Little Leaguer - August

U.S. Air Force Col. Terry Virts, an astronaut and Little League coach who piloted the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a trip to the International Space Station earlier this year, will be a special guest at this year's Little League Baseball World Series.

Megan Cain is one of many Little League volunteers who give their time and expertise to the program every year. Megan has been volunteering with her family at the Little League Central Region Headquarters in Indianapolis for more than seven years.

Video replays, used at the Little League Baseball World Series in 2008 for the first time by any baseball organization, will be expanded at this year's Series.

As many as 71 games of the Little League Baseball and Softball International Tournament will be televised throughout the month of August. ESPN and its family of networks, ABC, and the New England Sports Network (NESN) will provide the live coverage.

Little League Baseball and Softball is teaming up with Family Trusted Child ID on a new child-safety program that all local Little Leagues nationwide can use as part of their fund raising efforts.

The Baseball Factory, the exclusive and official Player Development Partner of Little League, is hosting the first Little League Baseball World Series Experience Camps this August in Williamsport.

The 2010 National Pro Fastpitch Championship Series is set for Sulphur's McMurry Park, in Louisiana, Aug. 25-29. The Series will feature the final games of softball great Jennie Finch, who has announced her retirement.

One of Pitch In For Baseball's recent donations is targeted to help the growing demand for baseball in India. In three years, the program has expanded to approximately 68 teams and nearly 1,000 players.