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 from Pabao Little League outscored their opponents 22-6 in three straight elimination games. In order to topple the perennially talented Japan Region Champion, that offensive […]

June 6, 1939, 80 years ago, Carl Stotz gathered some of his friends and neighbors, and about 30 boys in the west end of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on a baseball field that had been scaled down just for them for the first-ever Little League® game. It gave those children the chance to learn the game and, […]

Eastbank (La.) Little League survived a late-game rally by Central East Maui (Hi.) Little League to be crowned the Little League Baseball® World Series United States Champions on the strength of 9-5 victory. After four scoreless innings, the team from River Ridge, La., got things started in the fifth, puting five runs on the board. […]

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 on the outfield grass at Volunteer Stadium following the annual Little League Challenger Game to give each of the players a Hawaiian lei. Several other […]

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 plate, about 10 rows up his wife, Debbi and son, Tony waved to him as he ran through the infield grass. Mrs. Perez and Tony […]

Pabao (Curaçao) Little League has claimed the Little League Baseball® World Series International Championship following a 5-4 victory against Chofu Little League of Japan. Curaçao, the Caribbean Region Champions got started early, tallying one run in the first inning and two more in the third, for a 3-0 lead. Japan answered with two runs of […]

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 under its belt. In 1976, Chofu Little League defeated Germany, Puerto Rico, and finally California’s Campbell Little League to win the 30th Little League World […]

Due to the ongoing impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic, that included the cancellation of the 2020 Little League® World Series and Regional Tournaments, the Little League International Board of Directors will postpone the expansion of the Little League Baseball® and Little League Softball® World Series until 2022. Read Full Story Original story from August 24, […]

By Will Desautelle and Ethan Roy The 73rd Little League Baseball® World Series has its International and U.S. Championship games set. Pabao Little League, representing the Caribbean Region, will meet the Japan Region Champions, Chofu Little League for the right to face either Southwest Region winners Eastbank Little League from River Ridge, Louisiana, or West […]

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 for the games and there also a large contingent visiting for pin trading. The premise is simple: people bring pins of all different shapes and sizes. […]