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Bob Motta was honored with the Vernon ‘Lefty’ Gomez Volunteer of the Year Award. Bob is flanked by Babe Ruth League Inc.
representatives Senior Vice President Robert Faherty and Pacific Southwest Regional Commissioner Leonard Hammer.
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Babe Ruth League Icons Honored
By Gregg McMullin
The El Segundo Babe Ruth League has
just completed its 66th season. In that time,
the league has won five World Series championships
and finished second or third two
other times. The league, which is strictly
filled with volunteers, has had several league
presidents and coaches in those 66 years.
Two volunteers have stood the test of time
which started in 1979. Bob Motta and his
late wife Kathy were honored in a dedication
ceremony to name the score booth above the
snack bar at Stevenson Field, the Bob and
Kathy Motta Score Booth. Bob has been the
league president 13 times and has served on
the board in some capacity 14 other times.
Bob was also honored with the Lefty Gomez
Babe Ruth League Volunteer of the Year.
Those in attendance to honor Bob included
Mayor Drew Boyles and former Mayor Bill
Fisher. Bob’s family and Senior VP/National
Commissioner of Babe Ruth League, Robert
Faherty Jr. Players from the five World Series
championship teams and the six teams from
this season were all on the infield as Bob,
his family, speakers and dignitaries sat in
front of the pitcher’s mound.
Lee Davis introduced Bob to the audience
and what he’s meant to the Recreation and
Park’s Commission. Bob is going into his
fifth term on the commission. Mr. Faherty
told the audience of Bob’s selfless dedication
to Babe Ruth League baseball and why
he was honored with a national award from
Babe Ruth League Inc. Dave Lubs had the
honor of emotionally telling the community
about Bob and Kathy’s life story. El Segundo
High School’s athletic director Steve Shevlin
praised Bob for his work with youth baseball
and what it has meant to the continued success
of all high school sports.
Craig Cousins, a member of the 1964 World
Series championship team, introduced other
players from the other four championship
teams including from the 1969 team Ed Glotz
and Stu Swiggum; from the 1974 team, Bob
Gilbert, Bill Nusbaum, and Joe Dornblaser;
from the 2002 team Tom Cook and Austin
Meick and representing the 2013 team were
Spencer Song, Joey Acosta, and Sean Emery.
El Segundo high school baseball coach,
Billy Traber, spoke on what Bob has meant
to the continued development of baseball as
a feeder league to the high school and his
selfless dedication to maintaining the infield
at the high school. “I would ask Bob what
was needed to maintain the infield.” On any
given weekend, you’d find Bob cutting the
grass or watering the infield, and he did it
because of his passion for giving back.
Bob’s first love affair was with his wife,
Kathy. “She had me at hello when we met in
1973 at her brother’s birthday.” They would
be married over forty years and raise two
children Rebecca and Ray.
Bob’s second love affair was his passion
for coaching baseball and to the youth of
our community. As the story goes, Bob’s
brother Mark wasn’t selected as a 13-yearold
for one of the Babe Ruth League teams
in 1979. At the time, there were no prep
teams for those wishing to play but were
not selected. The Babe Ruth League board
would support and create a prep league if
coaches were found. Bob, who did not play
baseball in high school but was a student of
the game, volunteered to be the coach, and
thus Bob’s 42-year journey begun.
In time, Bob joined one of the league’s
teams (Seals) as an assistant coach. It was
during this time Bob and his girlfriend Kathy
became engaged. Their wedding date conflicted
with one of the Seal’s games that were
scheduled. Bob asked his best friend, Kathy,
if it was possible to change their wedding
date. Kathy’s love for Bob and knowing his
passion for youth baseball won out, and she
agreed. Thus, Bob’s two love affairs became
a lifetime of passion, one for Kathy and his
connection with youth sports being the other.
When Bob’s son Ray entered Little League,
he decided to coach at that level, and for the
next eight years, Bob coached Little League
teams and served in some capacity on the
Little League board. In 1995 Bob returned
to the Babe Ruth League, where he joined
the Stars coaching staff until 2017.
For the past 27 seasons, Bob and Kathy
have devoted their lives to the El Segundo
Babe Ruth League. Bob as a coach or on the
league board and Kathy at his side as the
official scorekeeper. Mr. Faherty represented
Babe Ruth League, Inc. to present Bob the
Lefty Gomez Volunteer of the Year award.
The fact that Babe Ruth League, Inc. has
Police Reports
Monday, June 21st
A found property report was taken at 0741
hours from the 300 block of Richmond.
Traffic accident (no injuries) occurred at
1439 hours from El Segundo Boulevard and
Nash Street, vehicle versus vehicle.
A burglary(commercial) report was taken
at 1601 hours from the 200 block of North
Pacific Coast Highway. The suspect entered the
building and stole property from the victim.
A grand theft report was taken at 1745
hours from the 1300 block of East El Segundo
Boulevard. Unknown suspect(s) stole
the victim’s bicycle.
