Delmarva Baseball Weekend

Delmarva Baseball Weekend began its adult baseball journey in 2007. After attending a few Baltimore Orioles Fantasy camps from 2005 thru 2007, I presented the idea of doing a “Fantasy Camp” style event with four teams and all games to be played at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, home of the Baltimore Orioles Class Low-A Delmarva Shorebirds, to Assistant General Manager Jimmy Sweet. The idea was well accepted by him as well as the General Manager Chris Bitters and the first weekend was planned and scheduled in September 2007. 

Mother Nature wasn’t a baseball fan that fall, and a tropical storm forced cancellation of the first ever DBW.  The earliest that we could reschedule the event was mid to late October. Not all original signees could make the rescheduled weekend and we ended up with 31 players, so basically, we hand-picked three teams and played 3-4 games each on Saturday and Sunday. The weather was less than ideal for baseball, cold and misting rain on both days. I swore I’d not do this kind of event ever again, it appeared that my organizing adult baseball events was brief and short lived.

I ate my words and after much coaxing from several of the ’07 players and my best friend, Gary Kendall, long time Orioles Minor League manager, DBW 2008 was planned, scheduled, and went off without a hitch. In 2020, we started doing two per year.

We have made great progress over the years in presenting an adult baseball event that rivals and matches up to any like it. The future is bright for DBW, and I look forward to continually providing the opportunity for those adults, over the age of 30, wanting to play the best game in the world, baseball.

Bryan Adkins

Owner/Commissioner

Our goal has been and continues to be to provide an opportunity for any adult over the age of 30 to experience, as close as possible, a true baseball experience on a professional, minor-league field. Twice a year, we make every attempt to schedule a 3-day, six team event that allows up to 72 players to play five games on the field at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, home of the Class Low-A Delmarva Shorebirds.

We will continue to evaluate how we present these events to the players and always look to improve our presentation both on and off the field. We will strive to make the entire event all about the satisfaction of the players in their quest to live the dream of playing baseball in a professional setting.

Provides one stop access to all tournament information such as game schedules, team rosters, parking information, etc.

Follow the tournament results to see the daily recaps, game results, tournament standings, etc.

The Communicator App gives you quick access to tons of DBW information.  Click on the link to Communicator to see all DBW-related posts and information.  Note: You can have your phone or computer memorize your password to provide instant login.  You can also add the Icon to your Home Screen just like any other app to make DBW info always just a click away!

Within the platform, DBW players will be able to complete their Player Profile which allows players to play in their desired positions, helps organizers build teams around players who preferred to play together, etc. 

DBW 22 will be here before you know it! Pre-register to join the DBW Community.

The DBW Continual Community platform is brought to you by Baseball4Causes to provide greater visibility and awareness into DBW events and its fundraising activities such as Tunnel to Towers, and provide a more engaging experience for participants and visibility for sponsors.

B4C wants to know what your cause is! If there is a non-profit organization or cause you are passionate about, let them know by visiting their site, or look to find out more about B4C, by clicking the button below!

At the 2^nd event later in the summer or early fall, we have an all-day fundraiser on Saturday to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. This foundation was started by the brother of a New York city firefighter who tragically lost his life on September 11, 2001. The foundation was set up in the memory of his brother, Stephen Siller, and is primarily focused on building or renovating homes for catastrophically injured emergency service workers and our military. They also pay off mortgages of those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice and left behind a spouse/family with an existing mortgage.

To date, we have raised over $24,000 and will continue to make each year a bigger and better event. We have a 50-50 and silent auction inside the stadium and have emergency equipment, local car clubs and live music out in the parking lot.

Each of the first two years of the Tunnel to Tower fundraisers, we have had a few former Baltimore Orioles players in attendance to help in the fundraising efforts by signing autographs. We have had former players Scott McGregor, Ross Grimsley, Dave Ford and Glenn Gulliver do autograph signings. In addition, former players Bill Swaggerty and Dave Johnson have actually signed up and played in a few DBW’s.

DBW 21 was held August 25-27, 2023 at the Shorebirds Stadium under sunny skies all weekend.  Click on this link to see a recap of DBW 21.  The recap is full of many pictures and headlines from the event, including the former Orioles in attendance, our record setting fundraiser of over $14,000 for Tunnel to Towers, our ceremonial first pitch by Matthew Heacook whose father was lost from injuries sustained while on duty, and our 6 participating teams with great competition and comradery all weekend. 

Rain forced the cancellation of games on Saturday and Sunday. Due to the lack of games, there was no champion crowned for this tournament.