By Dick Sparrer
It's beginning to look a lot like ... Well, certainly not Christmas anymore. But it's certainly beginning to look a lot like baseball season ... at least in Saratoga.
Quito Little League
The Quito Little League will hold signups for the 1997 season on Jan. 13, 15 and 22, 6-9 p.m. each night, in the cafeteria at Rolling Hills Middle School, Pollard Road at More Avenue in Los Gatos.
Players ages 5-12 (as of July 31, 1997) are eligible for the league and must provide a birth certificate for proof of age and a PG&E bill for proof of residency at the registration. An $80 donation is requested.
The league is also looking for umpires for the coming season. The league needs adult volunteers and is also looking for high school and college students who will be paid by the game. Full training will be provided.
Games begin in March and continue through June. For more information, call Lynne Dickerson at 370-3006.
Baseball Camps
B & B Baseball Camps will present two baseball camps sponsored by the Los Gatos Little League and Los Gatos Pony League.
A camp for youngsters ages 8-12 will be held Jan. 11-12 at the Little League field on Blossom Hill Road. Camp hours are 8:30 a.m.-noon each day.
B & B will also host the first annual Los Gatos Professional Baseball Camp Jan. 11-12 at the Los Gatos High School baseball field for players ages 13-18. Camp hours are 1-4:30 p.m. that Sat. and Sun.
Each camp will stress the fundamentals of hitting, fielding, base running, pitching and catching.
The registration fee is $60 for each camp. For more information, call B & B Camps at 395-4320.
Saratoga Pony League
The Saratoga Pony League will hold late registation each Saturday through March 8 at Congress Springs Park. The league will also hold clinics and spring training for players ages 13-14 (as of July 31, 1997). For more information, call John at 867-7253.
This article appeared in the Saratoga News, January 8, 1997.
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