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Commissioner/President
C. Bruce Alger
PO Box 1127, 182 East Lee Highway
New Market, VA 22844

cbalger@shentel.net
(H) 540-740-4247 
(C) 540-435-8453

Executive Vice President
Jay Neal
neallaw@shentel.net

Assistant to the President
Steve Shifflett
247 Turner Avenue
Broadway, VA 22818
sfsjhs@comcast.net
540-578-2478

Secretary
Stacy Locke
73 Lakeview Lane
Boyce, VA 22620
(C) 703-220-1703
stacylocke11.sl67@gmail.com

Treasurer
Ed Yoder
P. O. Box 1226
558 South Main Street
Harrsionburg, VA 22803-1226
(W) 540-434-5975
(C) 540-421-7372
eyoder@pbmares.com

Media Relations Director
John Leonard

Director of Umpires
Greg Howard
525 Hayes Drive, Lynchburg, Va. 24502
(C) 434.609.6040 
(O) 434-542-4530 
gregvbl@gmail.com

League Mailing Address
Valley Baseball League
PO Box 1127, 182 East Lee Highway
New Market, VA 22844

The Valley League was founded May 15,1897, in Edinburg (Va.) and included charter members Winchester, Woodstock, Strasburg, Front Royal, and Edinburg. It evolved in the early years from a Class D minor league to when It became an NCAA-sanctioned league in 1961 operating under NCAA rules. The league adopted wooden bats in 1993. Each VBL team plays a 42-game schedule June through August concluding with an eight-team playoff to determine the Lineweaver Cup Championship.

The VBL is funded in part by a grant from Major League Baseball and is a member of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball, a national affiliation of 13 collegiate summer leagues. The Valley League has produced well over 1,000 professional baseball players, including a record 79 former players drafted in the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. 

In 2011, the VBL began a process of transitioning to not-for-profit status. All teams as well as the League are now not-for-profit organizations supported by numerous volunteers.  The Valley League name is derived from the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, which is nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Allegheny Mountains to the west in Virginia and West Virginia; a short drive from Washington, D.C.

The league is playing in an 11-team, two division format. Current franchises include the Charlottesville Tom Sox, Covington Lumberjacks, Harrisonburg Turks, New Market Rebels, Staunton Braves, Waynesboro Generals, Front Royal Cardinals, Purcellville Canons, Strasburg Express, Winchester Royals, Woodstock River Bandits.

Each team plays a 42-game schedule beginning in early June with playoffs starting in the last week of July and extending into early August.