Little League News

“I have to prepare mentally on how to do that role”

KISSIMMEE, Fla. : Javy Lopez looks as though he never left. "I've got my old locker, my old number," Lopez said Saturday, surveying his surroundings after the second workout of his second go-around with the ... via International Herald Tribune

“Taking steroids would be worse than cheating on a school test.”

Members of Congress made one of baseball's all-time greats - Roger Clemens - swear to tell the truth this week. via Statesman Journal

“He made us who we are today - the three Malvestuto brothers.”

Rick Sweney believes one of the things that makes the wrestling program at Niagara-Wheatfield so successful is the "family attitude" in the room. via Niagara Gazette

JOHN TRZASKA, 85, of the Silver Ridge Park North section of BERKELEY, died Sunday, Feb. via Asbury Park Press Online

“I knew I would really miss it”

Former Gunn outfielder and pitcher Ricky Navarro contemplated retirement. After playing as an outfielder at the College of San Mateo and the University of the Pacific, he graduated from college in June. via Redwood City Daily News

Studio executives and leaders of the Writers Guild of America were barely on speaking terms a month ago when John Bowman took matters into his own hands. via Los Angeles Times

“You want to know the real difference here?”

As Roger Clemens trawls Capitol Hill, playing catch, presumably, with House investigators, the question you have to ask yourself is, why would his accuser, Brian McNamee, lie?

Surely, he wasn't jilted out of one of those (wink, wink) lifetime annuities, like the one, we only half-jokingly assume, Greg Anderson will be getting from his Little League buddy Barry Bonds.

Why would he lie? Without subpoena power, the Mitchell Report was destined to be foisted on a foundation of straw, even without McNamee's dropping a dime on The Greatest Pitcher of Our Generation. Read more

A 23-year-old man arrested Thursday in a sting to catch an alleged child predator coached Little League, Tracy police said. via KRCA-TV Burbank

“I can still vividly remember Joe Torre coming into the clubhouse to shake Art Howe's hand and looking at me and saying, 'Stano, you should be with us.' ”

Maybe Joe Girardi is telling the truth when he insists he isn't worried about replacing Joe Torre, the greatest Yankee manager in decades. via Newsday.com

HAGERSTOWN, Ind. -- Bobby Earl Dale, 36, of Hagerstown, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, at home. via Palladium-Item

“The Earn Your Stripes(TM) program helps kids with confidence as they deal with both challenges and accomplishments in athletics”

The game is played every morning... at the breakfast table as mom and her kids face off over what to have for breakfast. via Snack Food/Wholesale Bakery

“I think it's great that the city has made an effort to get the parks up and running for our kids”

The City Council unanimously approved on Monday $200,000 in emergency funding toward getting the lights and electricity at Kingsley and Saratoga Parks up and running before the beginning of the Montclair Little ... via San Bernardino County Sun

Registration dates set for Parks Dixie The Parks Field Dixie Youth baseball league in Summerville will register players at the Cuthbert Community Center in Azalea Park in front of the tennis courts off of Main ... via Post and Courier

When a who's who of prominent citizens gathered Thursday to remember Raymond Davis Coates Sr., they were recalling a man who could easily be called a model citizen. via Daily Times

Since Kamiak High School opened in 1994, Jim Geiger never missed a baseball game or a practice. The volunteer coach accepted only a hat each year for payment.

If a student athlete had financial difficulties - such as obtaining insurance, glove, shoes or other needs - Geiger made sure he was taken care of.

It's no surprise, then, that the Mukilteo board of directors is expected tonight to approve a proposal to name Kamiak's ball field after Geiger, who passed away on Dec. 19, 2007. He was 57. Read more

“To me, I'm not a backup, I'm a quarterback on a team”

If Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel's career were encased in a glass box marked "Break in Case of Emergency," it would be going on its ninth year without a scratch. via Chicago Tribune

“That devastates a little league”

Thieves stole all the copper wiring out of the lighting fixtures at the field where a local little league team plays this week, "devastating" the league, officials said. via Pasadena Star-News

“Mom and Dad need to buy a bigger house.”

Doesn't every parent know that it is one of those unwritten laws and an unofficial but binding oath that at the birth of your child, youth sports will be in his future? And doesn't every parent know that youth ... via ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

A second youth baseball field at College Park will be equipped with lights for nighttime play, the City Council decided last week. via San Gabriel Valley Tribune

“He's not a power guy but an aggressive hitter. (Defensively) he has looked good in spurts. That's not unusual at this point in his career.”

Maybe one day Stuart Tapley can pull off the feat that former Florida State baseball player Kevin Cash did in the fall by being a member of Little League World Series, College World Series and World Series ... via Tallahassee.com