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leasanton girls softball and the three boys Little Leagues opened their season Saturday, a week late because of heavy rain the week before that left Sports Park and the new Bernal Community Park fields too soggy for the heavy use the 2,500-plus players put on the grass. A highlight of this season was on the new $7-million Bernal lighted fields, where the Pleasanton Foothill Little League threw out the first pitch after opening day ceremonies marked the first use of the fields. Tomorrow, even with team play in full swing, the Pleasanton Girls Softball League (PGSL) will hold its official opening day ceremonies at 10 a.m. on Sports Park fields 6 and 7. League and individual team managers will salute the players in a celebration that includes a barbecue for fans and players.
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At the Bernal park last Saturday, District 57 a Dave Wetmore, flanked by a majestic view of op the north and south of the lighted fields and th to the west, called it “truly one of the finest in the the country.” He should know. In his position as of the strongest Little League districts in Californ regularly to other city ballparks Wetmore told the 250 fans and more than 70 the opening day ceremony that from Little Leagu in Pennsylvania in 1939, the organization has gr include nearly 100 countries and 2.8 million boys a ages 5 to 18 years old. District 57 covers Little Lea Pleasanton, Alamo, Danville, Livermore, San Ramo Wetmore and the Foothill League president Li the PFLL was organized in 1992 as a spin-off fro