Police Chief Tim Jackman  catches the opening pitch thrown by  Dodger's great, Sweet Lou Johnson  during the Santa Monica Little League's  57th Opening Day Ceremonies at Memorial Park on Saturday Feb. 24, 2007. 

(1)  Third graders Grant Clandening, 8, eats 'Nerds' and Ryan Slinger, 8, eats 'Sour Skillets' while sitting on the bench in the dugout during the Santa Monica Little League's  57th Opening Day Ceremonies at Memorial Park on Saturday Feb. 24, 2007.  (2) -Fourth grader Max Mirkin, 9,  from the Cubs puts on his cleats, while his team mate fourth-grader Chris Tenn, 9, jokes with him. (3) Third-grader Grant Clandening, 8, a Dodger, does a back bend over his teammate Mitchell Kim,8 .

Coach Alex Hyde-White gives a pep talk to his kindergarten Yankees Five Pitch team during the Santa Monica Little League's  57th Opening Day Ceremonies at Memorial Park on Saturday Feb. 24, 2007.

(1-2) Kindergartener Ryan Bergin, 5, from  the Indians five pitch team, keeps his eyes closed while catching the baseball and then throws it back to his coach during the Santa Monica Little League's  57th Opening Day Ceremonies at Memorial Park on Saturday Feb. 24, 2007. (3)  kindergartener Matthew Hayes, 5, from the  Indians five pitch team throws the baseball. (4-5) First-grader J.P. Corrigan, 6, from Five Pitch Dodgers lays on the grass and throws the baseball.

(1) Dodger great, Sweet Lou Johnson autographs his playing card for the little leaguers during the Santa Monica Little League's 57th Opening Day Ceremonies at Memorial Park on Saturday Feb. 24, 2007. (2) Little leaguers crowed in for a free autographed baseball card from Dodger great, Sweet Lou Johnson.

Hundreds of Roadrunners (a marathon training club) runs south along the Santa Monica Boardwalk on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 in preparation for next Sundays 22nd annual LA Marathon. On March 4 th, a new era in LA Marathon excitement will begin as the race starts at Universal Studios Hollywood for the first time in its 22 year history. The athletes will run through the hart of Hollywood, past the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Staples Center, and into east Los Angeles for the first time and across the 6th Street Bridge with a Spectacular view of the Hollywood sign, the dramatic downtown high-rises and the Pacific Ocean.

Santa Monica College track star, Robert Collins, 19, who is nationally ranked, runs ahead of the pack during the Western State Conference and wins the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.56 on Thursday, Febuary 15, 2007 at SMC.