As the shirt says, "Baseball is life. The rest is just details." Well, here are some baseball details on getting your child involved with OBA!

- Read the Code of Conduct agreement. When you submit your registration, you - agree to this Code of Conduct
- Review the Postive Coaches Alliance (PCA)
- Review selection criteria for your player's league
- Register online with Active.com
- Mark your calendar for the tryout dates

- Post Registration. Now what?

Selection Criteria

What level should my child play? Take a quick look at how OBA fits in with other baseball offerings in Orinda.

Key criteria for each division are outlined below. By registering your son/daughter, there is a commitment you and your child are making to OBA. In each OBA division, players are required to attend two practices a week and two games on the weekends; sometimes there might be a game during the weekday. At the Bronco and Pony levels, the time requirements are even greater. If there is a conflict with other activities, you need to adjust your schedule to work around the OBA practices and games. Once teams are selected, roster changes are not allowed.

FALL BALL (Development)

Fall Ball is available to all Mustang and Bronco level players based on birthdate.

Mustang born between 5/1/99 and 4/30/01;

Bronco born between 5/1/97 and 4/30/99;

SPRING BALL (Competitive)

5/1/2001-4/30/2003 Pinto
5/1/1999-4/20/2001 Mustang
5/1/1997-4/30/1999 Bronco
5/1/1995-4/30/1997 Pony

New to OBA as a Pinto parent? Here is your survival guide.

Tryouts and Evaluations are scheduled as follows:

Tryouts completed for 2009. Look here for tryouts for 2010. Dates will be announced in December of 2009.

about OBA :: Vision

OBA was founded in 1984 to develop and support an outstanding baseball program for the dedicated and prospectively talented youth baseball players in Orinda. In order to achieve this vision, OBA will continue to:

• Develop players and managers/coaches through excellent instruction, sportsmanship and healthy competition;
• Support and encourage personal growth of players in a fun, competitive environment;
• Emphasize that winning is a byproduct, not the sole goal;
• Engage and educate parents to understand and reinforce the above; and
• Focus on quality in all endeavors (fields, clinics, equipment, umpires, etc.).