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Registration Update

⚾️ SPRING 2026 PDSA BASEBALL
Registration Opens Monday, December 22 at 7:00 PM

Get ready, Dragons—Spring Baseball is almost here! Please read carefully for key updates.


🗓 Registration Dates

  • Opens: Monday, December 22, 2025 @ 7:00 PM

  • Closes: January 26, 2026 @ 7:00 PM


📝 Registration Reminders

  • Log in or create your PDSA SportsConnect account

  • Add all parents/guardians under Account Settings

  • Do not unsubscribe from PDSA emails (primary communication)

  • American Express not accepted

  • Billing address must match account address


🏆 Divisions (Spring 2026 DOB)

  • RBI: 5/1/2010 – 4/30/2013

  • Majors: 5/1/2013 – 4/30/2015

  • Minors: 5/1/2015 – 4/30/2017

  • AAA: 5/1/2017 – 4/30/2019

  • Tee Ball: 5/1/2019 – 4/30/2021

  • QuickBall: 5/1/2021 – 4/30/2023

Divisions are capped based on available coaches; waitlists apply.


🔍 QuickBall

  • See QuickBall FAQ for details


⬆️ Play Up / ⬇️ Play Down Requests

  • Register in age-appropriate division

  • Email [email protected] with DOB and request

  • Requests reviewed after registration closes; not guaranteed


👥 Team & Coach Requests

  • No teammate, coach, or field requests (except QuickBall)

  • Coaching allows drafting of players—volunteer if placement matters


🧢 Coaches Needed!

PDSA is 100% volunteer-run. All volunteers must complete:

  • Little League Background Check

  • PA Child Abuse Clearance

  • PA Criminal Background Check

  • Little League Abuse Awareness Training

  • Diamond Leader Training
    No participation until all clearances are approved.


💛 Financial Assistance


💼 Sponsorships

Support PDSA by:

  • Adding a sponsorship during registration

  • Using the sponsorship PDF

  • Paying via check or PayPal

  • Sharing with local businesses


📅 Player Evaluations

(AAA, Minors, Majors, RBI only)

  • Feb 28 | Mar 1 | Mar 7 | Mar 8

  • Held at The Phield House

  • Division times announced in late January


⚾️ Equipment

Players provide: helmet, glove, molded cleats, cup (recommended), heart-guard shirt
Bat Rules:

  • Tee Ball–Majors: USA Baseball only

  • RBI: USA, USSSA, or BBCOR

  • League provides team bats & catcher’s gear


🌀 NEW: Equipment Exchange (Late February)

Donate, swap, or pick up gently used gear. More details coming soon!


🎉 Let’s Play Ball!
Thank you for being part of PDSA—here’s to an amazing Spring 2026 season.
⚾️ Play hard. Have fun. Go Dragons! ⚾️


DRAGONS BASEBALL CONTACT INFORMATION

Dragons Baseball Contact Information

Executive Director:
Nathan Matlin, [email protected]
Pee Wee Commissioner: Ned Tompsett, [email protected]
Tee Ball Commissioner: Joe Fonash, [email protected]
AAA Commissioner: Nathan Matlin, [email protected]
Minors Commissioner: TBD
Majors Commissioner: John Maher, [email protected]
RBI Commissioner: Lou Cammisa, [email protected]


For all inquiries relating to your child's participation in one of the Philadelphia Dragon's baseball divisions, please contact the commissioner responsible for your child's division or contact us at [email protected].


Refund & Cancellation Policy

Spring Baseball: Refunds of registration fees, subject to $20.00 charge to cover credit card processing fees, will be granted only if requested prior to February 25, 2025. If after this date your child can no longer participate or the PDSA is required to suspend play or otherwise cancel some or all of our season, no refunds will be offered.

Friend, Field, Day, and Coach Requests

If possible and not guaranteed, friend and/or coach requests may be granted for PDSA's Quickball Division. Friend requests, field requests, time requests, and coach requests are NOT honored for any division Teeball or higher.   Day of week conflicts should be indicated in the registration form.




Scholarships

To ensure every child who wants to play has a chance to play, Philadelphia Dragons Sports Association offers scholarships to offset the cost of registration. 

