For Poland and Mechanic Falls residents only
Minot residents have their own teams and must register with their town through the Minot/Hebron Athletic Association
Our Baseball program is based on the Cal Ripken League guidelines and is a developmental program for boys ages 7-12 to learn the necessary skills and rules to play the game. The league consists of teams from Minot, Oxford, Otisfield, South Paris, Bethel, Paris, West Paris and Norway.
2025 Season:
Poland & Mechanic Falls began merging teams in 2021.
To make things easier, we are having all Mechanic Falls and Poland players register through the Poland Parks & Recreation Dept. system
Registration Begins: February 10th
Registration Deadline: March 20th
Coaching:
If you are interested in head or assistant coaching at any level, please contact Scott:
ssegal@polandtownoffice.org
or (cell) 207-838-8632
We can never have too many coaches!
Team Sponsors:
We are looking for sponsors for Tee Ball, Rookies, Minors & Majors.
If you are interested in sponsoring a team, please contact Scott:
ssegal@polandtownoffice.org
207-838-8632
Tee Ball Sponsor = $250.00 (Supports shirts and hats)
Rookies Sponsor= $300.00 (Supports, shirts, hats and socks)
Minors Sponsor = $400.00 (Supports, shirts, hats and socks)
Majors Sponsor = $500.00 (Supports, shirts, hats and socks)
As a Sponsor, you will Receive:
- Your business name printed on the front of the jersey for the team you sponsor
- Your business logo printed on the end-of-season certificates
- Facebook mentions thanking you as a sponsor
Please email your logo to Vanessa at: vharlow@polandtownoffice.org
Swag T-Shirts: Support your team! We have swag t-shirts available to purchase in either navy blue or sport gray.
Youth sizes = $12.00
Adult sizes = $15.00
Customize each t-shirt for an additional cost. Add your players first or last name on the back for $8. Add your players first name, last name or jersey number to the sleeve for $3. Please be sure to add customization to your cart for EACH t-shirt you order.
To order:
https://polandme.myrec.com/info/products/default.aspx?CategoryID=99
Once ordered and paid for, shirts may take up to two weeks to be completed.
All proceeds will go to support our SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
BASEBALL LEVELS (ages as of April 30, 2025)
Rookies* - Ages 7 and 8
Minors - Ages 9 and 10
Majors - Ages 11 and 12
*6 yr. olds with at least one year of Tee Ball can be assessed to play at the rookie level. The decision to move any 6 year old up will be based on our participant numbers and player ability. Requests for a 6 year old to be moved up must be sent to Scott by email: ssegal@polandtownoffice.org
Cost = $75.00
Note: The baseball program is expensive to run and all revenues go to support Baseball. We do not make a profit operating Baseball. Expenses are league dues, uniforms, equipment, officials for certain levels, port-a-potties, end of season gatherings, etc...
UNIFORM
We will supply each player with a team color jersey, socks and hat.
Athlete's last name will be printed on the back of their jersey.
The players keep these items.
Players will be responsible to acquire their own gray Baseball pants.
We do have limited supply for sale for $12.
EQUIPMENT
Your child will need to have a glove, helmet, cleats, and a water bottle for practices & games.The Parks & Recreation Dept. will supply all equipment such as bats, catchers gear, baseballs, catcher's glove, etc...
HELMETS
We are encouraging players to acquire their own helmets, so players are not sharing helmets.
SPORTS RECYCLING:
We have some used cleats, gloves, helmets and gray pants available at no cost.
FOR SALE:
We have a limited supply of new gray pants for sale for $10.00
BATS
Starting in 2018 Babe Ruth Inc, required all programs to use "USA" labelled bats for Baseball Rookies, Minors, Majors and Babe Ruth levels.
The reasoning for this is, the aluminum bats that were being designed were becoming unsafe, extremely light and contact with the ball could potentially happen too fast for the defense to protect themselves.
The bats are designed to slow down the contact of the baseball. If you purchase your own bat, please make sure no one tries to sell you a bat without the USA label.
Only USA labelled bats are allowed at practice and games.
PRACTICES & GAMES
Optional Preseason Practices:
We will utilize Poland Community School and/or Elm St school for practices beginning week of March 10th. Once we determine dates per age group, we will send out an email blast.
Assessments: We would like to have all players attend assessments. If you can not attend, please let Scott know in advance. (207-838-8632)
ASSESSMENTS:
Sunday, March 23rd (Child's age as of 04/30/2025)
Location: Poland Regional High School gym
1:00pm-2:00pm: Ages 11-12
2:00pm-3:00pm: Ages 9-10
3:00pm-4:00pm: Ages 7-8 (And for 6 yr olds who have requested in advnace to be assessed)
Week of March 31st, we will begin practices by team (We may need to combine some teams if coaches need/want same nights) Dates/Time-TBA
Week of April 14th: Our hope is to be outside practicing by then
Rookies
Typically 1-2 practices per week
Games on Sundays or Mondays
Minors
Typically 1-2 practices per week
Games on Wednesdays & Fridays
Majors
Typically 2 practices per week
Games on Wednesdays & Fridays. (Moved from Tuesdays and Thursdays in 2022 due to lack of umpires and conflicts with middle school ball)
All-stars: If the State Cal Ripken and Andy Valley participate in all stars, our players will have an opportunity to be nominated. Towards the end of the season, coaches nominate players for various all star age groups. 8 & under, 9 & under, 10 & under, 11 & under and 12 & under. At the All star meeting in mid-June the league coaches determine the all star team.
Anyone from our program who is interested in being nominated for all stars, coaches will make sure to have parents sign a commitment letter, as the all star season runs into the summer months.
**Note:
Baseball is a team sport that requires positioning of players. Coaches are responsible to place players based on safety, skill level and desire. Parents are welcome to give feedback to the coaches with the understanding that the coaches make the final decision on player positioning.
Payment Options
At the end of registration, you will have two options:
OPTION 1 (button on the left): Pay entire amount via credit card online (subject to a 3% processing fee) or
OPTION 2 (button on the right) choose "Print a Pre-Registration Form" to pay via check or cash. A red message will then pop up saying,
“You will not be registered until payment is received”
Please hit the green “Yes” button to complete the registration. We will then see it on our end to complete your registration. If you don’t hit “Yes”, we will not see that you are attempting to register and you will have to start over.
A good indication that it’s been completed is, you will receive a confirmation email.
Please make checks payable to: TOWN OF POLAND
Memo line: Baseball
Payments can be dropped off in our office during office hours, or placed in our drop box. Our drop box is located directly to the left of our office entrance. Please place payment in the door, so it drops to the bottom when you close it.