CA DISTRICT 14 LITTLE LEAGUE: Welcome

Welcome to Little League Baseball's California District 14 Web Site. California District 14 covers the Southern Alameda County cities of Fremont, which has six Little Leagues and Newark, which has two Little Leagues.

This year, California District 14 will host the California Section 3 Junior All Star Tournament and the Northern California Division 2 Little League All Star Tournament. 

All the minutes from the District 14 Meetings can be found under the Handouts section on the side bar.

We are here to help, if you have any questions, please contact one of the District 14 Staff members, listed under the District Board on the sidebar.

Mission San Jose Little League (MSJLL) is proud to announce that we have been selected to host the Nor Cal Division II Tournament at our fields located at Gomes Elementary School (555 Lemos Lane).  The tournament will begin on Saturday, July 21 with the championship game on Friday, July 27 and a ‘what if’ game on Saturday, July 28.  Seven teams representing Little League Sections 1 through 7 that are located throughout Northern California will participate in the tournament.  Teams from as far away as Eureka and Bakersfield will be competing in District and Sectional tournaments to determine which teams will travel to Fremont for the Divisional tournament.  The winner of this tournament will travel to San Bernardino for the Western Regional tournament and a chance to go to Williamsport, PA for the Little League World Series.

Little League Baseball's California District 14 has released the brackets for the 2012 Postseason. Brackets and schedules for the Minor Invitational and the Major and Junior division Tournament of Champions and the 9-10, 10-11, Little League (11-12/Major) and Junior All-Star Tournaments are now available in the Handout Section of this site in their respective sub-section.

The Minor Invitational opens Saturday, June 16, 2012 and concludes on Thursday, June 21, 2012 with the championship final at Mattos Elementary School - home of Centerville American Little League (Fremont). The Major Tournament of Champions opens Saturday, June 16, 2012 and concludes on Tuesday, June 20, 2012 at Patterson Elementary School - home of Centerville National Little League (Fremont). The Junior Tournament of Champions opens Saturday, June 9, 2012 and concludes on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at Newark Memorial High School - home of Newark National Little League.

The District 14 All-Star Tournaments start with Little League (11-12/Major) All-Stars on Saturday, June 23, 2012 which concludes on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at Warm Springs Elementary School - home of Warm Springs Little League (Fremont). The 9-10 Year Old All-Star Tournament starts on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 and hold it's championship game on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Newark Junior High School - home of Newark American Little League. Also starting Wednesday, June 27, 2012, is the Junior All-Star Tournament, with it's championship game held on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Gomes Elementary School - home of Mission San Jose Little League (Fremont). The 10-11 Year Old All-Star Tournament begins Friday, June 29, 2012 and concludes with it's championship game on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at Vallejo Mill School - home Niles-Centerville Little League (Fremont). Winners from each of the respective District All-Star Tournaments will move on to the Section 3 All-Star Tournments. California District 14 will host the 2012 Section 3 Junior All-Star Tournament (see article for details). The District 14 site will post results of each tournament as reported.

California District 14 is located in Fremont and Newark in Southern Alameda County. There are eight member leagues in the District, two in Newark and six in Fremont with nearly 2500 children participating in our program.

Little League has posted an announcement regarding upcoming changes to the bat rules and specifications for the 2012 season.

To see that announcement, visit this page (for a short-cut, click on the article headline):   

http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/2011/Sep-Dec/LLAnnouncesBatRuleChangesfor2012Season.htm

Little League is taking this step, before the rule books are actually published in December, to give parents and leagues a timely "heads up."

As always, thank you for your support of Little League Baseball and Softball.

Sincerely,

Little League Baseball and Softball

Little League Baseball has issued a Bulletin outlining Rule Changes for the 2012 Little League season. Below is the message from Little League International:

Nov. 23, 2011
 
Bulletin: Significant Policy, Rule, and Regulation Changes for 2012
 
Little League International today announced the full list of significant changes that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2012, to the policies, rules and regulations of the program.
 
In order to give timely information to parents and leagues, some of the changes were announced several weeks ago. One change, in the bat regulations, has been further updated since the first announcement. The update clarifies the penalty for using an illegal bat.
 
As always, thank you for your service to the children and families of your community, and please accept our best wishes for a safe, happy, and healthy holiday season.

Sincerely,
Little League International

For a list of all the significant changes, along with a summary and explanation of the changes, a PDF of the Rule Changes is available in the Handouts Section of the D14 site. Look in the "Rule Changes 2012" Section.

Highlights of the Rule Changes include:

Clarification of the composite bat rule and expansion of player ages in the Senior and Big League Divisions of play.

However, the biggest change to Little League Baseball rules may be that Little League has now allowed batters to advance to first on a dropped third strike in the MAJOR (Little League) Division - similar to the Junior, Senior and Big League Divisions. This will be implemented fully in the International (All-Star) Tournament, but can be an option for local leagues during the regular season. It will also be implemented in the 10-11 All-Star Tournament.

