It Started With a Problem Every Baseball Dad Knows
You want to get your kid in the cage. Not next week. Not when the indoor facility has an opening. Tonight. After dinner. For 30 minutes. Because that's what development actually looks like — consistent, accessible reps.
But the nearest facility is 25 minutes away. It costs $40 an hour. You need to book three days in advance. And half the time, the machine is down.
We built CageList because that situation is broken — and it doesn't have to be.
The Infrastructure Problem Nobody Was Talking About
Across the United States, there are thousands of backyard batting cages sitting idle. Built by dads who love baseball. Built by coaches who wanted their players to have a place to train. Built by the guy on your street who went all-in on a dream and poured concrete on a Saturday in October.
Those cages sit empty 90% of the time.
Meanwhile, families are driving 45 minutes round trip for a 30-minute session at a facility charging $60/hour and calling it elite training.
The training access isn't gone. It's just stranded. CageList exists to unlock it.
We're Not Just Another Rental App
Yes, people call us the Airbnb for batting cages. We'll take it. But the real vision is bigger than that.
We believe the future of baseball training in America isn't more massive indoor facilities with $15,000/month leases and three employees and a marketing budget nobody has. It's distributed. It's community-owned. It's a dad with the right piece of land, the right setup, and a listing on CageList — becoming the training hub of his neighborhood.
One cage. Every 10 miles. Across the entire country. That's the vision.
What CageList Actually Does
If you own a batting cage — backyard, barn, covered structure, or anything in between — CageList is your turnkey platform to monetize it. Your listing, your pricing, your availability. Booking and payment handled automatically. Real visibility to players, coaches, and teams in your area. We take 10% commission. You keep the rest.
No lease. No employees. No marketing budget. Just a cage, a listing, and players who need reps.
Who This Is For
It's for the dad who built a cage for his kid and realized the kid grew up — but the cage is still perfect. It's for the travel ball coach who has open hours and no way to fill them. It's for the go-getter with land and a vision who doesn't want to sign a five-year commercial lease to act on it.
And it's for the family in your neighborhood that just wants to find a real cage, close to home, that they can actually get into tonight.
Welcome to CageList.
Find a batting cage near you →
Ready to list your cage? It's free, takes 10 minutes, and your first booking could be this week.
Keep exploring on CageList
- Search batting cages near you
- Read the batting cage practice guide
- Plan a batting cage build
- List your cage on CageList
Why this belongs on CageList
We Believe Every Neighborhood Deserves a Batting Cage. That’s Why CageList Exists. supports the larger goal of making CageList the default baseball and softball training resource. Helpful articles bring in search traffic, but the directory is what keeps readers moving. The best content should always help someone decide what to do next: find a cage, compare a facility, list a backyard setup, or improve a practice plan.
That connection between education and inventory is the advantage CageList has over broad review sites.
How this supports the CageList mission
We Believe Every Neighborhood Deserves a Batting Cage. That’s Why CageList Exists. matters because CageList is building more than a blog. The content should help readers understand the game, the gear, the facilities, and the local places where practice happens. Then the directory gives them somewhere to go next.
That loop is what makes the brand memorable: useful advice connected to real baseball and softball training access.
