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50th year of Tehachapi Little League opening day this Saturday
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Posted by editor Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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Saturday, April 5 is opening day for Little League here in Tehachapi. Opening day ceremonies celebrating 50 years of Little League in Tehachapi will be held starting at 8 a.m. at the Little League fields in Meadowbrook Park.

Troop 3 and Cub 3 of the Boy Scouts will be commencing the ceremony with the raising of the American flag. Rick Torres, owner of RTS Cranes, is bringing in a crane which will fly the flag.

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood and several old timers who played in the league, including Ed Grimes, Jerry Grimes, Rusty Snider, Don Snider, Chuck Lineberger, Mike Killingsworth and Joaquin Horton will be throwing out the  first pitches of the season.

Mascot Kaboom, from the Jet Hawks Minor League Baseball team in Lancaster, will be signing autographs and visiting with the players. Tehachapi Mountain Search & Rescue, led by Capt. Jeff Snyder, will also be there to show their support.

If you’re hungry, the Tehachapi Little League will be offering breakfast burritos to give you the energy to get through the games.
 

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Comment From: slimtim31

Thanks for this article. I was a player in that first year of Tehachapi Little League. My father , L.E. Sanders, and my uncle, Grady Sanders were instrumental in acquiring the land and building the first fields. We had four teams in those first years which were sponsored by local businesses and merchants. We had great fun and learned baseball. Who would think that by playing and learning baseball in Tehachapi I would some day be able to play professionally, parlay that into going to college where I met my future wife, and so forth. By the way I still have my original mitt and some old trophies. Thanks again. Tim Sanders