S.O.C.L.L.
South Orange County Little League Assoc.
District 55 created the S.O.C.L.L.umpire association one year before the District 55 split (2004). Since then, District 55 has offered an open-door policy for any umpire who wishes to work at the tournament level, either from District 68 (result of the split) or any other district. The S.O.C.L.L. association simply helps to ensure continuity among all of the recommended umpires within the District 55 program with regard to training, and of course the wearing of the S.O.C.L.L. patch. If you would like to umpire for District 55, please contact District 55's Doug Williams or Duane Cave, for more information. There are no dues; we simply ask that you attend the Meeting at the Plate gatherings held each season in March and April, as well as the pre-tournament Umpire BBQ held in May.
D55/SOCLL officials wear the Honig's Black jersey, as well as the Honig's Polo Blue jersey.
Umpire Heckles
Is this your cell phone because it has three missed calls?!
Hey Ump, how can you sleep with all these lights on?
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last updated November 11, 2008
On October 15, 2008, District 55 Umpire in Chief Duane Cave was honored by the Aliso Viejo City Council for his selection as an umpire in the Little League Western Region Tournament in San Bernardino. Duane, who has volunteered his time umpiring Little League games for nearly two decades, received an “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity when he was selected as one of only 14 umpires from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming to work in the Little League Western Region Championship Tournament.
Qualifying as a regional umpire requires countless hours of umpiring and a recommendation by the Little League Baseball based on skill and community involvement. During the two week tournament, Cave lived in barracks with the other umpires and worked up to two games per day.
As a result of his performance during the tournament he was assigned to work in the Northwest Championship game between Washington and Oregon. This game was televised live on ESPN. Duane did an outstanding job representing Aliso Viejo, Southern California and volunteer umpire’s everywhere.
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D55/SOCLL embroidering can be performed by:
27111 Aliso Creek Road
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
(949) 716-7874 Fax:(949) 266-9097
(individual charges will be incurred and
there is
a 7-day lead time)
SOCLL embroidery is only available with approval from D55
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