SLABA: Local Youth Baseball Organization Thriving
SLABA currently has national affiliations with PONY Baseball, Inc., the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC), and the National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF). The league sends teams from each of its age groups to various postseason tournaments hosted by these affiliations throughout the country. The PONY and NABF affiliations give teams an opportunity to play in national playoff tournaments. Membership is limited to organizations which are assigned specific boundaries based on two public high schools in their area. SLABA organizations draw players from two base school districts, private school players and players ages 13-to-18 from “open” school districts.The league has 10 teams: Jefferson County Barnstormers and Blazers, South-West Stars, American National Eagles, Eagles West, Lincoln County Raiders, Stallions, Johnny Mac Thunder, St. Louis Tigers and Meramec Valley Travelers.
SLABA Baseball Serves as Path to Major Leagues
Former SLABA players include St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Kyle McClellan, who is a native of Florissant, attended Hazelwood West and currently resides in Maryland Heights, and Cardinals third baseman David Freese, who is a graduate of Lafayette High School. The 18-and-under postseason awards are named after several SLABA alumni, including the Kyle McClellan Pitcher of the Year, the Ryan Howard SLABA MVP and the coach of the year award named for Jim Medlock, a former insurance agent who founded the American National Eagles in 1975.
Jefferson County Blazers coach Dustin Bain also mentioned Northwest High School graduate Andrew Johnston, who pitched at Jefferson College before moving onto the University of Missouri. He currently plays for the Colorado Spring Sky Sox, the AAA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.
“There was a lull three or four years ago when some of these independent teams became more popular,” said Bain, who is in his eighth year with SLABA. “But now, I think parents are seeing through paying all that money to support somebody during the summer.”
Braun, a 2005 Mehlville High School graduate, played for Johnny Mac and is in his first season as the head coach. It’s been a struggle with the 18-and-under team sporting a 2-20 mark while the 17s are 4-5. The younger players split time between both squads.
The Thunder played in the 30-team Tournament of Champions over the Fourth of July weekend. Braun said it “was good to see teams we normally don’t get to play.
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