Big League

baseball is coming back.

No, not the

big league baseball that pays players more money than the annual budget

of Rhode Island, but the Big League baseball that offers a spring and

fall season to players ages 16-18 in Fayette, Clayton, Coweta and Henry

counties.

Registration

for the 2001 season has begun and is open to players who will be at least

16 years old and no older than 18 years old by July 31. Teams formed will

play in Fayette, Coweta, Douglas and DeKalb counties.

There will

be a minimum of 12 games scheduled to begin May 6 and run through the

end of June. Games will be Sunday doubleheaders at various locations.

Players must provide their own transportation to and from practices and

games.

There will

be an All Star team formed at the conclusion of the spring season and

Peachtree City will host the Big League tournament beginning July 14.

The Big League program is also expanding this year to include players

from Pike, Butts, Upson, Spalding, Lamar, Heard, Carroll, and Meriwether

counties.

For more information

and to sign up, call Linda North, district administrator, at 770-487-8081.

Registrations need to be completed no later than April 12. Registrants

must show a certified copy of a birth certificate and legal proof of residency.

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