California District 18: Welcome

Just Added!

PRE-GAME FAN TUNNEL

All District 18 Fans in attendance will have the opportunity to High-five the Clippers Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and other NBA stars when they take the court for pre-game introductions!

District 18

Little League Baseball and Softball

Clippers Night!

Please come out and enjoy some exciting Clippers Basketball action with family and friends on Sunday, March 18.  For tickets please see your League President or you can contact Assistant District Administrator Connie Briseno directly.  Please order early as we have only a limited number of tickets in the 200 Section of Staples Center. 

Sunday, March 18^th @ 12:30pm

 Detroit Pistons vs. Los Angeles Clippers

Tickets $45.00

(Limited Seating)

 (Same tickets on Stub Hub are currently going for $80-$100 each)

All orders and payment must be received by Thursday, February 16^th, 2012. Please make checks payable to District 18 Little League. For additional information please contact your League President or Connie Briseno at Connie.Briseno@cnb.com or at 626-833-0540. 

SAVE 25% ON BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT 

AT DICKS SPORTING GOODS  

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th

Dear District 18 Little League Members, 

Throughout the year, your commitment and effort help to build successful baseball and softball teams for our youth. Dick's Sporting Goods wants to recognize your dedication by extending an exclusive invitation to a one-day team shopping event at the West Covina and Pasadena Dick’s Sporting Goods store locations on Saturday, February 18, 2012.

Every member of your organization attending this event will receive a baseball/softball team packet with discount coupons for baseball and softball equipment. In addition to the team packet discounts, you will receive an additional 15% off your entire purchase on that day.  

In addition to great bargains, Dicks Sporting Goods will be having in-store giveaways and raffles so be sure and tell the sales associate that you are with District 18 Little League Baseball and Softball! 

Please bring the attached coupons and letter with you to the event. 

Dick’s Sporting Goods has already made a very sizeable donation of equipment to the leagues of District 18 so please come out and take advantage of this great team shopping event. I am sure both players and parents alike will truly enjoy the best products at a great savings!   

Dear District 18 Little League Presidents and Board of Directors,

District 18 Little League Baseball and Softball is having its 44th Annual League Presidents and Board of Directors Dinner on Friday, March 2nd, 2012.  In addition to 11 League Presidents, we are anticipating over 200 Little League board members and volunteers from throughout our District to attend. Our annual dinner has always been one of our districts most enjoyable events of the year. In addition to a nice dinner, we will be having a huge 50/50 raffle and a live auction for some great baseball memorabilia. 

It would be an honor to have you attend our dinner and enjoy a great night with some Little League friends. Tickets for this dinner are $25.00. Please see your League President for tickets.                                       

Date:              Friday, March 2^nd, 2012 

Time:             No Host Bar - 6:30 p.m.      Dinner -7:30 p.m. 

 Location:      San Gabriel Elks Lodge
                         1373 E. Las Tunas Drive
                          San Gabriel, CA 91775 

At the 2012 District Administrators Western Regional Conference held January 26-28, California District 18 was selected to host the 10 & 11 Baseball and all levels of Softball, Section 3 All-Star Tournaments. District 18 was also selected to host three State Championship TournamentS including 9 & 10 Baseball, 9 & 10 Softball and 10 & 11 Softball. Over the next month the District Staff will be talking with each of our leagues to decide where these prestigious tournaments will be hosted in July.

In 1952 the first city to join Little League Baseball was South Pasadena National Little League. In 1953, California District 18 was established under the leadership of District Administrator Jim Hamilton. That year San Gabriel American, San Gabriel National, San Gabriel Eastern and Sunnyslope Little League established programs. 1954 was a big year as six more leagues including Temple City American and Temple City National joined District 18. In 1958 Roy Praisler took over as the District 18 Administrator. In 1961 Mr. Praisler decided he needed an assistant to help him with the operation of the fast growing District 18. He decided to appoint a young league president from Temple City National Little League to be the Assistant District 18 Administrator, that person was Al Millham. Al Millham held the position of Assistant District Administrator until 1966 when he was elected as the District Administrator for District 18, a position he held for 28 years. At that time in 1966, the Little League program had grown to include more than 1,600,000 players. In that same year a future District 18 Administrator, Milan Mrakich, was born in Temple City, California. During Al Millhams administration, District 18 grew from having only Little League Baseball to include Junior, Senior and Big League Baseball as well as all divisions of softball. In 1984, Al Millham was elected for a three year term by his peers to the most prestigious honor of serving in the highest capacity a District Administrator can serve – as the representative of the Western Region on the Little League Baseball International Board of Directors in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Two years later in 1986 there were more than 2.5 million Little Leaguers playing worldwide. Al Millham retired as District 18 Administrator in November of 1994 and appointed long time assistant Milan Mrakich to become District 18 Administrator. Today, within District 18 there are 12 Little Leagues representing over five thousand youngsters in all divisions of baseball and softball annually and throughout the world there are over three million children on six continents playing in the Little League program.

District 18 would like to include all Board Members, Managers, Coaches, and League Parents to the District 18 email mailing list. Keep up to date with rule changes, upcoming events, Tournament of Champions and All-Star Tournaments, and much more. All you have to do is send a message to the District 18 Administrator with your name and e-mail address and you will be added. Please add your name to our list today at mmrakich@sbcglobal.net