| Letter from
the President... |
With tryouts and the draft right around the corner, I just wanted to
take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Season…as in
baseball! There are approximately 450 players signed up for the 2008
season of Land Park Pacific Little League and I am looking forward
to seeing all of you in the coming months. The majority of our
registrations were done online this year, making life much easier
for all of us dealing with tryouts, teams, and coaches.
It always seems like it is this time of year that I pause, reflect
and set some goals for the coming year. Our League closed out 2007
fiscally fit and we are setting money aside for a Dooley Field Trust
Fund so that future LPP Boards will be able to fully renovate both
fields. All of the LPP divisions had competitive playoffs—no one
team dominated, the Major Division had an exciting League
Championship Tournament, our AAA Division Champions won the 2007
District 7 Minors Tournament of Champions, our Major All-Stars and
9-10 year-old All-Stars won their respective District 7
Championships and in July our League hosted the 11-year-old All-Star
Section 4 Tournament at Dooley. I truly wish all of you could have
heard the praise and “field envy” that were passed on to us from the
teams playing at Dooley from throughout the Sacramento region. It is
because of our ongoing community partnership with Holy Spirit Church
that our home field, Dooley, is known as one of the best Little
League parks in our region. LPP truly appreciates all that Holy
Spirit Church does to help foster leadership and community pride
through Little League baseball at Dooley Field. I also want to thank
the 2007 LPP Board of Directors, the Managers, Coaches, Team
Parents, our generous sponsors and those of you who go above and
beyond your busy lives to help make our League all that it is.
2008 has a lot in store for LPP, we have added Softball to our
line-up and I hope this will be the first of many great seasons to
come. We plan to have the irrigation system and fields reinvigorated
by Opening Day, March 29th. Tryouts will be the January 12th, 19th
and 26th. We will not be able to register any players during
try-outs so if you know of anyone who is not registered, please tell
them to go to the website immediately, www.lppll.com and get
registered. The League is looking for people with carpentry or
construction skills to help replace the wood in the backstops and
dugouts. Please email me at Ssmith@lppll.com if you can help with
these projects. If anyone knows of a company who could work with our
League on the materials as well, please let me know.
Finally, I want to remind everyone to look at the League Blog
www.lppll.com if you have any questions about weather conditions and
League activities (tryouts, games, events) – we update the blog
instantly. If there is no posting, please assume the activity will
go ahead as scheduled. As a parent, I know how important it is to
keep our children active and involved. Little League forges
friendships and memories that last a lifetime. 2008 will bring the
final season for our family at Dooley and we will savor every moment
of it. I can only hope LPP brings you and your family as many
wonderful memories as it has for us. Just remember…it’s not where
you start but where you finish that truly counts.
Best wishes for a happy new baseball season,
Shawn B. Smith, President
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