Amateur baseball is baseball in which the players either are not paid for playing , or (as in Town Team Baseball ) receive only a modest stipend or employment arranged by the team 's boosters . Amateur baseball is played in the United States by players of all ages, from young children to adults .
13-690: The Outer Banks Scallywags are an amateur baseball team playing in the Premier Collegiate League, a collegiate summer baseball league . The team plays its home games at the Coy Tillett Sr Memorial Field located on the campus of Manteo High School in Manteo, North Carolina . The Scallywags were one of the original teams in the Coastal Plain League when the league was founded in 1997. The team
26-491: A for-profit LLC with a sole proprietorship in the name of Greg "Sandy" Sanderson as President. Many club-sport governing bodies operate as non-profit groups in order to return the most benefit to member teams. League dues for the NCBA are $ 1,700 per season per team. The two types of institutions that field club teams are schools that can't sponsor NCAA varsity baseball (often due to Title IX restrictions) and schools that do have
39-459: A varsity team, but also have enough demand to field a second team. The NCBA currently is divided into two divisions named Division I and II respectively. Division I is split up into eight regions with three conferences each. Division II is split up into eight districts with three conferences, each except Districts VI and VII which only have two conferences each. There are currently nine schools that field both Division I and II teams: Note: through
52-631: Is played throughout the United States. High schools often have freshman , junior-varsity , and varsity teams . Some middle schools offer baseball programs. In the 2014-15 season, 486,567 boys and 1,203 girls played baseball at the National Federation of State High School Associations . American Legion Baseball is popular with junior-high- and senior-high-school students from ages 13 to 19. American Legion also provides regional, state, and national playoffs. College baseball
65-566: Is sanctioned by the NCAA , NAIA , and NCBA . College baseball players, especially professional prospects, often also play in collegiate summer baseball leagues during the off-season. In these leagues, their lodging and meals are provided by their host team, but no money changes hands. Many collegiate summer baseball leagues are affiliated to the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball , National Amateur Baseball Federation or
78-495: The NCAA 's College World Series . The NCBA was founded in 2000 to provide a national structure for the existing club teams. It structures the conferences, runs the NCBA College World Series (its national championship series), gathers playing statistics, assists teams in fundraising , and arranges for discounts on baseball clothing and equipment . The NCBA is a division of CollClubSports which operates as
91-569: The National Baseball Congress . The MLB Draft League debuted in 2021. National Club Baseball Association The National Club Baseball Association ( NCBA ) is the national body that governs club baseball at colleges and universities in the United States . Club teams are different from varsity teams in that the school doesn't completely sponsor the teams' expenses and the teams are not eligible to play in
104-602: The Tidewater Summer League for the 2013 season and went on to win four Tidewater Summer League championships (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018). After the team's 2020, 2021, and 2022 seasons were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the team resumed play in 2023. This article about a baseball team in North Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Amateur baseball in
117-623: The United States Leagues for various skill levels and age groups exist throughout the US. In ascending order of age participation, here are a few examples: Youth baseball is played by elementary -school-age and high-school -age children of both genders . Of the various leagues listed below, Little League baseball is the most widespread. The Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, draws participants from around
130-716: The United States), Babe Ruth Baseball, Dixie Youth Baseball, NABF (National Amateur Baseball Federation), Pony Baseball, Super Series Baseball of America, and USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association). From 1998 (or earlier) through 2010 (or later), there has been an annual, national all-stars tournament each June — the USA Baseball Tournament of Stars; its predecessor was the National Amateur All-Star Baseball Tournament (NAABT). The tournament features
143-560: The top 16- to 18-year-old players from various baseball organizations, including the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC), American Legion, Babe Ruth Baseball, Dixie Baseball, National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF), PONY baseball, Major League Baseball's Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI), and at-large teams from USA Baseball (the governing body of amateur baseball). School baseball
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#1732786655188156-730: The world and is televised in the US on ESPN. The first annual National Youth Baseball Championships (NYBC) tournament was held in August 2008 for players in two divisions: 10U and 12U. The purpose of the tournament is to recognize one team as the "National Youth Baseball Champion." The tournament organizer is the Major Youth Baseball Alliance, LLC, which was formed by eight major national youth baseball organizations, whose programs have more than eight million participants. The eight organizations are: AABC (American Amateur Baseball Congress), AAU (Amateur Athletic Union of
169-722: Was originally named the Outer Banks Daredevils and located in Manteo until the team moved to Kill Devil Hills in 2006; for the 2023 season the team moved their home field back to Manteo and rebranded as the Outer Banks Scallywags. Since their founding, the Scallywags have had much success winning the 2002 and 2003 Coastal Plain League championships. After missing the 2012 season, the Scallywags joined
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