For more information about obtaining a scholarship for your child, please contact [email protected].

PDSA Baseball Rules

Important Dates

Baseball Evaluations: To be held at Phield House 814 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia PA 19123. 

Please only attend one session:

2/28/26 - 
AAA - 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Minors -  3:55 PM - 4:55 PM
Majors - 5 PM - 6 PM


3/1/26 - 
Majors - 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Minors - 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM
AAA - 4:30 PM - 6 PM

 
3/7/26 - 
Majors - 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Minors - 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM
AAA - 4:30 PM - 6 PM


3/8/26 - 

AAA - 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Minors - 3:55 PM- 4:55 PM
Majors - 5 PM - 6 PM


Baseball Practices:Practices begin the week of March 16th, 2026
Baseball Games: Opening weekend is April 11, 2026
Baseball Playoffs:Playoffs begin the week of May 29, 2026
*All-Star Games: Date coming soon 

*Applicable only to AAA division and higher.

**Please note that all of these dates are subject to change.***

Dragons Baseball Divisions

The Philadelphia Dragons Sports Association hosts a variety of baseball programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 15. 
 
Registration Fees:

Tee Ball: $260 per child with a family discount of $10 applied for each additional sibling.
AAA, Minors, and Majors: $275 per child with a family discount of $10 applied for each additional sibling.
RBI Baseball: $305 per child with a family discount of $10 applied for each additional sibling.

All canceled registration incur a $15 per player fee up until February 25, 2026 which will come out of your refund. Any cancelations after that date forfeit registration all.
 
Scholarships are available in cases of financial hardship. Scholarships must be awarded prior to completing your child’s registration. If you would like more information about PDSA’s scholarship program, please contact us at [email protected]. An additional resource you may consider is through Dick's Sporting Goods who has shared the following program with us:
 
As youth sports start back up, many kids may not return to play because of costs. The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation is proud to announce a $5,000,000 Sports Matter grant to Every Kid Sports, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, to provide income restricted families financial assistance to cover player registration fees and help ensure every kid in your community has a chance to play in your league next season. 
 
Registration is open now and is first come first serve. See below for eligibility requirements.
 
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Must be for a child, 4-18 years of age, who is currently enrolled in SNAP, ACA Insurance Program, WIC, or Foster Care system.
Must be registering for participation in a recreation-level sport hosted by a youth sports organization or school.
Must be registering for an upcoming sport season
Qualifying families can apply for up to $150, four times a year per child, to cover youth sports registration fees.
Learn more or see details visit: everykidsports.org
Some restrictions apply.
 
 
Pee Wee (Boys & Girls Ages 3 to 4) - QUICKBALL
 
For more information on Quickball please check out the website: https://usaquickball.com/
 
We are very excited to offer this program as an introduction to baseball for our youngest Dragons.
 
PDSA's Pee Wee Division is for boys and girls ages 3 or 4 with DOB's ranging 5/1/2021 - 4/30/2023
 
Children will be divided into teams and will follow the Quickball program. All activities will be played on Sunday mornings (except Easter Sunday and Memorial Day Weekend) for an hour.
 
Tee Ball (Boys & Girls Ages 5 to 6)
 
PDSA's Tee Ball Division is for boys and girls ages 5 or 6 with DOB's ranging 5/1/2019 - 4/30/2021. 
 
The Tee Ball Commissioner assigns children to respective teams. Teams practice one night per week and play a 12-game season. 
 
All games will be played on weekends on multiple fields. Rained out games are typically not rescheduled.
 
If your child has a pre-existing commitment weeknight commitment, please indicate in their registration so that they can be drafted to a team that will practice on evenings without a conflict. Any other special requests should also be included in your registration.
 
We will make our best effort to honor such requests; however, due to field and roster constraints, we make no guarantee that all requests will be granted.
 
As the season progresses, children will be given the opportunity to hit off a pitching machine in order to prepare them for play at our higher levels.
 
AAA (Boys & Girls Ages 7 to 8)
 
PDSA's AAA Division is for boys and girls ages 7 or 8 with DOB's ranging 5/1/2017 - 4/30/2019 
 
In PDSA's AAA Division, your child will be introduced to live pitching. Games will consist of 4 innings of machine pitch and 2 innings of kid pitch.
 
