Next regular board meeting is March 4 -
6:30 pm at Vitense Golfland.
Everyone is welcome at
board meetings.
The WMLL Board thanks
Joel Weitz, Pres. of Vitense Golfland,
for providing the meeting rooms
for Board meetings free of charge.
In addition, Vitense is the official site of WMLL pre-season coach
meetings and league drafts
-- Jason Kelley selected to ump Jr World Series in 2012
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Too young for WMLL?
Click Here for info about west side Coach Pitch
Leagues
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for Youth Sports...& earn $$$ for WMLL
WMLL
has been
chosen to be among the first to participate in an
exciting new program called Create Excitement for Youth
Sports. It's a great concept that will
generate significant funding for WMLL.
It's the painless fundraising
method we have been searching for -- and it found us!
Through this initiative,
WMLL
is partnering with Create Excitement for Youth Sports
to provide you with a special portal to Amazon, Groupon
and a growing list of other great companies. By doing
nothing more than redirecting your online buying,
you can help raise money for West Madison Little League
The 2012 season kicks off Saturday night, Jan 21, from
7 to 10 pm. It's open to all area 7th to 12th graders and
teens get 3 hours of coached sports, pizza , soda , a chance
to just chill with friends and a cool event t-shirt...all
for FREE, thanks to the generosity of the Ballweg Family of
Dealerships. Former WMLL player Evan Stone coordinates
the program.
Some new clothing items with an alternate WMLL
logo are on sale in the new Crossovers ProShop in
the Madison Ice Arena.
Check it out !!! (Click
Here for Crossovers Press Release)
Little Lg Youth Baseball Pitching Study Shows "Overuse" is
Primary Cause of Arm Injuries, not breaking balls
Click Here for Full Article
Mark your calendars now for Monday, March 19, 6:00-7:30 PM.
This will be the date of the UW Sports Medicine Clinic
annual Baseball Pitching Seminar for coaches. The
clinic will include Karl Fry of the UW staff plus a trainer
from the Madison College baseball team and a coach from an
area league. The emphasis will be on proper mechanics
to avoid injury and a discussion of the new study noted
above from Little Lg Int'l. The Sports Medicine Clinic
is located on Science Drive off Tokay Blvd and the meeting
will be in Room 1111-A.
New Research Disputes
Effectiveness
of Batting Weights
Click Here for Article #1
Click Here for Article #2 By the Way --- batting rings &
sleeves (any weights) are illegal for Little League Play and
have been for some time!!
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Baseball Clinics
Note: mark your calendars for April
14 at the WMLL fields
for a baseball clinic hosted by Brad. There will be
two sessions (11:30 and 2:00 PM). This is a player-fee
clinic with a portion of the fee donated back to WMLL by
Brad. Coaches may attend either session at no charge
and there will be a question and answer session for coaches
with Brad following each session. Watch for more
details.
Edgewood College Winter Baseball Camps
--Click Here
UW-Whitewater Baseball Clinics --
Click Here
******************************************************************** Action Photos of all Leagues now
available online!!
That's right! Our roving pro photographer, Joe
Henricks, has now been able to get photos of all teams who
have played games last season. Check out the great
action shots on Joe's website.
Click Here
Joe donates 10% of all photo
purchases back to WMLL
Scroll down and check out the photo below of the WMLL
fields taken from atop the WMTV tower!!!
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Little League In Uganda with a Madison
Connection
Click here for some amazing photos of a LL field built in
the middle of Uganda with the help of a former Madison resident,
Colin Casey. He is serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer and
is helping the Ugandan players upgrade their skills and love of
the game.
Forest Product Lab Scientists work on issues with maple wood bat
breakage and splintering
Click Here for more info
Ordered Your WMLL Brick Yet? -- Get on the Wall for Opening Day --
All bricks ordered through March 1 will be mounted on the
picnic
porch wall by opening day, 2012
Click on the photo below to order your brick now!
Click here for
the latest photo of current bricks on the wall.
Stop by and check out the latest additions to the bricks on the
wall.
Note: WMLL is using a service
from PayPal to handle all credit card payments. However, you DO NOT need your own PayPal account to use
this service. Simply enter your credit card info
on the PayPal secure system when you place your brick
order and we'll handle the rest!
Order Now....."Be Another Brick on the Wall" Click here for a preview & basic info Order your commemorative brick tile
NOW for the wall in the new Picnic Porch at WMLL. See photos by clicking on "Full Story" below.
Lock in your special WMLL memories with a commemorative
brick tile like the one shown at left or a larger size.
Online ordering is now available.....
Just Click on
the Brick at left to order!!
