Soccer. Basketball. Hockey. Cricket. These might all be sports easily identified as popular in Europe, but the players from the 16 teams who competed in the 2018 Little League Baseball® Europe and Africa Region Tournament in Kutno, Poland, may disagree. With the rapid development of baseball in Europe over the last few years, Little League […]
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While most people think of cricket, rugby, and soccer when they hear about sports in London, Little Leaguers® from the United Kingdom are excited to see the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees head across the Atlantic for the MLB London Series on June 29-30, 2019. The MLB London Series will mark the first […]
Each year, during the second week of June, Little League® International celebrates National Little League Week with the annual Little League Baseball® World Series (LLBWS) Luncheon. This year’s luncheon, held on June 13, featured Harry “Rusty” Sechler of the 1969 Newberry (Pa.) Little League team, and current Newberry Little Leaguers, Emerson Beagle and Braize Lambert, who assisted […]
Little League® Baseball and Softball and adidas today unveiled the uniforms for the 2019 Little League World Series (LLWS) tournaments, which will make their on-field debut at the start of the Senior League Baseball World Series in Easley, S.C., on July 27. To tell the story behind the LLWS experience, adidas teamed up with Little […]
The Little League® Europe and Africa Region officially announced its selection of umpires for the 2019 Europe and Africa Regional tournaments. In addition to announcing the selections, the region also hosted a regional training clinic for 28 students from nine different countries across the region, marking the first umpire clinic in several years for the […]
This fall, volunteers from across the Little League® Europe and Africa Region joined together with leaders of the baseball and softball industry for two weekends of exciting events. On October 26-27, Little League District Administrators (D.A.s) from more than 15 countries throughout the region joined together with leadership from various baseball and softball organizations in […]
One bright spot for Europe-Africa was a single by Juan Salazar in the first inning. Christopher Reynolds was the winning pitcher for Northwest. He went four and a third innings, allowing zero runs on two hits and striking out six. Juan took the loss for Europe-Africa. He went four and a third innings, allowing five […]
In Barcelona, Spain, the soccer pitch provides biggest opponent for sports fans in Real Madrid. However, for Catalunya Little League, their opponents come from a different sport: baseball. The Europe-Africa Region Champions arrived at the World Series as a relative unknowns because Spain has not been represented in the Little League Baseball® World Series in […]
Canada seized victory in dramatic walk-off fashion, thanks to a walk-off single at the end of the game to topple Europe-Africa. The game was tied at one with Canada batting in the bottom of the tenth when Joey Marino singled on a 3-1 count, scoring one run. The pitching was strong on both sides. Canada […]
Japan ran off with the lead late in the game in an 11-1 victory over Europe-Africa on Friday. The game was tied at 1-1 with Japan batting in the bottom of the fourth when Kenji Takada singled on the first pitch of the at-bat, scoring two runs. Japan’s Region Champion from Kawaguchi Little League secured […]