***District 18 All-Star teams To be introduced on the field at Dodger Stadium during pregame ceremonies!

Get a free hello kitty Bobblehead with every ticket purchased!

This year we are having a Little League Dodger Night Fundraiser to offset the costs of our All-Star Fees and to set aside some money for our teams that may travel to a Western Regional or World Series Tournament.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets

Date: Sunday, July 1, 2012                  Time: 1:10 PM

Tickets only $16.00 for lower reserve seating

*** All managers, coaches and players going on the field must have a ticket

Prizes for top sellers

Top Selling Baseball Player will receive a Combat B3 Gear Retro Youth Bat - (Retail $269.00)

Top Selling Softball Player will receive a Lisa Fernandez Softball Bat - (Retail $249.00)

Top Selling Team Mom will receive (8) Preferred Field Box Seats for the game - (Retail $360.00)

Top Selling Team will receive a Pizza Party at the pizza place of choice

THINK BLUE!       

District 18 Little League Baseball and Softball was first established in the San Gabriel Valley in 1952 and today has over 6000 Little League ballplayers. In 1971 District 18 was the first Little League organization to work with then owner Peter O’Malley in establishing a Little League Day here at Dodger Stadium. Tonight we welcome players representing all of the Little League programs in District 18 on their 41st annual Little League Dodger Day. 

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.