Skip to main content

Everybody knows about the Big boys when it comes to Summer Collegiate Baseball. Cape, Valley Great lakes, Northwoods, Coastal, and many others. There are not enough of these teams for everybody to get a spot, and lets face it playing is the goal. There are plenty of players that would never get playing time in these leagues even if they were offered a spot.

What I would like to do is start a thread, where people can discuss more local leagues. These leagues many times may not have host families and rely on local talent home for the summer. Many of these teams might also take rising Freshman, before they even get to college. 

In Ohio we have three 

OICBA-https://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=tscl This league has been around for quite a while. Not a lot of movement with teams dropping out. They have expanded further abroad in recent years. Soon they will be patterning with the SOVCL, in an All star game. They send their previous years champion to the AAABA ( http://aaabajohnstown.org/) in Johnstown Pa, every year. Few if any host families. Mostly players from local colleges, OWU, Denison, Capital, Ohio state, and others. Some players from colleges further away, but still local players home for the summer. Used to be a staple for OWU, until Great Lakes league started taking more D3 players.

Tri-state League http://tsclb.com/view/tsclb/ Teams range across northern Ohio and western pa. Not sure if they are tied to any championship like the OICBA. Looks like they have added and lost several teams recently. League was originally an off shoot of the Great lakes league. The original iteration was the Erie Shores League: 

https://www.baseball-reference...es_Collegiate_League 

not sure if the league is still tied to the NABF, or if just individual teams are. Again mostly local players, from D3,D2,D1,NAIA and Juco.

 

SOVCL: https://sites.google.com/site/...ey-collegiate-league

https://www.facebook.com/sovcl/

I know very little about this league except they are an offshoot of the old SWOL collegiate league.

Post your local league if you have them. 

I find these local leagues very interesting, 

Original Post

Replies sorted oldest to newest

In Northern California there is the  Golden State Collegiate Baseball League — which is made up of teams from Northern Calif. and Oregon.  Good mix of Juco/NAIA/D3/D2/D1 players.  Each team might have 3 rising freshman on the roster.    http://www.goldenstatecollegia...egiatebaseballleague

We also have the California Collegiate League — which is highly competitive.  http://calsummerball.com

One of the teams in this league is called the PuffCaps — which is made up of all rising freshman that are attending D1 programs.  http://pufcaps.com/roster

 

 

 

Last edited by MAM

Great thread for resources. My son played in the Cal Collegiate league one year and wanted to work as a summer intern so he found this local Ventura County Sunday only league run by former Dodger Jim Colborn. It is mostly JC players, a few HS standouts, and a few college kids. 

https://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=vcjcbl

He worked out and did a Wolforth (Driveline) heavy/light ball work out and lifting and pitched one day a week. He video taped his pitching and sent a link to his college pitching coach and they discussed things to work on the next week. If was a perfect blend of work/baseball balance and his summer job resulted in him getting into a fully funded Masters program at UT. 

Here are a few in the Northern Illinois area. These are mostly local guys from all divisions who come back to play around home.

Midwest Collegiate League - http://www.midwestcollegiateleague.com/league/about/

Chicago Suburban Baseball League - http://www.hometeamsonline.com...=CSBL&s=baseball

Metropolitan Collegiate Summer Baseball League of Illinois - http://www.metrocollegebasebal...EBALL&s=baseball

The CSBL teams can advance to the NABF World Series.

The Flush posted:

I am not sure where the Prospect League fits in the grand scheme of summer ball, but it is the local league to me with teams in: Danville, IL; Hannibal, MO; Lafayette, IN ; Quincy, IL ; Springfield, IL; Terre Haute, IN; Butler, PA ; Springfield, OH; Chillicothe, OH; Kokomo, IN;  and Beckley, WV 

Thanks for posting. Not sure I would consider the Prospect local. I know few college age baseball players who are not aware of it and would not Die to play in it. I would rate it somewhere above the great lakes league but less than the the likes of Cape Cod and the Northwoods. Much closer to former than the later. 

However not every player will get the option to play in any of those leagues. 

Add Reply

×
×
×
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×