The fastest growing youth sports organization in North America, the Babe Ruth League serves over 1 million players from ages 4-18 in Babe Ruth Baseball, Cal Ripken Baseball, Babe Ruth Softball.
The Babe Ruth Buddy Ball Division encompasses players ages 4-20.
Little League Online Baseball & Softball
Basically, Little League has three structural components, each dependent upon the other and each vital to the success of the program. The administrative and service core of the movement is Little League Baseball, Incorporated, a non-profit membership organization that maintains the international program, with Little League International in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Part of the Little League International structure includes various Regional Centers in the United States (U.S.) and throughout the world. The next component is the District. All the leagues within a District (a geographical area usually encompassing 10-20 leagues) elect a District Administrator (DA).The final, most important component is the local Little League. The league provides its services in the community. It furnishes physical facilities, volunteer services and resources to provide a program for children. Through effective leadership and strong administrative policy at the top level, together with training extensions and adherence to rule and policy at District and local league level, Little League is able to provide liberal benefits to children who participate.
America's Leading Youth Baseball Magazine - Junior Baseball is published six times per year: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct and Nov/Dec. Junior Baseball is sold nationwide at select bookstores and newsstands including: Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Borders, Hastings, Media Play, Shinders, Superstand and many independent locations. You may also subscribe to Junior Baseball online.
In 2002, the World Softball League was comprised of 40 top level Men’s Major Slow-pitch softball teams from across the country. These teams had high caliber athletes, many who have previously played at the professional level. In 2008, The World Softball League grew to 148 events and 8480 teams. The Midwest Championships held in Rochester, Minnesota, attracted 81 teams in its second season. The North American Championships held in Panama City Beach, Florida hit a record of 205 teams, and there were an additional 18 teams entered that could not particpate due to hurricaces in the south.The West Coast Championship were moved to Reno/Sparks, Nevada, and grew to 92 teams.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a voluntary organization through which the nation's colleges and universities govern their athletics programs. It is comprised of institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals committed to the best interests, education and athletics participation of student-athletes.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Baseball Information
NCAA.com (the official online store for NCAA sports)
Amateur Softball Association of America
The Amateur Softball Association (ASA), with 3 million members across the United States, is a volunteer driven, not-for-profit organization based in Oklahoma City. It was founded in 1933 and has evolved into the strongest softball organization in the country. The growth and development of the association led the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to name the ASA the National Governing Body of Softball, pursuant to the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. The ASA has many important responsibilities as the national governing body of softball in the United States, including regulating competition to insure fairness and equal opportunity to the millions of player who annually play the sport.The ASA has become one of the nation's largest and fastest growing sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 250,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than four million.
The Official Site of Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League by a joint organizational structure. MLB effectively operates as a single league and as such it constitutes one of the major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada. It is currently composed of 30 teams — twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada. In conjunction with the International Baseball Federation, MLB also manages the World Baseball Classic.
American Legion Baseball is a national institution, having thrived through a world war, several national tragedies, and times of great prosperity as well as great despair.The league still stands atop the traditional values upon which it was founded nearly 85 years ago. Since 1925, American Legion Baseball has taught hundreds of thousands of young Americans the importance of sportsmanship, good health and active citizenship. The program is also a promoter of equality, making teammates out of wealthy bankers’ and industrial workers’ sons, and erasing any social divide between them. Most importantly, American Legion Baseball has been, and continues to be, a stepping stone to manhood for millions of young men who have gone on to raise families or play the sport at the highest level.