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	Little League World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Little League (Baseball) World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11, 12 and in limited circumstances, 13.
		Little League Canada, for instance, holds tournaments at the provincial and regional level to field five champions at the national tournament: Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, the Atlantic Provinces, and the Prairie Provinces.
		In both Little League World Series Stadiums in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the outfield fences were moved back 20 feet; the previous measurement was 205 feet, and in 2006 it is 225 feet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_League_World_Series (1299 words)

	2005 Little League World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2005 Little League World Series took place between August 19 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
		Eight teams each from the United States and throughout the world competed to decide who would win the 59th installment of the Little League World Series.
		In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_Little_League_World_Series (247 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on little league world series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Little League is the name of a non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local children's leagues of baseball and softball throughout the USA and the rest of the world.
		These "little leagues" include both baseball and softball and are divided into six divisions based on the ages of the children playing: Tee Ball, Minors, Little (or Majors), Junior, Senior and Big.
		The Little League was founded by Carl Stotz in 1939 as a three-team league in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/little_league_world_series (1124 words)

	Little League Baseball
		Little League begins the first capital campaign in the program's history, to raise $20 million for a variety of projects.
		Little League graduate George W. Bush, son of former President George Bush, is elected to the highest U.S. office.
		Firefighter Michael Cammarata (1991 Little League World Series participant for South Shore Little League of Staten Island, N.Y.) perishes in the attack at the World Trade Center, and is posthumously enshrined in the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum Hall of Excellence at the 2002 Little League Baseball World Series.
	www.youthbaseball.biz /little_league_info.htm (2431 words)

	The Little League® Baseball International Tournament
		Each league selects up to 14 players (who must be eleven or twelve year olds on May 1 of the tournament year) from the teams that compete in the league, and these players represent the league in tournament play.
		The other six Little League World Series qualifiers are champions from the Asian Region, the Caribbean Region, the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) Region, the Latin American Region, the Pacific Region, and the Trans-Atlantic Region.
		The EMEA Region consists of leagues comprised primarily of players native to their league's country, while the Trans-Atlantic Region includes leagues primarily comprised of players not native to the country in which their league is located.
	www.unpage.org /shared/un-genin.htm (1438 words)

	World Series - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		The Oakland Athletics won in a 4-0 shutout against the San Francisco Giants in the World Series dubbed as 'The Battle of the Bay'.
		This was the first of the two World Series championships won with Kirby Puckett.
		This was the last World Series that the Boston Red Sox won in the 20th century.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Sports/World-Series-642.html (1405 words)

	Little League News
		Clutch hits and timely defense _ the Little Leaguers from Columbus, Ga., sure are well-schooled in some of the fundamentals of baseball.
		South Lake Charles was eliminated from the Little League World Series on Monday with a 5-0 loss to Portsmouth, N.H.
		The Portsmouth Little Leaguers may have fallen short of their ultimate goal, but they're still the toast of the town.Little League fans packed a Portsmouth...
	www.topix.net /sports/little-league (618 words)

	Why the Little League World Series is a sham. By Josh Levin - Slate Magazine
		A tour of the Little League record books shows that, for an American team, success is found by riding on the coattails of a hypertrophic hulk-child.
		By knuckling under to a few dominant players, Little League implants a lasting lesson in the heads of the millions of youngsters that play in its leagues worldwide: The big kids always get their way.
		Although Little League is, by far, the largest youth baseball organization around, there are several other organizations (USSSA, Pony, CABA, Cal Ripken, etc.) that offer different field sizes and levels of competition at individual age groupings.
	www.slate.com /id/2087131 (1889 words)

	Little League World Series - Deadspin
		The Little League World Series presented by Kellogg's Frosted Flakes that has sponsorships out the wazoo (not a Marxist term, technically), including the likes of ReMax, the official real estate company of Little League Baseball.
		Lost in all of the hubbub over Harold Reynolds being dismissed at ESPN is the fact that he won't be in the broadcast booth for the Little League World Series, breaking a nine-year string.
		Reynolds in recent years was the Little League World Series, participating in clinics, autograph signings, special promotions and other events in Williamsport, Penn., that helped the event grow from a quaint curiosity to one of the big television events of the summer.
	www.deadspin.com /sports/little-league-world-series (1592 words)

