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Mid Valley Baseball is a great place to play baseball for children ages 4-16 years. We are affiliated with PONY (Protect Our Nation’s Youth) Baseball whose divisions are set up in two-year age increments to keeping players with the same skill levels advancing at the same time. The six divisions are:
Shetland - for players 4 through 6 |
Schedules and Scores to be posted under each division page. |
Check Division's Scores and Highlights!
Click on the icons above to take you to the division.
These leagues are designed as a method of community action to help young people develop into better adults through participation in organized, supervised recreation. Sportsmanship, teamwork, self-reliance and self-discipline are among the attributes needed by citizens of the future. These positive characteristics can be learned through participation in organized league play.
In essence, Mid Valley Baseball believes that if you teach young people to play by the rules, they will learn to live by the rules.
Advantages to playing baseball the Mid Valley PONY way:
Two Year Age Span
Experimentation has indicated a two-year age bracket is the most practical for growing players. Often, because of their lack of maturity, ability and size, the younger players in a league that involves more than two years, do not communicate with the older players, and generally find themselves spending an entire season on the bench. With players of only two ages involved, it is far easier to permit every player to actually play because the difference in skills between the age groups is not that great.
Scaled Down Diamonds
The game of baseball cannot be played as it was intended to be played if the physical capability of the contestants does not match the physical achievements required by the game.
The base dimensions of the 50-foot Pinto diamond, the 60-foot Mustang diamond, the 70-foot Bronco diamond and the 80-foot Pony diamond, are the result of extensive experimentation to determine the size diamond on which players of this age can properly play the game.
Pitching distance is also scaled to the ability of the player in proportion to the size of the diamond.
