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The Little League World Series Bracket Is So Dumb
The Little League World Series is one of the best things on TV every summer. But the bracket design makes zero sense and it's time to discuss that....
It doesn’t get any more pathetic than watching the LLWS
It’s mostly accurate that youth sports are the last true, untainted brand of competition. Children are too naive to grasp the concept of money, and too preoccupied with having fun to care about the result, so they just run around and chase a ball for all the character-building reasons, but largely t...
The Little League World Series doesn’t care about Black people
I wanted to see what they’d do. I decided to be patient, so I waited....
A Small Town, An International Event Canceled, And Tens Of Millions In Lost Revenue
Mayor Derek Slaughter is working from home today. You can hear his daughter through the phone, playing with her computer, perhaps between online learning sessions. It’s another unusual Tuesday in a country increasingly accustomed to the abnormal....
Little Leaguer On Pirates Game: “Not A Lot Of People Here”
Poor Pittsburgh. They have this gorgeous stadium, maybe the best in baseball, and yet the team is next-to-last in the National League after going 7-28 since the All-Star Break. They rank 24th in attendance with 19,692 fans a game. And now children are ragging on that fact!...
Craig Kimbrel Had To Pitch In A Ballpark Of Little Leaguers Mocking Him
The Cubs’ 7-1 win over the Pirates in Williamsport, Penn., on Sunday night wasn’t the tightest of ballgames, but the Little Leaguers in attendance had fun all the way through the end. In the ninth inning, with the game far out of reach and Craig Kimbrel on just to get some reps after coming off the ...
This Is A Rough Little League Injury
A 77 MPH Little League fastball might not be equivalent to a 100 MPH major-league fastball, but a pitch to the crotch is painful at any level of baseball....
There's A Lot To Process In This Story Of A Woman Who Drove Onto A Little League Field
A 51-year-old woman was arrested after she drove her car on a little league baseball field Friday night in Sanford, Maine, leading to one person dead. Carol Sharrow was charged with manslaughter in the death of 68-year-old Douglas Parkhurst, but it turned out that this tragedy was somehow even darke...
We Secretly Replaced The Texas Rangers With A Little League Team...Let's Watch
A team of what appeared to be adult major league athletes suited up for the Texas Rangers on Thursday night. They were playing the third-worst team in baseball, the currently skipper-less Royals. To look at them, and to look at their opponents, you had to think they at least had a chance. What could...
Opposing Coaches And Players Console Little League Pitcher After Walk-Off
In Little League World Series action last night, Venezuela defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 on a two-run, walk-off triple by Omar Romero. A thrilling moment for the Venezuelans, but a crushing loss for Dominican pitcher Edward Uceta, who’d been nearly unhittable during the tournament....
Little League Center Fielder Makes Superhuman Dinger-Robbing Catch
Jack Regenye is an outfielder for Kennett Square, the East Region team in the Junior League World Series, going on right now in Taylor, Michigan. He is also very certainly a Kryptonian, and thus has an unfair advantage when playing against human children here on Earth....
Little League World Series Will Play Through Solar Eclipse, Hand Out Special Glasses
The Little League World Series, the most heartwarming competition in sports, kicks off next week in Williamsport, Pa. It runs from August 17-27, which, as astute observers of solar phenomena will note, covers the forthcoming total solar eclipse will darken American skies on August 21....
Large Child Hits Very Large Dinger, Right On Cue
The Little League World Series is happening again, which means it’s time to watch pre-teens do amazing baseball things while thinking, “Hmmmm, are we sure that kid is only 12?”...
Little League Softball Team Bounced From Championship Game For Flipping The Bird
The Atlee Little League softball team was disqualified from the 2017 Junior League Softball World Series championship game over a social media post, aimed at their recently vanquished semifinal foes, showing several members of the team flipping the bird. The disqualification took place just hours be...
Aspire To Have As Much Conviction As This Little League Catcher
On Sunday, the Little League team from Maine-Endwell, N.Y. beat the team from Seoul, South Korea, 2-1, in the championship game. More importantly, South Korea’s catcher Jungseo Cho set a new gold standard in commitment to pitch framing....
Drake Makes Terrible Little League Pun, Throws Loyalties Into Question
Noted Canadian Drake has come out in support of Team United States in the Little League World Series....
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Little League Coach Makes Mound Visit To Tell His Son He Loves Him
The Little League World Series is good for three things: Feeling good for the happy children who win, feeling bad for the sad children who lose, and the occasional dose of good dadding....
The Saddest Little Leaguer
We can’t embed the video, so go watch this clip of an adult brawl at a Florida Little League game, shot from behind an immobile, heartbreakingly tiny catcher who can only look on at the carnage. Keep blocking that plate, you poor little guy....