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WORLD SERIES YOUTH BASEBALL EVENT AT THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM, JULY 17, 2008 more...

Headquarters Medallion Artwork more...

Champion of Champions... more...

Gus Marin: President and Tournament Chairperson of the Colt World Series more...

YOUTH BASEBALL ALLIANCE DREAM BECOMES REALITY more...

Beetles and Bats: How the Emerald Asho Borer Beetle is Impacting Baseball more...

About 150 softball teams will bring an estimated $1 million to the city next month when the 2008 PONY League National Championship is Tournament is held here... more...

PONY Baseball Inc. is teaming up with the producers of "The Final Season" and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to bring you an exciting DVD offer. more...

Michigan Region 1 Meeting held in St. Clair Shores June 6th more...

Cleveland Indians offer discounted tickets to PONY Softball Group attending The PONY Travel/Select Nationals in Ohio more...

SCULPTOR OF CHILDREN more...

NEW TOURNAMENT WILL CROWN NATIONAL YOUTH BASEBALL CHAMPION more...

Royal Palm Beach Youth Baseball ready to host tournament, play ball. more...

1958 Miami, Florida Championship Team to be Recognized at the 2008 PONY World Series more...

NCYS Report on Trends and Participation in Organized Youth Sports more...

ESPN2 AGAIN TO TELEVISE MLB’S FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT more...

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2008 Hershey's STRIVE Awards! more...

Aquafina PitchHit&Run more...

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Protect Our Nation's Youth

4/14/08

Breaking News

Youth Baseball Alliance Dream Becomes Reality

Eight youth baseball associations had a dream -- a vision of establishing a true national championship tournament for young players across America – and Eddie Einhorn came through.

Employing persuasion, negotiation and perhaps perspiration, that vision been realized as the eight groups will send teams to a tournament August 21-24 in Memphis as part of the new Major Youth Baseball Alliance LLC. Executives from each organization gathered to promote the alliance in New York on June 3 and 4. The inaugural National Youth Baseball Championships will feature 10-under and 12-under divisions and may include as many as eight age groups in the future.

The alliance includes Babe Ruth Baseball; Pony Baseball; Dixie Baseball; the American Amateur Baseball Congress; the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States; Super Series Baseball of America; the National Amateur Baseball Federation and the United States Specialty Sports Association...

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4/14/08

Breaking News

COMING IN 2009

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4/8/08

Washington, PA

Patrick Sadler Joins PONY Staff as
Director of Baseball Operations

PONY Baseball and Softball is proud to announce the hiring of Patrick Sadler of Washington, Pennsylvania as the new Director of Baseball Operations. Sadler, 25, is a graduate of Trinity High School (2001) and California University of Pennsylvania (2007) where he received his degree in Sports Management.

We are very pleased to be able to offer Patrick this position,” stated Abraham Key, President of PONY Baseball and Softball. “Patrick grew up in the organization, played in the Pony and Colt League World Series, represented PONY in the Tournament of Stars and the United States Junior National Team and has a very keen sense of the organization and the constituents we serve.”

Patrick played his youth baseball in Washington as part of Washington Youth Baseball. He participated in the 1997 Pony League World Series on the host team and the 1999 Colt League World Series team in Lafayette, Indiana representing Washington Youth Baseball. He was named to the 2000 and 2001 PONY Tournament of Stars team (the best high school players representing PONY). In 2000 he was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Games as part of the Junior National Team.

Patrick played college baseball at Gulf Coast Community College and eventually California University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a Sports Management degree in 2007. After college Patrick played professionally in the Frontier League with Ohio Valley in 2005 and the Washington Wild Things in 2006 and 2007.

Patrick lives in Washington and can be contacted by phone at 724-225-1060 (ext: 18) or e-mail at p.sadler@pony.org.

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