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CA57 Chosen to host Inagural LL 50/70 World Series

Posted by Mark Saake at Jul 26, 2012 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

CA57 Chosen to Host Inaugural LL 50-70  World Series

Little League International has chosen California District 57 to host the inaugural Little League Intermediate Division (50/70) World Series in 2013.

The 50/70 LLWS will take place in Livermore, California, and will be hosted at Max Baer Sportspark, home of Granada Little League.

The press release from Williamsport reads:

    In today’s meeting of the Little League International Board of Directors, the site of a new World Series baseball tournament of Little League was named.

    Livermore, Calif., and Granada Little League, will host in August 2013 the first World Series in the newest division of play. The new division, which will have a pitching distance of 50 feet, and base paths of 70 feet, is to be named later this year.

    Several cities were considered over the past few months for the new baseball division’s World Series, including Vancouver, Wash., and Chicago.

    “It was a difficult choice, since all the cities are so close in terms of what they have to offer,” Stephen D. Keener, President and Chief Executive Officer of Little League Baseball and Softball, said. “Any of them, we are confident, would do a terrific job of hosting such a high-profile event. Ultimately, the Board of Directors settled on Northern California, the greater San Francisco area, Livermore, and Granada Little League, as its top choice.”

    Operated as the 50/70 Pilot Program, local leagues worldwide have chartered teams in the experimental division since 2010. After each season since then, Little League International has gathered information from local leagues and districts on best practices, allowing it to refine the guidelines in preparation for establishing the new division of play, and the ninth World Series tournament of Little League.

    As with all of its World Series tournaments in baseball and softball, all of the travel expenses for the players, manager, and coaches, will be provided by Little League International.

    The World Series Tournament Director will be California District 57 Administrator Dave Wetmore, who has been an advocate of such a program for years, and has successfully implemented several levels of the 50-70 Pilot Program throughout his district. He also annually leads the committee that operates the California Challenger Division Jamboree.

    “The 50/70 Pilot Program has been welcomed with open arms here,” Mr. Wetmore, who operated a similar 80-foot program in his district starting in 2000, said. “People see it as a great way to make the transition from the Little League field to the standard baseball diamond. For us, it has kept more players in our programs into their teenage years.”

    Mr. Wetmore, from San Ramon, Calif., has been a Little League volunteer for 26 years. He began his association with Little League in 1987 as the Player Agent and Vice President for the San Ramon (Calif.) Little League. The following year, Mr. Wetmore served as President of the league for one year before joining the district staff. He has been the District Administrator for California District 57 for the last 11 years. Mr. Wetmore is the Director of Purchasing and Contracts at the Contra Costa Community College District.

    The next step is for Little League International’s Operations Division to finalize the rules for the new division of play.

    “We expect to be able to let our leagues know the rules of this new division before the end of September,” Patrick W. Wilson, Senior Vice President of Operations and Program Development, said. “We realize thousands of local leagues will want to be a part of this program, and we want to get the information they will need to them as soon as possible.”

    Anyone wishing to make donations to the Little League Intermediate Division (50/70) World Series should contact Steve Fields at (925) 606-6909 or at Steve@AllFieldsSports.com        website:  www.intermediateworldseries.org


     

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D57 Pin Collection

Posted by David Wetmore at Jul 15, 2012 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

District 57 has started to gather most of our pins from over the years.....  we will start to post them on the site.   We have many "pin" collectors.... and our D57 "Chevy" pin is a favorite from CA to Williamsport. 
2010 - pins.... 2 new "57" Chevy's.....  we went with the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners colors.....   This now brings this "chevy" collection to 24 colors..... for 2011 -- we will round out the western part of the USA with MLB colors:    Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks.... 2012 -- we have pink/white and navy/pink

Note - look at the pin board on the site... it pretty well gives you the colors.... the very first "car" pins made had the state of CA in the background - and they were navy and pink.    

How about old / original pins...  the "medfly"; small 57 bottle; mt diablo; state of ca w/57......  those were the originals.... very difficult to find those.

Our initial posting will be a "pin" board.... and stay tuned.... we'll become better at it...... My personal thanks to my very good friend - Gerald Loomis with Wilson Trophy (Sacramento) who certainly is the "artist" behind our pins.    I hope that you enjoy!!!!   

Note -- Sorry - we do not have pins for sale..... if you want pins.... please try to find a D57 member at a tournament......   league pins and d57 pins shown are to perk your interest only. 

See you all soon -    Dave 

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D57 Pin Collection

Posted by David Wetmore at Jul 15, 2012 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

District 57 has started to gather most of our pins from over the years.....  we will start to post them on the site.   We have many "pin" collectors.... and our D57 "Chevy" pin is a favorite from CA to Williamsport. 
2010 - pins.... 2 new "57" Chevy's.....  we went with the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners colors.....   This now brings this "chevy" collection to 24 colors..... for 2011 -- we will round out the western part of the USA with MLB colors:    Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks.... 2012 -- we have pink/white and navy/pink

Note - look at the pin board on the site... it pretty well gives you the colors.... the very first "car" pins made had the state of CA in the background - and they were navy and pink.    

