Red River Adult Baseball League

If you or someone you know is interested in joining the Red River Adult Baseball League in either the *18+ Division or the 30+ Division, just take one of the following steps.

1) If you already know you want to play for sure, simply click on the "Summer Registration" link at the right side of the home page. There you can fill out the registration form and it will be sent directly to the league. (Be sure to click "SUBMIT" on both the Registration page and the Summary page). Payment of the league fee is NOT required at the time of registration. If you are a new player without a team, you will be contacted quickly.

2) If you have questions about the league before you sign up, click on the "Interested Player Form" at the top right portion of the home page. This does not sign you up, instead it sends your contact information to the league and someone will contact you to answer your questions. (Be sure to click "SUBMIT" on both the Registration page and the Summary page).

3) If you would like to start a new team, please submit either the Summer Registration or the Interested Player Forms mentioned above. When the league representative reaches out to you, please mention that you would like to start a new team. Team managers must be 21 years of age or older.

The season for both age divisions begins in late April. The 18+ Division plays 14 regular season games and the 30+ Division plays a 12-game regular season schedule. 2025 league fee amounts have not been finalized yet. A draft workout for new players is held in March each year. Details on this season's draft workout date will be released once finalized. Anyone wishing to join after March 16th will be added to the waiting list and notified when/if a roster spot opens.
 
Our league has grown so much since it began in 1993. With your help, we can continue to grow in providing enjoyable adult baseball to the Ark-La-Tex area. 

*18+ Division is intended for players who have finished high school level baseball but do not intend to play baseball in college or have already finished their college career completely. This is not a collegiate summer league and those intending to play ball in college, at any level, are not eligible and should not register for the RRABL. Professional players must be three years removed from the date of their last game before joining the RRABL. You must be a minimum of 21 years of age to serve as coach/manager of a team in the RRABL.

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Red River Rats finished the regular season in a tie for first place but lost out on the top seed in the playoffs due to the head-to-head tiebreaker with the defending champion D’Arbonne Lake Monsters. The Rats continued    

their tightly contested winning ways with two close playoff games. However, this time it would be the Rats coming out on top to win the 2024 Red River Adult Baseball League 30+ Division championship.

After defeating the Minden Redbirds, 10-9, in the semi-finals the day before, the Rats fell behind early in the title contest against the Shreveport Storm. The fourth-seeded Storm had upset the Lake Monsters and carried that momentum over by jumping out to a 7-1 lead through the first two and a half innings. Michael Tipton’s two-run double in the second frame and Jonathan Nash’s run-scoring single in the third led the surge.    

The Rats responded with a five-run third inning to close the deficit quickly. Cedric Magee led off with a single and a stolen base and quickly scored on Joe Lockhart’s base hit to centerfield. A hit batter, singles by Cole Singleton and Josh Minter, and a sacrifice fly by Jarrod Nipper capped the scoring in the inning.

Joey Nash’s double in the fourth inning gave the Storm some breathing room momentarily, extending the lead to 9-6. The Rats knotted the game at 9-9 the next inning on a two-run double to left-center off the bat of Magee and then pulled away with four runs in the sixth. With two outs and two runners on base, Minter and Nipper came through again with back-to-back hits to put the Rats up 13-10.

The Storm would add a run to bring them within two heading into the last inning. Seven batters would come to the plate for their final opportunity, but the Storm managed only one run, leaving the bases loaded when the final out was recorded. The Rats held on for the 13-12 victory.  

Jose Leonardo Hernandez picked up the complete-game win on the mound for the Rats. The starter tossed eight innings while scattering 10 hits and picking up three strikeouts. Minter was perfect at the plate, going 4-for-4 with four RBI and four runs scored. Magee and Lockhart each collected two hits in the win.

The Nash brothers each tallied a pair of hits and runs scored in the loss for the Storm. Robert Pharr went 2-for-4 with a run as well.

The RRABL title is the eighth overall for the Rats franchise and the first since they claimed the 35+ Division crown in 2018. After the game, manager Zane Nipper selected Carlos Rosario as his team’s MVP for the season. Rosario hit .581 on the year, going 18-for-31 with 11 of those hits being extra bases, including three homeruns. He scored 20 runs and drove in 20 in 12 games played.

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Elysian Fields Rangers blasted their way to a 14-4 win over the Twin City Trash Pandas to secure their 12^th Red River Adult Baseball League 18+ Division Championship, including eight in the last nine seasons. The Rangers were the     only team in the division to finish with a positive run differential, outscoring their opponents by a whopping 115 runs (158 to 43) on the year.

