The Slammers offer these girls a unique opportunity to be just a baseball player – not “the girl on the team.”
About the Slammers
The Boston Slammers is an all-girls baseball travel team, made up of girls ages 9-18, from Boston neighborhoods including Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Hyde Park, Roxbury, South End, and even as far as Vermont and Cape Cod. Most of the girls play in the co-ed baseball divisions of the Regan Youth League and other leagues around the Boston area. They have come together over the past two years to strengthen their skills, scrimmage with other teams and play the sport they love.
The Slammers was organized by the parents of some of these girls, in response to a growing desire by their daughters to have more chances to play organized baseball against other girls. In addition to arranging regular weekly practices, parents have also organized scrimmages and clinics with any other girls’ teams they can find. Currently, the girls are getting ready for their spring baseball seasons, and will also continue to arrange scrimmages with other girls’ teams throughout the Northeast, as well as against co-ed teams. We are grateful to the City of Boston and especially the Boston Center for Children and Families for providing us with indoor practice spaces.
The Boston Slammers is a collaboration with the Jamaica Plain Regan Youth League, a 47-year old independent youth baseball and softball league that serves more than 800 local boys and girls ages 5-18. The League aspires to foster the discipline and fun that are part of learning a challenging team sport, to encourage a spirit of community among participants from diverse backgrounds who practice and play together, and to promote good sportsmanship and respect for teammates, opponents, coaches, umpires, and the great game of baseball. This collaboration is a key part of the Regan Youth League’s Girls Play Ball initiative which seeks to recruit and support more girls to play baseball and softball.
The Regan Youth League is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization and will be responsible for managing the money raised by the Boston Slammers and will ensure that 100% of the funds raised go towards supporting the expenses associated with the Baseball for All tournament and the girls baseball program.
For more information about the Boston Slammers please email info@bostonslammers.com.
OUR MISSION
The Boston Slammers is a non-profit, 100% volunteer-driven all-girls baseball travel program. We are dedicated to providing year-round training and on-field game opportunities to any girl passionate about playing baseball. Our philosophy is simple — that girls should never be denied the opportunity to play the game competitively. Through baseball, we help establish a strong foundation of inner confidence that each girl can build their future upon. This goes beyond the game of baseball — we are helping develop our female leaders of the future. By believing in them, you will help them believe in themselves … today, tomorrow, and forever! Many players come from different walks of life and face financial hurdles that will keep them from participating. We believe financial limits should never limit girls’ dreams. With your gift today, you can help make their dream a reality.