Sunbelt Baseball League

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Sunbelt Baseball League
Sport Baseball
Founded 2009[1]
President Todd Pratt
Commissioner Bobby Bennett
Motto Georgia's Premier Collegiate Summer Baseball League
No. of teams 8[2]
Country USA
Most recent champion(s) Atlanta Crackers (2015)[3]
Official website SunbeltLeague.com

The Sunbelt Baseball League (SBL) is a non-profit collegiate summer baseball league with teams located in North Georgia and East Alabama in the United States of America. The SBL is a member of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball, which is partially funded by Major League Baseball.[4] Games are played with wooden bats. The season starts in early June and runs through the end of July/early August, with playoffs determining the league champion. Todd Pratt, owner of the Douglasville Bulls, became president of the league in 2014.[5]

Current League Teams[6]

Division Team Head Coach Location Home Field Website
West Carrollton Clippers Todd Pratt Carrollton, GA Carrollton High School Facebook.com/CarrolltonClippersBSB
Marietta Patriots Gil Navarro Powder Springs, GA McEachern High School Facebook.com/SunbeltPats
Norcross Astros Marty Kelly Norcross, GA Norcross High School Facebook.com/NorcrossAstros
Phenix City Crawdads Mike Getkin Phenix City, AL Glenwood School PhenixCityCrawdads.com
East Alpharetta Braves Brandon Boggs Alpharetta, GA Veterans Field (American Legion Post 201) Facebook.com/AlpharettaBraves
Atlanta Crackers Kevin Miestickle Norcross, GA Norcross High School Facebook.com/AtlCrackerBaseball
Brookhaven Bucks Corey Patterson Brookhaven, GA Oglethorpe University BrookhavenBucks.com
Gwinnett Tides Jeff Moyer Lawrenceville, GA Georgia Gwinnett College Facebook.com/GwinnettTides

Past Champions & Runners-Up

Year Champion Runner-Up
2015[7] Atlanta Crackers Phenix City Crawdads
2014[8] Atlanta Crackers Phenix City Crawdads
2013[9] Atlanta Crackers 6-4-3 DP Cougars
2012[10] Douglasville Bulls Windward Braves
2011[11] Berkeley Lake Tides Douglasville Bulls
2010[12] Berkeley Lake Tides Douglasville Bulls
2009 Rockdale A's Atlanta Crackers

Former League Teams

  • Douglasville Bulls renamed to Carrollton Clippers
  • Peachtree City Chukars
  • East Cobb Patriots renamed to Marietta Patriots
  • 6-4-3 DP Cougars
  • Atlanta Astros
  • Rockdale A's
  • Rockdale Roadrunners
  • OTC Bearcats
  • Berkeley Lake Tides renamed to Gwinnett Tides
  • Windward Braves renamed to Alpharetta Braves
  • Home Plate Chukars renamed to Peachtree City Chukars

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