All players registered for AAA must attend evaluations. Date, time, and location of evaluations is pending, but typically is the last weekend of February or first weekend of March. After those evaluations teams are drafted by the coaches of the AAA teams.
 
Teams will practice twice a week on either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. If your child has a pre-existing commitment weeknight commitment, please indicate in their registration so that they can be drafted to a team that will practice on evenings without a conflict.
 
Teams will play a 14-game season plus playoffs. Games will be mostly played on Saturday and Sunday. However, as the season progresses some games will be played in lieu of regularly scheduled practices. Games will not be played on Easter Weekend, Mother's Day weekend, and Memorial Day weekend. 
 
The regular season will conclude around Memorial Day weekend, and playoffs and championships will conclude no later than June 20th.
 
Minors (Boys & Girls Ages 9 to 10)
 
PDSA's Minors Division is for boys and girls ages 9 or 10 with DOB's ranging 5/1/2015 - 4/30/2017. 
 
All players registered for Minors must attend evaluations. Date, time, and location of evaluations is pending, but typically is the last weekend of February or first weekend of March. After those evaluations teams are drafted by the coaches of the Minors teams.
 
Teams will practice twice a week on either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. If your child has a pre-existing commitment weeknight commitment, please indicate in their registration so that they can be drafted to a team that will practice on evenings without a conflict.
 
Teams will play a 14-game season plus playoffs. Games will be mostly played on Saturday and Sunday. However, as the season progresses some games will be played in lieu of regularly scheduled practices. Games will not be played on Easter Weekend, Mother's Day weekend, and Memorial Day weekend. 
 
The regular season will conclude around Memorial Day weekend, and playoffs and championships will conclude no later than June 20th.
 
Majors (Boys & Girls Ages 11 to 12)
 
PDSA's Majors Division is for boys and girls ages 11 or 12 with DOB's ranging 5/1/2013 - 4/30/2015. 
 
All players registered for Majors must attend evaluations. Date, time, and location of evaluations is pending, but typically is the last weekend of February or first weekend of March. After those evaluations teams are drafted by the coaches of the Majors teams.
 
Teams will practice twice a week on either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. If your child has a pre-existing commitment weeknight commitment, please indicate in their registration so that they can be drafted to a team that will practice on evenings without a conflict.
 
Teams will play a 14-game season plus playoffs. Games will be mostly played on Saturday and Sunday. However, as the season progresses some games will be played in lieu of regularly scheduled practices. Games will not be played on Easter Weekend, Mother's Day weekend, and Memorial Day weekend. 
 
The regular season will conclude around Memorial Day weekend, and playoffs and championships will conclude no later than June 20th.

RBI (Boys & Girls Ages 13 to 15)
 
PDSA's Majors Division is for boys and girls ages 13, 14 or 15 with DOB's ranging 5/1/2010 - 4/30/2013. 
 
All players registered for Majors must attend evaluations. Date, time, and location of evaluations is pending, but typically is the last weekend of February or first weekend of March.

Teams will practice twice a week on either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. If your child has a pre-existing commitment weeknight commitment, please indicate in their registration so that they can be drafted to a team that will practice on evenings without a conflict.
 
Teams will play in the SEYAA league for regular season and playoffs . Games will be on weekends and weeknights.

The regular season will conclude around Memorial Day weekend, and playoffs and championships will conclude no later than June 20th.

 

Age Requirements for Each Division

When registering, you will only be given the option to register your child for the division for which they are age eligible.

For the 2026 season, the age ranges for each division are as follows:

Division

DOB Range

RBI

5/1/2010 – 4/30/2013

Majors

5/1/2013 – 4/30/2015

Minors

5/1/2015 – 4/30/2017

AAA

5/1/2017 – 4/30/2019

Tee Ball

5/1/2019 – 4/30/2021

QuickBall

5/1/2021 – 4/30/2023


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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147

Email: [email protected]

Philadelphia Dragons

614 S. 4th St, #326
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147

Email: [email protected]
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