The Trash Pandas scored straight out of the gate to claim the early lead. Zach Young, Lucas Hatch, and Jake Pierrelee all singled as three of the first four Twin City hitters reached base. Pierrelee’s knock scored the first run, but with two outs, Hatch would score on a mishandled ground ball to put the Trash Pandas up 2-0. The Rangers would get a run back in the bottom of the first frame when Dustin Russell singled in Luke Lister, who doubled to lead off the inning.

Striking back quickly, Jalon Moss doubled for the Trash Pandas to set up a two-run second inning highlighted by a pair of defensive errors by Elysian Fields and a single by Ashton Richardson.

Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the third, the Rangers bats came alive just as their pitching and defense settled in. Elysian Fields would score the next 13 runs while recording 20 hits in the game. In the meantime, pitcher Sean Struwe hit his stride and would not allow another run in his complete game effort.

David Pratt walked to begin the Rangers rally, and after one out, Dustin Russell and Shane Goswick singled to push a run across. Michael Crews tripled to left field to score two more and Austin Duren’s single plated Crews. With four of the first five batters of the inning scoring, the Rangers took a 5-4 advantage and never looked back.

After adding another run in the fourth inning on a Pratt RBI ground out, Elysian Fields put the game away in the fifth inning with another four runs. Goswick and Crews singled and Duren’s double to center field scored both. Jathon Patton singled Duren home and promptly stole second base. Collin Eatman then drove him in with a single to right field to put the Rangers on top 10-4. They would add a pair of insurance runs in both the seventh and eighth innings to round out the scoring.

 Elysian Fields was led offensively by Russell’s 4-for-5 effort to go with three RBI. Crews and Duren each collected three hits. Crews also scored three times and Duren added three RBI.

Struwe found his stride and struck out seven over his eight innings of work. The southpaw allowed only one earned run and walked only one Twin City batter on the evening.

Elysian Fields selected Russell and Alex Woinski as co-MVPs to celebrate their successful season. At catcher, Russell was masterful behind the dish both in his defense and handling of the pitching staff while also swinging a hot stick. Woinski locked down first base for the Rangers while emerging as the most dangerous hitter in the league for 2024. He posted an on base percentage over .700 and a slugging percentage over 1.000.

All 2023 coaches are reporting full rosters at this time, but that doesn't mean new players can't play. If you are interested in playing in either the 18+ or 30+ divisions for the current season, please fill out the Summer Registration form and join the Waiting List. When a roster spot opens, which isn't uncommon, coaches will take players from the Waiting List to fill those spots. You could be officially added to a team anytime until after the midpoint of the season. If you are added, you will pay a pro-rated fee based on the amount of games left in the season when you join. However, you may still get to play even if a permanent spot does not open this season. 

The RRABL consists of adults who have plenty of responsibilities outside of our baseball league. As a result, there may be weekends when a team has trouble fielding a full roster. When this occurs, the league will contact players from the Waiting List to fill in for the game. Not only does this help the team, but it allows the player on the Waiting List to play and experience the RRABL, as well as build relationships with players and coaches that may aid in earning a roster spot long term. There is no cost to play as a substitute player. If you join a team permenantly at any point, then you will pay the pro-rated league fee at that time.  

Register today and a league representative will contact you and discuss the Waiting List with you. 

*Substitute players are subject to the borrowed player rules that state which position they must play and where they must bat in the order. 

If you are looking for some light league-related reading to help you get your fill of baseball, check out the "League Rules" tab. The RRABL rules are available on our website, located on the menu at the top of the page. Click on "Pages" and then "League Rules." 

If you haven't already, I encourage all players and coaches to read fully the 12-page rule book in order to be more familiar with the rules in specific situations as they arise on the playing field.

In getting familiar with our website, I am sure that some of our newer league members have not been able to find everything they are looking for. With that in mind, from time to time, I will post tips for commonly used features that may take an extra step or two to find until everyone has a good grasp on navigating RedRiverBaseball.com.

This week's tip is on how to find stats in regards to the league leaders for both individual and team categories. Just follow the simple steps below:

1. Click on the "Results" link from the menu bar at the top of any page throughout the site. Then click on "Standings" in the drop down menu. This will take you to a page that shows the current league standings.

2. Once on the league standings page, go to the drop down box at the top of the page that is denoted by the word "Category." Click on the drop down box and then choose the league stat leaders category you wish to view. That's all there is to it.

If you wish to view your team's individual stats only, click on the "Teams/Rosters" link from the menu bar at the top of the page and then choose your team's name in the drop down box.