Bad News Bears Field
USA /
California /
Westwood /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Westwood
World / United States / California
park, athletics (sport), baseball field
West Los Angeles Little League.
Los Angeles Department of Parls and Recreation.
The original "Bad News Bears" (the movie) was filmed in Chatsworth at Mason Park, but the Bad News Bears Field in Westwood has just as legitimate a connection to those foulmouthed tykes. It was here in 1958 that Burt Lancaster signed up his son Billy for Little League (his team: the Giants) and Bill Lancaster would later draw from those experiences for the screenplay that inspired the original movie, two sequels, a TV series, and Hollywood remake.
After Bill Lancaster died a decade ago, his friends persuaded Parks and Recreation to rename the baseball diamond after his creation.
The West Los Angeles Little League was approved for membership by Little League Baseball Inc. of Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1951. The application was sent with the ten-dollar fee.
These new little league fields were named "Bringham Field" in honor of Col. Robert Bringham, manager of the Veterans Administration.
In 1951 and 1952 Wes Parker played for the Packard Bell Indians, he hit .393 for the 1952 season. Wes later played for the Major League Los Angeles Dodgers where he was one of the finest fielding first basemen ever, the winner of six consecutive gold gloves from 1967-1972 and a key member of the Koufax-Drysdale led Dodgers team that won the 1965 World Series. His .996 career fielding percentage ties him with Steve Garvey, Don Mattingly and JT Snow for the best ever.
Tony Horton played in West LA Little League from 1954 to 1958 and went on to play in the Majors for the Boston Red Sox from 1964-67 and the Cleveland Indians from 1967-1970.
Tony Horton continues to coach our kids in the league and the league commemorates his service by Tony’s induction into the West LA Little League Hall of Fame. A plaque is located on the major field just outside the left field fence line.
Los Angeles Department of Parls and Recreation.
The original "Bad News Bears" (the movie) was filmed in Chatsworth at Mason Park, but the Bad News Bears Field in Westwood has just as legitimate a connection to those foulmouthed tykes. It was here in 1958 that Burt Lancaster signed up his son Billy for Little League (his team: the Giants) and Bill Lancaster would later draw from those experiences for the screenplay that inspired the original movie, two sequels, a TV series, and Hollywood remake.
After Bill Lancaster died a decade ago, his friends persuaded Parks and Recreation to rename the baseball diamond after his creation.
The West Los Angeles Little League was approved for membership by Little League Baseball Inc. of Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1951. The application was sent with the ten-dollar fee.
These new little league fields were named "Bringham Field" in honor of Col. Robert Bringham, manager of the Veterans Administration.
In 1951 and 1952 Wes Parker played for the Packard Bell Indians, he hit .393 for the 1952 season. Wes later played for the Major League Los Angeles Dodgers where he was one of the finest fielding first basemen ever, the winner of six consecutive gold gloves from 1967-1972 and a key member of the Koufax-Drysdale led Dodgers team that won the 1965 World Series. His .996 career fielding percentage ties him with Steve Garvey, Don Mattingly and JT Snow for the best ever.
Tony Horton played in West LA Little League from 1954 to 1958 and went on to play in the Majors for the Boston Red Sox from 1964-67 and the Cleveland Indians from 1967-1970.
Tony Horton continues to coach our kids in the league and the league commemorates his service by Tony’s induction into the West LA Little League Hall of Fame. A plaque is located on the major field just outside the left field fence line.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_League
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Coordinates: 34°3'3"N 118°26'53"W
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