Hall of Famer Lou Brock Helps 60th Little League World Series Get Started
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Aug. 19, 2006) – Baseball Hall of Famer Lou
Brock helped get the 60th Little League Baseball World Series
started last night when he served as Grand Marshal of the Grand Slam
Parade through the streets of downtown Williamsport.
A story on the web site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and
Museum can be found
here .
A link to video from the Grand Slam Parade can be found on the Major
League Baseball web site here:
http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/emailArticleServlet?aid=1108443
Mr. Brock also tossed out the ceremonial first pitch of the Series
today. He also took time to speak with two of the teams and sign
autographs.
The Little League Baseball World Series runs through Aug. 27, with
32 games scheduled. Complete details can be found here:
http://www.littleleague.org/worldseries.html
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| Little League on Parade: Watching the Grand Slam
Parade from the balcony of Williamsport’s Community Arts
Center are, from right, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Little
League President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen D.
Keener, Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock, and Mr. Brock’s
wife, Jacqueline. Mr. Brock was grand marshal for the annual
parade, which featured all 16 Little League Baseball World
Series teams, the World Series umpires, and |
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