Baseball LEAGUE – WHEN PLAYERS BECOME “YOUNG
ADULTS”
Baseball League is the transition league that
takes players from the “kid” leagues to “young
adult” status. It permits a player to play
on a diamond tailored to his size and capability
rather than being moved to one with twice
the playing area in a single year. Baseball League
is specifically designed for the player in
those very formative early-teen years. The
vast majority of players of league age 13
simply do not belong on a full-size diamond.
At the same time, they have outgrown the dimensions
of the “kid’s baseball” diamonds used in Bronco
League and other “12-and-under” programs.
Baseball League was founded for this very apparent
reason. After becoming skillful players in
the younger leagues, players in their early
teens found themselves unable to compete,
to play the game of baseball as it was intended
to be played, on the regulation size diamond.
With bases set 80 feet apart and pitchers
throwing from 54 feet, Baseball Leaguers play
one of the most fascinating games in all of
youth baseball. Well beyond the beginner’s
stage, they have mastered all but the finest
points of technique and strategy and can play
the game with a skill comparable to that of
older players, if you let them play it on
a field specifically designed to match their
physical limitations.