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2025 Spring - Brighton Cal Ripken Baseball
Welcome to Brighton Cal Ripken for the Spring 2025 season!
Brighton Cal Ripken Baseball provides boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 16 an opportunity to play in an organized baseball program. Our divisions are safe, fun, and instructional. No experience necessary! If your child has never played before or if your child is a "seasoned vet", Brighton Cal Ripken Baseball has a lot to offer for your child.
Spring Baseball Key Dates (subject to change):
- Registration Open: 4 January 2025
- Early Bird pricing ends: 20 January 2025
- End registration: 3 March 2025
- Coaches Meeting: 12 March 2025
- Assessment (Indoor): 15 March 2025 (day)
- Field Workday: 29 March 2025
- First week of practice: 17-21 March 2025
- Opening Day: 2 April 2025
- Midseason Celebration: 10 May 2025
- Regular Season Play Ends: 30 May 2025
- Regular Season Tournament 2-7 June 2025
- All-Star Tournament(s) - June/July 2025
For this season, we will be offering six divisions including:
- Coach Pitch (Ages 4-6)
- Rookies (Ages 7-8) - Machine Pitch
- Minors (Ages 9-10)
- Majors (Ages 11-12)
- Babe Ruth PREP (Age 13*)
- Babe Ruth (Ages 14-16*)
*14 year-olds may elect to play in Babe Ruth Prep or Babe Ruth Standard. It is suggested that 14 year-olds play in Babe Ruth Standard. The option for Babe Ruth Prep is available for players who are not yet at the skill level to play in Babe Ruth Standard. If you are unsure, please email [email protected] and we are happy to help.
The player's age on May 1, 2025 determines his or her age for the season. It is expected that each division will have a 12 game season with the exception of Coach Pitch which will be a 10 game season*. Games for the 2025 Spring season will begin the week of April 8th following Spring Break with Practices/Assessments on March 15th.
Special Note for “Summer Birthdays”: The Cal Ripken cutoff of May 1st does not line up completely with the school year. Players with birthdays between May 1st and August 1st on Age groups whose “school year” players move up a division will have two options in registration. They can play UP with the kids in their grade or still have the option of playing the standard division for their actual age. In the past, parents had to email the league to move up. This year both options, when appropriate, should be available so please choose carefully the correct division. Email us if you have questions.
*The number of games played is dependent on weather, and a variety of other concerns, and could vary depending on these circumstances. We will make all efforts to reschedule and complete a full season within the dates we have available to schedule games. Listing of games on days of the week for each division below is also subject to change based on final registration numbers and teams in each division.
COACH PITCH (ages 4-6) and ROOKIES (machine pitch ages 7-8):
The purpose of these two divisions is instructional and the goal is to teach kids tolovethe game. For Coach Pitch, games will be played atBywater Parkin Cottonwood Heights onTuesdaysandThursdays. For Rookies, games will likely be played atFlat Iron Parkin Sandy and Antzcak Park in Cottonwood Heights onTuesdays and Thursdays. There will also likely be at least one game during one of ourShowcase Saturdaysfor each team in these divisions. Depending on the weather leading to game postponements, games may need to move to other days of the week to accommodate makeup games (Usually a Friday or Saturday). If you have a coach that you are hoping to play with, please indicate that in your registration information.
MINORS (ages 9-10) and MAJORS (ages 11-12):
These are kid-pitch divisions with teams determined by an assessment and full draft in order to establish parity. Siblings may play on the same team, but special requests to play on the same team with a friend or neighbor willNOTbe considered.Everyone who wishes to play must attend ASSESSMENTS (March 15th), or else, they will be randomly assigned to a team.Games will likely be played atBywater Park(Cottonwood Heights),Flat Iron Park(Sandy), orAlta Canyon Park(Sandy). Games will be primarily onMondays, Wednesdays,andFridays (Majors Only)with each team also likely to play at least one game on aSaturday. Depending on the weather leading to game postponements, games may need to move to other days of the week to accommodate makeup games.
BABE RUTH PREP (age 13*):
Babe Ruth is a competitive level of play.Players must attend ASSESSMENTS (March 15th).This division is sponsored by the Brighton Cal Ripken Baseball and will consist of several teams under the Brighton Cal Ripken label. With the limited number of teams, these teams will compete against other baseball leagues from the Salt Lake area throughout the season. Games will likely be played atBywater Park(Cottonwood Heights) andAlta Canyon Park(Sandy) onTuesdays and Thursdays. Each team is also likely to play at least one game on aSaturday. Depending on the weather leading to game postponements, games may need to move to other days of the week to accommodate makeup games.
BABE RUTH Standard (age 14-16*):
Babe Ruth is a competitive level of play.Players must attend ASSESSMENTS (March 15th).This division is sponsored by the Brighton Cal Ripken Baseball and will consist of several teams under the Brighton Cal Ripken label. With the limited number of teams, these teams will compete against other baseball leagues from the Salt Lake area throughout the season. Games will likely be played atBywater Park(Cottonwood Heights) andAlta Canyon Park(Sandy) onMondays, Wednesdays,andFridays. Each team also likely to play at least one game on aSaturday. Depending on the weather leading to game postponements, games may need to move to other days of the week to accommodate makeup games.
*14 year-olds may elect to play in Babe Ruth Prep or Babe Ruth Standard. It is suggested that 14 year-olds play in Babe Ruth Standard. The option for Babe Ruth Prep is available for players who are not yet at the skill level to play in Babe Ruth Standard. If you are unsure, please email [email protected] and we are happy to help.
To begin registration, pleasevisit our website at brightonbaseball.org.
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