Month: August 2019

Dedicated Little League® Volunteer Paul Graziano Named 2019 W. Howard Hartman Little League Friendship Award Recipient

Paul Graziano and Stephen D. Keener, Little League President and CEO Celebrating his 40th Little League Baseball® World Series, longtime Little League® volunteer and dedicated Little League Baseball World Series […]

Resilient Rhode Island Team Making Barrington Faithful, New England Region Proud

Ethan Roy With their appearance this year, Barrington Little League of Rhode Island became the fifth Rhode Island team in the last six years to represent the New England Region […]

Caribbean Captures Early Lead, Defeats Latin America, 9-2

Pabao (Curaçao) Little League struck early to defeat Cacique Mara (Venezuela) Little League, claiming its third victory in the Little League Baseball® World Series and advancing to the tournament’s semifinal […]

Northwest Takes 4-3 Victory Over Europe-Africa

Sprague (Ore.) Little League topped Emilia-Romagna (Italy) Little League 4-3 to claim their first victory in the Little League Baseball® World Series. Oregon jumped ahead to an early lead with […]

A Young Italy Team Living the Williamsport Dream

By Will Desautelle When Europe-Africa Manager Francesco Lamanuzzi played for Emilia Romagna Little League years ago, his team’s quest to get to Williamsport fell short twice. Now as the manager […]

Southwest Shuts Out Midwest in Four Innings, 10-0

Eastbank (La.) Little League defeated Coon Rapids (Minn.) Little League, 10-0, as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout, leading Louisiana to their second Little League Baseball® World Series victory. […]

Caribbean Claims Victory Over Canada, 8-1

Pabao Little League from Curaçao has claimed its second victory in the Little League Baseball® World Series, topping Conquitlam (Canada) Little League, 8-1. The Caribbean Region Champions opened up scoring […]

Latin America Rallies To Defeat Mexico, 8-7

Cacique Mara (Venezuela) Little League took the lead late in the game, rallying to beat Epitacio “Mala” Torres (Mexico) Little League in their second victory of the Little League Baseball® […]

Big Leaguers, Little Leaguers Share the Spotlight on MLB-Little League Classic Day

By Will Desautelle and Ethan Roy On Sunday night at Bowman Field, the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates faced off in the third annual MLB Little League Classic. The 2019 […]