The Diamond Dust
WWW.RIVIERALITTLELEAGUE.ORG SPRING BALL - APRIL 14th, 2012
Riviera Little League Fun Facts about Little League
1. The distance between the pitching mound and home plate is 46 feet. The distance between bases is 60 feet. This is 14 and 30 feet, respectively, shorter than a Major League baseball diamond.
2. A regulation Little League game is 6 innings long. Of course, extra innings are possible to break ties.
3. A base runner is not allowed to leave the base before the pitched ball crosses home plate.
4. Playing in Little League does not necessarily lead to a career in pro ball. Less than 1% of all Major Leaguers ever played Little League. Ex-Little League pros include Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Carl Yastrzemski, Mark McGwire and George Brett.
5. Danny DeVito was not small for his age when he played Little League. Other famous Little Leaguers include Tom Selleck, Bruce Springsteen, Kevin Costner, Huey Lewis, Dave Barry, Bill Bradley and George W. Bush.
6. The country that has won the most Little League World Series is the US (28 championships), followed by Taiwan (17 wins). In 1997, Taiwan withdrew from Little League entirely because it disagreed with Little League recruitment rules. Non-US teams have been World Champions 30 times.
7. An umpire can officiate only once in his lifetime at the Little League World Series.
8. Because of its size, California is the only state divided into two halves, Northern and Southern, for the purpose of state tournament play. On the other hand North Dakota and South Dakota are combined at the state level. Pic’s from the Week Majors Current Standings
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Home Run Leaders: Adam Turner - (1), Javin Fish - (1) Minors Current Standings
W L T GP PCT Last Weeks Box Scores Storm 6 1 1 8 .813% VISITOR HOME Threshers 5 2 7 .714% Hot Rods 7 Muckdogs 4 Hooks 5 2 7 .714% Storm 11 Threshers 1 Owlz 4 3 7 .571% Knights 10 Owlz 6 Bandits 4 4 8 .500% Hooks 7 Rattlers 1 Muckdogs 2 3 1 6 .417% Owlz 11 Bulls 6 Rattlers 3 5 8 .375% Threshers 12 Bandits 4 Bulls 2 5 1 8 .313% Knights 2 5 1 8 .313% Hot Rods 2 5 7 .286% Snack Shack Corner! WOW! The menu keeps growing at the Snack Corn Dogs!! Shack. Corn Dogs, Rib Sandwiches, and Chinese Chicken Salad are ready to fill that grumbling in your tummy.
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Stump the Ump… Learning the Rules of Little League
Situation: A pitched ball bounces two feet in front of the batter before striking the batter in the leg. The umpire rules the pitch a “ball” since the batter didn’t swing at the pitch. Is the umpire correct?
(Answer on last page)
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Nolan Ryan joined Alvin Little League baseball in 1956 when he was nine. He became an All Star and pitched his 1st no hitter at age 12. Nolan went on to pitch 7 no hitters in the Major Leagues with 5,714 career strikeouts. Dear Riviera Little League Families,
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Stump the Ump… (Answer) Situation: Right or Wrong – Rule 2.00 BALL, PITCH, 6.08 (b) - It doesn’t matter how a pitch gets to a batter. If the batter is hit by a pitch while attempting to avoid it, he is awarded first base. If the umpire doesn’t feel the batter made an attempt to avoid the pitch a “ball” call would be correct as well as a a “Dead ball” since the ball struck the batter. No base awarded.