SELECT TEAM BASEBALL PROGRAM

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Orangevale Pony Baseball (OVPB) offers a Select Team Baseball Program for any player interested in year-round competitive play. You DO NOT have to be previously registered to play in OVPB. The Select Program is designed for those players who desire a more intense baseball experience within our league. Select Team members, both players and coaches, are expected to put forth considerable time, effort, and commitment beyond that for a typical regular season. Participants will be rewarded with more frequent playing opportunities under more challenging circumstances with more intensive coaching and training.

Each Select team must provide a business plan to the league to outline their costs for the year, including an expected schedule for practices, games, and tournaments. All costs must be split evenly between all players on the team. Managers and Coaches may not be compensated in any manner. Teams will be charged for branded uniforms. Teams may charge for cost of tournaments, umpire fees, etc..

The Select VP will evaluate a practice and meet with coaching staff. All Managers and Coaches must be approved by the league and all volunteers and players must abide by our league rules and code of conduct.

Each team will be allotted practice and game time on our fields during the spring and fall seasons, and the use of our league insurance for the year.

We offer two types of Select baseball at OVPB: Stampede (Select-Only) and Sunday-Select.

Stampede (Select-Only) is available for ages 9u and above only. Select-Only is a program which takes the place of the Monday through Sunday in-house schedule. Select-Only teams will only play against other Select teams, OVPB will schedule 8 home games (12 game minimum). Managers and Coaches will be required to secure tournaments, if applicable, and costs are covered by the Team not OVPB. Please note, this program is played instead of the regular in-house league. Tryouts for Select-Only for Spring teams are generally held after All-Stars. Teams must be announced before the in-house draft. In most cases, there will only be one Select-Only team per age division.  Outside fundraising is allowed. It is the Team's responsibility to organize the fundraising. OVPB is not involved in any financial responsibility for fundraising monies. Please note the League Snack Bar is not available for fundraising for Select-Only. Select-Only drafted teams will be allowed fundraising. Costs are split among players, and are generally more expensive and travel-heavy than other divisions.

Stampede (Sunday-Select) is available for all divisions, and is only available for games and practices on Sundays or when the Pony in-house program is not open for games and/or practices. Costs associated with Sunday-Select are shared among all players, and is played in addition to the Monday through Saturday schedule. Costs are generally only slightly more expensive than the in-house program alone. Teams will be charged for branded uniforms and field maintenance. Teams may have additional costs of tournaments, umpire fees, etc..  Game fees are due to the League one week prior to play of game. Costs are split among players. There can be multiple Sunday-Select teams per age division. Being a member of Sunday-Select does not guarantee you a spot on the All-Star roster. Sunday-Select ends with the Memorial Day Tournament and/or end of the spring season. Outside fundraising is allowed. It is the Team's responsibility to organize the fundraising. OVPB is not involved in any financial responsibility for fundraising monies. Please note the League Snack Bar is not available  for fundraising for Sunday-Select.

We have partnered with other area leagues to develop similar programs within their leagues. We anticipate this program will continue to grow each year. Tryouts for these teams will be posted on www.ovpb.net or you can email SelectVP@ovpb.net for more information.