Full Story
Brick Update:
The first five batches of bricks have now been placed
on the Picnic Porch Wall at WMLL. Stop by and
check it out. Batch six is now building and should
be placed by Opening Day 2011 Click Here for Photo
Great Opening Day Photo by Joe Henricks!!! -- Click on the
photo below to view more of Joe's photos
WMLL from Above!!
Thanks to
Richard Wood, an engineer who
works on radio and television towers,
for this awesome photo.
The "Stop-N-Go" Picnic Porch at
WMLL
Thanks to Stop-N-Go
Stores for their substantial financial support in securing the
naming rights to this great new facility for 20 years!!!
Awesome!!!
WMLL Fund Raiser Update for 2011 - 12
WMLL Night at the Mallards
--thanks to everyone who purchased
Mallards tickets. We have sold out of
tickets for both nights!!!! Thanks for your support.
Net take for WMLL = $1700. *** WMLL Mallard Nights in 2012 will be June 7 and
8 ***
Schwan's Food Program
-- for our second try at this new fund raiser, it went well.
Net proceeds back to WMLL were $718.
Thanks to all the families who ordered over $4300 worth of
product.
Little League Night at the Brewers
-- Monday, June 20, was LL Night at Miller Park as the Brew Crew
played the Tampa Bay Rays. Over 9000 other Little
Leaguers attended. All WMLL players wearing
their team jerseys paraded on the field and were pictured on
the giant scoreboard screen. Net margin on this
event for WMLL was over $5000. Thanks everyone!! *** LL Night at the Brewers for 2012 will
be June 18 vs Toronto Blue Jays ***
Thanks to Tom Schorr from Wells Print
& Digital, our host for the WMLL website, we are now able to
bring you a slide presentation of the actual construction of the
Major and Senior diamonds at WMLL back in 1964. Tom was
able to work with You Tube and convert our Power Point
presentation into a video for viewing over the internet.
The slides in the presentation were donated to WMLL by Art
Peterson, former WMLL Board President and District 4 Little
League Administrator.
Check out our new WMLL website page
featuring the photos and backgrounds of all the league's
Board of Director members. These are the folks who donate
many hours each year to make the league run and keep it growing.
They each serve a three year term and are elected at the Annual
Meeting in October. The Board has 15 voting members, with
five up for election each year.
Click Here for Board
Profiles
It also takes a dedicated staff to keep
our operation running smoothly every day of the season.
Its a challenging job, as WMLL is open 7 days a week during the
regular season and Fall Ball. There is also quite a bit of
prep time before the season, as well as clean up after Fall
Ball. Our hats off to this dedicated group for a job well
done. Click Here
for Staff Profiles
WMLL CHALLENGER LEAGUE A HUGE SUCCESS!
***More Major Sponsors Emerge for Challenger
Program***
UPDATE January, 2012:
RBC Wealth Mgt re-upped for another year
of $2500 support for the 2012 Challenger Lg.
Also, the doctors at Melius, Schurr & Cardwell
Women's Clinic have stepped up to the plate with a $1000 sponsorship
for 2011. And, the folks at Communications
Innovations, a pediatric therapy center, have joined the
$1000 club for 2011. First Business Bank is also
back with a $500 donation. For 2012, TDS has
stepped up with a $1000 donation and Kara Deans (mother
of Challenger player Noah) has directed her United Way
donation to the Challenger program in 2012. MANY THANKS to
all our sponsors!!! The
inaugural 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons of the Challenger league
for children with disabilities were a GREAT SUCCESS!!
The league was covered by
WMTV
Chanel 15 and was featured on the front page of
The
Wisconsin State Journal!
Enrollment in the
Challenger League increased up to 36 children in 2011
(from 26 in 2009) and we expect to eclipse that level
for 2012.
We speak quite often
about the role sports can play in forming a lifetime of
memories, friendships and the teaching of life's
lessons. To think that this small experience,
shared by Athlete Katy Goldschmidt and Buddy Danny
Zimmerman during West Madison Little League's inaugural
Challenger Division season could have such an impact on
this young man's life, is awesome!
Full Story
Thanks to
Stop-N-Go stores
for their substantial financial donation to WMLL to secure the naming
rights to our new Picnic Porch
for twenty years.
Scroll down this home page for a photo of the Stop-N-Go Picnic Porch.
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Click on the Logo above for more Information
about Badger Sporting Goods. Check with BSG for your baseball
equipment needs. Proud supplier to and sponsor of WMLL
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NBC15 -- WMTV
Donating Land for the WMLL Fields since 1964 THANKS!!!
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Looking for the WMLL Fields?
We're at 701 Forward Dr.
Madison, WI (do not mail to this address)