Anne Arundel Baseball Cooperative

The Anne Arundel Baseball Cooperative is a league of independent youth baseball organizations that operate in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  Teams entered from the various organizations are INTRAMURAL or REC-BALL teams that would otherwise play wholly within their own community organization, and are participating in this league solely to have more teams to play during the season. This is NOT A TRAVEL OR SELECT TEAM LEAGUE!

Select "The Co-op" on the main menu for more info, or send email to aabaseballcoop@gmail.com.

For the 2018 SPRING season, the following organizations are participating in one or more divisions:

Arden (ARA), Broadneck (BBSC), Brooklyn Park (BPYAA), Elvaton (ERA), Glen Burnie (GBBS), Greater Glen Burnie (GGBJSL), Kent Island (KIYBSC), Lake Shore (LSYB), Linthicum-Ferndale (LFYAA), Maryland City (MCRC), Pasadena (PBC), Severn (SAC), Severna Park (GSPAA).

Age Determination - Reminder that beginning with the 2018 Fall season and the 2019 Spring season, the age of a player in Co-op league will be determined by the player's age on August 31, 2019. This matches national youth baseball organizations such as Little League, PONY, and Babe Ruth, and part of an effort to make all the divisions younger on average, and equivalent to school grade ages.

• For example if a player turns 11 between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019, that player is consider 11 this fall and next spring, and would be playing in our 11-12 year old division.

Bat Rule - We will also be following the same national youth baseball organizations who have adopted USA Baseball's bat program. This is an effort to have metal and composite bats better simulate wood bat performance. Non-wood bats will have to have a USABat certification sticker. Go to www.usabat.com for a complete list of approved bats.

Team managers are responsible for knowing first the GROUND RULES  & SCHEDULING POLICY (see The Co-op on the Main Menu), and then the PLAYING RULES for their specific division (see below in this section).

ALL CO-OP COMPLETE/ALL-IN AND CROSSOVER GAMES ARE PLAYED BY THESE RULES - THERE ARE NO "HOME FIELD" RULES. Managers should print out the appropriate pages for their division and carry these with them to all games, and ask any pertinent questions at the plate conference with the umpire.

We are using the same rules from last year.  If any changes are made, they will be listed here. 

CO-OP PLAYING RULES - All Divisions

2017 OFFICIAL PONY RULES

Age Group - Scheduler

• 5U and 6U Schedule  - All-in Schedule - Fred Engel/Pasadena.
• 8U, 10U, & 12U Schedule (*PDF Version) - All-in & Crossovers - Fred Engel/Pasadena.
• 15U Schedule - All-in Schedule - Jack Nutter/Lake Shore
• 18U Schedule - All-in Schedule - Michael Phillips/Severna Park

*Some mobile users are not seeing fonts and background colors properly on spreadsheet versions. The PDF version should fix that, but could also be a few hours behind the spreadsheet update. Email aabaseballcoop@gmail.com for questions.