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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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Local Little League® Programs Grateful for Pitch in for Baseball and Softball Donations
Since 2005, Little League® International has teamed up with Pitch In For Baseball & Softball (PIFBS) to help provide baseball and softball equipment to boys and girls around the world…
Hawaii defeats Curacao, 11-0; Wins Senior League Baseball World Series Title
The Caribbean Region watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in an 11-0 loss to the West Region on Saturday. West scored on a single by Isaiah Souza…
Little League® International Remembers Bill Bair, Member of the 1939 Lycoming Dairy Little League Baseball® Team
Little League® International mourns the passing of Bill Bair, a player on the 1939 Lycoming Dairy team during the first season of Little League® in Williamsport, Pa. He was 92.…
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…
Louisiana’s Eastbank Little League Shuts Out Curacao to Win 2019 Little League Baseball® World Series
Eastbank (La.) Little League from River Ridge, Louisiana, was crowned the 2019 Little League Baseball® World Series Champion Saturday afternoon at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa., on…
Late Runs Lift Elmora Youth Little League Past Barrington Little League, 2-0
The Mid-Atlantic Region Champions from Elizabeth, N.J., and New England's Barrington (R.I.) Little League battled each other to a scoreless tie through five innings, but in the final frame of…
Honolulu Little Leaguers Blank Peachtree City American 3-0; Win U.S. Title
Aukai Kea again was dealing for Hawaii's Honolulu Little League, throwing 64 strikes in an 81-pitch, 3-0 shutout of Peachtree City (Ga.) American Little League in the 2018 Little League…
Staff Spotlight: Demiko Ervin
For the July edition of the Little League® Staff Spotlights, enjoy this first-person letter from Demiko Ervin, Director of Urban Initiative, as he walks you through his journey: Inspired by the…
Construction Underway at the New Little League® Central Region Headquarters
Construction of the new Little League® Central Region Headquarters facility began in Whitestown, Indiana, on July 23, 2020, and is expected to be completed by June 2021 to host the…
West Seoul Little League Captures 2018 Intermediate 50/70 Baseball World Series Championship
West Seoul Little League (Asia-Pacific Region), from Seoul, South Korea captured the 2018 Intermediate 50/70 Baseball World Series Championship by defeating Livermore/Granada Little League (Host Region), from Livermore, California, 10-0. The…