	Little League World Series - BR Bullpen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Little League World Series is an annual international championship tournament of Little League Baseball held in Williamsport, PA.
		In 1958 the Little League announced that four foreign teams will play in its tournament; one of those teams, representing Monterrey, Nuevo León in Mexico, would win that year's championship.
		The tournament's main stadium is Howard J. Lamade Stadium, built in 1959 while a second stadium Little League Volunteer Stadium was opened in 2001.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Little_League_World_Series (908 words)

	Amazon.com: The Little League Baseball World Series (Images of Sports): Books: Robin Van Auken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Little League Baseball is a microcosm of American history, filled with countless anecdotes, good fortune, adversity, and hope.
		The World Series is the culmination of dedication and teamwork in more than 16,000 games ending in a sixteen-team tournament in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
		Her husband, Lance, is the director of media relations for Little League, and together they have worked on various projects that aim to preserve the history of the organization.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0738510262?v=glance (718 words)

	The Little League World Series
		By 1948 Little League had grown to 94 leagues, in 1949 to 307 leagues and in 1951 with 776 leagues goes international with the addition of British Columbia, Canada.
		In 1975 teams from Taiwan and Japan had won seven of eight previous Little League World Series, and teams from outside the United States were banned from advancing beyond regional play.
		The World Series is played in Williamsport Pennsylvania and although there has been disqualifications and contreversy, to this day remains a unique sporting event.
	www.rauzulusstreet.com /features/littleleagueworldseries.html (731 words)

	Little League World Series 2006
		The World Championship Game between the Asia and Southeast regional champions at Howard J. Lamade Stadium, will be played this afternoon at 5 p.m.
		The Little League Baseball World Series title game will be played on a Monday for the first time in Series history.
		Michael Flynn of Dublin, CA was recognized today here in Williamsport as Bryant Cooling and Heating System's “Coolest Coach of the Year.” The award honors Little League coaches who exemplify “Courage, Character and Loyalty”—the three words on the Little League emblem--in a fresh and compelling way.
	active.typepad.com /llbworldseries (4501 words)

	ESPN.com: MORESPORTS - 2001 Little League World Series
		Moscow little leaguers hope to change the way baseball is perceived back home in Russia.
		Ithaca College professor Stephen D. Mosher examines the state of Little League Baseball in the Dominican Republic.
		Maria Sansone, a former ABC Sports correspondent during the Little League World Series, is back on the scene.
	espn.go.com /moresports/llws01 (391 words)

	Bangor, Maine: Home of the 2006 Senior League World Series
		Venezuela scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie and defeat Hawaii 4-2 today for the Senior League World Series championship at Mansfield Stadium.
		Tanabe, the catcher, caught the throw on the fly and held on after Rojas ran into the tag a foot or two in front of the plate on the third-base side.
		The World Series victory by Paraguana, Falcon, Venezuela, is the city’s first ever and Venezuela’s first title since San Francisco won it all in 1997 in Kissimmee, Fla.
	worldseries.bangorinfo.com (646 words)

	CBS News \| U.S. Wins Little League World Series \| December 13, 1999 05:18:38
		But the little outfielder, who was 1-for-10 coming into the biggest game of his 12-year-old life, stole the spotlight, hitting home runs in consecutive at-bats -- including a game-deciding two-run shot -- as Toms River, N.J., won its first Little League World Series with a 12-9 victory over Kashima, Japan.
		Frazier went 4-for-4 and finished the series with a.600 average and four homers.
		Sayaka Tsushima, the sixth girl to play in a World Series and the first from a Far East champion, was the first girl to play in a final.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/08/29/archive/main10680.shtml (668 words)

