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-:v I.PPOPOSALThe Orono Baseball Association (which serves the youth of Orono, Maple Plain and Lone ’ke) propose building a "regulation" Little League dc*-. ».oall Field at Bederwood Park on Stubbs Bay Road in Orono.The area to be utilized would be the current baseball field on the south side of the park. The layout of the field would remain as is with home plate in the northeast corner of the field and left field adjacent to the Luce Line right-of-way.Proposal For;LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELD II. HISTORY <br />To Be Located At; <br />BEDERWOOD PARK <br />ORONO, MINNESOTA <br />Submitted By; <br />Orono Baseball Association <br />February 1, 1990 <br />In 1987, the Orono Baseball Association (OBA) decided to affiliate itself with Little League, I:ic. Th:s means that those youth included in T-Bali (ages 5, 6 and 7) , Instructional League (age 8) , and. Little League (boys ages 9 thru 12) now come under the Little <br />League "umbrella". <br />1987 <br />1988 <br />D) 1989 <br />- OBA forms three (3) "major league" teams <br />(ages 10-12). These three teams join five (5) <br />Mound teams to form Upper Tonka Little League <br />(UTLL) . <br />- OBA forms nine (9) team "minor league" system <br />(ages 9-12). Games played at sites throughout <br />Maple Plain, Long Lake and Orono. <br />- As number of participants rapidly increases, <br />OBA forms a 4th Major League team. OBA's <br />four (4) teams and Mound's six (6) teams <br />forms ten (10) team UTLL. Playing facilities <br />(Wolner field in Mound and Holbrook Park in <br />Long Lake) are now being utilized to their <br />fullest. <br />- OBA expands minor league system to ten (10) <br />teams. Now using fields in Maple Plain and at <br />Orono Schools. <br />- T-Ball and Instructional teams continue to <br />expand. <br />- Major League continues with 4 teams. <br />- Minor League expands to eleven (11) teams. <br />- T-Ball and Instructional expands by 15%.