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Registration Listing

2025 Spring BASEBALL

PLEASE READ before registering your player(s)! Ask questions if needed. You may reach out to [email protected] if you need help determining which level of play is best for your player(s)!

We ask that you DO NOT upload documents during registration! All paperwork needs to be printed and turned in.

When signing up to volunteer it will make you upload a driver's license.

Levels Of Play

Tee Ball

Tee Ball is the entry level division for players ages 4-7. The experience is grounded in fun, fitness, and fundamentals while also being a key to growing a child’s love for the game. Basic fundamentals such as running the bases, holding the bat correctly, and throwing will be taught. Games will be roughly 3 innings and every inning all players will get to bat and play a position in the field. The last player to bat will hit a "home run" and clear the bases before their team takes the field defensively. There are no outs, and no score is kept. During an inning there will be many coaches out on the field to ensure safety and to teach the players as they play. While at this level, players will learn to hit a ball being pitched (from their coach) from a short distance (10-15 ft away). The tee is always in play, but encouraged to be used less as the season progresses.

Coach Pitch

Coach Pitch is for players ages 5-9. A player who is league-age 5 or 6 (use the Little League Age Calculator to determine your child’s League Age for the current year) for the current season and has played a year in Tee Ball is eligible to participate in a coach-pitch division. For 9 year olds, unless there is a safety concern, it is recommended your player be evaluated at the Minor League level. 8 year olds who can consistently hit a pitched ball, and have knowledge of the game can also be evaluated for the Minors Division. If the player is not drafted at the Minors Division, we will place your player on a Coach Pitch team. At this level, coaches will pitch overhand, from a standing position from about 20-30 foot away. There are no walks in the Coach Pitch division. Strikeouts will count when batters have seen 5 “good” pitches, as determined by the coach (coaches also serve as umpires at this level). Teams will use a continuous batting lineup (all players bat) and players will play both infield and outfield equally throughout the season. Outs are recorded and each team will bat until 3 outs are recorded or 5 runs are scored, whichever occurs first. We will begin keeping score at this level. Coaches will focus on the things that players can control— running hard on the base paths, hustling onto and off the field, taking quality at-bats and giving their best effort while teaching basic rules of the game.

Minor League

Minors Baseball is for players ages 8-11. 8 year olds who can consistently hit a pitched ball and understand the rules of baseball are encouraged to be evaluated at the Minor Division. Basic knowledge of a ball vs strike are necessary. All players will be evaluated before the team draft takes place. Live pitching from players will be introduced at this level from a 46' distance. Walks and strikeouts are recorded. Little League Rules are enforced, with local rules in place to help the players in this age bracket. Scores, Pitch Count and Wins/Loses will be recorded. At this level of baseball a higher level of game understanding and ability is taught. Primary goals are to give players as much experience and playing time as possible and encouragement of ongoing development for all players in all phases of the game. This important developmental division provides a relatively even but not necessarily equal distribution of playing time among players. An in house single elimination tournament will be played after the regular season ends. Tournament opportunities are available for players league-age 8-10 and 9-11.

ALL Minor League Registrations will need to attend a player evaluation on February 16, 2025 at Catoctin High School. Specific times for players will be sent out closer to end of registration date.



Major League

Majors Baseball is for players ages 9-12. 9 & 10 year olds who are playing at a higher level, are recommended to be evaluated for the Majors division. All players who have not previously played a Spring season at the Majors division will be evaluated before the team draft takes place. Little League Rules are followed at this division. The Majors Division is the highest level of play for pitching at the 46 foot distance and 60 foot base paths. By the time a player reaches this level of play, players should know the rules of the game. This division promotes competition to a higher degree as compared to the Minor League. Within this more competitive environment, the emphasis remains on improving baseball skills, building individual self-esteem, promoting team camaraderie and emphasizing fair play. The division is designed to be both the satisfying culmination of some players' Little League careers and to prepare other players for higher levels of play including advancement in Little League Tournament play. Score, Pitch Count and Wins/Losses will be recorded. There is not an in house playoff for this division, but the 1st and 2nd place teams will have an opportunity to play against other 1st and 2nd place teams in District Tournaments immediately following the regular season. Tournament opportunities are available for players at the Majors Division including an opportunity to advance to the International Little League World Series. Regular season players in the Little League Majors Baseball Division have the opportunity to dual roster, meaning he/she can play in the Little League 50/70 Intermediate Baseball Division during the same season. Achieving tournament eligibility is possible in either division, but a player must choose one division of play to participate in during the tournament season. If we see a safety concern for a 12 year old playing at this level, they may be assigned to a Minor League team. Otherwise all 12 year olds MUST be drafted onto a Majors Division team. Players who are not drafted onto a Majors team, will be placed onto a Minors team.

ALL NEW Major League Registrations will need to attend a player evaluation on February 16, 2025 at Catoctin High School. Specific times for players will be sent out closer to end of registration date. IF you played Majors in Spring of 2024, you will NOT need to attend an evaluation.



Intermediate

Intermediate Baseball is for players ages 11-13. Intermediate offers a transition for players between the standard Little League field size (46-foot pitching distance and 60-foot base paths) and the Junior/Senior field size (60-foot, 6-inch pitching distance and 90-foot base paths). Regular season players in the Little League Intermediate 50/70 Baseball Division have the opportunity to dual roster, meaning he/she can play in the Little League Major Baseball Division during the same season. Achieving tournament eligibility is possible in either division, but a player must choose one division of play to participate in during the tournament season. Rules are used such as runners being permitted to lead off bases, runners may attempt to steal at any time, and allowing an on-deck batter.


Volunteer Deposit Check Requirement

A $200 Deposit Check is required of all families to insure adequate volunteer coverage.
Volunteer coverage can be fulfilled through concessions, umpiring, or volunteering to work certain events (field days, opening day, tournament of champions, etc.)
1 Check Required Per Family. Please submit to your Oldest Child's Team Mom/Manager.
More information will be provided with the registration confirmation email.

Tee Ball - Little League Baseball

Registration closes on 02/09/2025 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 03/01/2025 to 06/30/2025
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$75.00

Coach/Machine Pitch - Little League Baseball

Registration closes on 02/09/2025 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 03/01/2025 to 06/30/2025
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$105.00

Minor - Player Pitch - Little League Baseball

Registration closes on 02/09/2025 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 03/01/2025 to 06/30/2025
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$120.00

Major - Little League Baseball

Registration closes on 02/09/2025 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 03/01/2025 to 06/30/2025
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$120.00

Intermediate (50/70) - Little League Baseball

Registration closes on 02/09/2025 at 11:59 PM
Season Dates: 03/01/2025 to 06/30/2025
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$75.00

Contact

Thurmont Little League
275 Westview Drive (P.O. Box 361) 
Thurmont, Maryland 21788

Email: [email protected]

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