Riviera Little League

The Diamond Dust

SPRING BALL - April 20th, 2013 WWW.RIVIERALITTLELEAGUE.ORG

Riviera Travel Team to Live the

“Cooperstown Dream” this Summer

A team consisting of Riviera Little League

Major division players will be heading to

Cooperstown, New York on August 9th to

participate in the Cooperstown Dreams

baseball tournament. This is a national

invitational tournament that hosts travel

teams from all over the United States. The

travel team from Riviera is called the Beach

City Bombers which was formed two years ago.

Coaches are Gregg Hokuf, John Humphrey,

Gary Guagenti, and Kevin Nakai. Players are

Luke Humphrey and Matt Hirano (Rays), Chase

Guagenti (Dodgers), Garrett Cortesi and Dawson Hokuf (Orioles), Ryan Lee and Kyle Nakai

(Braves), Shohei Eguchi and Ryan Murphy (Jays), Truman Thompson (Brewers), and Carey

Arbolida (TABB). Another Riviera travel team, Tsunami, is also planning on going in 2014.

The team will arrive on August 9th and will participate in opening ceremonies and a skills

competition on August 10. Each player on the team will get to compete in one of the

competitions – strongest arm, fastest base runner, around the horn, and the homerun

competition called the “King of Swat”. Players that make it through the preliminary rounds will

get to compete for the championship trophy at night in front of thousands of screaming

players and parents.

After the skills competition, the tournament begins with pool play among 104 teams - each

team will play 2 games per day. On the fourth day, the actual tournament will begin and teams

will be seeded according to their record with a single elimination format. The ball park has 22

fields and games are played all day long. The championship game will be held on Thursday night

which will be preceded by the closing ceremonies and a fireworks display.

Continued on page #6

Pic’s from the Fields

Snack Shack Corner!

Stump the Ump… Learning the Rules of Little League

Situation: In an effort to try something to increase the odds of

getting a hit or walk, a batter steps from one batter’s box to the

other while the pitcher is winding up. The umpire rules “No

Pitch” to the batter.

Is the umpire correct? (Answer on last page)

You don’t save a You don’t save a You don’t save a

pitcher for pitcher for pitcher for

tomorrow. tomorrow. tomorrow.

Tomorrow it may Tomorrow it may Tomorrow it may

rain.rain.rain.

-Leo Durocher

Need a quick energy boost!

Get over to the Snack Shack for some candy to

enjoy while your watching

the game!

With so many choices, the

biggest decision you will

have to make all day is ;

Which one to Choose!

Baseball — ”What’s Different?”

The baseball card printer goofed! Only two of the cards below are exactly alike. All of the others

have minor differences. Can you spot the two identical baseball cards?

Cooperstown Dream Cont. from page #1

The team will stay in a military style

barrack located at the Cooperstown

Dreams facility with the coaching staff.

Metal bunk beds, a foot locker, and

community bathrooms are as fancy as it

gets. After the games are over for the

day, there are plenty of fun things to do.

The team will go to the Baseball Hall of

Fame which is located about 5 miles up

the country highway in downtown

Cooperstown. In addition, the players will

be pin trading with other teams during

the baseball “down time”.

A lot of planning and coordination is

needed to make the event happen for the

team. The spot in the tournament was reserved over 18 months ago. Fund raising events will

be announced to help the team offset some of its expenses which includes travel, buying pins,

and also paying for an umpire to travel to the tournament with the team.

If you are able to support the team in any way (no matter how big or small), that would be

greatly appreciated! Here is a list of the team’s fundraising events and dates will be

communicated in the Diamond Dust in the near future.

Fundraising Events:

1) A donation jar will be available at the snack shack window

2) Car wash

3) Garage sale

4) Restaurant events with a portion of the proceeds going to the team

The team is really excited about

participating in the tournament and it will

be a baseball trip of a lifetime – go

Bombers!

More information can be found at

http://www.cooperstowndreamspark.com/

cdpopening.asp

Submitted by: John Humphrey

More Pic’s

We’re on the

Web!

Www.rivieralittleleague.org

Stump the Ump… (Answer)

Dear Riviera Little League Families,

Each week RLL puts out “The Diamond Dust”. The Diamond Dust

is available at the Snack Shack on Saturdays and for download

on the RLL web site in full color.

In order to produce the newsletter each week we need your help.

We are looking for article and picture submissions. Without your

help we can not produce The Diamond Dust.

Please email us pictures of games your watching. It’s a great way

to get YOUR team into The Diamond Dust. Good articles include

great games, team events and other RLL activities. Remember

when writing articles to keep them in the spirit of Riviera Little

League. Articles about games should be positive and include

information about both teams. We may edit submissions for

content and length or reject inappropriate articles.

Please send your submissions, pictures, and suggestions. The

deadline is each week on Wednesday by noon to be included in

that weeks Diamond Dust. Thanks for your time and help!

Your Diamond Dust Team

Kirk Adams

Gale Cardenas

Mike Hirsh

sixadams1@yahoo.com

Special Thanks to

Gale Cardenas,

Diane Adams and

Mike Hirsh for

contributing pictures

to this weeks

Diamond Dust!

Situation: Wrong – Rule 6.06 (b) - The umpire should have called the batter out for moving

from one box to the other while the pitcher was winding up.