Our Vision
Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program of baseball that is noted for appealing to kids of all levels of enthusiasm and ability; for treating its players and their families in a fair and caring fashion; for rewarding effort, improvement and striving to excel over winning; for outstanding coaching, instruction and player development; and most of all, for being a fun and enjoyable program that our players, their families and their coaches want to participate in again next season.
Our Values
The objectives of the WSB shall be to firmly implant in the boys and girls of the community the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage, and reverence so that they may be finer, stronger and happier children and will grow to be good, clean, healthy men and women.
The objectives will be achieved through providing supervised, competitive baseball and softball games. The supervisors shall keep in mind that the attainment of exceptional athletic skill and the winning of games is secondary to the above objectives and that the molding of future men and women is of prime importance.
Provide supervised competitive athletic games under the Official Baseball Rules (OBR) as issued by the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball in the Sporting News Edition, except as amended in the Official PONY Baseball Rules and by amendments adopted by the WSB as allowed by Official PONY Baseball Rules. The attainment of exceptional athletic skills or winning of games is secondary and the type of leadership extended to our player members is of prime importance. Provide solid training and development for our players, coaches and umpires. Treat everyone with respect and fairness. Most of all, HAVE FUN!
To paraphrase John Wooden: “We prefer wins with character rather than characters with wins.” Players should be playing to win as a team and at the highest possible level of expertise, but coaches, and parents, should bear in mind that few, if any, of your players will even play in high school, let alone college or professionally.
The majority of kids (73%) never participate in organized sports after age 12.
For all kids, but especially these, the most important things they’ll learn from participating in West Seattle Baseball are not how to turn a double play or develop the perfect swing, but how to be a good teammate, how to win – and lose – with grace and dignity (and what can be learned from each), sportsmanship and most importantly, how to set goals, work to achieve them, and strive to improve. What they will remember is not how many hits they got or games they won, but how much fun they had, the friends they made, and whether you, as their coach, were a positive – or negative – influence on their character and development as a person.
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posted 05/13/2013 Hello West Seattle Baseball Families,
As some of you may already know, Bob Tilson suffered a terrible tragedy two weeks ago when his vehicle was hit head-on while returning home with his wife and son. Bob’s wife was killed in the accident, and Bob has multiple injuries that will take much time to heal. Bob has been an umpire for West Seattle Baseball for several years at the Bronco and Pony levels, and has worked with youth sports as a CYO and High School basketball referee, ASA and AAA Softball umpire, Northwest Umpire Association umpire, and football coach for the SWAC Cougars.
In an effort to relieve some of the financial burden placed on Bob by this tragedy, West Seattle Baseball is accepting donations on his behalf. All donations to the league between today and June 13 will be passed along to Bob and his family. Donations can be made by pressing the “Donate” button on this website, www.westseattlebaseball.com, or by check mailed to WSB, P.O. Box 16754, Seattle, WA 98116.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Sincerely,
Eric Olson
President
West Seattle Baseball | | | Snack Shack Shifts - Teenagers For Hire by
posted 04/28/2013 Just wanted to let you know that some teenagers are willing to take on your Snack Shack shift so you can enjoy the game!
Parents must still open and close the shack but the teenagers can work your shift during the game!
They are:
Peytra Gard -
and Madison McCann -
are fundraising for a school trip to Washington, D.C. and are charging $30 per shift.
Jacob Scovel -
(206) 297-6256
Shaw Seiber -
(206) 954-3280
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