Local baseball groups are dealing with the fairly sudden appearance of user fees at City playing fields. Andrew Pace, president of the East York Baseball Association, is quoted as saying he hasn’t figured the total cost yet but he is concerned that there hasn’t been time to plan for the charges With registration underway for the coming season, Pace said he learned only a week ago about the fees. Previously not-for-profit associations for youth were able to use city sport fields for free, but starting this year the fees will be $10.62, $7.08 and $5.31 per hour depending on the type of field used. Pace said the association uses multiple fields for as much as three hours every weeknight and 12 hours on weekends for the three months the season runs. A rate of 10.76 using three fields a night plus weekends might yield a fee of more than $600 a week. It seems hefty for kids to play ball. Mr. Pace is asking local councillors to try to implement a phased in fee. For his part, John Morgan of the Leaside-East Toronto Soccer Club said he didn’t thik the fees would have more than an incidental impact. He noted the club uses fields in the lowest category, about $5 a n hour. He too complained of not enough notice.