Barrie Red Sox

At the start of the 2002 season 55 teams set out to become the best Rookie Ball team in Ontario. By late July the field of teams competing for the highest classification level in Ontario was reduced to 36. Given the classification options for the Rookie Ball division are limited to two (either "A" or "B"), the field of 36 teams that is competing for the Rookie Ball "A" title is the largest group of teams relative to any other division of baseball in the Province. No other division of baseball (i.e., Pee Wee, Mosquito, etc.) has as many teams competing for the championship as the Rookie "A" division. Most teams that are competing for the Rookie title have already won the right to represent their respective area through a playoff series or elimination tournament. The following is the field of teams that will be battling along with the Barrie Red Sox for the Provincial Championship:

• Welland (NDBA)
• North York (TBA)
• Mississauga North (COBA)
• West Mountain/Hamilton (HDBA)
• Riverside/Niagara Falls (SPBA)
• Cambridge (ICBA)
• Ajax (EOBA)
• St. Thomas (LDBA)
• Oakridge/London (the host)