Picture day for the Fall 2022 season will be on Sunday, October 9th 

Schedule is being finalized and will be published soon 

Thank you to all our Irvine Pony Baseball Families for coming out to evaluations today! 

FAQs

What happens after evaluations?
Coaches will hold a draft and teams will be formed

When will I know what team my child is on?
Teams should be formed by August 21st (this will vary on division)

When will practices begin?
The week of August 29th 

When is Opening Day?
September 11th

Congratulations to all of our All-Star Teams competing this year! 

Shetland 5U - Phil Brassington

Shetland 6U Red - Ty Kincade 

Shetland 6U Blue - Andrew Matlaf

Pinto Machine Pitch 7U Red - Jason Radwan

Pinto Machine Pitch 7U Blue - Jeff Gillette/Kevin Austin

Pinto Machine Pitch 8U - Tim Davidson

Pinto Kid Pitch 8U Red - Justin Taylor

Pinto Kid Pitch 8U Blue - Matt Davis/Eddy Lee

Pinto Kid Pitch 8U White - Eric Spitz

Mustang 9U - Jon Hazlett

Mustang 10U Red - Ben Star

Mustang 10U Blue - John Louer 

Bronco 12U Red - Brad Gramlich 

Bronco 12U Blue - David Liu 

Pony 14U - Townsend Cropsey 

To follow along, please find the tournament brackets here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Drx76VHKBQrb-dcL8nCfBUfxZio9pVXBVf01HHbcuh0/edit?usp=sharing

Memorial Day Tournament 
Pictures by Patrick Keyes Photography
Pictures can be purchased either by using the Contact Form through the link or email pkeyesphotos@gmail.com

Click Here

New pictures are being added as they are being processed.

PONY Baseball and Softball is proud to announce an Alumni Scholarship for graduates of PONY.  In order to be considered for a scholarship a PONY baseball or girls softball player must participate in a least two (2) years in a registered PONY program.

Likewise an application must be submitted prior to May 1st along with the School & Community Activities Form, an Essay on the designated topic, an Official Secondary School Transcript, test results from either the SAT, ACT or TOEFL, a copy of the Letter of Acceptance from the school you are planning to attend, a Notarized Letter confirming participation in an affiliated league and two Letters of Recommendation.

When the aforementioned information has been received, the Scholarship Committee will consider the application complete.

The Scholarship Committee will administer eight scholarships annually, one each to the four United States Zones (North, East, South, and West), Asia Pacific Zone, Caribbean Zone, Canada and Mexico.

Abraham Key
President and CEO
PONY Baseball and Softball

Click Here for the Application, or visit the PONY website at: 
https://www.pony.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1231905

Dicks Sporting Goods has been gracious enough to allow our Irvine Pony Baseball families the opportunity to stock up on gear this Spring 2022 season! Click here for the link! 

To our Irvine Pony community, we extend our thanks on an incredible Fall '21 season. To have Harvard Park buzzing once again was a great sight to see. We congratulate all of the divisional champions as well as every team on their hard work and dedication. We look forward to seeing you all in Spring '22 for what promises to be one of our biggest seasons yet. 

Have a great winter and we'll see you in January for Evaluations and save the date for Opening Day '22 on Saturday, February 26th

-   Irvine Pony Board/Staff"

On February 19th, 2021 the California Department of Public Health issued revised guidance outlining direction on outdoor youth sports activities. A summary can be found at the link below:

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/outdoor-indoor-recreational-sports.aspx 

Effective February 26th, 2021, sports such as Baseball that fall into the Outdoor Moderate-Contact Sports may begin competitive play with an adjusted case rate equal to or less than 14 per 100K with continued precautions and guidelines. 

We'll provide further information once we reach this threshold and receive further guidance from the County of Orange and City of Irvine.

12u Irvine Colt Player hit the home run cycle in his MDT game

Bat Changes 2018

BATS
In conjunction with USA Baseball and its other participating national member organizations, PONY Baseball has adopted the new USA Baseball bat standards (USABat).  Effective January 1, 2018, with the exception of -3 (BBCOR certified), all other minus factor bats (-5,-7,-9, etc..), must be YBBCOR certified with the USABat licensing stamp on the bat in order to be used for league and all-star play.  All bats without this stamp will be illegal and not be eligible to use during league play.  The new YBBCOR bats bearing the USABat licensing mark are expected to be offered in retail stores in September.

To find out more about the USABat standard click here.

Why:  Safety. USA Baseball's national member organizations believe that a wood-like performance standard will best provide for the long-term integrity of the game. These bats are made to mimic wood bats, lessening the "pop" factor and thus, reducing the potential injuries from hard hit balls, especially come-backers to pitchers. 

5/3/2018 - USA Baseball Decertification
The Easton Ghost X 30/20 YBB18GX10 and LL18GHX 30/20 2 5/8” has been decertified by USA Baseball and is no longer an approved bat under the USABat Standard. This applies to the 30” (-10) length of the Ghost X YBB18GX10 and LL18GHX. All other certified lengths and drops of the Easton Ghost X USABat remain approved for play.  

Click here for more information

949-724-MUDD (6833) in case of rain

Click Here for field status

Home Run Durby

If your interested in improving Mechanics and Strategy, contact Coach Durby for lessons.  He has been part of Irvine Pony for many years and still is.

Click on this link to get more information.