All posts tagged "little league"

  • FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2014, file photo, members of the Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team participate in a rally in Chicago celebrating the team's U.S. Little League Championship. Little League International has stripped Chicago's Jackie Robinson West team of its national title after finding the team falsified its boundary map. The league made the announcement Wednesday morning, Feb. 11, 2015, saying the Chicago team violated regulations by placing players on the team who didn’t qualify because they lived outside the team’s boundaries. Little League International also suspended Jackie Robinson West manager Darold Butler from league activity.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
    Celebrated Little League team stripped of championship title

    CHICAGO (AP) — A Little League team that captured the attention of the nation and the hearts of its hometown was stripped of its national title Wednesday after an investigation revealed that team officials had falsified boundaries...

    • Posted February 11, 2015
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  • Seoul's Hae Chan Choi (21) is greeted by teammates after hitting a two-run home run off Tokyo pitcher Takuma Takahashi in the second inning of a International semi-final baseball game against Tokyo at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    Korea beats Japan, advances to LLWS international final

    South Korea defeated defending Champion Japan in Little League World Series (LLWS) action on Wednesday. Following a 29-year absence, South Korea has made it all the way to the international championship game. Hwang Jae-young hit a go-ahead solo...

    • Posted August 20, 2014
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