All American Amateur Baseball Association

Under the guidance and leadership of the late Glenn L. Martin, representatives of amateur baseball in six cities along the Atlantic Seacoast organized the All American Amateur Baseball Association (AAABA) in 1944. A year later AAABA baseball competition was divided into two groups: a division for teenaged players (United Division) and the open amateur (Unlimited Division).The AAABA has sponsored a LImited Division Tournament each year since 1945.After competition in the Unlimited Division had been suspended for several years, the Board of Directors, at the 1980 annual meeting, voted to eliminate the Unlimited Division from AAABA rules and the Constitution.It is the aim and object of the AAABA to conduct National Championship Tournaments annually, and to sponsor as many regional tournaments as each specific season may require.Principles originally propounded by Glenn L. Martin and steadfastly maintained by succeeding AAABA leaders emphasize sports for sports' sake. The AAABA holds that sportsmanship is the greatest lesson to be learned from athletic competition, and that amateur baseball simon-pure amateur baseball is the classroom for such lessons. In this respect, AAABA rules are strict and they will always bar commercial elements which more or less dominate some American sports.Honesty in administration has marked AAABA operations from the beginning. It's officers are particularly charged with diligent enforcement of all playing rules. Strict adherence to all rules of eligibility and tournament play was always demanded by Mr. Martin and succeeding officers have never deviated from those basic principles.