This is a big change in the style of Little League Baseball and how the game will be coached, played and umpired.

Little League Baseball's California District 14 (Fremont-Newark) is proud to announce that John Chivers has been selected to umpire at Little League Baseball’s 2012 Big League (15-18 year old) Western Region Baseball Tournament in Silverdale, Washington.

John is the ninth umpire with District 14 roots to be selected to umpire at a Little League Baseball Western Region or World Series Baseball Tournament, joining Randy Morris (1999-Little League), Bruce Marcellus (2002-Little League and 2008-Seniors), Mike Martinez (2004-Little League, 2006-Big League and 2007-Big League WS), Tom Curtis (2008-Juniors), Rob McCarthy (2009-Juniors) and Vic Langford (2009 European Regional Little League Tournament in Poland) and Pat Mulhern (2011-Little League). Former District 14 umpire, Bob Slyter (2009-Little League), who represented Idaho District 2, is also counted among this group.

John first became involved in Little League in 1990, when he signed up his 6-year-old son Nick to play tee-ball at Centerville American Little League (Fremont).  John was asked if he wouldn't mind "helping to coach" Nick's team -- "helping" immediately became "managing", and John managed or coached CALL teams for the next 9 years. Like all CALL managers John was required to umpire, and there he found his true calling.  In addition to coaching and umpiring, John was on the CALL Board of Directors for several years, serving as Player Agent and Umpire in Chief.

In 1998 John moved to Niles-Centerville Little League (Fremont), where he continues to umpire to this day (often with Nick as his favorite partner).

John attended the San Bernardino Weekend Umpire Mechanics clinic in 1992, and joined the District 14 umpire staff in 1995, where he has officiated District and Sectional All-Star tournaments at all levels, and Divisional All-Star tournaments for 9-10, Majors and Big League. 

John was honored with California District 14’s Jay Horry Memorial Award in 1995 as a distinguished umpire upholding the ideals of Little League Baseball and California District 14.

The selection to umpire at the Western Region Big League Baseball Tournament is recognition not only for John’s umpire skills, but also for his years of dedicated volunteer service to Little League Baseball and its ideals. This selection also qualifies John to umpire at the Big League World Series, held in Easly, South Carolina.

The Western Region Big League Baseball Tournament is played in Silverdale, Washington and is scheduled to start in August, 2012. Winners advance to the Big League World Series.

Reebok’s 33-inch Vector-TLS Bat Fails Compliance Testing

March 27, 2012

Dear League Presidents and District Staff Members:

Little League International has been advised that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has provided official notice that the BBCOR decertification process has been implemented for the Reebok Vector-TLS 33-inch model bat.

Effectively immediately and until notified otherwise, this bat (Reebok Vector-TLS 33-inch length) should be considered non-compliant and subject to Junior, Senior, and Big League Baseball Rules 1.10 and 6.06(d).

It should be noted that the National Federation of State High School Associations has taken similar action.

Sincerely, Little League International

P.O. Box 3485?539 US Route 15 Hwy?Williamsport, PA 17701-0485

Phone: 570-326-1921, ext. 212

Fax: 570-326-1074

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Little League Baseball Issues Non-Compliance Statement of Nike Bat Model #Aero CX2-BT0636

California District 14 Little League (Fremont/Newark) is proud to announce that they will host two extra tournaments this year, the California Section 3 Junior and the Northern California Division II Little League All Star Tournaments.

The California Section 3 Junior Tournament will run from July 14 through July 19, 2012. This tournament will be hosted by Newark National Little League and played at Newark Memorial High School.

Section 3 consists of California Districts 45 (Union City to Oakland), 52 (Daily City to San Carlos) and 57 (Dublin/Livermore to Walnut Creek) along with tournament host, District 14 (Fremont/Newark). This is a double elimination tournament and the winner will advance to the Northern California Division II Junior Tournament, hosted by California District 8 (Stockton) and will be played July 21 through July 27, 2012.

The Northern California Division II Little League (Majors) Tournament will be played July 21 through July 28 and be hosted by Mission San Jose Little League and be played at Gomes Elementary School. This, too, is a double elimination tournament with the winner advancing to San Bernardino to participate in the 2012 Little League Western Region Tournament.

Northern California Division II includes Sections1 through 7, all from Northern California. The sections are from; Section 1 Marin County/Pittsburg, Section 2 Redding/Yuba City, Section 3 Fremont/San Leandro & San Ramon, Section 4 Sacramento, Section 5 Salinas, San Jose/ Santa Clara, Section 6 Turlock/ Manteca & Amador County and Section 7 Madera/ Exeter & Taft. The Division II Tournaments determine the Northern California State Champion. Winners represent Northern California in their respective Regional Tournaments. Regional winners represent their Region in their respective World Series.

Come on out and root for the District 14 Champions and watch some good baseball.

Congratulation to Newark National and Mission San Jose Little Leagues on being awarded the Section and Division Tournaments!