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LLBWS roundup: Ohio rolls on, will meet Nevada in U.S. title game
Bob Frazier hit a bases-loaded triple to punctuate a four-run first inning, Walker Osborne tossed a complete game and Ohio sailed past Iowa 7-1 in the lower-bracket final Thursday to advance to the U.S. championship game of the Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.,The squad...
LLBWS roundup: Brooks Cameron, Alabama walk off Pennsylvania
Brooks Cameron hit a walk-off single in the seventh inning and kept Alabama alive in the Little League Baseball World Series with a 6-5 comeback victory over Pennsylvania on Monday in South Williamsport, Pa.,The Southeast Region representatives from Phenix City, Ala., knocked out the Mid-Atlantic te...
LLBWS roundup: Canada eliminates Panama in extras
Connor Ross cracked an RBI single for his team's only hit of the game, and Canada did all its damage in the top of the seventh inning en route to a 3-2 win that eliminated Panama from the Little League Baseball World Series on Monday in South Williamsport, Pa.,Panama pitcher Obed Fuentes struck out ...
Four LLWS games postponed to Friday due to weather
All four Little League World Series games scheduled for Thursday were postponed as organizers cited "prolonged inclement weather" in South Williamsport, Pa.,The original schedule for Thursday called for two upper-bracket games in the international bracket -- Australia vs. Mexico and Curacao vs. Japa...
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 ...
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....
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....
Little Leaguer Blasts Homer While Mom Is Doing Live ESPN Interview
South Carolina’s Terrence Gist hammered a ball way out of the park in his team’s Little League World Series game against Rhode Island today—just as ESPN was sitting down with his mom for a live interview. The pandering LLWS broadcasts can be awful at times, but maybe it’s worth it for moments like t...
Report: Man Who Told On Jackie Robinson West Arrested For Assault
The man whose whistleblowing—or snitching, depending upon your perspective—led to the Jackie Robinson West Little League team losing their national title has been arrested for assault, DNAInfo reports. Chris Janes is alleged to have drunkenly tried to enter a neighbor's home at 1 a.m. Tuesday, a...
Danny Almonte On Jackie Robinson West: It's Not The Kids' Fault
For all the shock and controversy over Jackie Robinson West being stripped of its U.S. title for using out-of-district players, there has never been a better Little League scandal than that of Danny Almonte, the star pitcher who turned out to be two years older than any players were allowed to be. A...
Jackie Robinson West Is A Lens On What's Happening On The South Side
This post is in reply to a post we ran earlier today, criticizing a recent column of the author's....
No, The Jackie Robinson West Story Is Not About Gentrification
This post originally ran in slightly different form at danielkayhertz.com....
Little League Pitcher Mo'ne Davis Can Also Break Ankles In Basketball
Little league pitching phenom Mo'ne Davis is a multisport athlete, and she's got great dribbling skills for a point guard, judging from this highlight....
Too Busy For Girls: Off The Field At The Little League World Series
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.–You'd think the best part of being a player at the Little League World Series would be the girls. And yes, there are always girls, and lots of them. But being a superstar gets old quickly....
How Philly's Little Leaguers Reclaimed "Taney" From America's Shame
You may never hear from Mo'ne Davis again. But even so, she and her teammates have already accomplished something amazing: They've taken back the name "Taney" from history's shit list. In a wonderful stroke of ironic resonance, the name that now evokes a mixed-race, inner-city little league team tha...
Can You Predict If Your Kid Will Throw Left-Handed?
With the Little League World Series winding down to the final few teams, there's a question that dances across the minds of many overzealous future dads: Is there anything you can do to increase the chances your kid will be left-handed, and therefore more likely to have a shot at Williamsport? ...
Tiniest Little Leaguer Goes Yard
Mexico second baseman Ruy Martinez, all 4-foot-8 of him, had a heck of a day at the plate in yesterday's 6-2 win over Australia, going 3-for-3 including this home run to center:...
Heartland Little League, All Knotted Up
Midwestern Little League is effing intense, you guys....
The Undefeated Champions of Defeat City
Head on over to GQ and check out this excellent story by Kathy Dobie:...