Welcome to our new website hosted by League Athletics.  Over the coming weeks and months we will be updating the site and adding exciting new features.  Please take a look around and send any feedback to .

As always, our website will be your source for news, information, schedules, rosters, game results, directions and much much more for the best youth baseball league in town. 

For those of you new to Town or new to our League, I encourage you to read our Frequently Asked Questions and Program Information tabs on the left side of the screen.  The WHYBL was formed in 1949 and today is the premier youth baseball league in West Hartford. Our core mission is to instill in the youth of West Hartford the principles of citizenship, sportsmanship, and teamwork by teaching the fundamentals of baseball and one that has resonated in West Hartford for 63 years.

In 2011, over 600 players from ages 5-12 participated in our Spring and Summer programs.  We understand that you have a choice between youth baseball leagues in this town.  Your child's experience is our #1 goal.  We are humbled that so many parents continues to choose WHYBL to teach their sons and daughters the great game of baseball.

Please do not hesitate to e-mail or call me at any time if you have questions, concerns, or ideas on how to improve our League.  I respond to every e-mail and phone call I receive and it is truly a pleasure to meet and talk with so many of you.  I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Rob Gallo, League President

(860) 402-0616

by Rob Gallo posted 12/21/2011
 
In an effort to give back and raise interest in the League, we will be hosting our first ever Open House on Saturday, February 4th from 12-3 pm at Baseball City in Hartford.  We have rented the entire Baseball City facility and will have batting cages and pitching tunnels available along with many of our coaches to run mini-clinics and provide one-on-one instruction.

You will also be able to register for the 2012 season at this event.

All West Hartford children ages 5-12 and their parents are welcome at this event.  Stop by for as little or long as you like.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact John Cotter at 860-978-2869 or .
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by Rob Gallo posted 12/18/2011
 

Thank you to League Photographer Scott Caricato from Rookipix for helping us to create this great video capturing all of the best action shots from the 2011 season.  

http://animoto.com/play/MF6cBRrJrZoz4sgcsM7OOQ.

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by Rob Gallo posted 12/17/2011
 

Three Generations of WHYBL: Ken Hungerford, Drew Hungerford, Jim Hungerford

Both the West Hartford News and the West Hartford Patch wrote a number of great articles about our League this Spring and Summer.  In case you missed any of these articles, here are links to each of them:

West Hartford Patch

12/29/11 - 2011 Sports Retrospective: A Year for Champions

8/22/11 - WHYBL Travel 10U Team Completes Very Successful Season

8/10/11 - Hungerfords Celebrate Three Generations with WHYBL

8/8/11 - Newton Fans 10 as Cannons Win Hungerford Final

8/2/11 - Baron's Base-Clearing Bullet Propels Storm Past Wahoos

6/22/11 - Giannone Bats and Hurls Venora Electric to WHYBL Crown

6/21/11 - Jeter's Heater Enables KofC to Win WHYBL President's Cup

4/19/11 - West Hartford Youth Baseball Kicks Off Training Division Season 

1/19/11 - West Hartford Youth Baseball Announces Changes

West Hartford News

8/10/11 - WHYBL Doing the Game of Baseball Justice

8/10/11 - West Hartford Cannons Win Hungerford Tournament

8/4/11 - Hungerford Tournament Speaks to Community's Values


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by Rob Gallo posted 12/16/2011
 
On Thursday, June 30, 2011, the WHYBL family lost one of our own with the passing of Connor Sorensen.  While vacationing in Vermont, Connor was involved in a rafting accident that tragically took his life.  Connor recently completed his first year in the Majors as a member of Talcott Transmissions, during which he saw action as a second baseman, pitcher and outfielder.  The ten-year-old played an important part in the team’s successful 2011 regular season and post-season and Connor and his family made this a most memorable campaign both on and off the diamond for Talcott.   

The WHYBL shares Talcott Transmissions coach Matt Celio's touching words about Connor:

"As we think back fondly on the all-too-short life Connor led, it doesn’t take a great leap of imagination, let alone of faith, to picture him tossing a ball or taking some swings in a place where there are no rain outs and it’s always a game day under sun-dappled skies or luminescent lights.  Baseball’s first Commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, said every boy builds a shrine to some baseball hero, and before that shrine, a candle always burns.  Well, today there are eleven candles burning brightly for you, Connor, and these flames will be an eternal testament to all that you meant to this season’s Talcott players, your friends, and family.  We must balance the tears of sorrow and loss with those of joy and remembrance: Connor has rounded the bases, slid safely into home, and is at peace in the Kingdom of God.  To paraphrase the immortal Lou Gehrig, today we consider ourselves the luckiest people on the face of this Earth for having been a part of Connor’s life.  We love you and will miss you, Conzo."

For more information, please see link to WH Patch article written by WHYBL parent Ronni Newton: http://patch.com/A-jVs7

The 2012 WHYBL and Talcott Transmissions seasons will be dedicated to Connor's memory and his maroon #13 which he wore so proudly will be forever etched in our hearts.  All Major and Minor League teams will have new uniforms with a patch bearing Connor's initials and his uniform number 13.  In addition, money donated to the WHYBL in Connor's memory and from our 2011 raffle will be used for a more permanent memorial to Connor at Wolcott Park.  Stay tuned for further updates.

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