Everything you love about minor league baseball is here at Shirley Povich Field - affordable prices, good family fun, and players who are nice to your kids. No huge player contracts, no huge egos, just pure baseball the way it was meant to be played. Step back into our baseball time machine and honor two of the most admirable figures in the history of sport - Washington's own Walter Johnson and Shirley Povich. Our team name, the Bethesda Big Train, comes from the nickname of Walter Johnson - baseball's greatest pitcher, and a longtime resident of Bethesda. And our ballpark at Cabin John Regional Park is named Shirley Povich Field in memory of the extraordinary and gifted Washington Post sportswriter who was Washington baseball's greatest historian.

The Bethesda Community Base Ball Club was incorporated with the purpose of improving youth baseball and softball fields in our area. Profits from sales of tickets, souvenirs, and concessions at Bethesda Big Train home games at Shirley Povich Field, as well as funds raised from the annual Base Ball and Auction, will go to improve youth baseball and softball fields throughout the area.