Spring 2008

Colt/Palomino serves players ages 15–18¹, and participates in Pony Baseball’s Greater Austin Colt Palomino League. We play teams from Western Hills and the greater Austin area, generally ranging from Georgetown to Buda. All players and teams must commit to playing the citywide schedule, even if it means, for instance, showing up in Round Rock at 6pm on a weeknight. Schedulers try to limit the amount of weeknight travel for all teams, but participants must know and accept that some travel will be required.

Residence requirements, unlike Little League, are more relaxed, and our league is available to players from a wider area. We also allow teams made from rosters of pre-selected players. If a group that wants to register as a team, it should identify one coach or player as the contact, and each registration of a player from that group should reference the contact person. Individual players not associated with a team are encouraged to register and will be placed with a team as well. Depending on the number of registrants, individual registrants may be assigned to pre-selected teams, and everyone is expected to handle this situation gracefully.

Rules and the field reflect those of high school baseball with only minor modifications for recreational play. The spring season runs from mid March to mid May. Greater Austin Colt Palomino offers a summer season from Memorial Day to mid July after which there is an all star style series with a Director's tournament and a nationwide tournament shortly thereafter. Registration for the summer league will begin April 10.

Interested in playing? Coaching? Contact League Commissioner David Cooney at 217-2505 or 463-6977.