C-K Barnstormers President Dom Dinelle

November 25, 2025 8:51 am Published by

The Chatham-Kent Barnstormers will now play in the Canadian Baseball League.

Formerly the Intercounty Baseball League, the name change was announced on Monday.

The CBL will be a fully professional league coming with a few more changes as well: the regular season will increase from 42 to 48 games, beginning the second week of May 2026. Only five teams will qualify for the playoffs, thereby raising stakes of the regular season. The fourth-place team will face the fifth-place team in a one-game playoff, followed by two best-of-seven series to determine the Dominico Cup champion.

All CBL games will continue to be streamed live on YouTube, but will now also be available via Roku, FireTV, Apple TV, iOS and Android apps.

Barnstormers President Dom Dinelle joined CKMORNINGS to talk about the changes:

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