What is Maple Valley PONY Baseball and Girls Fastpitch?
MVPBA has been providing a baseball program for the youth of southeast King County (Maple Valley, Hobart, Black Diamond, Covington, east Kent and east Auburn) since 1971. We are part of the national PONY organization. PONY is taken from the first letter of each word in the slogan “Protect Our Nation’s Youth”. Q: How is PONY baseball different than Little League baseball? A: The primary features that distinguish PONY baseball from Little League baseball are the use of a two-year age bracket system and scaled diamonds. In organizations such as Little League, players can differ by as much as three years within a division. As a result, the younger players, because of their lack of maturity, ability, and size find it hard to communicate with the older players. Generally they find themselves spending a disproportionate amount of time on the bench and may feel disconnected from their team. With players of only two ages involved, as is the case with PONY baseball, it is far easier to permit ev
