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BAA Baseball Program Overview
The Bloomington Athletic Association delivers fun, affordable, and safe youth sports experiences, fueled by our passionate volunteers. Our Baseball program provides kids of all ages the opportunity to develop in the areas of sportsmanship, teamwork, and strengthening motor skills all while having fun in a family-friendly atmosphere. Join us in keeping our national pastime alive and thriving!
Volunteers
For our baseball program, volunteers are needed as coaches, assistant coaches, scorekeepers, and some umpiring at the younger levels. Check-in at sign-ups / register as a coach online today!
COACHING:
As always we are completely dependent on you as parents to help make this sport the best it can be by volunteering your time as a head coach, assistant coach, scorekeeper or umpire. What better way to be involved with your children than to be a part of their team during the season? Without you, we cannot run this program!
BAA Weekend
BAA Weekend delivers a super fun playing experience for our Instructional through Junior levels with each team playing two games on a premier field. Gather up the entire family and friends to watch the kids play! BAA weekend is typically the weekend after Memorial Day.
BAA Tournaments and Playoffs
BAA Playoffs and Tournaments are offered for Mites, Cubs, Juniors, Bantams, and Majors levels with an opportunity for the whole family to celebrate how the players and team made progress since the beginning of the season. The year-end tournament is typically the last weekend of July.
Level Descriptions
| AGE GROUP | LEVEL | Days Playing | Game Times (approximate) |
| Kindergarten in Fall and 6-year, see below | Mini-Mites | Saturday Begins Sat., May 7 | 1 hour |
| Kindergarten - 1st grade | Instructional | M | W or T | Th Begins May 2 | 3 | 1.5 hours |
| 1st & 2nd grade | Mites | M | W or T | Th Begins April 25 | 26 | 2 hours |
| 3rd grade | Cubs | T | Th Begins April 25 | 26 | 2.5 hours |
| 4th & 5th grade | Juniors | M | W or T | Th Begins April 25 | 26 | 2.5 hours |
| 6th - 8th grade | Bantam | T | Th Begins April 25 | 26 | 2.5 hours |
| 9th - 12th grade | Majors | S | M | W Begins around May 15 | 2.5 hours |
| Baseball Contacts | All Levels |
Mini-Mites Baseball [ LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS ]
| Age Group | Children entering Kindergarten in Fall or 6-year olds without prior experience. Exceptions are made for 4 year-olds with foundational skills already built. |
| Experience | The fundamentals of running the bases, player positions, batting, fielding, and teamwork are introduced. |
| Game Fundamentals | Coach pitch, but a tee may be used. Each child receives up to 7 pitches from an adult pitcher. After the 7 pitch, the batter will hit the ball off a tee. There are no recorded scores, standings, or tournaments for this level. |
| Where | Baseball fields all around Bloomington. |
| When | Early-June to Mid-July Saturday mornings at 10:00 AM. Parents must remain on-site with children during instruction and games. Rain-outs will not be made up. If weekends do not work for your family schedule consider the mini-mites softball program, essentially the same developmental program on Monday | Wednesdays. |
| Equipment | Every child receives a hat, shirt, and end-of-season medal. The team is provided with bats, balls, batting helmets, catcher gear, baseball tee, and bases. Each child needs to provide their own glove. |
| Registration / Fees | $95.00 + $11.00 City Field Use Fee (scholarships available for those needing assistance contact baseball@baaonline.org) |
Instructional Baseball [ LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS ]
| Age Group | Currently in Kindergarten or 1st grade (First graders may choose to play Instructional or Mite level. First graders new to the game are encouraged to play at the Instructional level). |
| Player Experience | To teach children the fundamental skills of baseball including running the bases, player positions, batting, fielding, and teamwork are introduced. |
| Game Fundamentals | Coach pitch. All players bat during the inning regardless of the number of outs. Eleven children will play in the field at one time. There are no recorded scores, standings, or tournaments for this league. |
| Where | Baseball fields all around Bloomington. |
| When | Beginning of May to the third week of July. Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday evenings with a few weekend practices/games. |
| Equipment | Every child receives a hat, shirt, and end-of-season medal. The team is provided with bats, balls, batting helmets, catchers gear, baseball tee, and bases. Each child needs to provide their own glove and protective cup. |
| Registration / Fees | $105 + $11.00 City Field Use Fee (scholarships available for those needing assistance contact baseball@baaonline.org) |
Mites Baseball [ LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS ]
| Age Group | Currently in 1st or 2nd grade (1st graders may choose the Instructional level if new to the game). |
| Player Experience | To teach children the fundamental skills of baseball including running the bases, player positions, batting, fielding, and teamwork are continued. |
| Game Fundamentals | Coach pitch from a distance of 40 feet. Standings are recorded and a season-ending tournament is played. |
| Where | Baseball fields all around Bloomington. |
| When | End of April to late July. Playoffs start mid-July. Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday evenings with a few weekend practices/games. |
| Equipment | Every child receives a hat, shirt, and end-of-season medal. The team is provided with: bats, balls, batting helmets, catchers gear, baseball tee, and bases. Each child needs to provide their own glove and protective cup. |
| Registration / Fees | $140.00 + $11.00 City Field Use Fee (scholarships available for those needing assistance contact baseball@baaonline.org) |
Cubs Baseball [ LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS ]
| Age Group | Currently in 3rd grade. |
