Manchester Baseball Association (MBA) spring 2022 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:

Evaluations:

In-house evaluations are to be held at Ebb Valley Elementary School (3100 Swiper Dr, Manchester, MD 21102) February 20^th and 27^th from 1:30- 5:30 for age groups 7/8 through 13/15.

**** 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).  During our End of Season Picnic ceremony, we will hold our 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 when available.

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 coaches, field maintenance, team parents and various committee members.  Please comment on your registration form if you have an interest in joining the team. Each family will be required to work (1) game at Christmas Tree Park’s concessions stand when they are the home team. Sign-up sheets will be posted online once schedules are determined in March/April.

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

In June of 2021,  new board members were voted in to run Manchester Baseball starting July 1, 2021 for the next 2 years.  The new Manchester Board is:

PRESIDENT - Matt Muller
VICE PRESIDENT - Tiff Kallenberger
SECRETARY - Amber Louey
TREASURE - Matt Kallenberger

MEMBERS AT LARGE: TBD

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:

Potter Baseball will again this year make a stop in Manchester on Sunday June 30 on the Christmas Tree Park "D" Field.  Various events are planned for the day in and around Manchester including a baseball clinic and Potter Tour Game.  Last year’s stop in Manchester was a huge success with many of the boys wanting to return again this year.  The following link will provide ALL the details on Potter Baseball event on June 30th:

Potter Tour in Manchester 2019 

Information about Potter Baseball can be found at http://jeffpotterbaseball.com/

Fields CLOSED for Thursday June 13th

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

Pictures are this Saturday, June 1st on the Christmas Tree Park "D" Field.  Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your teams scheduled time. 

The schedules for some of the age groups will change:

5/6

Orioles vs Athletics will start at 10 AM

Phillies vs Red Sox will start at 10:15 AM

Nationals vs Royals will start at 11:45 AM

Rookies

Nationals vs Orioles will start at 10:30 AM

Pirates vs Athletics will start at 11:30 AM