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Bats are standard playing equipment for the sports of baseball and softball. Little League® adheres to the USA Baseball Bat Standard for the Junior Division and below; and the BBCOR Standard for the Senior Division. Little League Softball® follows the Baseball Performance Factor (BPF) of 1.20.
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Rhode Island Defeats New Hampshire Wins the 2019 Little League Baseball® New England Region Tournament
New Hampshire-Goffstown Junior Baseball LL lost the lead late in a 6-4 defeat to Rhode Island-Barrington LL on Saturday. The game was tied at two with Rhode Island-Barrington LL batting…
West Rides Six-Run Frame to Win
Great Lakes fired up the offense in the first inning, when Preston Barr singled on a 3-1 count, scoring one run. West pulled away for good with six runs in…
Caribbean Stays Alive With 3-1 Win
Caribbean snagged a late lead and defeated Latin America 3-1 on Monday. The game was tied at one with Caribbean batting in the bottom of the fifth when Luis D.…
Midwest Avoids Elimination With 9-5 Win
Saturday's game against the Midwest Region Champions was a heart-breaker for New England's Coventry Little League, which lost the lead late in a 9-5 defeat. The Midwest squad trailed, 5-4,…
LLBWS Fans “Adopt” Latin America Region Champs, Make Venezuelan Little Leaguers Feel at Home
By Will Desautelle Cacique Mara Little League of Maracaibo, Venezuela received a loud ovation from a large crowd of supporters as they exited the field at Lamade Stadium for the…
21 Little Leaguers® in the Baseball Hall of Fame
With the recent addition of Phoenixville (Pa.) Little League’s Mike Piazza to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, there are now 21 former Little Leaguers® to achieve the game’s highest honor.…
Pitching Leads Mid-Atlantic to Victory
Mid Island Little League, the Mid-Atlantic Region winners, snagged a late lead and went on to defeat the Midwest Region Champions From Grandview (Iowa) Little League, 5-2 on Thursday during…
Parents Can Help Build a Coach-Player Relationship
There is a special bond between player and coach, a bond that can last a lifetime. Even those players who have made it all the way up to the Major…
South Korea Defeats Japan, Advances to International Championship
Yeong Hyeon Kim had all the right stuff on Wednesday for Asia-Pacific, allowing zero runs and besting Japan by a score of 10-0. Asia-Pacific opened up scoring in the first…
Offseason Training, Batman Action Figure Leads Sprague Little League to LL Promised Land
By Will Desautelle The excitement was almost palpable as the Northwest Region Champions Sprague Little League team from Salem, Oregon, took batting practice in the Volunteer Stadium Hit Lab in…