Near West Little League

2010 Season Calendar
Rain-Outs, Postponements, and Schedule Changes
should be approved by Division Commissioners

Day	Date	Time	Location	Event
Mon.	March 15	6pm	Altgeld Park Fieldhouse	Opening Coaches' Meeting
Mon.	March 15	7-9pm	Sheridan Park Fieldhouse (see Fields)	Baseball Clinic and Coaches' Training
Mon.	March 22	7-9pm	Sheridan Park Fieldhouse	Baseball Clinic and Coaches' Training
Mon.	March 29	6pm	Altgeld Park Fieldhouse	Coaches' Meeting
Mon.	March 29	7-9pm	Sheridan Park Fieldhouse	Baseball Clinic and Coaches' Training
Mon.	April 5	7-9pm	Sheridan Park Fieldhouse	Baseball Clinic and Coaches' Training
Mon.	April 19	6pm	Altgeld Park Fieldhouse	Coaches'/Umpires' Meeting (Equipment & Softball Uniforms Distribution)
Sat.	April 24	10am	Varies	8-11 Softball Season begins
Tues.	April 27	6pm	Varies	11-14 Softball Season begins
Sat.	May 1	10am-12	Livingston	Open BB Sign-Up & Practice 8-10 & 10-12
Sat.	May 8	10am-12	Livingston	Open BB Sign-Up & Practice 8-10 & 10-12
Sat.	May 8	1-5pm	UIC Women's Softball "Flames" Field	UIC v. Wright State Softball game outing
Sat.	May 15	10am-12	Livingston	Open BB Sign-Up & Practice 8-10 & 10-12
Sun.	May 16	1-6pm	UIC Men's Baseball Les Miller Field	UIC vs. Cleveland St. Baseball game outing
Mon.	May 17	Call Mike	Storage Garage	Baseball Uniforms Available
Sat.	May 22	10am	Livingston	Opening Day with Mayor Daley and Sec. of State White/ Baseball Regular Season begins
Sat.	May 29	9-11am	Livingston Field	T-Ball Begins
Mon.	June 7	To Mike	Varies	Team Rosters due
Sat.-Sat.	June 19-26	Varies	Livingston and Skinner	Girls Play-offs & World Series
Thur.	June 24	Dusk	Altgeld Park	Movie-in-the-Park: Blindside
Fri.-Sun.	June 25-27	Varies	Altgeld & Livingston	Boys 11-12 Annual Memorial Day Tournament (Delayed)
Sun.	July 4	All Day	Livingston	Family Community Picnic (Bring items)
Sat.-Fri.	July 10-16	Varies	Cooperstown, Ohio	Mike Julian serves on umpire crew for Cooperstown Tournament at Dreams Park
Sat.-Mon.	July 30-Aug. 2	Varies	Livingston and Altgeld	Boys Play-offs begin
Fri.-Sat.	Aug. 6-7	Varies	Livingston and Altgeld	Boys World Series
Sat.	Aug. 7	6-7:30	Livingston Field	Awards Ceremony & Cook-Out (Return jerseys & equipment)
Fri.-Sun.	Aug. 13-15	Varies	Altgeld & Livingston	Boys 13-14 Annual August Tournament
Sat.	Aug. 28	9-11:15	Livingston	Final T-Ball & Picnic (Return jerseys)

UPDATE as of June, 2009: Thanks to the tremendous support from Mayor Daley, his Department of Planning and Development, and his Chicago Park District, along with Aldermen Danny Solis (25th), Bob Fioretti (2nd), Walter Burnett (27th), and Ed Smith (28th), Livingston Field was dedicated as a City park on Opening Day. NWLL had pleaded its case to the IMDC at quarterly meetings for the last four years and even filed a lawsuit against them for lack of open meetings and disclosure. The City had to sacrifice other public land in exchange for the Park. Recent IMDC leadership neglected the City's local partnership and posted signs on two fences (shown below) for the last two years stating their intention to unneccesarily build on the site and destroy our field of dreams, which has been a great community asset and green space for 15 years. Good government matters, and the IMDC must be accountable to community oversight!

On May 20, 2009 the City Council approved the acquistion of Livingston Field as Livingston Park from IMD, though sadly at the expense of trading other land. On July 19, 2007, the City Council (sponsors Ald. Burnett, Ald. Fioretti, and Ald. Solis) and Mayor Daley unanimously passed a resolution urging the IMDC to keep Livingston Park a baseball field, and we deeply thank them for their official support! Without their long-term devotion, the Park and NWLL would have been bulldozed and pushed aside by the IMDC. NWLL strongly condemned IMDC's self-serving position.
Here are some summer 2007 articles:

Sun-Times
–NEW August update
Chicago Journal (plus editorial)
–NEW August update and Editorial
Near West Gazette (plus editorial)
Chicago Reader