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About Us

 

Mission: To provide quality and competitive baseball and softball programs to children ages 3-18 in the Gage Park (and surrounding) community. 

 

GPBSA develops our players into leaders all while teaching them the fundamentals of the game, hard work, dedication and teamwork. We have dedicated volunteer-coaches that love the game and love to serve the community.

 

We push our players physically and mentally to make them stronger athletes and better people. We will have fun along the way, develop beneficial friendships and most importantly get the youth of the South-West side of Chicago off of the streets and playing baseball & softball.

 

History: Gage Park Baseball & Softball Association was established in October of 2018 after coach Ivery Williams started practicing on the un-occupied fields at Gage Park with his 14U fall ball team. After a few practices, a Gage Park field house employee stopped the team from practicing and asked for a permit. Coach Ivery paused practice and walked with the Gage Park employee to get a permit, during the walk it was noted that Gage Park had not had a league for almost 15 years and the fields had not been in use during most of that time.

 

An idea sparked in coach Ivery’s head and then came Gage Park Baseball & Softball Association. With the support of family, friends and the park district, our league was started with 9 board members and became an established Non Profit organization in November 2018 and we gained our 501(c) (3) tax-exempt status in February of 2019.

Our Fields

We host our teams, families and away opponents at our ballfields on 55th & Western, our older age groups play at Blinderman Field on the north-east corner (across from Dollar-Tree) and our younger levels & softball teams play on Billy Goat Tavern Field on the south-west corner (across from the field house)

Our Team.

League President & 16U Baseball Coach - Alphonso Medina*

League Vice President and Umpire in Chief - Ivery Williams*

Secretary & 10 and under Coordinator - Nely Hérnandez*

Treasurer & 18U Baseball Coach - James Williams*

Co-Treasurer & High School coordinator - Abby Salinas

Fundraising & Ages 11-14 coordinator - Alma Ybarra*

Field Maintenance & Girl's Softball Commissioner - Miguel Salinas

 

* Founding Member (est. 2019)

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Coaches

T-Ball Ivery Williams

Farm System - Raul Solorio

Girl's Softball Camp - Ilda Diaz & Lex Hérnandez

10U Grizzlies & 11U Sound (Part-time Travel)

 Head Coach - Anfernee Ocampo

Assistant Coach - Jamar Williams

Assistant Coach - Rich Petroski

16U Grizzlies - Alphonso Medina

18U Grizzlies - James Williams

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Contact Us

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Main Phone 

(773) 340-3117

 

League Email 

gageparkbaseballsoftball@gmail.com

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Mailing Address

Gage Park Baseball & Softball Association

6915 S. California Ave

Chicago, IL 60629

 

Park Location

5401 S. Western Ave.

Chicago, IL 60609

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