In 1951, Little League® baseball was organized in Lexington, with
six teams and 102 players at Woodland Park. The next year, 1952, the league
was expanded to three leagues: Northern, Southern, and Eastern. Eastern
Little League thus traces its roots to 1952, making it the oldest continuously
organized Little League® in Lexington. For many years, Eastern Little
League played its games behind Morton and Cassidy Schools. In the 1970s,
Eastern moved to its current home at Ecton Park on Turkey Foot Road. In
2005, Eastern was the baseball home of over 300 boys and girls, ages 7
to 12, competing in our Rookie, Minor and Major divisions. In 2006, Eastern
added T Ball for children ages 5 and 6.
In just its second year of operation, 1953, Eastern won the Kentucky
State Little League® championship, advancing to the South Region championships
at Greenville, North Carolina. In more recent years, Eastern All Stars
have continued to compete at the highest levels of State Little League®
baseball. In 2004, for example, three Eastern teams won all three district
tournaments and advanced to their respective state tournaments, with the
American 9-10s winning the State Title. In 2006, the 11 year old All Star
team was the 11 year old State Runners-Up, and the 11-12 year old All
Star team was the District 3 Champs.
While we are proud of the achievements of our all star teams, Eastern Little
League is not “all about all star tournaments.” To everyone
familiar with Eastern Little League, Eastern combines all the best aspect
of youth baseball: a safe, neighborhood park, friendly parents and players,
an emphasis on teaching the fundamentals of baseball, teamwork and good
sportsmanship, and, yes, some pretty good baseball.
Come join us. You’ll like what you see. Eastern Little League, a
league where truly “It’s all about the Kids.”