| Player Experience | To teach children the fundamental skills of baseball including running the bases, player positions, batting, fielding, and teamwork are continued. |
| Game Fundamentals | Player and coach pitch from a distance of 40 feet. 1st – 3rd innings will be coach pitch similar to Mites, however, strikes will be called by the paid umpire. 4th – 6th innings will be player pitch. Standings are recorded and a season-ending tournament is played. |
| Where | Baseball fields all around Bloomington. |
| When | End of April to late July. Playoffs start mid-July. Tuesday/Thursday evenings with a few weekend practices/games. |
| Equipment | Every child receives a hat, shirt, and end-of-season medal. The team is provided with: bats, balls, batting helmets, catchers gear, baseball tee, and bases. Each child needs to provide their own glove and protective cup. |
| Registration / Fees | $140.00 + $11.00 City Field Use Fee (scholarships available for those needing assistance contact baseball@baaonline.org) |
Juniors Baseball [ LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS ]
| Age Group | Currently in 4th or 5th grade. |
| Player Experience | To teach children the fundamental skills of baseball including running the bases, pitching, player positions, batting, fielding, and teamwork are continued. |
| Game Fundamentals | Player pitch from a distance of 45 feet. Base distance is 60 feet. Standings are recorded and a season-ending tournament is played. |
| Where | Baseball fields all around Bloomington. |
| When | The season runs from the end of April to late July. Playoffs start mid-July. Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday evenings with a few weekend practices/games. Note that a few times during the year the Monday/Wednesday league will play on a Tuesday/Thursday evening and vice versa. |
| Equipment | Every child receives pants (need to be returned), hat, shirt, and end-of-season medal. The team is provided with: bats, balls, batting helmets, catchers gear, baseball tee, and bases. Each child needs to provide their own glove and protective cup. |
| Registration / Fees | $140.00 + $11.00 City Field Use Fee (scholarships available for those needing assistance contact baseball@baaonline.org) |
Bantam Baseball [ LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS ]
| Age Group | Currently in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. |
| Player Experience | To continue the development of baseball fundamentals with an emphasis on advancing technical skills. Sportsmanship and teamwork are central to the experience. |
| Game Fundamentals | Player pitch from a distance of 52 feet. Base distance is 75 feet. Standings are recorded and a season-ending tournament is played. |
| Where | Baseball fields all around Bloomington. |
| When | Season starts at the end of April to late July. Playoffs start mid-July. Tuesday/Thursday evenings with a few weekend practices/games. |
| Equipment | Every child receives pants (need to be returned), hat, shirt, and end-of-season medal. The team is provided with: bats, balls, batting helmets, catchers gear, baseball tee, and bases. Each child needs to provide their own glove and protective cup. |
| Registration / Fees | $150.00 + $11.00 City Field Use Fee (scholarships available for those needing assistance contact baseball@baaonline.org) |
Majors Baseball [ LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS ]
| Age Group | Currently in 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade |
| Player Experience | Once in High School, we continue to offer baseball for those players that want to continue with the fun of baseball into the summer. |
| Game Fundamentals | Standings are recorded and a season-ending tournament is played. |
| Where | Games will be in Bloomington, Burnsville, Apple Valley, and possibly other south metro locations. At least half of our games will be in Bloomington. Practices will all be in Bloomington. |
| When | A typical season starts mid-May and ends in late July. Majors league plays on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday evenings. Sunday and Wednesday games will be played against the South Metro Teams. Mondays will be either practice or scrimmages played against other Bloomington teams. Year-End Tournament is July 9 – 11. |
| Equipment | Every player receives pants (need to be returned), a hat, and a shirt. The team is provided with: bats, balls, batting helmets, catchers gear, baseball tee, and bases. Each player needs to provide their own glove and protective cup. |
| Registration / Fees | $160.00 + $11.00 City Field Use Fee (scholarships available for those needing assistance contact baseball@baaonline.org) |
CONTACTS:
BAA Baseball Level Directors |
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| Mini-Mites Kindergarten in Fall of this year | Kent Jones | kent@encompassinc.com | 952-484-6318 |
| Instructional-M/W & T/TH K - 1 grades | Tim Grams | tgrams4@msn.com | 952-201-6279 |
| Mites- M/W 1 - 2 grades | Scott Fergus | scott.fergus@ppm.us.com | 312-813-3839 |
| Mites- T/TH 1 - 2 grades | Stephanie Nicholson | admin@baaadmin@baaonline.orgonline.org | 952-222-5162 |
| Cubs- T/TH 3rd grade | Steve Halpin | stevenrhalpin@aol.com | 952-905-0740 |
| Juniors 4 - 5 grade | Bob Goodermont | barefootbob2003@yahoo.com | 952-220-3212 |
| Bantams 6 - 8 grades | OPEN | ||
| Majors 9 - 12 grades | OPEN | ||
BAA Baseball Contacts |
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| Commissioner | Chris Nicholson | baseball@baaonline.org | 612-363-2875 |
| Equipment Director | Grant Gartland | baseballequipment@baaonline.org | |
| Assistant Equipment Director | Mike Littmann | mlittmann@comcast.net | 952-844-0133 |
| Scheduler | Field Coordinator | Randy Bergstrom | rbergstrom7007@gmail.com | 763-588-7007 |
| Chief Umpire | Paul Falk | paulfa39@gmail.com | 651-387-2813 |
| Umpire Coordinator | Julie Vavrosky | baseballumps@baaonline.org | 952-300-3243 |
| Administrator | Stephanie Nicholson | admin@baaonline.org | 952.222.5162 |
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