We are hosting a really cool and special event at Dooley when we host the Challenger game! If you’re unfamiliar, you’re not alone. Challenger is the Little League division for youth with physical and developmental disabilities. LPP is part of Little League District 7 (D7), and the D7 Challenger Team plays on Sundays at different fields, hosted by different leagues, and next Sunday, April 21, is our turn to welcome Challenger families whose kids – of all ages – play with pure joy and heart and show us all how to have fun on the field no matter what the outcome of a good swing. We need your help with two things:

1. Come out and join us and fill the stands and cheer on these fantastic athletes – we promise you’ll be glad you did.

2. We are also recruiting “baseball buddies” to help the Challenger athletes with a little bit of everything — sometimes the swing, some need pushing to each base in their wheelchair, some just want a little extra nudge of encouragement. Your kids will take part in something so beautiful and rewarding. Baseball buddies must be at least 10 years old and could be current players or could even be LPP alum. We are looking for approximately 10 youth volunteers here, and those families will get 2-4 hours of credit for volunteer hours. Buddies should be at Dooley by 11:30am for a 12pm game time start. Interested youth participants should sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6rv40tTGgAs61_51fQHFauh8l1xctPwRJIoh1jFUH_mnqzQ/viewform

We hope to see many of you there.

Thank you for your support!

Opening Day 2024 was a smashing success, and on behalf of the entire Board of Directors — all 24 of us! — we want to say THANK YOU for everyone who showed up, helped out, contributed, cheered on our kids, and supported LPPLL in big and small ways.

We want to give an extra special shout-out also to all of our 2024 sponsors. Check them all out here – complete with links and logos.

Here’s to a terrific season ahead!

We are now just a few days away from our annual Opening Day festivities (Saturday, March 16), complete this year with a parade, some special visitors, and a tri-tip sandwich special at the snack shack!

By now you should have exact details for your team’s participation from either one of your coaches or your team parent. This email also gives you a broad overview of what to expect.

7-7:30AM: Arrive at our team’s assigned parking spot in Land Park. Team parents have been busy organizing your team’s truck — all decorated with your team’s colors for the neighborhood parade! Your player should be in full uniform but, please, no cleats for the parade or ceremony; wait to put those on for your first game.

8AM: Parade begins. The parade goes from East Park Rd near the Tiny Tots preschool and then turns onto 13th Street. Once the parade is underway, look for LPP board members to guide your team’s truck to its parking spot for the Opening Ceremony. This year we have too many teams to fit every single truck on San Mateo Way, but we have a plan and ask for your support in following our lead. Reminder — no families should be parking their cars at Dooley or on San Mateo Way before 9:45am. Bike parking is available inside the Dooley Fields facility along the road to the snack shack.

8:45AM: Opening ceremonies get underway on Dooley 1. Players will be staged on D2, as directed by board members. They will then be announced while running onto Dooley 1 and lining up as part of the ceremony. No parent who isn’t a coach or board member should be on either field until ceremonies are over.

FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY: Follow the instructions of your team’s coaching staff and our LPP board members to exit the ceremony. Most teams will be released through the side gates or left field gate of Dooley 1, where they can meet up with parents. Please ensure your coach knows you are leaving with your player.

Lastly, please, please, please make sure no trash from your truck or the parade or in general is left along San Mateo Way or anywhere other than in a garbage bin or dumpster. We don’t want our neighbors to think we’re messy! Please do what you can to clean up. 

Then….  Let the games begin! Be sure to consult your team’s schedule.

SNACK SHACK:

You should have received our email Sunday night about the $15 tri-trip special. It comes complete with a sandwich, potato salad, and chips. There will be plenty of other and familiar menu options also! 

Thank you, and see you all Saturday.

Thanks to the small handful of people who showed up at Dooley this past Sunday to help with the dugout floors. Check out the attached picture to see how good they look on Dooley 1!

NOW WE NEED MORE HELP this coming Sunday to finish the job on D2 and more. Our work crew will be there at 8AM with donuts and coffee eagerly awaiting additional volunteers – especially now that the forecast finally calls for some sun. Volunteers can bring tools if available but there is absolutely no obligation to do so.

Our league would not run nor would Dooley be as beautiful without our terrific community of volunteer parents, so please join us this Sunday, Feb 25 at starting at 8AM at Dooley. Thank you for your continued support!

