The Todd Wagner Foundation is a founding and Hall of Fame sponsor of the Little Heroes Baseball Field Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization whose mission has been to create a first-class baseball facility and sports program for inner-city youth.

Little Heroes Baseball partnered with the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department to build the Whataburger Little Heroes Baseball Park at Dallas' historic Pike Park.  Funded entirely with private funding, the $1 million baseball diamond and facilities opened March 2005.  It features an ivy-covered outfield wall, recessed dugouts, raised pitching mounds and covered stadium seating.  Organizers initially recruited players to play in four leagues, beginning at the T-ball level and up.  Today, the organization operates dozens of teams.  Little Heroes Baseball Foundation built the ballpark and will operate it for at least the next 20 years.

"As much as Little Heroes is about teaching baseball and having fun, probably more important will be the life lessons that are learned on and off the field -- character development, teamwork, discipline and the importance of education," said Todd Wagner. 

The public-private partnership has been warmly received by the community.  Park Department officials, facing shrinking budgets and increased needs, say innovative partnerships such as this are key to its success.  Local residents rejoice that the park provides a safe haven and positive environment for neighborhood youth.
 
LITTLE HEROES CELEBRITY BASEBALL BENEFIT - PUBLIC INVITED! 

Mark your calendar!  The 2007 baseball extravaganza is slated for Saturday, June 23, 2007.  Check back in May for ticket information or go to www.heroesbaseball.org.

To raise awareness and funds for the program, Little Heroes Baseball held the Fifth Annual Reebok Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game and Home Run Derby on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at the Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco. 

Every year two baseball teams, each made up of 10 celebrity players and 10 amateurs, have played "hard-charging, umpires umping, trash-talking, uniform-wearing, managers managing, base-stealing, home-run hitting, nine inning, authentic BASEBALL!"  The game features 60 MPH machine-pitch hardball packed with much more action and excitement than any celebrity softball game. 

Players this past contest included  Dallas Stars center Mike Modano; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; retired NHL star Brett Hull; Dallas Mavericks Jerry Stackhouse and Marquis Daniels; Dallas Cowboys Roy Williams and DeMarcus Ware, movie mogul Todd Wagner, executive producer of the Oscar-nominated films Good Night.  And Good Luck and Enron:  The Smartest Guy in the Room; brothers Geoff Stults (of Wedding Crashers) and George Stults (of Seventh Heaven); Jason Lewis of TV’s Sex and the City;  Chris Bosh of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors; James Lesure (of NBC’s Las Vegas and The Ring Two); Gary Valentine (cousin Danny on the King of Queens);  Eric Christian Olsen (of Fox’s The Loop and Cellular);and Donnie Nelson, president of basketball operations for the Dallas Mavericks.  Wentworth Miller and the entire cast of Fox’s Prison Break threw out the first pitch, and Rosario Dawson (Mimi in Rent) was the batgirl!

Baseball Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson and Cincinnati Reds legend Ken Griffey Sr. coached the teams.  Park Place Lexus was the official car sponsor of the 2006 Reebok Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game

The Celebrity Baseball Weekend has benefited The Todd Wagner Foundation, the Mike Modano Foundation and the Little Heroes Baseball Field Foundation.