Little League Summer Camp Story - A Summer Dream

Inside the Little League Baseball Summer Camp experience

By Chris Smith
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.
April 30, 2009

Jeff Yasalonis lives in Philadelphia, and has always been a serious Phillies fan; he worships Chase Utley. But here is how much Jeff, 12, loved attending Little League Baseball’s summer camp in Williamsport, Pa.: He didn’t mind wearing the Pittsburgh Pirates’ colors for the week he was there.

The summer camps — whether in Bristol, Conn.; Hillsgrove, Pa.; or Williamsport — teach all the fundamentals of the game. But perhaps their most distinctive aspect is how they encourage kids to dream.

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