Mr Masa,
This is a tough place to go into much detail but the idea started with a minors team that won the city league championship back in 2002 ( may have been 2001). Those kids wanted more. They wanted to play more baseball that is. So a group of parents got together and took a team to one tournament that summer. The Outlaws were born. Anyone was welcome to participate on the team and still is.
The group that became a team placed 3rd, had a lot of fun and vowed to continue the next year, agreeing to work around their city league schedules. The boys started to get excited about their future as Mavericks and set a goal of winning a State Championship for their hometown of Miles City when they were old enough for Legion level.
Once tragedy struck our small town, the rumors began to fly! There was much misunderstanding and confusion as to why the Outlaw Baseball Club existed. If only people had gone to the source instead of believing hearsay things may be different. But one thing led to another......eventually MCYBA asked Outlaw Baseball Club participants and coaches to leave their organization and still to this day do not allow a player, at any level, to participate in both programs. Outlaw Baseball Club does not have this same rule. I did verify my information.
One more fact for those of you that think this is about metal vs wood bats. The Mavericks have been using metal bats for many, many years.
I hope this helps to clear up a very confusing situation. Just know the intention of the Outlaw Baseball Club was to help the Legion program until the Legion program in town decided, if they couldn't control it then "they were going to take their ball and not play with the Outlaws."
[Edited by MilesCityFan (7/2/2016 9:56:29 PM)]