Partnership
Baseball U PA & The Sandlot Baseball Academy have teemed up to create the best Travel Organization Northeastern Pennsylvania has to offer! With locations in Lackawanna County & Luzerne county as well as the formidable reputation that both our travel programs offer, this is sure to be the perennial and top flight program for players ages 7-18 with players from a host of counties including but not limited to: Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Pike, Monroe, Suquehanna, Carbon, Wyoming, Lehigh, Northampton, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Union, Snyder, & Sullivan!
About the Sandlot
The Sandlot Baseball Academy was established in 2010. As a baseball academy we have strived to gain continuous growth, opening our doors to give our area baseball and softball players an opportunity to train with top-notch coaches in a top-notch facility. Since opening, the Sandlot offers camps, private/group lessons, memberships, and facility rentals. Training occurs in our spacious facilities that include numerous batting cages, fielding space, dirt pitching mounds, Hit-Trax, and Hack Attacks. Parents can relax in our lounge while their son or daughter trains. In the fall of 2016, the Sandlot decided to jump into the travel baseball world with teams from 7u-18u. The Sandlot teams are coached by some of the best coaches that the area has to offer. In our travel programs existence, we have won numerous tournaments and developed into one of the top travel programs in the northeast. The Sandlot name is well known amongst the best travel programs as it prides itself on running our teams in a family-oriented environment. With the expansion of our travel program, we also opened a facility in Wyoming, PA (Luzerne County) in 2022. This facility is modeled after our Scranton facility (Lackawanna County). This allows us to serve the talent rich area of Luzerne County. The Sandlot looks forward to the partnership with Baseball U PA creating opportunities for NEPA players and families to win on the field, in the community, and beyong at the collegeiate and professional level.
MISSION
It is our mission at The Sandlot Baseball Academy to develop skills, discipline, and strong character for our players to not only reach their highest potential as a baseball player, but to reach their goals in all aspects of life.
We are committed to providing intensive instruction and opportunities for our players to develop into exceptional baseball players at the high school and college levels. This will start by developing players at a young age by molding each player into a hard-working baseball player with a focus on fundamentals. Our family like atmosphere in developed through hard work and dedication of our coaches, players, and families.
About Baseball U PA
Baseball U PA has been one of the leading travel baseball organizations in the northeastearn part of the United States from 7-18U ages alike. We have enjoyed having the most college committment in the state of PA for any travel orgnanization 5 years in a row and counting! We are part of the Baseball U family based out of West Long Branch, NJ. There are 5 Baseball U programs including Baseball U CT, Baseball U LI, Baseball U NJ, Baseball U Massachusettes, & Baseball U PA. Within the state of PA we have 6 different locations including Baseball U PA Central (State College), Baseballl U PA Pocono (Stroudsburg), Baseball U PA Philly, (Philadelphia), Baseball U PA Delco (Delaware County PA), Baseball U PA Susuquehanna Valley (Bloomsburg, PA), & Baseball U PA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre). All of our teams coordinate and collaborate to support our players and the Baseball U Organization in Excellence, Commmunitty & Serivice, & Advancement.
Excellence, Community, & Advancement
Established in 2005 as Scranton Miners Baseball, Baseball U PA has achieved monumental success on the field competing against the most paramount competiton in the country. Nationally recognized as one of the top programs in the nation, #4 in the north east by Perfect Game in 2024, Baseball U is committed to doing things the right way for all our players and families. Thus, there is an expectation of excellence that comes with playing for Baseball U PA which is garnered and embraced by our players, families, coaches, and staff alike through our commitments and codes of conduct.
We are honored to have had the opportunity to work with our families and promote our players to colleges and universities all over the country. With a reputation of developing players for the highest level of competition, we have seen over 1200 of our players continue on to collegiate baseball, earn millions of dollars in scholarship money, and have had 149 players drafted including 10 in the first round since 2006.
To provide the most elite training, quality practices, rigorous competition, and college and professional exposure alike. To prepare our players for the next level (junior high, junior varsity, varsity, college, and/or professional). To teach our players the importance of hard work, respect, responsibility, dedication, friendship, and service to our community through volunteer and community service projects.