California Lutheran needs dream no longer about having a baseball stadium. Four hundred members of the CLU baseball family, friends and community gathered together to witness another step forward in CLU history as they dedicated its newly completed 308-seat Ullman Baseball Stadium on Saturday. As one of several new athletic arenas on the 80-acre site north of Olsen Road, the Ullman Stadium is a complement to the George "Sparky" Anderson Field which was dedicated in 2006.

CLU president John Sladek noted, "When support was being sought to erect this stadium, the Ullmans stepped up to bat and truly hit a home run." Master of ceremonies Andy Fox, mayor of Thousand Oaks, Calif., stated, "This stadium is certainly a worthy home for our Kingsmen players." He went on, "Look around the infield, the big league dugouts and seating for more than 300 fans; this is truly an awesome facility." The Ullman brothers thanked all the people who made this possible and who have thanked them for their generosity. But the thing they are most proud of is to have their name along side that of legendary major league manager George "Sparky" Anderson.

Sladek quoted Anderson as saying, "Those of us lucky enough to be part of the game have a tremendous responsibility -– we're charged with giving back to the game and all the food things the game has given us." When Anderson took the microphone he added, "When my time is done on earth, I will be happy to have left all this behind with my name on it."

Prior to the event Anderson joked around with and told stories to the CLU players in the dugout. "Coming out to the field on a regular basis and talking to these players has been enjoyable for me." Through a number of baseball analogies, Pastor Scott Maxwell-Doherty's invocation showed that baseball is all around us. "We get a 'ballpark figure,' he is out in 'left field' and your employees 'go to bat' for you."

Following the ceremony the old timers played a seven-inning game before the current Kingsmen took the field against the younger alumni.