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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:...

Little League Coach Sues Own Player For Dumb, Dumb Reason
Alan Beck, a chiropractor/little league coach in Lakeside, Calif., is suing a 14-year-old player for tossing his helmet in celebration after scoring a game-winning run. That helmet struck Beck and tore his Achilles tendon. ...

No Stopping Grown Man's Pursuit Of Souvenir Little League Baseball
This is from Saturday, but we're just now catching up on our review of the weekend's slate of Little League World Series games, by which we mean we only now saw this vid over on Busted Coverage....

Little Leaguer Fooled By Nasty Curveball Almost Falls On His Ass
In all honesty, I played organized baseball till I was 14. I stopped not long after I similarly bailed on a simple curveball. I'm no expert, but I'm gonna guess this kid from Panama hasn't seen too much breaking stuff before....

This 12-Year-Old Little Leaguer Is Roughly The Size Of Kevin Youkilis
Meet Chad Lorkowski. Although this boy looks old enough to comfortably buy cigarettes without being carded, he is 12 years old. Yes. Seriously....