	Little League World Series Champions: Toms River NJ!
		Todd Frazier hit his third home run of the series, a two-run shot that put the game out of reach in the sixth inning, and minutes later he and his teammates were circling the ballpark as their fans chanted "Beast of the East!"
		Toms River's first game in the World Series, a 15-game tournament for 11-12 year olds, will be Sunday at 6 p.m., live on ESPN2, against Georgetown National Little League of Jenison, Mich. Georgetown defeated Canfield (Ohio) Little League 11-2 in the U.S. Central Region title game in Indianapolis Wednesday night.
		Little League Baseball is the largest organized youth sports program in the world, with nearly 3 million participants in all 50 states and 93 other countries.
	www.jgeoff.com /llws/ap_news.html (1567 words)

	Little League Online
		Little League Commemorates 9/11 Heroism With Memorial to Fallen Firefighter
		The Honor Roll of Little League was a big smash for the last two years, and promises to be even bigger in 2006.
		Little League International has joined with Rapsheets to provide local Little Leagues with a special Internet site that allows members to search a national database of more than 170 million criminal records - instantly - for $1.50 per name, and with no maintenance fee.
	www.littleleague.org (2075 words)

	Little League Online
		WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (June 14, 2006) –; The pairings for the 60th Little League Baseball World Series were announced today by Stephen D. Keener, president and chief executive officer of Little League Baseball and Softball.
		WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Aug. 9, 2006) –; Brateevo Little League from Moscow, Russia, is returning to the Little League Baseball World Series for the second consecutive year after winning the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region Tournament on Wednesday in Kutno, Poland.
		WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Aug. 11, 2006) –; Columbus Northern Little League from Georgia, and South Lake Charles (La.) Little League collected the first two berths in the United States pool for the 2006 Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pa., by posting shutouts on Friday night.
	www.littleleague.org /worldseriesinfo.asp (715 words)

	Little League World Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Little League Baseball World Series for 11-12-year-olds will be played in Williamsport, Pennsylvania Aug. 19-28.
		The world championship game of the Little League Baseball World Series can be seen live on ABC at 3:30 p.m., on Aug. 28.
		Twenty-seven other World Series games will be televised on ESPN or ESPN2 for a total of 29 games on national television.
	pavisnet.com /littleleague (155 words)

	+++ Little League World Series Coverage By Williamsport OnLine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Purchase Little BIG Men, The Road To Williamsport by author Gary Yeagle.
		Cardenales Little League from Barquesimeto, Lara, Venezuela is First to Qualify for 2006 Little League Baseball World Series
		Brateevo Little League From Moscow, Russia Qualifies For 2006 Little League Baseball World Series
	williamsportonline.com /littleleague (552 words)

	Little League World Series Umpire Alumni International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The LLWSUAI web site is an informational site dedicated to all past, present and future Little League VOLUNTEER umpires who have achieved selection to any of the coveted Little League Baseball and or Softball World Series Tournaments.
		Tim Hughes, Chairman of the Little League International Board of Directors, will be the luncheon speaker at our 2006 Annual Meeting, Wednesday, August 23, 2006.
		Tickets can be purchased in advance or during the week of the World Series.
	eteamz.active.com /llwsuai/index.cfm (290 words)

	ESPN.com: 2005 LITTLE LEAGUE WS
		Hawaii capped a furious comeback against Curacao with a game-ending home run in the seventh inning to win the Little League World Series 7-6 on Sunday.
		The Little League World Series has gotten a little out of control, says Skip Bayless.
		Kids are talking about which slugger might be on steroids, proving that even the littlest of Little Leaguers isn't immune from the controversy engulfing the majors.
	sports.espn.go.com /sports/llws05/index (215 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Hawaii's Ewa Beach Wins Little League World Series
		I coach little league as well and you are the epitome of team and sportsmanship.
		Hey wassup little league baseball team i just wanted to say you guys did an alsome job and congrats.you guys worked hard as a team and that all ya'll look hott.
		good work to the little league world series and i love you mai beb da one and only alaka'i!mai juju lips kid!so cute!love ya guys and thanx foa makin ewa beach lookin like a good community.well vonn goes to mai skoo and is getting into fights with a boy named patrick in ilima!
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/08/28/203415.php (1652 words)

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