MORE THIS MONTH

Sat, Feb 24th @11am-Team Parent Information

Location: Dooley Snack Shack

Every team in the league should have a representative at this meeting. If there isn’t a team parent assigned, managers please attend. We will be going over event details like opening day, snack shack responsibilities, team communication tips and pancake breakfast details. 

Sun, Feb 25th @2pm- Teen Sub Training (including Shift Leader Training)

Location: Snack Shack

This is the first of five trainings. Teen Sub applicants NEED to attend this training before they are added to the teen sub list. Next Training will be- Sunday, March 10th at 2pm.

Mon, Feb 26th @2pm- Close – Dinner Out or Take Out – LPPLL Fundraiser 

Location: Mendocino Farms on Freeport (Raley’s shopping center)

Land Park Pacific families who don’t feel like cooking on a Monday night can grab the family and head to Mendocino Farms for dinner. Use the promo code GIVEBACK or show the attached flyer, and LPPLL gets 20% on all proceeds! An easy win for busy families and for the league!

FUTURE SAVE-THE-DATES

• First Aid Training on Zoom: March 20^th 7pm (details to follow)
• **Mandatory for managers but all parents welcome because you never know when one of our player may need help
• Movie on the Mound at Dooley: May 4th
• Pancake Breakfast at Dooley: May 18th

Follow the following link to register: https://tshq.bluesombrero.com/Landparkpacificll

Once you’re signed in, click on the “My Account” button. This will take you to a page that lists your players and their available programs. Be sure to email info@lppll.com if you have any questions.

If the regular Little League season wasn’t enough for you and you still have the itch for more baseball, All Stars are underway for our AA team and TOC’s start this weekend on Saturday, June 17th with the AAA Grizzlies representing Land Park and playing their games at Airport while our Majors Dodgers are playing their tournament at Dooley!

Schedules, locations, and brackets can be found at this handy link on the District 7 Website: https://www.cad7littleleague.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1570578

A few notes on the D7 website: The district refers to the AAA TOC Tournament as Minors (why? we don’t know), Majors is Majors (this makes sense), and AA is called Rookie (again, confusing). Also, not all of the All Star brackets are posted yet so keep checking back for that!

Quick addition: The AAA/Minors bracket has changed a bit and is not yet updated on the D7 website. The LPP team still plays at 10AM on Saturday but we are now playing Oak Park and it’s on Airport King Field. If we win, we play Sunday at 10AM on the same field. Lose and it’s Monday at 5:30

Game schedules for T-Ball, Rookie, AA, AAA and Majors are set and are now on our website. Click on the “Schedules” tab above to see the full schedules.

Opening Day is fast approaching! Hopefully this rain will FINALLY stop and it will be time to celebrate our return to baseball on March 25.

Registration for baseball and softball has opened! Please follow the registration link at the top of this page to get to our registration site.

Prices are going up just a little this year (approximately 5% from 2022). This increase helps the league offset increasing prices for things like equipment, uniforms, field maintenance, etc. That said, we’re also doubling the sibling discount for families with more than one child in the league (either baseball OR softball). Below is the price breakdown you can expect for registration:

Baseball T-Ball: $105
Baseball Rookie & AA: $160
Baseball AAA, Majors, Juniors: $240
Baseball family volunteer fee: $100 per family (refundable w/ 8 volunteer hours)
Softball Minors (ages 7,8,9, or 10): $150
Softball Majors (ages 10, 11, or 12): $200
Softball family volunteer fee: $50 per family (refundable w/ 8 volunteer hours)
Sibling discount: $50 for each additional child

General Membership Meeting

Every player and parent who is part of LPPLL is considered a member. We are having an Open House style general membership meeting – as is required by our organization’s constitution – coming up on November 10 at 7pm at New Helvetia. We did this last year, and for those of you who came, you know it was a good time. For the most part, it’s a fun social gathering where we can get together with familiar faces normally seen at Dooley and in and around Land Park. At approximately 7:45pm, LPPLL President Carolyn Becker will speak about the upcoming season, including an introduction of our Board of Directors as well as a few important votes that all members can weigh in on. We don’t expect the program to be long – maybe 30 mins.