Spring - Practices start in February. Games being in March and end the weekend before Memorial Day. T-ball games are held on Saturdays. Upper division spring games are held two times a week. One weekday and one Saturday game.
Fall - Practice starts in August. Games begin in September. In the month of September, games are held on weekdays and weekends.
Spring - Through the end of May
Fall - Through the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Sibling discounts for families signing up multiple children who live within the same household.
Spring - $20.00 discount off the registration fees for the second and subsequent siblings from the same household.
Fall - $10.00 discount off the registration fees for the second and subsequent siblings from the same household.
The real cost of running the League is considerably more than the registration fees. Fundraising allows us to fill this gap in a few different ways.
Spring - Each player is responsible for $100 in fundraising revenue, which can be satisfied by selling candy, shop riverside cards or a ''buying out.''
Fall - We have a hit-a-thon and each player is responsible for $50 in fundraising.
Spring - In return for your fees and fundraising, your child receives a jersey and hat, basic portrait package, participation medal if in T-ball and admittance to the mandatory Spring Positive Coaching Alliance Parent Night.
Fall - In return for your fees and fundraising, your child receives a jersey and hat.
Please Note: The combination of the registration and fundraising fees covers the overall costs of running the League - umpires, water and utilities for the fields, baseball equipment, maintenance of the grounds, etc. We are a non-profit organization. All monies go back into the league.
Short answer is yes.
Paying with cash or check - email treasurer@cal-baseball.org
Age Chart - see the CAL Age Chart, located on our website under publications.
Absolutely! we believe that everybody has to start somewhere. We have some beginners in every division. We do ask that you pay some "catch" with your child as often as possible to prepare him/her for the season.
There are evaluations for all competitive divisions - A skills evaluation allows us to better ensure the teams are competitive with one another.
There are tryouts to participate in Interleague.
We are an independent League and not governed by the policies of a larger organization. For the last fifteen years, we have partnered with the nationally renown Positive Coaching Alliance (www.positivecoach.org) They are a non-profit organization out of Stanford University whose main goals include dispelling the "Win at all cost" mentality that is prevalent in youth sports today. We realize that winning is one of the goals of all sporting events, but a second, more important goal of a youth sports organization should be to use the contests to teach life lessons. All of our coaches, managers, and board are required to attend a PCA workshop annually, and you, also, will be asked to attend a pre-season Sports Parent's Clinic. All coaches, managers, and other volunteers will be asked to submit to a LiveScan background check as well.
Judge for yourself. Several of our alumni have played or are playing successfully at high school and college levels.
We value and appreciate all of our coaches. Coaches are required to attend one in-person (spring) or online (fall), Positive Coaching Workshop and to pass a LiveScan background check before being certified to coach. Check our Publications Page for a LiveScan form.