American League

The American League is for boys ages 8-14. This program is for recreational or competitive recreational players looking to build strong fundamentals.

Registration Information (2 steps)

1) Register the team Nov. 1st - Jan. 31st (EXTENDED).  No fee required.  As you register the team, you will input an expected roster.  Then you will "Invite" the parent who will get an email with a link to register.  Rosters can be edited and players added or removed as needed.

• If you are a club team and have already collected fees from parents and wish to pay one lump sum for all the players, please contact Julie at admin@cbsasports.com for registration instructions PRIOR to registering.  

• If a player DOES NOT have a team, they may register Dec. 1-Jan. 31 and CBSA will try to find them a team. Player fee is $145/player.  We also encourage you to check the ads, or create your own, our American Baseball discussion boards

League Format

• All league games played at Chesterfield
• Practice times & locations are determined by the coach

8U Format

• 12-Game Season: April 5th - June 30th
• Machine pitch/1 umpire
• Games played: Fridays (6pm, 7:30pm), Saturdays & Sundays (8am - 4pm), and Mondays (6pm, 7:30pm)
• Games 1hr 20 min
• 4 pre-season and 4 in-season practices at Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex

9U-14U Format

• 12-Game Season:  April 5th  - June 30th
• Games played:  Fridays (6pm, 8pm), Saturdays & Sundays (8am - 4pm), and Mondays (6pm, 8pm)
• Games 1hr 40 min
• 4 pre-season practices and 4 in-season practices (8U-10U only) at Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex

2021 Eligibility

• 8U (Machine Pitch) for players born 5/1/12 - 4/30/13
• 9U for players born 5/1/11 - 4/30/12
• 10U for players born 5/1/10- 4/30/11
• 11U for players born 5/1/09 - 4/30/10
• 12U for players born 5/1/08 - 4/30/09
• 13U for players born 5/1/07 - 4/30/08
• 14U for players born 5/1/06 - 4/30/07

Divisions

• Gold - Competitive
• Silver - Competitive Recreational
• Bronze - Recreational

Guest Player Policy

• Team must have at least 11 players on Official Roster
• Team must have 8 or fewer available players to enlist a guest player

• Must be a currently registered CBSA player in the American League (no Select League players)
• Cannot be from a division higher
• Must wear their own team uniform
• Guest players cannot pitch

* Managers must notify coordinator 24 hours before game.  Not for permission but so coordinator can let the opposing manager know of guest player.

* Umpire and other manager must be made aware of guest player at ground rules.

Fall League Format

• 7-Game Season: September 8 - mid October 2020
• 8U Games (1 hr 15 min) Games played Monday - Fridays (6pm, 7:45pm), Saturdays - Sundays (9am, 10:45am, 12:30pm, 2:15pm, 4pm)
• 9U-14U Games (1 hr 30 min) Games played Monday - Fridays (6pm, 8pm), Saturdays - Sundays (9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm)
• Managers will be give 12 blackout dates to avoid conflicts
• All league games played at Chesterfield
• $775/Team

Eligibility - Play 2021 Age Levels

• 8U (Machine Pitch) for players born 5/1/12 - 4/30/13
• 9U for players born 5/1/11 - 4/30/12
• 10U for players born 5/1/10 - 4/30/11
• 11U for players born 5/1/09 - 4/30/10
• 12U for players born 5/1/08 - 4/30/09
• 13U for players born 5/1/07 - 4/30/08
• 14U for players born 5/1/06 - 4/30/07