AMBA welcomes young players back for 2023 season

travel to Kingsville, Harrow, LaSalle and Essex to play games. There are a mix of boys and girls on the teams.

Sarah Anderson is the AMBA president this season with Jeremy Giesbrecht being the vice president. Giesbrecht stated they hope to add more players and teams, including some travel teams, as the years progress.

Giesbrecht said they will try and facilitate something if more players show up as the season progresses, but they will move forward with established teams right now.

Opening day featured the soccer/ baseball combination game as well as burgers, hot dogs and pizza after their games.

By Ron Giofu

The Amherstburg Minor Baseball Association (AMBA) is back and looking forward to a new season. Opening day festivities were held at Malden Centre Park last Saturday with young T-ball players helping to celebrate the day. They played a game that combined soccer with baseball but they will get into the nitty gritty of developing their baseball skills as the season went on.

Organizers were passing out Blue Jays Rally Caps, and forms that players, coaches and parents can use to monitor the development of their skills throughout the 2023 season. There are three divisions this season. There are currently 150-200 players signed up for minor baseball this season. Age divisions include T-Ball, U 9 and U11 with AMBA organizers hoping to get the players excited about baseball once again.

The bulk of the players, about 95 or so, are in T-Ball this season. That division is house league while there are three teams in U9 and one in U11 that will play interlock. The latter will also

“We want to make Amherstburg competitive again,” said Giesbrecht. “It’d be nice to have the OBA’s in Amherstburg again.”

Giesbrecht said they have something to build from. He credited Anderson for stepping up last year and said she has more support this season. He said they are grateful for Anderson’s efforts as she just wanted her children to play baseball.