News and Announcements
Murphy Canyon Little League Re-Dedication of their Little Padre Park
Location: Little Damato Field
Murphy Canyon Little League has been selected by the San Diego Padres to re-furbish their Little Damato field. All the work is completed and MCLL's Little Padres Park is ready to go. But before the first pitch is thrown, The San Diego Padres and MCLL have planned a dedication ceremony.
Everyone in District 33 is invited to come out and join the San Diego Padres and Murphy Canyon Little League in the dedication of their "Little Padre Park".
Little Damato is not just Murphy Canyon Little League's field but the field we host many District events and we hope that we can have each of our leagues represented at the ceremony. MCLL would love to have players from D33 at their ceremony wearing their baseball uniforms.
District Honors Volunteer for 50 Plus Years of Service
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Brent Forrest, on behalf of District 33 presented Mr. Bob Bouchard the coveted "Plate Brush" award. Bob was honored by Marti Emerald and the San Diego City Council for his 50+ years as a volunteer umpire at Redwood Village and Chollas Lake Little Leagues. March 3rd, 2012 was officially proclaimed by the City of San Diego as "Bob Bouchard Day".
There were many district umpires and representatives there to celebrate Bob's day, and to share in honoring Bob as a long time volunteer, mentor, and friend. There are several umpires that started at Chollas Lake, who have umpired at the World Series, who were influenced early in their careers by Bob's teaching and style.
Ned Kern
President of Chollas Lake Little League
As each of you are aware Little League Baseball in September and December of 2010 issued a moratorium on the use of composite bats in the Little League (Majors) Division and all other baseball divisions of Little League. Complete information on this moratorium can be viewed at http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/2010/Sep-Dec/CompositeBatMoratium.htm
In District 33, the safety of our players and all other participants is paramount. With this said each the umpires must perform a complete inspection of equipment which could potentially be used during the course of the game. This check should include all helmets and bats. Catcher's equipment should also be inspected. Below is the policy we have established for enforcement of the composite bat moratorium for all games played within District 33.
"The policy for the composite bat moratorium for all games, practice, regular season and post season, played in District 33 will be to have the manager or player provide the umpire inspecting the equipment written verification from the Little League website (for any bat that appears to the umpire to be a composite bat) that the bat in question has received a waiver and been approved for use in a baseball division of Little League Baseball. The inability of the manager or player to provide written verification of the waiver being granted, by Little League Baseball, for the bat in question will force its removal from the game."
Umpire Consultant
California District 33
Baseball Bat Rule Changes for the 2012 Season
On November 3, 2011, Little League International announced various Bat Rule changes which will go into effect for the upcoming 2012 season. Each of these changes impact baseball bats only. The link provided details the changes for each division of Little League Baseball as well as the actual verbiage to be placed into the soon to be releases 2012 Baseball Rule Book. If changes are made or additional clarity is provided on how to enforce the rule before the start of the season the link provided will be the best method to use as you review the information.
http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/2011/Sep-Dec/LLAnnouncesBatRuleChangesfor2012Season.htmMark Beall
Umpire Consultant
California District 33
Congratulations to our 2010 Junior Umpire Graduates
Congratulations to Joseph Perretta of North Park Little League and Max Ramirez of Chollas Lake Little League for completing the 2010 Junior Umpire School at Western Region headquarters in San Bernardino. Joseph and Max had a great time at the weeklong school and are ready to show off their skills. Way to go boys!
Joseph and Max, recent grads of Western Region's 2010 Junior Umpire School
