Moon Baseball Schedules Spring Registrations

Moon Township Little League Baseball is gearing up for its 50th year and is accepting online spring registrations for the first time and will conduct in-person sign-ups beginning Sunday.

"The spring season is really the meat of our existence," said league president Scott Zimmerman. "We've always done in-person registration, and we've always done it at the [Moon Area] middle school, but this is the first spring that we've offered online registration." 

As the springtime tradition begins its fifth decade in Moon Township, Zimmerman said the league is now using social media to connect to players, parents and fans. Besides introducing online registrations for its fall 2011 season, the league last year started its Facebook page to connect with the Moon community. 

Zimmerman said the league's website, Moonbaseball.com, will soon enable coaches to post information about individual teams and feature an online store where players can purchase sportswear. 

"We're looking to just generate followers and get our name out in the community," Zimmerman said. "It helps us better communicate. We'll be capturing that information, emailing it out and posting standings." 

In-person registration will be from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday in the cafeteria off University Boulevard, from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday in the middle school cafeteria and from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the middle school lobby.

Click the media in this article to view a flier for the event. Click here to register online. 

"It gives people the opportunity in this day and age in our lives where they can sign up when it's convenient. They don't need to wait to go down to the middle school, and I think it changes our approach a little bit as an organization," Zimmerman said.  

The league, which includes nearly 600 players ages 4 to 16, has become one of the community's most recognizable names, Zimmerman said. 

"It really gives kids a chance to just get out there and enjoy baseball," Zimmerman said. "It's still America's pastime, and we've done a remarkable job in terms of keeping kids in the program." 

Click here to view and 'like' the league's Facebook page.