He said he would like to play again next year, when he will be in the Pony League.

"In Pony League and all through high school, we were always big rivals," Wilson related.

Instead, players hone their craft on teams in American Legion ball and the Pony League.

He grabbed his old Red Sox jersey, which had fit him back when he'd played Pony League ball, but was too small for him now.

But Green played Little League and Pony League baseball in California.

Olean Oilers, a minor league baseball team that played in the short-season Pony League.

Later he traveled additional thousands of miles telling the story of PONY League, hoping to interest adults in organizing baseball programs for young people.

John began to write songs of his own and formed the band Pony League which is now defunct but then put together John David Kent.

This was generally shortened to "PONY League".

He played in the PONY League as a youth, appearing in regional league finals in 1954.