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Little League CEO and President Steve Keener officially announced Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. that the Little League World Series is formally canceled due to issues that have arisen due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Little League World Series in South Williamsport, in addition to all the other divisions' World Series and regional tournaments will not be played and are canceled.
"We are formally announcing that we are cancelling the Little League Baseball World Series here in Williamsport, effective today, but we are also cancelling our other six divisional World Series tournaments," Keener said via Little League's Facebook page in their official announcement.
As a result of this decision, the 2020 MLB Little League Classic presented by GEICO, originally scheduled for August 23 between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles, has also been canceled. Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have already committed to returning to Williamsport for the 2021 MLB Little League Classic next August.
As each state and community will have different guidance for resuming organized youth sports, Little League International strongly encourages volunteers to confirm with their local and state health officials that it is safe to do so before resuming Little League activity after May 11. These playing opportunities could include not only regular season activities, but opportunities for local district, and, perhaps, state all-star tournament play to provide players, especially those moving up to a new age division in 2021, a tournament experience, if possible and safe.
More on this story will be in Friday's edition of the Sun-Gazette.