WELCOME TO EAST SIDE BASEBALL! Our league is home to Georgia's premier youth recreational and travel baseball programs. We are located at Fullers Park in east Cobb County. We offer two rec seasons and year-round travel baseball. Our membership includes approximately 1,000 families.
FALL AND SPRING REC SEASONS
East Side features two rec seasons for players 5-18 years old. All registered players are drafted onto teams (there are no cuts). Teams are coached by parents.
Each team plays once during the week and again on Saturday. Limited practices are held during the week, with most practices on Sunday afternoons. Sundays are also reserved for making up rained out games.
Fall Schedule
July: registration opens*
August-October: practices and games, including double-elimination playoffs
Season ends by Halloween
Spring Schedule
December: registration opens*
February-May: practices and games, including double-elimination playoffs
Season ends by the end of the Cobb County public school calendar
Spring also includes a “Rookie” league for 4-year-olds (March-May)
*Each league is capped to allow maximum opportunities for in-season practices and games. Many leagues typically reach capacity within 1-2 days after registration opens.
Visit the rec baseball registration page.
AGES FOR EACH LEAGUE
East Side divides players by age groups and provides fields with graduated dimensions appropriate for player development as they mature.
Rookie: age 4
Shetland: ages 5 & 6
Pinto: ages 7 & 8
Mustang: ages 9 & 10
Bronco: ages 11 & 12
Pony: ages 13 & 14
Colt: ages 15 – 18
A league-age cutoff date of April 30th is used to determine the appropriate age of a player. East Side also adopted an optional league-age cutoff date of August 31 to allow for players to play "up" a league to stay with their school-age friends.
You can calculate the league age of your player based on the cutoff date of the current or upcoming spring baseball season.
TRAVEL BASEBALL
Travel baseball is available for 9U-18U. Travel players are not required to play rec.
Applications from travel coaches are accepted each May and approved by the East Side board in June. Player tryouts are held in June-August.
Travel teams are led by parents and/or paid coaches. They represent East Side in tournaments throughout the state and nation, including Cooperstown, New York.
Visit the travel team tryout page. The travel team policy page also has additional information.
OUR HISTORY
East Side was founded in 1970 by a local church organization seeking to provide an organized baseball program for the youth of East Cobb.
The primary objective was to provide and maintain a high-quality program by teaching baseball fundamentals in a low-key atmosphere, void of intense pressure to excel. Other goals were putting the values of sportsmanship, teamwork, and the enjoyment of participating before the importance of winning. While the goal and satisfaction of winning cannot and should not be removed from the game, maximum individual participation is of primary importance.
Now, nearly 50 years later, East Side Baseball Association is an independent, county-sanctioned association that continues to hold the same values and goals as our founding members. We stress respect, teamwork, and sportsmanship to our coaches, players, and families.
GOVERNANCE
East Side Baseball is a volunteer association. We are managed by an elected board of 8 volunteer members and dozens of additional volunteers.
Please talk to a board member or commissioner about helping. You can also contact our webmaster at [email protected] and your question or inquiry will be sent to the appropriate individual.