Little League Baseball is a microcosm of American history, filled with countless anecdotes, good fortune, adversity, and hope. In 1947, when the first Little League Baseball World Series was played, there were seventeen leagues in two states. Since then, Little League has achieved global recognition and has touched the lives of children and families in more than one hundred countries. The World Series is the culmination of dedication and teamwork in more than sixteen thousand games ending in a sixteen-team tournament in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Little League Baseball World Series remembers the history of the tournament and its role in bringing together communities. More than two thousand five hundred spectators witnessed the first championship game in 1947, when the Maynard Midgets took home the trophy, and the results were printed in newspapers around the country. Now, millions more tune in to ABC's Wide World of Sports and ESPN for live coverage of the final game. Little League Baseball has enriched the lives of more than thirty million boys and girls who have worn a Little League uniform. Well-known figures such as Derek Jeter, Kevin Costner, and Pres. George W. Bush were all Little League players. The Little League Baseball World Series celebrates this rich baseball history and the best teams the league has produced through the years.
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Robin Van Auken has served as a Little League volunteer and historian for fifteen years. 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. They are coauthors of Play Ball! The Story of Little League Baseball and participated in a planned PBS documentary on the subject.
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Robin Van Auken is a writer, college instructor and historical archaeologist living in Northcentral Pennsylvania. She has authored nearly a dozen books of local and regional history. Read more about her books, Grit newspaper, and historic Pennsylvania on her website, http://www.NewsOfYesteryear.com
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Visitors to the Little League Baseball World Series generally find their way across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and into Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Little League, New York, Carl Stotz, New Jersey, Far East, Major League, United States, Belmont Heights, Lundy Lumber, Memorial Field, Creighton Hale, Chinese Taipei, International Grove, Wide World of Sports, Lamade Stadium, Lycoming Dairy, Vice Pres, Latin American, Lycoming College, White House New!
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Visitors to the Little League Baseball World Series generally find their way across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and into Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Little League, New York, Carl Stotz, New Jersey, Far East, Major League, United States, Belmont Heights, Lundy Lumber, Memorial Field, Creighton Hale, Chinese Taipei, International Grove, Wide World of Sports, Lamade Stadium, Lycoming Dairy, Vice Pres, Latin American, Lycoming College, White House New!
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