Manchester Baseball Association (MBA) spring 2020 registration is now open via online registration ONLY.  We will no longer offer walk in registration or accepting paper registrations.

Online Registration:

Click here to Register

Registration Fees:

Registration fees will be as follows and includes a shirt, pants, belt & hat, which you keep:

• $75.00 for ages 4 – Single A  (T-Ball)
• $80.00 for ages 5/6 – Double A  (Coach Pitch)
• $90.00 for ages 7/8 – Triple A (Kid Pitch / Coach Pitch)
• $115.00 for ages 9/10 – Minors (Kid Pitch)
• $125.00 for ages 11/12 – Majors
• $190.00 for ages 13/15 – Seniors
• $200.00 for ages 16/18 – Stallions

Evaluations:

In house evaluations will take place in late February and early March for ages 7 and up. 

**** ANY PLAYER REQUESTING TO PLAY OUTSIDE OF THEIR AGE GROUP WILL ONLY BE DETERMINED AT PLAYER EVAULATIONS ****

All registrants 7 years and older MUST attend one of the evaluations to be placed on a team.

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY 3 YEAR OLDS ON THE 4 YEAR OLDS TEAMS

THERE WILL NOT BE ANY 16 YEAR OLDS ON THE 13/15 TEAMS

18 YEAR OLDS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE 16/18 TEAM, BUT THEY MUST STILL BE IN HIGH SCHOOL

Helmets:

For sanitary reasons we will NO longer supply helmets for kids to use.

Raffle Ticket Fundraiser:

The Raffle Ticket Fundraiser is Mandatory.  Fundraising raffle tickets will be provided by the coach at your child’s first team practice. This year we will again be selling raffle tickets, but this year we are ONLY requiring each family to purchase 6 raffle tickets at $5.00 a ticket. You will be required to pay the $30.00 with your registration.  It is important to have a fundraiser to help fund the leagues various expenses.  (See the Fundraising page on our website for more information).

HIT-A-THON:

HIT-A-THON (NOT mandatory).  After our Opening Day ceremony, we will hold our 5^th annual HIT-A-THON sponsored by 99Pledges.  The HIT-A-THON will be open to boys and girls ages 4 through 18.  For a child to participate in the HIT-A-THON they must get pledges.  For more information on the HIT-A-THON, see the HIT-A-THON flyer on the website or near the end of this registration packet.

13/15 In House:

13/15 In House.  This is a competitive semi-travel baseball league and NOT all MBA In-House rules apply.  If you have any questions, please contact us.

Volunteers:

Volunteers are needed throughout the season, from field maintenance, team parents and various committee members.  Please comment on your registration form if you have an interest in joining the team.  We look forward to spring baseball and keep an eye on the MBA website (www.manchesterbaseball.org) for upcoming information.

Questions:

Contact: manchesterbaseballassociation@gmail.com

Blue Sox – 12U Travel Baseball Team

We are looking for 2-3 additional players for Coach Howard Harper's 12U Blue Sox travel baseball team.  If you are interested, please contact Alicia Hottenstein at aliciahott06@gmail.com

Hello Folks,

We are very excited about Manchester Blue Sox travel baseball for the upcoming 2020 season. We want to communicate the travel tryout dates for next years teams. Tryouts will be held on Saturday July 20^th, 2019 and Saturday August 3^rd, 2019 for 8-16-year olds at Christmas Tree Park.

We will also be holding a meeting for any travel coach interested in coaching next year on Monday July 8^th at the North Carroll Senior Center from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.  It is extremely important for you to attend this meeting if you plan on coaching a travel team in 2020. If you cannot attend this meeting please email Ben Lamp (baseball.ben@yahoo.com) and let him know, so he can setup a make-up date?

If you have any questions, please let Ben know.
Thank you,

Ben Lamp
baseball.ben@yahoo.com

Blue Sox tryout dates and times for Sat 7/20/2019 and Sat 8/3/2019:

On Thursday June 6th new board members were voted in to run Manchester Baseball starting July 1, 2019 for the next 2 years.  The new Manchester Board is:

President - Ben Lamp
Vice President - Matt Bailey
Secratery - Misty Brathuhn
Treasure - Jeffrey Howard

Members at Large:
Ethan Brathuhn
George Kues
John Wennell

2019 HIT-A-THON Winners
T-shirts and gift cards will handed to your coaches when they come in!
Large prizes can be claimed at the concession stand.

Top Pledgers:

TEAM THAT RAISED THE MOST MONEY:
9/10 Nationals – Scherer with $1,406 total

TEAM WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATION:
9/10 Nationals – Scherer with 54% Participation

Click here for schedules to the 11/12 games:

Click here for the schedules to the 13/15 games:

Click here for the schedules to the 16/18 games:

Volunteers at work!

Thank you to all of the volunteers who assisted with the installation of the turf in the batting cage at CTP.  

George Kues, Mike Fosnot, Ethan and Brady Brathuhn, Pat Carmody along with some of his Stallions players, Scotty Glover, Jason and Javin Whitney, Donnie and Dustin Barnard, and Dave Crofton.  If I have missed someone, please let me know.

Thank you,

Jackie

Manchester Baseball is proud to report that our parents/players have donated 57 lbs of food during our Player Evaluations.  In turn, Manchester Baseball has donated this to the Tree Of Friends Foundation (TOFF).  Thank you for supporting our local food bank.  We plan to have more donation events in the near future.

Carroll County Rec & Parks Background Checks

All volunteers (coaches, assistant coaches and team parents) representing a Carroll County Recreation and Parks sponsored Recreation Council are required to have a background check and must be cleared prior to starting the season. No background check, no volunteerism allowed.

· Once you have completed your background check immediately forward a picture, with name, position, and council information to ccrecvolunteer@ccg.carr.org. This will allow them to create your photo volunteer ID, which MUST be worn at ALL times while volunteering.

· To complete the background check online, go to: https://ssci2000.secure-screening.net/escreening/OApp_LoginEntrance.asp?mode=direct&code=450500

· If you are not wearing your id you will not be allowed on to volunteer. Completed ID's will be mailed to the address on the completed background check.

· For information about the “Carroll County Department Of Rec & Parks Volunteer Background Check Program”, go to: //s3.amazonaws.com/my.llfiles.com/00282620/CCRP_Vol_BGC_Policy_2016.pdf