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Little League is the title of the non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local children's leagues of baseball and softball throughout a America & the rest of the globe.

These "little leagues" include two baseball & softball & come divided into half a dozen divisions according to a ages of a babies swimming: Tee Ball, Small fry, Little (or even Majors), Junior, Senior & Heavy (the age-cutoffs between divisions will differ from either league to league). Little League welcomes each boys & girls between a ages of Five & 18. One of a aims of Little League, more than only to own fun, is to teach kids all about teamwork, sportsmanship and fair play. Their watchwords come Character, Courage, Loyalty.

A virtually all easily-known event in the Little League calendar is the annual Little League Baseball World Series, which is held every August inside Williamsport, PA. Tournaments initiate to a World Series come held throughout a America, including the territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the CNMI, and Puerto Rico, and also across the rest of the world. Inside 2003 for example, there were also tournaments around Canada, Europe (Germany and Poland), Latin America (Mexico, Panama, CuraƧao and Aruba), and around Asia (Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan)and Peru. A Little League Baseball Globe Series is good one of eight Globe Series annually. There are series for baseball & softball withwithin Little, Junior, Senior & Large Leagues, from each of these one held in the different location.

A Little League was founded by Carl Stotz in 1939 as a three-team league within Williamsport, Pennsylvania. There are today hundreds to thousands of Little League players about scores of countries around the world. A organization nowadays has its headquarters inside South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, directly across a Susquehanna River from the places of the original league. South Williamsport too hosts a Little League Globe Series at Howard J. Lamade Stadium and Little League Volunteer Stadium.

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Little League Online
Official international headquarters. Site includes tips for organizing and running local and district little leagues, World Series and tournament details, resources for umpires, little league news.

Ponybaseball
Little league website hosting provider.

Little League Tournament Sites
Historical tournament coverage for Canada and US Regions.

Little League Baseball Links
Hundreds of links to leagues and teams around the country organized by state.

Dugout Daily: BLWS 2003
Coverage of the Big League World Series 2003, held in Easley, South Carolina.

Little League News - Topix.net
Little League News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

American Amateur Youth Baseball Alliance
Brings little league players from across the country to play in three different divisions. Offers information on the Open World Series, Tournament of Champions, and All-Star Nationals.






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