The American Legion has a long and illustrious history of baseball. These Orange County teams will provide a high level of competition (19u) with the desire to play for the state title at Jackie Robinson Stadium and hopes to compete for the national championship on ESPN in South Carolina. The players will play a twelve game varsity level schedule, including a five game tournament in San Diego, as well as playoffs. The team will be sponsored by Post 291 from Newport Beach and is free for our players.
The team(s) representing Orange County are
Composite Team primarily comprised of
Crean Lutheran High School and Costa Mesa High School
If you have interest in playing, please contact us and we will see about you playing on one of the teams.
The key dates are as follows:
REGISTRATION ENDS JUNE 26
RADM SHELTON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
June 26- June 29 – 15, San Diego, CA
16 TEAM POOL PLAY – 5 game min
ald22baseball.org/radm-shelton-invitational1.html
PLAYOFF TOURNAMENTS
WHEN PLAYING IN THE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL LEAGUE,
YOUR TEAM WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PLAY IN THE LEAGUE’S WORLD SERIES
DISTRICT PLAYOFFS
Week of JULY (TBD)
Double elimination play
Finals will be played at TBD/Orange County
AREA 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS
JULY19 – JULY 21 POWAY HIGH SCHOOL in SD County
There will be a total of 8 teams
Double elimination play
Finals at TBD in San Diego
Top two teams go to State tournament
STATE TOURNAMENT
JULY 19-JULY 24 AT UCLA JACKIE ROBINSON
REGIONAL’S
AUGUST 2-AUG 6 AT FAIRFIELD, CA (all expenses paid)
American Legion WORLD SERIES
AUG 9 – AUGUST 15 AT SHELBY, NC (all-expenses paid)
Games aired on ESPN
In 2011, Shelby, North Carolina was named the permanent home of the American Legion World Series after decades of rotating venues for the event.
The format of the tournament for the eight teams involves separating into two pools and playing round robin within that pool from Thursday to Sunday. The top seed in each pool plays the runner-up in the other pool in the semifinals on Monday, with the two teams advancing to a one-game championship on Tuesday.
With games set at Keeter Stadium on the campus of Shelby High School, the local community has rallied around the event, turning it into a lengthy celebration including the Seventh Inning Stretch festival in Uptown Shelby the Saturday prior to the World Series, a Commander’s Reception the Tuesday before the event and a Parade of Champions the night prior to the first game.
Attendance at the American Legion Baseball World Series has swelled over the length of the tenure in Shelby, setting event records every year.
2011 – 86,162
2012 – 101,925
2013 – 104,726
2014 – 110,036
2015 – 117,072
2016 – 120,000
In addition to attendance in Shelby, all games are streamed online on ESPN3, with games Sunday, Monday and Tuesday broadcast nationally on ESPNU.