DESERT DIAMOND CLASSIC
JUNE 4 – 7, 2026
VETERANS MEMORIAL COMPLEX
HOBBS, NM
Why American Legion Baseball?
American Legion Baseball is a national institution, having thrived through a world war, several national tragedies, and times of great prosperity as well as great despair.
The league still stands behind the traditional values upon which it was founded in 1925. American Legion Baseball has taught hundreds of thousands of young Americans the importance of sportsmanship, good health and active citizenship. The program is also a promoter of equality, making teammates out of young athletes regardless of their income levels or social standings. American Legion Baseball has been, and continues to be, a stepping stone to manhood for millions of young men who have gone on to serve their country or community, raise families or play the sport at the highest level.
American Legion Baseball
2026 Age Eligibility Chart
Players born in 2007 or 2008, must play in the Senior Legion Baseball program.
Players (age 12 and under) born in 2014 and after are not eligible to play American Legion Baseball.
Players born in 2006 or before are no longer eligible to play American Legion Baseball.