"Twinsburg represents community baseball at its best. Their teams are consistently strong fundamentally and more importantly they play the game the right way; with respect."

Former Cleveland Indians & Current Toronto Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro

SPRING 2020 REC SEASON - REGISTRATION IS OPEN

The Spring 2020 Twinsburg recreational baseball registration opened on January 1st and runs through February 29th. Information about each age division is below.  

• Instructional - Currently in Kindergarten or entering Kindergarten in Fall of 2020
• Coach Pitch - Currently in 1st or 2nd grade
• Juniors - Currently in 3rd or 4th grade
• Minors - Currently in 5th or 6th grade
• Majors - Currently in 7th or 8th
• Seniors - Currently in 9th - 12th grade. 

Registration for the majors and seniors divisions will be open longer.   

TBL PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

TBL is offering a Player Development Program available to boys and girls currently in 1st through 6th grade.  This program offers small group instruction focusing on baseball fundamentals - hitting, throwing, and fielding.

The first TBL Player Development session was held Saturday Feb 8, 2020 from 2:00PM – 3:00PM with approximately 49 kids attending!  Sessions continue each Saturday from 1:30PM – 3:00PM through March 28, 2020.  Cost is $10/session (to be paid on-site in cash or by check payable to TBL). The sessions will be held at The Edge located at 9550 Ravenna Road in Twinsburg.

We learned that the Edge can accommodate many more than the 50 players we initially thought.  We welcome any player interested in getting a jump on the 2020 season.  Pre-registration is preferred, but onsite registrations are welcome. Players may sign up for single or multiple sessions. Please only sign up for dates you know your child will be able to attend.

Registration for the development clinics is now open!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS - 2020 SEASON

Believe it or not, registration opens back up on January 1 for the 2020 spring season. While we're still piecing together all the key dates for the coming season, here's some dates we already know about to put in your calendars:

February 29, 2020 - Registration closes for our Instructional, Coach Pitch, Juniors and Minors divisions
March 13, 2020 - Parents and Coaches Meetings, 6-9 PM at the Twinsburg Community Center (coaches receive rosters that night)
Late March 2020 - Practices begin (weather permitting)
April 4, 2020 - Night at the Races fundraiser to support our 2020 12U travel baseball team
Late April 2020 - Games begin
June 30, 2020 - Instructional, Coach Pitch, Juniors, and Minors divisions wrap up
July 1-5, 2020 - Twinsburg Stars & Stripes Travel Baseball Tournament
July 19 & 26, 2020 - Tryouts for our 2021 travel baseball teams
Early August 2020 - Fall Ball practices begin
Mid August 2020 - Fall Ball games begin
August 15-16, 2010 - 7th Annual World Series of Wiffle Ball
Early October 2020 - Fall Ball season concludes

TBL AGE DIVISIONS

Instructional - Currently in kindergarten or entering kindergarten in fall of 2020
Coach Pitch - Currently in 1st or 2nd grade
Juniors - Currently in 3rd or 4th grade
Minors - Currently in 5th or 6th grade
Majors - Currently in 7th or 8th grade
Seniors - Currently in 9th-12th grade

BECOME A TBL UMPIRE

Looking to earn some extra money this summer while being a part of the game you love?  Consider becoming a TBL Umpire! 

TBL Welcomes new and experienced umpires to become an important part of the Twinsburg Recreation youth baseball experience for local ball players participating in the Spring/Summer and Fall sessions.

Umpires interested in becoming a part of the TBL experience need to complete registration.  Competitive pay.  Minimum age is 12 yrs old.

Registration is now open!  Closes March 15, 2020.

Questions?  Send all inquiries to email below.

6TH ANNUAL WORLD SERIES OF WIFFLE BALL ONCE AGAIN DELIVERS

Twinsburg, Ohio - Wiffle Ball capital of America? I think you can now make the case.

86 teams from five states participated in 2019 in five different age divisions (7-9, 10-12, 13-15, 16-29, 30+) this past September. 

