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Winter & Spring Baseball Season Kickoff: Get Ready to Play Ball!

The All Baseball Fun League (ALLBB) is back and ready for another season on the diamond! Our league is all about enjoying the game, making friends, and creating a fun space for everyone – players, parents, and fans alike. The league is open to boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 12, with the younger ages playing t-ball. Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming season.

Winter Season: Practice and Playful Skill-Building

The winter season kicks off in early December, focused on learning the game, honing skills, building teamwork, and getting into baseball mode. This is the perfect time for players to get an introduction to baseball fundamentals or stretch their baseball skills. This practice-centered season is designed to help players learn the game and prepare for the play that awaits in the spring.

  • When: Thursday evenings, 530-7pm (additional time slots may be added with excess demand)
  • Where: Old JFKS gym (Teltower Damm 87-93)
  • Winter Practice Start Date: December 5, 2024
  • Winter Practice End Date: End of March, 2025

 

Spring Season: Let the Games Begin

Following winter practice, our spring season starts in April, with teams competing in 10 thrilling games throughout the season. Games will be on Saturdays and teams will have 1 practice during the week (Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday).

  • Spring Season Start Date: April 2025
  • Spring Season End Date: July 5, 2025
  • Where: at the baseball field Sachtlebenstr. 36 14165 Berlin

 

How to Get Involved

Whether you’re a player, coach, or parent there are plenty of ways to be a part of this season. Here’s how you can get involved:

  • Join a Team: Fill out the Registration Form and send it to registrar@allbb.de
    • 200 for winter/spring seasons (includes a full baseball uniform from an American MLB team)
    • 70 for winter-only
    • 190 for spring-only (includes a full baseball uniform from an American MLB team)
  • Volunteer: WE NEED COACHES for all age groups to get this season started! No prior coaching experience is necessary!! PLEASE send us an email or fill out the Volunteer Form if you can help

 

We’re ready for another season of the ALLBB, and we can’t wait to see you there!

 

Last Official Game Day of the Season! July 6th, 2024

After the season is before the season! Today we had a wonderful final day of the 2024 ALLBB season at the field in Berlin-Zehlendorf — we want to thank all the parents, volunteers, coaches, and especially the kids for making the first post-covid and field rebuild season a spectacular success and we look forward to seeing many of you again next year!

 

5th Gameday – June 29th

Dear parents, kids, volunteers,

Here is the schedule for the fifth ALLBB game day — see you on Saturday!

08:30 Open Field, Set-up Volunteers arrive to prepare field, concession stand
09:30 T-Ball coaches and players arrive
⁠10:00 ⁠T-Ball game
10:30 ML coaches and players arrive
11:30 ML game (max. 1.5 hours)
13:00 End of the game day
⁠13:15 Take down / field clean up
ca. 14:00 end of day

Seeking board members for the upcoming ALLBB season!

Dear Baseball Parents,

The first game days of the All Baseball Funleague are behind us…

It’s great to see the excitement and joy with which our children received their jerseys on opening day and the pride with which they wear them in the game. It’s great to see from week to week how – especially with the T-ballers – their understanding of the game is growing and how much fun our children are having in training and at matches.

Soon the season will be over and the question will arise as to what to do next…

The current board of the All Baseball Funleague will step down at the end of the season, as our children have now grown out of the ALLBB age groups and it is time to pass on the baton.

This means that if the All Baseball Funleague is to continue to exist, we need committed parents like you to take up our positions on the board and continue to rebuild it. With the numerous children, a good basis has been laid for this…

We are looking for parents for the following positions:

  • President (including committee appointments at SC JFKS, coordination of the Board, …)
  • Vice-President (including support for the President)
  • Secretary (including correspondence and minute-taking, external inquiries)
  • Registrar (e.g. registration, reminders)
  • Treasurer
  • Volunteer Coordinator (including organizing the concession stand and the necessary volunteers)
  • Coach Coordinator (e.g. organization of coaches)
  • Umpire Coordinator (e.g. organization of the umpires)
  • Equipment Manager (e.g. equipment procurement and issue)
  • Field Manager (maintenance of the field)
  • PR and Website

If you are interested, please talk to us at the next game day and/or send an email to the commissioner. We will tell you in more detail what you can expect from us. We would like the new board to form itself on July 6th, the lsat day of the season!

Best regards,

the board of the All Baseball Funleague

Kontakt: commissioner@allbb.de

Fourth Game Day – Saturday, June 22nd

Dear parents, kids, volunteers,

Here is the schedule for the fourth ALLBB game day — see you on Saturday! (Notice the slightly later times for setting up — we are an efficient team!)

08:15 Field open
08:30 Set-up Volunteers arrive to prepare field, concession stand
09:30 T-Ball coaches and players arrive
⁠10:00 ⁠T-Ball game
10:30 ML coaches and players arrive
11:30 ML game (max. 1.5 hours)
13:00 End of the game day
⁠13:15 Take down / field clean up
ca. 14:00 end of day

Third game day, June 15

Dear parents, dear kids, dear friends, the weather is looking a bit mixed, but we are setting up and ready to go for game day number three!

Here is the schedule for the third ALLBB game day — see you on Saturday!

07:30 Field open
08:00 Set-up Volunteers arrive to prepare field, concession stand
09:15 T-Ball coaches and players arrive
⁠10:00 ⁠T-Ball game
10:30 ML coaches and players arrive
11:30 ML game (max. 1.5 hours)
13:00 End of the game day
⁠13:15 Take down / field clean up
ca. 14:30 end of day

Second Game Day – Saturday, June 8th

Dear parents, kids, volunteers,

Here is the schedule for the second ALLBB game day — see you on Saturday!

07:30 Field open
08:00 Set-up Volunteers arrive to prepare field, concession stand
09:15 T-Ball coaches and players arrive
⁠10:00 ⁠T-Ball game
10:30 ML coaches and players arrive
11:30 ML game (max. 1.5 hours)
13:00 End of the game day
⁠13:15 Take down / field clean up
ca. 14:30 end of day

Opening Day 2024

Dear players, dear Parents, dear Friends,

on Saturday, June 1st, 2024, ALLBB ALL Baseball Berlin, returned after a four year hiatus! Opening day was wonderful — we had volunteers come at 7 am to prepare the field and the concession stand, uniforms were then handed out to the T-Ballers and the Minor/Major leaguers. The concession stand menu boasted hotdogs and even chili-cheese dogs along with sweets and soda pop. It was a wonderful sight to see, and many of the board members became a bit teary-eyed.

At 10:45 am the ALLBB commissioner, Florian Schlehofer, opened the season with a speech thanking everyone for the hard work that had gone into making this day possible. And at 11 am, the first ball of the season was hit off the Tee in the Red Sox vs. the Reds. After the tee-ballers had played, the Minor/Major League kids came onto the field to warm up and soon thereafter, the second game of the season commenced.

The ALLBB Board wants to thank all the parents, kids, friends and volunteers for making this day possible and we look forward to next Saturday, when the kids have their second day of the season!