1. Minneapolis Youth Baseball
Association Supports Players at All
Levels
By Edward Adams

2. Introduction
• Veteran attorney and law professor Edward Adams teaches at the
University of Minnesota Law School and serves as a partner in
Adams Grumbles, LLP, in Minneapolis. An involved member of his
community, Edward Adams works in support of several local
organizations, including the Minneapolis Youth Baseball
Association (MYBA).
Catering to children in second through the ninth grades, MYBA
oversees a diverse youth baseball program that aims to teach
baseball fundamentals in a competitive environment fostering
sportsmanship and long-term development. In addition to
managing 18 competitive travel teams divided according to skill
level, the organization now operates a developmental league called
the Mini Millers, which is for younger youth not quite ready for the
level of play found in the travel league.

3. Minneapolis Youth Baseball
• Launched in 2013, the Mini Millers gives players
in grades two to four the opportunity to develop
the knowledge, skills, and discipline required in
travel baseball. Less rigorous than the travel
league program, the Mini Millers league typically
practices once or twice and play two games a
week throughout the season. For the first time
since the program’s launch, Mini Millers teams
will play in their own league during the 2015
season, which will wrap up with a playoff
tournament at the end of July.