Greenwood Exchange Club Youth Baseball Foundation 662-453-0000 | info@greenwoodbaseball.org
Stribling Park
Greenwood, MS 38930
The Greenwood Exchange Club was chartered in 1947 and has been as active civic club in Greenwood, MS ever since. Affiliated with The National Exchange Club, the Greenwood club has worked to follow the Exchange goal of being "America's Service Club" through service to the community by striving to improve the quality of life for local citizens. Exchange Clubs are perhaps best known for their role in child abuse prevention.
The deadline for 2024 player registration is Sunday, March 3, 2024!
Online Player RegistrationNote: Please be prepared to pay $100 registration fee via PayPal once you submit registration form.
Online Coach RegistrationDeadline for coach registration is Sunday, March 3, 2024.
Gayle Stribling Flautt and Betty Ann Stribling, whose father had long ago envisioned a park at the site, reached an agreement with the Foundation whereby in exchange for the Foundation's purchase of forty acres for $240,000.00, they would donate an additional thirty acres. After the land was acquired, the Johnson-McAdams architectural firm donated its services to design and engineer what is now STRIBLING PARK.
Financial contributions from the following area businesses make it possible for the Exchange Club to operate the baseball and softball programs. Most of these businesses contribute annually in order to show their support for this community and its youth. Please show your appreciation by doing business with them and also by telling them thank you for their support of Exchange Club baseball and softball.
Greenwood Exchange Club is a Dizzy Dean League.
Baseball Rules
Softball Rules
Bat Standards (The GEC will strictly enforce this DD rule)
"FUN, CHARACTER, WINNERS"
Dizzy Dean Baseball and Dizzy Dean Softball are not for coaches, parents, or spectators. They are for the youth that play the game. Two of the greatest outlets for young people are baseball and softball. As a professional, Dizzy Dean played baseball for the love of the game. He played with the same enthusiasm, intensity and energy as the youth play the game today. Dizzy Dean played because it was fun. We must continue to make baseball and softball fun without placing undue pressure and stress on our youth. Our youth come first, winning second. When you build the character in a youth, you build a winner.
There was no organized baseball in Arkansas while Dizzy Dean was growing up and he was denied the opportunity to play baseball as a young boy. It was Dizzy Dean's dream that one day every young person would have the opportunity to play ball. This was Dizzy Dean's dream, this is what Dizzy Dean Baseball is about.
By: Billy J. Powell
Commissioner - 97/98
Greenwood Exchange Club Youth Baseball Foundation