Thanks for being part of another great Land Park Pacific season! We’re only days away from 2022 Spring Training for our Majors and AAA players.
1) Spring Training 2022 starts this Saturday, Jan. 22, for Majors and AAA.
We’re starting the year with Dooley Field sessions on three consecutive Saturdays: Jan. 22, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5. If your child is registered in one of these divisions, look for the email with your assigned time. Your child’s session will run 2 hours each Saturday. This week’s session will focus on hitting but also have activities in the outfield. If your child is in AA, there will likely be a Spring Training event in early February. We are still working on those arrangements.
2) Why Spring Training?
This is a good way to get the kids back on the field, but it’s also a chance for the managers and coaches to get to know the players for the upcoming draft. We strive for competitive balance and need to evaluate players to ensure we have as much information as possible when we create teams. We feel 3 weeks of Dooley sessions will give players and managers more opportunity to demonstrate skills and get back into the swing of baseball. Questions? Email info@lppll.com.
3) Volunteer opportunities!
We need 6 parent volunteers each of the next 3 Saturdays. These break down as follows: We need 4 volunteers from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to help with field stations. We also need 1 volunteer from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 1 volunteer from 1 to 2 p.m. to help check in players. This counts toward your 8 hours of LPPLL volunteering to recoup your $100 volunteer fee. Please email Volunteer Coordinator Shelli Pruger to sign up at lpboardsp@gmail.com.
4) Gear Swap this Saturday + gear dropoff info
We’re going to have a gear swap this Saturday, Jan. 22, at the Dooley Field Snack Shack area. Say hi to LPPLL President Carolyn Becker when you’re there. You can bring gear to Dooley on Saturday starting at 9 a.m., but you can also drop off your gear at the homes of three LPPLL board members this week if you’d like. Please refer to your Jan. 16 league email for more details.
5) Big thanks to our Sod Squad!
We had a great turnout last weekend to remove the old sod from Dooley in preparation for the new infield grass being installed this week. Fields Manager Dom Correa deserves credit for running the show. Dom says, “We had a good showing come out to put in some hard work and make it a very successful day. This saved the league at least $7,000. We had a number of coaches and managers, parent volunteers, and former players come out to make it happen.” Of special note, league parent Gino Sciandri, who owns Primo Landscape, donated a skid steer rental and allowed the league to borrow his sod cutter to make things go quickly last week. Go to our Facebook page here to find pictures, more details on the Dooley sod install and shoutouts to our tremendous volunteers.
6) Start dates for Juniors, AA, Rookie and T-Ball
AA will have Spring Training on a forthcoming Saturday, likely Feb. 5 or Feb. 12. We are working on field arrangements and will get you that information ASAP. Rookie and T-Ball will not have Spring Training and will start with practices once teams are assigned. Practices are expected to start in late February. Opening Day is Saturday, March 26, for all divisions. Juniors info is TBD.
7) Zoom session this Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. + ongoing outreach
We fielded some good questions during our initial Zoom info session last week and will hold another one this Wednesday at 7 p.m. Please join us if you have any questions about the league, Spring Training or other LPPLL activities. Also, please “like” our Facebook page to get more frequent updates on the league. As always, feel free to send questions to info@lppll.com and we’ll do our best to answer them in a timely manner or get them to the right board member.
Topic: LPPLL Info Session
Time: Jan 19, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82619092653?pwd=YitrNVpsd3Q0ekZQUS9wWTFjVUdvdz09
Meeting ID: 826 1909 2653
Passcode: 356148
