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The Blaine Area Baseball (BA) is a select baseball program for kids ages 8-12 who play in Blaine Area Little League system.
No. BA is a supplemental program for players interested in early season competitive tournament play and winter/early spring workouts to enhance skill development through meaningful game play and practice experiences.
No. BA will compete in similar tournaments to travel/club and provide Blaine Area Little League players early season competitive play opportunities but will not participate in Gopher State Baseball League or MBL/MBT. Some tournaments may be out of state.
Because all participants are required to play in the Blaine Area Little League program, the BA season is 100% complementary to the Blaine Area Little League schedule.
BA will register to play a minimum of 3 tournaments for each team. A minimum of one tournament per year will be an out-of-town tournament.
Specific tournament information is TBD, however early season/spring (late April - early June) is the anticipated timing for tournaments.
The registration fee is $275/player. This includes the player's uniform, tournament registration, winter/early spring practices/training (both indoor and outdoor weather depending).
While the registration fee will cover each player's uniform and tournament fees, each family will be responsible for their own travel expenses and accommodations associated with tournament play.
All players are required to have:
Please take a look at our player age chart. Your child should try out for the team corresponding to his or her age.
As an 8-year-old, a player may try out for the 9U team. Further BA does not intend to have players play up.
BA intends to roster 11 or 12 players per team.
BA will enlist 1 head coach and 2 assistant coaches per team.
Unfortunately no, players will participate in a tryout and will be placed on a team based on their evaluation score.
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