Tuesday, June 22nd
A found property report was taken at 1041
hours from the 100 block of Main Street.
Found was luggage.
A female male adult was detained at 1259
hours from Mariposa Avenue and Pacific Coast
Highway and transported to Harbor Exodus
Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation.
A burglary (vehicle) report was taken at
1247 hours from the 800 block of North
Pacific Coast Highway.
A traffic accident (with injuries) report
was taken at 1419 hours from Main Street
and Mariposa Avenue, vehicle versus vehicle.
A missing person report was taken at 1510
hours from the 100 block of West Imperial
Avenue. A male adult was reported missing
A dog bite report was taken at 1621 hours
from the 600 block of West Imperial Avenue.
A found property report was taken at 2045
hours from the 500 block of East Imperial
Avenue. A cellular phone was found.
A criminal threats report was taken at 2209
hours from the 400 block of North Continental
Boulevard. The suspect threatened the victim.
An online grand theft report was taken
at 2320 hours from the 2100 block of East
Maple Avenue. Unknown suspect(s) stole the
victim’s property
One male adult was arrested at 0111
hours from the 100 block of Whiting Street
for conspiracy to commit burglary, receiving
stolen property, possession of burglary
tools, misappropriation of lost property and
bringing drugs into a jail.
One female adult was arrested at 0111
hours from the 100 block of Whiting Street
for conspiracy to commit burglary, receiving
stolen property, possession of burglary tools,
and misappropriation of lost.
One male adult was arrested at 0134 hours
from the 2100 block of East Mariposa Avenue
for drunk in public.
Wednesday, June 23rd
A burglary (vehicle) report was taken at
0734 hours from the 700 block of South
Pacific Coast Highway.
A shoplifting report was taken at 1213
hours from the 700 block of South Pacific
Coast Highway. The suspect stole several
items from the store.
A female adult was arrested at 1401 hours
from the 2000 block of East of Mariposa
Avenue for assault with a deadly weapon.
A traffic accident (no injuries) was taken
at 1449 hours from Mariposa Avenue and
Pacific Coast Highway, vehicle versus vehicle.
A dog bite report was taken at 1632 hours
from the 800 block of Washington Street.
One male adult was arrested at 1758 hours
from the 700 block of South Pacific Coast
Highway for petty theft and one RBPD
felony warrant.
One male adult was arrested at 1853 hours
from 135th Street and Glasglow Place for
shoplifting and bringing contraband into a jail.
One male adult was arrested at 1853 hours
from 135th Street and Glasglow Place for
shoplifting.
A grand theft report was taken at 1759
hours from the 2200 block of East Park
Place. Unknown suspect(s) stole the victim’s
electric bicycle.
An online lost property report was taken
at 0127 hours from the 700 block of Indiana
Court. Lost was prescription medication.
Thursday, June 24th
A dead body report 0918 hours from the
700 block of West Imperial Avenue.
A vandalism report was taken at 0924 hours
from the 1200 block of East Grand Avenue.
A vandalism report was taken at 1052 hours
from the 800 block of East Pine Avenue.
A stolen vehicle report was taken at 1059
hours from the 500 block of Loma Vista
Street. Taken was a 2020 Chevy Equinox.
A lost property report was taken at 1226
hours from the 2000 block of East Park Place.
Lost was a black wallet with miscellaneous
debit/credit cards and driver license.
An injury report was taken at 1326 hours
from the 400 block of Sheldon Street. A
skateboarder injured his elbow and knee.
A misdemeanor hit and run report was
taken at 1656 hours from Rosecrans Avenue
See Police Reports, page 6 See Sports, page 15
Letters
America’s Founding
Principles:
(1) Equality in liberty and law, not equality
in outcomes through inequality in liberty
and law.
(2) Unalienable God-given individual
Natural Rights that no people or government
can take away.
(3) No government without consent of
the governed.
(4) No taxation without representation.
(5) All power inherently belongs to the
people except limited enumerated powers
the people voluntarily and revocably delegate
to government through a written constitution
the people can unilaterally change but
government cannot.
(6) The people cannot have all the power
and prevent tyranny if government has all the
guns. Therefore, the people have the right to
keep and bear dual-use arms.
(7) The purpose of government is to protect
the people’s liberty. When it fails to do so
or violates liberty, the people have the right
and duty to alter or abolish and replace their
government.
(8) America is not a democracy. America
was founded as a constitutional representative
republic that protects minorities, to prevent
tyranny of the majority in democracies, and
tyranny of the minority in monarchies and dictatorships.
Article IV Section 4: “The United
States shall guarantee to every State in this
Union a Republican Form of Government”.
(9) The Constitution requires very many
features to constrain, limit, separate, and
balance powers to limit concentrations and
abuse of power and conflicts of interest.
(10) Liberty is more easily lost than regained.
Every generation must learn, teach, and vigorously
protect America’s Founding Principles
established in the Declaration of Independence,
Constitution, and Federalist Papers.
– Michael D. Robbins