Amherstburg Minor Baseball holds opening day for 2025 season

The players were getting ready for the Amherstburg Minor Baseball Association season last Saturday at Malden Centre Park. 

Play ball!

The season is now officially underway for the Amherstburg Minor Baseball Association (AMBA) with opening day being last Saturday at Malden Centre Park. 

AMBA president Sarah Anderson indicated she is happy with how it went and the organization looks forward to the 2025 season.

“Opening day was amazing. We had so many families come out and help us welcome the 2025 season,” said Anderson. 

Anderson added the organization’s numbers are growing each season.

“This year we have around 200 kids registered to play ranging from four to 16-years-old,” said Anderson. “We are extremely grateful to continue to be successful and have the ability to provide a baseball program for these kids.

Each year our program grows which gives us the fuel to keep going, keep improving and keep fighting to bring baseball back to our town like it once was.” 

For the 2025 season, Anderson said the AMBA will run 15 house league teams and for the first time back in Amherstburg, two travel teams have returned.

“We are very excited to launch our travel teams this year as it helps show our community and other communities that we are still here after our program almost collapsed completely,” she said. “We are a very dedicated group of individuals that really want to provide the best baseball program we can right here in town. We work very hard all year round just to watch all the smiling kids have fun all summer long.” 

The majority of their games are played at the Malden Centre Park diamonds, she stated, but there are other locations as well.

“We enjoy playing on the Bill Wigle diamond right in the middle of town for all people to watch,” said Anderson. “It’s such a good feeling driving down that road and seeing kids out being kids!” 

Anderson added the AMBA program above the age of seven is an interlock program, so players and coaches travel to other local communities to play games as well. 

“Our travel teams will be heading outside of Windsor and Essex County,” she said.  Registration is closed for the season but Anderson said it is always good to remember it opens up again for the following season at the end of the year.

“Earlier the registration the better the program can be!,” she said. “Every year we search for volunteers and coaches. This is the hardest part! We welcome everyone during registration to reach out and get involved. Volunteer programs need volunteers always.”

Anderson added they appreciate the sponsors who have helped out.

“We are so grateful to all our sponsors from our community, it really help alleviate the cost, it gives us the opportunity to grow and develop. We have had the more sponsors this year then last year and we are very very greatful,” she said.

For more information, please visit www.amherstburgbaseball.com. 

Amherstburg Minor Baseball holds opening day for 2025 season

By Ron Giofu