Players interested in tryouts should make one, or both, of two dates on Sunday, April 14th and 21st, at Narberth Field. Attendance on both dates is encouraged.
Prep (ages 13-14), Youth (ages 15-16), and Senior (ages 16-19) coaches and staff will work with players according to these times: Prep and Youth (formerly Junior Legion) at 3 p.m., Senior Division at 5 p.m.
The level of play in the Main Line Legion League is competitive and offers a fun environment where the players can flex their baseball muscle, and try on some hometown pride.
The League plays with wooden bats, and the schedule calls for 20 games from around the end of May to mid-July.
Narberth American Legion baseball offers significant benefits over private travel clubs, such as:
- Affordable at $400.00
- Home games at Narberth Park
- Limited travel to the fields of the six to seven other teams in the league, including Wayne, Mt. Airy, Broomall, Upper Darby, Nether Providence, and Aston Valley
In 1925, the American Legion Department of South Dakota established the youth baseball program at Milbank, South Dakota.
The League still stands behind the traditional values upon which it was originally founded: loyalty, patriotism, honor, dignity, and obedience.
American Legion Baseball has taught hundreds of thousands of young Americans the importance of sportsmanship, good health, and active citizenship.
The program is also a promoter of equality, striving to make teammates out of young athletes regardless of their income levels or social standings.
The first American Legion Baseball World Series was held in Philadelphia in 1926. Yonkers, New York, Post 321 beat a team from Pocatello, Idaho, capping off what appeared to be a successful first season.
The American Legion is the largest veterans’ organization in the country with 2.6 million members around the world. The American Legion was chartered by the U.S. Congress in March of 1919.
The Narberth Post 356 received its charter October 16, 1919, and has had a continuous presence in Narberth since its formal inception.
The Post has been meeting in the Legion wing of the Narberth Community Building since June of 1926.
The Post was founded by the Narberth veterans of World War I, and named in honor of Harold D. Speakman.
Appreciating this storied history as both a player and 25 years-plus coach, is Jim Brown, inducted into the Pennsylvania American Legion Hall of Fame in 2014.
Brown, current President of the Main Line American Legion Senior Division League, comments, “Narberth Legion Baseball provides for young men unsurpassed opportunities to develop loyalty to one’s teammates and community, in addition to excellent coaching and baseball at a highly-competitive level.”
For more information visit www.NarberthAA.com.
