Author: Chris Downs

World Championship Game Shows Inspired Aspirations Are More Important than the Outcome

By Will Desautelle and Ethan Roy With two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Curley Martha, the hero for Curacao against Japan in the International Championship, stepped up […]

The Edge of Success: Louisiana Excels late to Avoid Elimination, Capture United States Championship

By Will Desautelle After an offensive onslaught in which Louisiana scored all nine of its runs in the fifth and sixth innings, it seemed all but certain that they would […]

Martha’s Mastery Drives Curacao to Brink of a World Championship

By Ethan Roy After falling 4-0 to South Korea in the second round of the 2019 Little League Baseball® World Series, Curaçao’s bats woke up, as the Caribbean Region Champions […]

Celebration of Smiles: Little League Challenger Division® Exhibition Game Thrills Players, Fans

By Will Desautelle and Ethan Roy Hours before taking the field for the Little League Baseball® World Series United States Championship, players from Central East Maui Little League (Hawaii) gathered […]

The Perez Family Brings Hawaiian Spirit to Williamsport

By Will Desautelle Umpire Jamie Perez jogged out to first base to get in position for a consolation game between the Northwest and Europe-Africa team on Tuesday morning. Behind home […]

World Series Experience Gives Chofu Little League Coach Makoto Nagase Unique Perspective

By Ethan Roy Chofu Little League, the 2019 Champions of the Japan Region, are one of just two teams in Williamsport that has a Little League Baseball® World Series title […]

Exploring the Allure of Pin Trading at the Little League Baseball® World Series

By Diego Meneses The tradition of pin trading has become a fan-favorite off field activity at the Little League Baseball® World Series. Many of the people visiting Williamsport, Pa., come […]

An Historic Day at the 2019 Little League Baseball® World Series

By Will Desautelle In case you missed it, the 2019 Little League Baseball® World Series Final Four is set after Curacao defeated South Korea, 5-3; and Louisiana extended its win […]

“Uncle Moms” Make Their Debut at the Little League Baseball® World Series

Carol Zysset and Cherie Rogers   By Will Desautelle At the Little League Baseball® World Series, a team host plays the role of a parent in many different ways for […]

A Day to Remember: Little Leaguers® Visit the Big Leaguers

By Ethan Roy This timeline chronicles the experiences of Lachlan Vella, a member of the 2019 Australia Region Champions, during a day trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to watch the Pittsburgh […]