All posts tagged "little league world series"

  • 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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  • South Korea's Hae Chan Choi (21) celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run home run off Chicago's Brandon Green in the sixth inning of the Little League World Series championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    [NYT] A Series Draws to a Close, and Innocence May Soon Follow

    SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — I felt a twinge of sadness Sunday as Chicago’s last-gasp rally fell short and South Korea’s players celebratedtheir Little League World Series victory by piling on one another at the...

    • Posted August 27, 2014
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  • South Korea's Hae Chan Choi, center, celebrates with teammates after getting the final out of a 8-4 win in the Little League World Series championship baseball game against Chicago in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    South Korea wins third LLWS title

    SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP / Rusty Miller) — Hwang Jae Yeong drove in two runs and Hae Chan Choi weathered a late Chicago rally to lead South Korea to an 8-4 win in Sunday’s Little League World...

    • Posted August 24, 2014
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  • South Korea’s Ji Ho Park (10), Dong Hwan Ahn (6) and Puerto Rico’s Emanuel Alicea (13) react to a safe call from home plate umpire Garry Smith after Park scored on a wild pitch during the sixth inning of an International double elimination baseball game at the Little League World Series, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, in South Williamsport, Pa. South Korea won 8-5. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
    Korea-Japan all set for LLWS showdown

    Yun Jun-hyeok stole home to score the go-ahead run, and South Korea went on to defeat Puerto Rico 8-5 on Sunday at the Little League World Series (LLWS). South Korea fell behind early 3-0, but came back to tie...

    • Posted August 19, 2014
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  • South Korea’s Ji Ho Park, left, and Jae Yeong Hwang celebrate after Park's three-run home run during the fourth inning of an international pool play baseball game against the Czech Republic at the Little League World Series, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in South Williamsport. South Korea won 10-3. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
    South Korea returns to LLWS with a bang

    Following a 29-year absence, defeats Czech Republic 10-3 in 1st game South Korea returned to the Little League World Series with a bang. Returning to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, after a 29-year absence — finally breaking through Taiwan and...

    • Posted August 15, 2014
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