Travel baseball in Glen Ellyn is fast and exciting. It encompasses the best baseball players in town, and it provides a chance for players to compete against the best players from other towns in northern Illinois.

Important news about "Travel Age" for 2008:
What is the Birthdate Cutoff for each respective age group?
It is important to note that the Pony Baseball Association (group that governs Baseball Programs across the country) recently made a change to the age requirement needed to participate in a Travel Program. The new cutoff will be May 1 st (the old cutoff was August 1 st). In order to understand what age group your child can play, ask yourself the question, “How old is my child on May 1st?” Whatever age that is, that is the team he may tryout for.

Glen Ellyn baseball offers several types of travel baseball:

Short Season Travel:
For the 10 – 14 year olds, there is a short season travel, which allows players to play with their friends in our house league program from the end of April to the end of June. In late May, players tryout for the short season travel team. The travel season typically runs from just after 4th of July through the end of July, and typically includes playing in 4-5 different tournaments. One of these tournaments is typically at home, here in Glen Ellyn. Click here for even more info...

Full Season Travel:
For our 13 & 14 year olds, players have an opportunity to tryout for a full time travel team. These tryouts occur in the fall. This allows the teams to practice in the wintertime, and be prepared to come out in “mid-season form” in early April. The full time travel season runs from early April through the end of July. These groups will also play in tournaments, but will also play in a “league” format with other teams from around the area. The full time players will play approximately 60 games, depending on how well they do in the tournaments: the better you do, the more you play. Typically the full time travel players will go to one out of state tournament, where they play some of the best kids in their age group in the Midwest. The goal of our full time teams is to ready the players for high school play.

Colt & Palomino ball:
Colt baseball is for 15 & 16 year old players and Palomino is for 17 & 18 year old players. Colt & Palomino ball are as fun for the guys who play on their high school teams as it is for those who are more interested in recreational baseball. Regardless of your talent, if you want to play baseball as a 15-18 year old, you can play in these leagues. These groups do not have a house league available to them, so the season starts in late June (after the high school season) and runs through the end of July. Teams are made up depending on talent, so no one gets left on the bench.