Township Little League Community

03/13/2026

Ever wonder why kids play better at practice more so than games?
Mindset and Emotions. This is a distraction to the players, they are consumed internally with unnecessary pressure to perform in front of mom or dad, etc. The youth game is about YOUTH, not the adults and where they get to sit or stand. We all need to think from the perspective of the kids and what is in their best interest and what we can do to aid in their enjoyment and performance.
The fact remains, when distractions are eliminated, a players performance will elevate because they are calm, focused and not trying to impress anyone!

02/02/2026

I think about the mind of a youth athlete a lot…

… What it must go through when it steps into a modern-day youth sports environment when their brain is still learning how to handle pressure.

… What it must go through when their body feels big emotions but they don’t yet have the tools to process them or the words to express what’s happening inside them.

… What it must go through when they go from playing on a driveway or in a backyard or at recess … to suddenly playing in front of adults, whistles, rules, expectations and opinions.

… What it must feel like to make a mistake while people are watching … one side of adult fans sighing because of the miss, and the other side cheering for their benefit.

What.
It must.
Feel like…

To be 8 or 10 or 12…
still figuring out who you are…
still learning how confidence works…
still trying to learn how to manage emotions.

Out there learning what it feels like to try…
What it feels like to fail…
… and what it feels like to be seen while doing both.

And their little minds … all still growing and figuring out how to manage the world… are doing the best they can to hold all of it at once inside a high-intensity environment.

What that must feel like…

And that?
That is why it matter so much how we show up around them.

Because we can either become part of the noise that makes it harder to navigate…

… or the safe space they come to when they need support as they do.

01/25/2026

01/16/2026

Halfway there 🙌🏻

12/25/2025

Sometime overnight, Santa stopped at the Pittston Township field, quietly decorating it for one brief moment of Christmas magic ✨ The kind you only notice when you slow down and see the season through your children’s eyes. A reminder that the spirit of Saint Nicholas isn’t just in the visit, but in the kindness, giving, and love that live on in all of us. ✝️

Christmas, like baseball, has its own season. It comes, it goes, and somehow leaves us a little more grateful, a little more hopeful, and already counting down to the next time it finds us again.

Thanks to our neighbor Gary Worosilla for catching this at sunrise, we get to believe a little longer.

92 days until MLB Opening Day
219 days until WPBL Opening Day
364 days until Christmas🎄✨

12/08/2025

PT Christmas Party Reminder 🎄🎅🏼

12/04/2025

Coach Zaffutto & Coach Lem are back with their annual Baseball U PA infield camp!

They’re the funniest duo, and the kids have an absolute blast. Sign up now.. spots fill fast! ⚾️

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🚨 Elite Infield Camp 🚨
*Sundays in Jan/Feb
*8-12u Group
*13-17U Group
*Paul Zaffuto & Rob Lemoncelli
*BUPA Academy..733 Davis St Scranton Pa
*Register at Baseballupa.com