Category: Baseball

Little League® Graduates Selected as Top Picks in 2024 MLB Draft

The 2024 MLB Draft saw the top prospects get the call they’ve all been waiting for since the day they first laced up their cleats and picked up a baseball […]

#GWG50: Taking a Look Back on Sayaka Tsushima’s 1998 Little League Baseball® World Series Interview

Little League continues its Girls with Game® 50 Celebration in 2024, honoring the females who have changed the game forever while inspiring the next generation of Little Leaguers®. This includes […]

Six Innings with Malaika Underwood, USA Baseball Women’s National Team Assistant Coach

It was never a question of if Malaika Underwood would play baseball, but where. The California native was introduced to the sport at an early age, playing for Chollas Lake […]

A “Full-Count Conversation” with Maria Pepe Little League Baseball® Legacy Series Umpire, Michelle DeRosa

For many people, Little League® becomes ingrained in their everyday life, starting with their childhood and spanning decades later. That’s exactly what it has been like for Michelle DeRosa, a volunteer […]

Little League® Alumni Prepared to Play in 2024 Men’s College World Series

The field is set for the 2024 Men’s College World Series (MCWS), and with eight teams from different regions of the country, there will be plenty of Little League® alumni […]

First-Round Pairings Set for the 2024 Little League Baseball® World Series, Presented by T-Mobile

During the heart of the 65th National Little League® Week Celebration, and just one week after the anniversary of the first-ever Little League game on June 6, Little League International […]

History Made at the 2024 Maria Pepe Little League Baseball® Legacy Series

  Little League® International continued its Girls with Game 50 Celebration on June 7-9, welcoming nearly 100 young girls and their families to the first ever “Maria Pepe Little League […]

Hills Little League to Represent Australia for Second-Straight Year in 2024 Little League Baseball® World Series, Presented by T-Mobile

  Hills Little League from Sydney, New South Wales, will be returning to Williamsport for the 2024 Little League Baseball® World Series (LLBWS), Presented by T-Mobile, after winning back-to-back titles to […]

1974: The Year Little League® Changed Forever

When Carl Stotz created Little League® in 1939, it started out as a simple neighborhood league for his nephews to play organized baseball during the summer in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Nearly […]

Baseball Australia Hosts Country’s First Ever All-Female Little League Baseball® National Tournament

For the first time in the Australia’s history, six all-female Little League Baseball® teams, coaches, and volunteers came together in Lismore to compete for the national title in an all-female […]