Head over the event website linked below for additional details! We'll be posting the dates for the 7th Annual 2020 event in the coming weeks.

www.worldseriesofwiffleball.com

TRYOUT DATES SET FOR OUR 2021 TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAMS - JULY 19 & JULY 26, 2020

Shortly after the conclusion of the 2020 season, we'll conduct our tryouts for our 2021 travel baseball teams. Twinsburg fields one travel baseball team annually in seven different age divisions: 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U and 14U. 

The tryouts for the 2021 travel teams are scheduled to take place on Sunday July 19, 2020 and Sunday July 26, 2020 at Liberty Park in Twinsburg.

For much more information on our travel baseball program and the differences between travel and rec baseball, click HERE.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL STARS & STRIPES TOURNAMENT IN THE BOOKS!

42 teams in six age divisions came out to Twinsburg the weekend of July 4-7 to participate in our annual Stars & Stripes Travel Baseball Tournament!

Final results for all age divisions can be FOUND HERE on our Stars & Stripes home page. 

CONGRATS TO OUR 2020 REC TOURNAMENT TEAMS!

TBL conducted tryouts for rec tournament teams for the 8U-12U age divisions. These teams are not "travel baseball teams", but all-star teams comprised of kids that play in TBL's spring/summer recreational league.

Tryouts were held on Saturday, January 11 & 18 at The Edge indoor facility in Twinsburg and approximately 80 kids attended the tryouts. There were a total of six teams formed (two 8U teams), and for the first time in recent history, we have an 11U and 12U rec tournament team! This also is the most players on rec tournament teams to date.  Congrats to all of the players and good luck during tournaments!

Click here for more information on our rec tournament teams.

ADULT BASEBALL!!!!!

The TBL Adult Wood Bat league is back for 2020!

"League" may be a strong word though. We have an email list of about 100 people. We pick dates throughout the summer and fall (typically Friday nights at Glen Meadow Park), email the list, and put together pick up games. They've been fun! Players of all skill levels are welcome.

To be added to the adult baseball email list, shoot us a note at tblwoodbat@gmail.com. 

LESS KIDS PLAYING BASEBALL? NOT IN TWINSBURG!

We're putting the finishing touches on what was a record setting year for TBL, with more kids out on the baseball diamonds in our city than ever before! Remarkably, TBL enjoyed all-time high levels of participation in 2019 for every single league and event we facilitate:

~ 67 teams participated in our spring recreational league.

~ 49 teams participated in 7 age divisions (8U-14U) in the Stars & Stripes Travel Baseball Tournament. 

~ 91 teams played in the 6th Annual Twinsburg World Series of Wiffle Ball, which is now America's largest Wiffle Ball tournament.

~ 38 teams participated in our Fall Ball league.

~ And the state of the TBL travel baseball program is strong, with TBL offering teams at 7 different age divisions (8U through 14U). The travel baseball program is coming off its best collective season yet, with last year's teams combining to win an astounding 22 tournament championships despite being a true community program competing against largely club teams that are comprised of kids from large areas or multiple communities.

TBL 2020 FIELD SCHEDULE 

Below is the link to the real time updated TBL master field schedule.  Coaches, please schedule practices and rained out game makeups through your league commissioner. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE TBL MASTER FIELD SCHEDULE

THANK YOU TO OUR TBL SPONSORS!

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A reminder to all of our coaches, players and parents ...

1. These are kids
2. This is a game
3. Our coaches volunteer
4. The umpires are human
5. This is not professional baseball

 We are always looking for new TBL board members.  TBL is an all volunteer, non city affiliated entity that manages the many different aspects that go along with providing a positive youth baseball experience for well over 1,000 children each year.  Our board is a great group of people that meets roughly once a month, and we'd love to add a few new good people to the board this winter.  Email us at twinsburgbaseball@gmail.com if you have any questions or potential interest. 

TBL mandates that our volunteer head coaches take an online training course to become registered members of the National Youth Sports Coaching Association and also that they take an online concussion awareness training course.  Both courses are also highly recommended for our assistant coaches and any other parents that help out with their children's teams.