In celebration that baseball is back...post your favorite Little League pic/stories

[Bigdaddy]

The first ball team I ever played on - The 1972 Orioles of Poquoson Little League. We had an orange 'O' ironed on our hats, provided the team mom with white t-shirts that she dyed black and played in our most expendable pair of jeans. If you were lucky, you had a pair of cleats. That's me in the middle.

[Eggoman]

My Pa played First Base for St. Joe's Church League. That's him at the arrow in the back!

He taught me and my 3 brothers how to play THE GAME on our Whiffle Ball Field that we kept groomed next door! It was aptly named Ruthole Park before we moved on to Little League.

He was a GOOD MAN!

RIP, Pa Z!

[skil55voy]

My team from 1968. We were undefeated and getting ready to play an all star team from our league. It was our last game. I'm in front row with the cast on my arm. I broke it 3 days before the game playing football.

1975 American Blacks - City champs and regional runners up.
I'm second from left on the bottom row. Played third base.
1976 Pony League Pirates - City champs (a lot of the same players from my 1975 team) and regional runners up. Played second base. I'm third from the right on the bottom row. Some of my happiest times growing up were on the ballfield. My Dad was a little league coach for 25 years and won several state championships. Baseball lived at our house.

[sb1]

1970 Little League, we won the league championship. I am on the front right, smallest and youngest kid on the team. Played right field and pitched relief, I was a lefty, should have stuck with it...took up golf instead. I still have the uniform.