The Midcoast Babe Ruth Baseball League will have nine teams this season and, weather permitting, games will begin May 18 at four locations.

The teams include:

Waldo County (representing the Searsport and Mt. View School districts and playing at Searsport High School);

Swan Lake Grocery (representing the greater Belfast and playing at Belfast High School);

Rockland Café (representing the six towns that make up the Oceanside school district and playing at the Oceanside High School field in Thomaston);

Union Farm Equipment (representing the Medomak Valley School District and playing at Medomak Valley High School);

Waldoboro (also representing the Medomak Valley School District and playing at the Waldoboro Recreation Park);

Damariscotta Lions (representing the towns in the Lincoln Academy School district and playing at the Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta);

Wiscasset Merchants (representing the greater Wiscasset area and playing at Wiscasset High School);

Camden and Rockport (both teams will draw from the towns the make up the Camden Hill School District and will both play at Marge Jones recreation park in Rockport).

Every team will play 11 regular season games and every team will make the league playoffs.

Once again this year, players from all nine teams will be selected by the league coaches and will represent the league in the state all-star tournaments that will begin for each age group in July.

Babe Ruth Baseball is for boys ages 13 to 15, born on or after May 1, 1998 and prior to May 1, 2001.

The games on May 18 (all games start at 2 p.m.) include: Damariscotta Lions at Camden; Waldo County at Rockland Cafe; Waldoboro at Swan Lake Grocery; and Wiscasset Merchants at Union Farm Equipment.

The games on May 25 will include: Rockland Cafe at Waldoboro; Wiscasset Merchants at Damariscotta Lions; Waldo County at Camden; and Rockport at Swan Lake Grocery.