The OYA Pony League All-Star game will have a new look this season. Unlike in recent years, this year's game will feature the top performers (including Warriors players) in the League--and should be a highly competitive baseball game. Each Pony League team has been asked to nominate its top 4 players based upon performance (offensive and defensive contributions) so far during this OYA Pony League season. The only restrictions are that a player must have played in the vast majority of the OYA games to date and that at least one 13 year old player must be nominated from each team.
Nominations are due from each team tonight and will be announced on the OYA website early next week.
The All-Star players will be placed on one of two teams. The "West" team includes players from Oklahoma, Kansas, Arizona State and Notre Dame (2 players). The West team is managed by the League's first place manager as of May 27th--who is Pat Carroll.
The "East" team consists of players from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State and Notre Dame (2 players). The East team is managed the League's second place manager as of May 27th--and that's me!
Other All-Star events include the Home Run Derby and Baserunning Challenge. Each team will be nominating representatives to participate in these two events as well. Players are eligible to be nominated for more than one event.
2011 Chicagoland Tournament Champions & 2011 Lombard Tournament Champions!
