EBSA Travel Baseball Season
EBSA T3 Program
Registration for T3 is underway!!! T3 (Travel Training Team for 8-Year-Olds) is a developmental program designed for 8-year-old players who cannot yet participate in travel baseball but who want the challenge and advanced instruction available to travel players. It is intended to begin to develop now the players who will, starting next year, fill the rosters of Evanston’s travel baseball teams.
T3 will include 6 sessions of comprehensive, advanced training. In the first 5 sessions, players will receive intensive instruction in all aspects of the game. At the end of this period, players will be divided into teams. These teams will test their new skills in supervised scrimmages. Jack Cascio, former ND HS baseball star and current coach of the 13 Orange travel team will organize the sessions and provide instruction.
Sessions will be on Sunday afternoons from 5:00 to 6:30 at James Park. The first session will be on Sunday, June 22th. The last session will be on Sunday, July 27.
T3 is open to all players registered in EBSA’s Farm 8 League. Registration is limited to 75 players. The cost of is $60 per player. This fee includes 5 weeks of professional instruction, one scrimmage, all equipment and a T3 shirt and hat. No interested player will be turned away for financial reasons.
If you would like to participate, please fill out this form and send it to the address listed on the form. To help us gauge interest, please also send an email confirming your interest to David Campbell at dcampbe@gsb.uchicago.edu. We will also accept registrations at James Park prior to the first session on June 22, starting at 4:15 p.m.
Baseball Traveling Teams
(for players age 8 to 14)
Players between the ages of 8 and 14 who are interested in playing a competitive second
season of baseball should try out for a spot on the EBSA age group traveling teams. The season
starts in mid-June and continues through the first week of August.
We provide players with the coaching and training needed to produce strong, competitive
baseball teams. For a child who enjoys baseball and a developmental track that can lead to high
school play, the EBSA travel teams are ideal.
8-Year-Olds:The T-3 Program
The entry point for the travel program is designed for boys
and girls in the Farm League who will be 8 years old by
August 31, 2008. Called Travel Training Team (T-3), this
program includes eight advanced training sessions. Players
receive instruction in all aspects of the game. All sessions
are held at James Park. This has become a highly popular
option since it was introduced four years ago. Given a parent
volunteer willing to help, we can even play games against
teams of "8s" from other towns.
Ages 9 through 12: Age Group Travel Teams
North Shore League
Players who are nine through 12 are eligible to try out for the age group traveling teams. In
order to qualify for play on the EBSA travel teams, players must also play in one of
the regular EBSA leagues. Travel teams are formed in the spring and practice during the
regular EBSA season. They are likely also to play a tournament during the house league season
The teams practice hard, play hard, and enjoy the game.
Ages 13 and 14: All-Travel Options
Players age 13 and 14 try out for the EBSA travel teams in the
fall and participate in practice sessions through the winter. In
the spring, teams are formed to compete in two travel options. 1)
An all-travel option in which the team plays in the Mid-Suburban
Baseball League in the spring and tournaments in the summer.
2) An option in which the team plays tournaments during the
spring and in the North Shore League during the summer. Players on these teams are welcome
to play on house league teams as well, but are not required to. In either case travel play would
have priority over house league play.
In addition, assuming sufficient interest, the EBSA will field additional travel teams at the 13
and 14-year-old age groups that will compete in the North Shore League after the house league
season ends. This is the traditional model used for these age groups and could be ideal for
multi-sport athletes.
This means the EBSA could have three travel teams in each of the two oldest age groups.
Jackie Robinson League
At the end of the house league season, we will also form teams to play against
competition from the Jackie Robinson League in Chicago. These Jackie Robinson teams
offer higher-level competition for kids who might otherwise not play baseball in the
summer. We will form as many teams as necessary in the 11/12 and 13/14 age groups.
Travel Team Tryouts
Tryout sessions for the travel teams for ages 9 through 12 (and for 13 and 14s not
participating in the all-travel option) will be held early in the spring. The dates and
times will be well publicized through coaches, team parents, and e-mail. Tryouts will
be held at James Park, or indoors, depending on weather. Tryouts for the age 13 and 14
all-travel teams will be held each fall.
Important: Players on EBSA travel teams should miss no more than one week of the
season due to camp, vacation, or other commitments. We assume that a player who
makes the commitment to travel ball will have baseball as his or her first athletic
priority during the course of the travel season.
We will explain these matters again in a letter of agreement we will ask each
parent whose child is trying out for a travel team to sign. If you are not in a position
to meet the participation requirement, the July Ball program with our Ken-Win teams
is an option.
Travel Team Off-Season Workouts
There will be free off-season workouts for players interested in playing on the travel
teams. These workouts will be held at Evanston Township High School.
How Travel Teams are Selected
Travel teams are selected by the travel team coaches for each age group. Several factors
are considered, including participation in off-season workouts, quality of play during
the regular EBSA season, quality of play during the formal evaluation sessions, and prior
participation on EBSA travel teams. Other factors being equal, a player who has been in
the EBSA will have preference over a player who is new to the association.
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