Why PONY Baseball?

PONY Baseball is a youth recreation baseball league founded in 1951 in Washington, PA.  Originally it was a transition league for 13-year-old and 14-year-old players designed to take graduates of Little League baseball from that diamond to the regulation size diamond in High School and beyond. PONY Baseball grew quickly from only 6 teams the first summer to over 500 teams by the second season in 1952.

Today over 500,000 children play PONY Baseball on 28,000 team in 4,000 leagues across the country every year.  PONY includes both Baseball and Softball leagues and welcomes children from 4 years old up to adulthood.  Locally, at East Palmdale PONY Baseball we have divisions for children from 4 to 12 years old.  We have been playing PONY Baseball in East Palmdale since 1968!  

PONY stands for Protect Our Nation's Youth.  Boys from the local YMCA in Washington suggested the slogan "Protect Our Neighborhood Youth" for the new league in 1951.  That quickly evolved into Protect Our Nation's Youth as the league grew nationwide the following year.  PONY Baseball lives that motto by providing experiences in youth baseball and girls softball that will help young people grow into healthier and happier adults.

Scroll down to learn why we believe the PONY approach is the best approach to perfect your baseball skills, and see some of the Key Differences between PONY & Little League.

You can also learn more about PONY Baseball at pony.org.