How about old / original pins...  the "medfly"; small 57 bottle; mt diablo; state of ca w/57......  those were the originals.... very difficult to find those.

Our initial posting will be a "pin" board.... and stay tuned.... we'll become better at it...... My personal thanks to my very good friend - Gerald Loomis with Wilson Trophy (Sacramento) who certainly is the "artist" behind our pins.    I hope that you enjoy!!!!   

Note -- Sorry - we do not have pins for sale..... if you want pins.... please try to find a D57 member at a tournament......   league pins and d57 pins shown are to perk your interest only. 

See you all soon -    Dave 

 SEE COMPLETE PIN COLLECTION BELOW - CLICK ON HANDOUT TO OPEN

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2012 AllStar Sectional Tournament Brackets

Posted by Mark Saake at Jul 9, 2012 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
2012 Sectional Brackets
July 14-19, 2012
 
Tournament Letters for district teams coming to District 57 hosted tournaments is located HERE
 

Big League Section 3 Schedule -

Game 1 - CA52 vs CA57 - CA57 wins 7-0 

Game 2 - CA14 vs  CA57 - CA57 wins 6-0

Game 3 - CA45  vs CA57 - CA57 wins 4-1  Champions Nor Cal Section 3

Big League Nor Cal Division II Schedule -

Game 1 - CA59 vs CA57 - CA 57 wins 13-1

Game 2 - CA02 vs CA57 - CA57 wins 10-5

Game 3 - CA59 vs CA57 - CA57 wins 3-2  Champions Nor Cal Division II - Advances to Western Regionals

Congratulations to CA57 Big League Team!!!     Good luck from everyone at CA57 !!!!

Follow the Big League team at the Western Regionals....all brackets on the Western Region site..

Game 1 - CA57 (Nor Cal) vs AZ 06 --- Nor Cal wins 2-1 ten innings

Game 2 - CA57 vs WA (Vancouver) -- Monday, July 16 - Nor Cal/CA57 10 and WA04 5

Game 3 - CA57 vs AZ - Tuesday, July 17 - CA57 3 and AZ 4

Game 4 - CA57 vs WA - Wednesday, CA57 10 and WA 5

Nor Cal - AZ - Washington - Pool B

So Cal - Hawaii - Host Team - Oregon - Pool A

Thursday - Winner Pool A (Hawaii) vs #2 Pool B (CA57) 3pm - Hawaii wins in 8 innings

Winner Pool B (Arizona)  vs #2 Pool A (So Cal) 6:30pm - So Cal beats Arizona

Friday - Championship --- winner advances to Easley, SC...... CONGRATS to SO CAL....

 

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2012 AllStar Sectional Tournament Brackets

Posted by Mark Saake at Jul 9, 2012 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
2012 Sectional Brackets
July 14-19, 2012
 
Tournament Letters for district teams coming to District 57 hosted tournaments is located HERE
 

Big League Section 3 Schedule -

Game 1 - CA52 vs CA57 - CA57 wins 7-0 

Game 2 - CA14 vs  CA57 - CA57 wins 6-0

Game 3 - CA45  vs CA57 - CA57 wins 4-1  Champions Nor Cal Section 3

Big League Nor Cal Division II Schedule -

Game 1 - CA59 vs CA57 - CA 57 wins 13-1

Game 2 - CA02 vs CA57 - CA57 wins 10-5

Game 3 - CA59 vs CA57 - CA57 wins 3-2  Champions Nor Cal Division II - Advances to Western Regionals

Congratulations to CA57 Big League Team!!!     Good luck from everyone at CA57 !!!!

Follow the Big League team at the Western Regionals....all brackets on the Western Region site..

Game 1 - CA57 (Nor Cal) vs AZ 06 --- Nor Cal wins 2-1 ten innings

Game 2 - CA57 vs WA (Vancouver) -- Monday, July 16 - Nor Cal/CA57 10 and WA04 5

Game 3 - CA57 vs AZ - Tuesday, July 17 - CA57 3 and AZ 4

Game 4 - CA57 vs WA - Wednesday, CA57 10 and WA 5

Nor Cal - AZ - Washington - Pool B

So Cal - Hawaii - Host Team - Oregon - Pool A

Thursday - Winner Pool A (Hawaii) vs #2 Pool B (CA57) 3pm - Hawaii wins in 8 innings

Winner Pool B (Arizona)  vs #2 Pool A (So Cal) 6:30pm - So Cal beats Arizona

Friday - Championship --- winner advances to Easley, SC...... CONGRATS to SO CAL....

 

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