2010 exclusion of returning High School players

For the Spring 2010 season, High School (HS) baseball players, who often finish their HS season towards the middle of May, will not be allowed to join our Spring season and, therefore, will not be eligible for our Pony Division All-Stars. Even though PONY Baseball allows for the return of High School players to a PONY Spring season, PONY Baseball provides the league (LCYO) the ability to construct "local law" enhancements of PONY rules that best address their immediate community. Our experience in allowing them to return in 2008 and 2009 created many challenges with placement on teams that were both at capacity and also 95% finished with their season. Allowing them to return for just 1-3 games in order to become eligible for All-Stars is agreed (by an overwhelming majority of polled coaches and board members) not appropriate for our recreation league and the intent of providing youth baseball for all - no matter what skill level.