South Korea’s Jeongheon Cha took a deep swing, hoping to make contact and keep South Korea’s title hopes alive. With two outs in the top of the sixth inning and South Korea facing a two-run deficit, it was now or never. But as soon as Curacao catcher Shendrion Martinus caught the ball, ...
Pitcher Marshall Louque was untouchable. Utilizing a swing that might make Mike Trout blush. Reece Roussel looked invincible. Their teammates looked mighty strong, too. Put all that together and River Ridge, Louisiana, easily became one of the country’s top two teams. Louque threw a ...
Celebrating his 40th Little League World Series, longtime volunteer and dedicated Little League World Series press box announcer Paul Graziano will have one more honor to add this year as he was named the 2019 W. Howard Hartman Little League Friendship Award recipient on Tuesday. “It is my ...
There were no ESPN cameras or giant video board in the outfield. The crowd of thousands was replaced by a small crowd of less than 100. Dugout wasn’t around to dance with the kids between innings either. Two Little League World Series participants were playing — the Midwest champions from ...
Brad Lung, Branden Arakawa and Randy Nakashima began their baseball journeys together as kids playing Little League Baseball. They basically have stayed together ever since. And now their collective ride has reached its ultimate destination. Lung, Arakawa and Nakashima are coaching the ...
Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Barrington, Rhode Island, players bunked together at their respective Regional Tournaments. They bussed together to the Little League World Series. It seemed fitting, then, last Tuesday, they joined together one last time. This time both teams shared the field at ...