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About Field Closures

Posted by Mountain View California Little League at Mar 15, 2023 1:31PM PDT

About Mountain View Athletic Fields Closures

City field closures are announced in a pre-recorded message (posted by 3 PM, weekdays): 650-903-6416

As a general rule of thumb: a) if it is raining, or b) the fields squish when you walk on them, or c) there are puddles of standing water, the field is closed. If it’s the weekend (city offices are closed and not able to provide daily guidance), the city requests we use our best judgement for using natural grass fields after a rain.

On weekdays and weekends, MVLL announces field closures on this website and on our office voicemail 650-961-2065.

MVLL Families can purchase athletic gear and apparel at a discount using the eCoupon in this announcement. This year ’round coupon can be redeemed multiple times. $10 off athletic footwear (minimum purchase required), 15% off of athletic apparel, or 10% off sports equipment. (Exclusions apply as stated on the coupons.)

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DICK’s Sporting Goods is a long time sponsor of MVLL. The nearest DICK’s retail store is in Sunnyvale.

As anticipated, the City has closed all grass fields for the weekend (March 11-12, 2023). The fields are saturated. As of 12 Noon, Friday, the fields have received over 1.5 inches of rain since yesterday’s start of this storm.

Listen to Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head by BJ Thomas on YouTube

Little McKelvey

Little McKelvey Field, Friday, March 10, 2023 (McKelvey photos from C Smith)

Looking down the 3rd base line from the left field warning track

Monta Loma

Whisman Park

Standing water in Whisman’s outfield

Whisman Home Plate

Opening Day is this Saturday, March 4, at Little McKelvey. It will rain. How hard? Don’t know. But we are going for it! Bring an umbrella and let’s have some fun welcoming everyone to the MVLL 2023 spring season!!!

The ceremony begins at 12 noon. Players are requested to arrive at 11:30 to begin forming up by teams in the Big McKelvey outfield. Each team will parade onto the Little McKelvey outfield beginning with the T-Ball Division and ending with the Junior Division A’s — 23 teams in total.

Please have all players wear their uniforms for the ceremony. Work with your team managers for any additional guidance.

We have fun activities planned when the ceremony ends and ’til 1:30 PM, but we really need your help in running them that day. Please sign up for a shift at http://bit.ly/3Y3sDxo — email Jaime at mvllevents2022@gmail.com with questions!

After a long hiatus, our gear store is back online. Our long time friend and sponsor, Goetz Bros. Sporting Goods in San Carlos, provides the online ordering service.

Be sure to check out the cold weather apparel. Spring Baseball evening games and early morning Saturday games beg for layering up. What better way to layer up than with a warm, plush MVLL hoodie.

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