9U-14U travel registration is CLOSED.
For 15U+ (including Big Cats), please see our 15U+ tab from the home page.
Tryouts for the 2024 season will be held March 16th and March 17th. If your child is interested in trying out for Travel Baseball for the 2024 season, they will need to be available for tryouts on each of these dates.
NEW for 2024: A make-up date for tryouts is scheduled for March 8, 2024 (both hitting and fielding).
If your player will need to miss ANY portion of tryouts held on March 16 &17, 2024, please email the FBA Travel Director
After this, FBA will have your waiver form emailed to you.
All waiver request decisions will be made by the FBA tryout committee and approval is not guaranteed.
ALL WAIVER REQUESTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 1, 2024.
If we do not receive your request, and/or your request is not approved, your attendance at the tryouts on March 16 & 17, 2024 is mandatory.
A player is eligible to participate in FBA travel baseball team tryouts subject to the following criteria:
If a player wishes to participate with FBA and does not reside in District 192 attendance area, a request via email must be submitted to the FBA Travel Director before the posted close of registration. The FBA Board will review the request to determine if the player is eligible to participate in the FBA program and will then notify the parent(s)/guardian before the close of the registration process. If the FBA Board approves the request, the petitioning player must submit a waiver from both the athletic association that serves their high school area and from the Metro Baseball League to the FBA Travel Director before going through the tryout process.
Players in their respective age groups must not reach the next age before May 1, 2024. FBA instituted a minimum age requirement for all players. Any player born after August 31, 2015, or that is not in 3rd Grade for the 2023-2024 school year, will not be able to register and tryout in 2024.
FBA encourages kids to play with their school grade. Grades typically align as follows:
Examples of potential age and grade questions/situations are as follows:
NEW INFORMATION PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
We will be retiring the black jersey in 2024 and it will be replaced with a new white jersey.
ALL players will be required to purchase one of the bundles below. 9U-12U will need an orange and white crew neck jersey. 13U+ will need a white crew jersey and an orange button down jersey. The bundles are as follows:
Payment will be collected after your fitting, checks can made payable to CA Gear. Credit cards will also be accepted with an additional 3% fee.
Note: A copy of your player's birth certificate and volunteer check must be turned in, and registration must be paid in full before your child will be allowed to participate in tryouts.