The CarShield Collegiate League is a collegiate summer baseball league based at

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. The league was formed in 2020 after

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forced the cancellation of the

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season, which had the location host

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as a member. The CarShield Collegiate League began play as a six–team league on July 1, 2020, with all games being played at CarShield Field. The CarShield Collegiate League continued play in the 2021 season as a four–team league.

History

For the 2020 season, the collegiate summer baseball

were scheduled to play as a member of the

. However, the multi–state Prospect League ceased play in 2020 due to the

pandemic. The O'Fallon Hoots, based in suburban

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, created a six–team league structure and served as host to the league at

. With each team scheduled for 30 game seasons, the CarShield Collegiate League began play on July 1, with a schedule of 7–inning games. The season ended on August 14. Limited tickets were made available to fans beginning June 8, 2020. In addition, CarShield Collegiate League games were broadcast live through Prospect League TV and CarShield Collegiate League TV. "The CarShield Collegiate League will showcase local, high-caliber college baseball players to our great O’Fallon community," said O'Fallon Hoots General Manager David Schmoll."This spring and summer has seen players lose their seasons and fans lose sports. We are excited to still be able to provide community entertainment in a safe and responsible fashion." The O'Fallon Hoots won the 2020 CarShield Collegiate League Championship with a record of 15–11–3. On November 13, 2020, the Hoots announced that the league would return in 2021, with CarShield Collegiate League games played alongside the existing O'Fallon Hoots/Prospect League scheduled games. In their second season of play, the 2021 season will feature a four–team league, with each team scheduled to play 45 7–inning games. The team monikers were announced as the T-Ravs (Toasted Ravioli), Shredded Cheese, Rubber Chickens and Adidas Athletics. The three names, besides the already existing Adidas Athletics team, were selected by fan vote. On June 5, 2021, a home run derby featuring former major league baseball players against selected Carshield Collegiate League players was held.

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and

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participated in the event at Carshield Field . In the second season of league play, the Adidas Athletics won the 2021 CarShield Collegiate League regular season championship, and the Shredded Cheese won the championship game. The Athletics had a record of 25–10 to finish 6.5 games ahead of the 2nd place Rubber Chickens team in the four–team league. On June 4, 2022, the 2nd Annual MLB Alumni Home Run Derby featuring CarShield Collegiate League players was held. CarShield League players competed with former major league players Rick Ankiel,

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and

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in the event, held at CarShield Field.

League Format

The 6-team league currently plays 29 7-inning games. The league winner is determined by a 4-team, 1-game playoff series at the conclusion of the regular season. Following the 2021 season, the league was host to the "Food Fight Series," a 5-game series between the 2 food-named teams in the league: the T-Ravs and the Shredded Cheese. The teams currently in the league include the Adidas Athletics, Gashouse Baseball, Premier Baseball Academy, the St. Louis Gamers, the St. Louis Prospects, and the house team the Shredded Cheese.

Stadium

All CarShield Collegiate League games are played at

. Built in 1999, CarShield Field opened as TR Hughes Ballpark. Owned by the City of O'Fallon, the ballpark has a capacity of 5,150 people and dimensions of (left–center–right) ––. The field is synthetic turf. The ballpark is located at 900 TR Hughes Boulevard, O'Fallon, Missouri.

Season standings

2023 Season standings

2022 Season standings

2021 Season standings

2020 Season standings

References

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