the last five years, running the streak to 40 games.

“I was really proud of everyone involved with the program this year, from the staff down to all of the players who participated in our trials,” said Jeff Singer, director of the 16U program. ”It was a particularly challenging year in regards to how late in the calendar the event fell and the fact that two weeks before trials started we didn’t officially know if we’d be able to compete due to safety concerns in Mexico. In the end everyone put all of that aside, we came together as an incredibly close team and we kept our focus day after day and proved that we were the best team in the tournament. We really hit the ball incredibly well.

In terms of the players that were standouts in the trials and tournament play, it was broken up between a few names you should keep your eyes on.  These players will have autographed cards from Topps in both 2010 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks and 2010 USA Baseball Boxed Set.

Infielders Alex Bregman and Corey Seager led the squad on offense.

Bregman, a junior at Albuquerque Academy, hit .564/.596/.846 in 39 at-bats with two home runs, 17 runs and 17 RBIs. He also stole five bases.

Seager hit .514/.622/.829 in 35 at-bats with 16 runs scored and 12 RBIs. He proved to be the team’s most patient hitter, drawing 10 walks in nine games.

….Team USA destroyed opposing pitching as a whole. In nine games the squad hit .437/.500/.749 with 15 home runs and outscored opponents 127-23.

Four pitchers sported a 0.00 ERA, but the two with the most innings were righthanders Carson Kelly and Felipe Perez.

Kelly hurled 13 innings, going 2-0, 3.46 with nine strikeouts and one walk.

Perez hurled one-third of an inning more and went 2-0, 3.38, allowing just nine hits and three walks while striking out 15.

If you want more coverage of the 2010 COPABE Pan Am ‘AA’ 16U Youth Championships and full player stats, check out USA Baseball.  They have cumulative statistics, box scores, and roster bios for all players involved.

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While the 2010 USA Pan-Am qualifying team is working hard in Puerto Rico, AOL Fanhouse has provides us with some great video. They gave a video camera to Bruce Billings and Jordan Pacheco to document their time with the team so far.

Check out the first installment of “Behind The Scenes”, which gives the inside look at the life of a Team USA ballplayer.

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The 2010 USA Baseball Pan-Am qualifying roster made another move yesterday, in light of their exhibition rainout.  Not a major change, but the move can certainly change team chemistry with middle infielders being swapped out.

From Baseball America Blog:

Andrew Romine, slated to compete for the starting shortstop job with USA Baseball’s Pan Am Qualifying team, instead got his first promotion to the major leagues Sunday. To replace him, USA Baseball added Pirates farmhand Chase d’Arnaud, The 23-year-old out of Pepperdine hit .247/.331/.377 at Double-A Altoona while helping the Curve win the Eastern League championship. He hit .290 with three homers in eight playoff games for Altoona.

Coincidentally, both shortstops have younger brothers (Austin Romine and Travis d’Arnaud) who are catchers and were drafted out of Southern California high schools in 2007.

Rain washed away Monday’s scheduled six-inning exhibition between the U.S. and Canada, and another game is scheduled for noon Tuesday. Team USA won a pair of exhibitions Sunday before the rain arrived, beating Canada 3-1 and Puerto Rico 6-0. Catcher Erik Kratz (Pirates) hit a three-run homer to beat Canada while Todd Redmond (Braves) threw three scoreless innings, and Eric Hosmer (Royals) had a three-run triple in the victory against Puerto Rico.

All three teams leave this week for the Pan Am Qualifying Tournament, which functions as a qualifier for both the 2011 Pan Am Games and a future Baseball World Cup.