BECOME A PART OF OUR TEAM
The Mill Rats are looking for families to house players during the season. Families play a vital role in our operation, offering a bed for a player and a place that they can call home for the 12 weeks they are in town. Players would be with your family from late May until early August.
The Perks
Many benefits come from housing a player, whether it’s the opportunity to impact a young man’s future or allowing that same young man to be a positive role model to your children, or the possibility of getting to know a future Major League Baseball star, your involvement in this program is vital to our team’s success! As a “Thank you!” for housing these players over the course of the season, you will receive:
- Season tickets for each member of your immediate family living in your household
- 25% discount on all team merchandise
- Host family picnic
- On-field recognition
Expectations of a Host Family:
- Have a bedroom and use of a bathroom for the player. Two beds in one room for two players is perfectly acceptable. However, a player cannot share a bedroom with a non-player. Players are expected to keep both the bedroom and bathroom clean.
- Use of laundry facilities. Somewhere where the player can do their laundry throughout the summer. Uniforms will be handled by the organization.
- Within reason, have food available for the player. However, if the player wants special things such as special drinks, special snacks, they will be in charge of getting those on their own.
- The players need plenty of rest. With their baseball schedule, rest is a top priority. It is important that they have a place to get good quality sleep at all times. Important to note, they play 60 games in 70 days and 30 of those games are on the road. Sometimes they will be arriving home at 2:00-3:00 am and will need sleep to be ready for a home game the following day.
- Underage drinking is not allowed. We strongly discourage drinking and partying for all of our players and would appreciate your help with this but of course have to be extra careful with players under 21 years of age.
- Provide player with rules of your home. Upon arrival, give the players an indication of any house specific rules your family abides by. These players are guests in your home, and will be expected to act as such!
To learn more or express your interest in becoming a host family, please contact Sarah Rex at (814) 535 1305 or email sarahr@millrats.com.
