Cloverdale Minor Baseball

Fall Ball is designed for players desiring extra practice and game experience.  It is open to all skill levels where practices and in game instruction are suited for each players skill level.

New for 2018 - Cloverdale Baseball will offer tiered team play and practices.  Depending on the number of players interested in each division, Cloverdale will form tiered teams for additional practices and rep level games, additional pitching and hitting instruction and potentially travel tournaments.  Additional fees will apply.

** Note - the structure of the tiered teams will depend on the number of players interested.

Players will attend mid week on field and batting cage practices with daytime games on Saturday and Sunday.

Players will receive a Cloverdale Fall Ball jersey with their registration fee.

Cloverdale is proudly running Fall Ball in five age divisions:

Midget 18U (Players born 2001-2003): 

Bob Foerster, Midget College Prep Head Coach will lead the Midget Program with his team of Coaches.

Bantam 15U (Players born 2004-2005):

The Bantam AAA Head Coach is to be determined  

PeeWee 13U (Players born 2006-2007):

Coaches under the direction of Cloverdale's Director of Player an Coach Development will run practices and game instruction

Mosquito 11U (Players born 2008-2009):

Coaches under the direction of Cloverdale's Director of Player an Coach Development will run practices and game instruction

Tadpole 9U (Players born 2010):

Coaches under the direction of Cloverdale's Director of Player an Coach Development will run practices and game instruction

Please register and pay here:  https://cloverdalebaseball.sportngin.com/register/form/261747257

Cloverdale Minor Baseball is pleased to announce that Bob Foerster, the Head Coach and Manager of our 15U Bantam AAA team for the past two seasons, will be stepping up to take over as Head Coach and Manager of our 18U Midget College Prep program. 

Bob will will be taking over from long time Cloverdale coach Garnett Pawliw,  and we look forward to seeing Bob maintain and build upon the solid foundation that Garnett has put in place for our 18U Midget College Prep program.

Congratulations to long time Cloverdale Players Damiano Palmegiani and Mitch Robinson both being drafted to MLB teams in the 2018 MLB draft.

Damiano was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 35th round and Mitch in the 21st round to the Yankees. Good luck to both of you

Recently umpires from Cloverdale Minor Baseball have had the opportunity to attend a couple of premier training opportunities.  Attending the Baseball Canada Academy were current Cloverdale umpires Kalen Casson and Colby Furness.  Ethan Boyton, a long time Cloverdale umpire who now lives in Chilliwack, also attended the Academy.  These umpires, along with the others in attendance, received some great words of encouragement:

"We are again pleased by the enthusiasm of so many young umpires in this province to travel to Kamloops and take the feedback we give them and implement it immediately"  ​ "The young talent we saw at Umpire Academy was outstanding.  All 10 of these young men should be proud of their accomplishments and efforts.  It is clear that many of them come from associations that hold ongoing mentorship in the highest regard, and it shows"  - Steve Boutang, BCBUA Provincial Supervisor

"Over the last few years we have seen a lot of talent at our Umpire Academy and this year was no exception. It is clear that the mentorship work being done in many of our associations is not only encouraging young umpires to stay in the game, it is accelerating their progress when they have the passion. We have seen 7 Umpire Academy students in the last few years move up into our National program - and we have a few more on the cusp. What we saw this year indicates this will continue." - Rhonda Pauls, Vice-President, Education Chair, BCBUA

In other exciting news, Lane Yakemchuk, another Cloverdale umpire attended this first Baseball Canada National Clinic.  Next year Colby will join Lane at next year’s National Clinic having been awarded his Level III. 

Cloverdale Minor Baseball would like to congratulate these fine umpires on these accomplishments.  The BCBUA Grassroots Program has had a dramatic effect on the development of umpires province-wide and CMBA is pleased to participate in the program.  Keep up the good work!    

Finalized 2018 BC Baseball Bat Rules

Following further consultation with Baseball Canada, the bat manufacturing industry and sporting goods retailers, please find the an updated, finalized version of the 2018 BC Baseball bat rules which will be included in the 2018 BC Baseball Rulebook.

7U (T Ball/Rally Cap)      30 inch,   2 5/8 inch max diameter,  unlimited length/weight drop – bats with greater than 2 ¼ in. barrel diameter must be marked “USABB”

9U (Tadpole)     30 inch,  2 5/8 inch max diameter, unlimited length/weight drop - bats with greater than 2 ¼ in. barrel diameter must be marked “USABB”

10U & 11U (Mosquito)     32 inch,  2 5/8 inch max diameter,  unlimited length/weight drop - bats with greater than 2 ¼ in. barrel diameter must be marked “USABB”

13U (PeeWee)      32 inch,  2 ¾ inch max diameter,  -10 max length/weight drop, marked “BPF 1.15” or “USABB”

15U (Bantam) A/AA     2 3/4 inch max diameter, -3 max length/weight drop marked “BBCOR”, or -8 max length/weight drop marked “BPF 1.15” or “USABB”

15U (Bantam) AAA     -3 max length/weight drop, Wood, Bamboo or Wood Composite

18U (Midget) AA     -3 max length/weight drop, and marked “BBCOR”

18U (Midget) AAA/College Prep    Wood, Bamboo or Wood Composite

Wood, bamboo and wood composite bats are permitted in all divisions. Wood composite bats include wood bats with fibreglass sheathing and wood barrelled bats with composite handles. Wood composite bats do not include any bat that has any metallic component.

Changes in bats at the 11U and younger levels for 2018 season as a Pilot Project for review after the season.