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12-Year-Old Banned From Pitching in Little League Because He's…Good At Pitching?

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:03:27 +0000

A 12-year old in Massachussetts has been banned from pitching for his little league team, because he is too good. At 5’1” and 90 pounds, Tanner Beebe looks like a normal 12-year-old kid, but the power behind his right arm and his 60 MPH fastball caught the attention of the parents of opposing players and [...]

Groundhog Threatens New Jersey Little League

Joe Student — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:00:00 +0000

A Bridgeton, NJ Little League field is being terrorized by a feisty groundhog, literally. Don't they just come out on Feb 2?!

Lafayette Little League Ready For Regionals

Bruce Mikells — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:11:05 +0000

In Waco Texas this afternoon and evening they will play baseball. Not the made for TV, overpriced spoiled rich boy baseball you see in the Major Leagues, but baseball the way it was meant to be played. This baseball is played by young men who are teetering ever so close to the razor thin line between childhood and what comes next. Tonight in Waco the Little League team from Lafayette, the Louisiana State Champions, will take to a scorching hot field and play baseball, not for money, not for fame but simply for the love of the game.

Lafayette Little League State Champs Again!

Bruce Mikells — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:27:26 +0000

To be honest, there aren't too many reasons anybody would really want to go to Waco, Texas. Especially Waco, Texas in August, but a special group of youngsters from Lafayette have found a really good reason. The Lafayette Little League team is on their way to Waco as Louisiana State Champions. The Lafayette team defeated South Lake Charles Thursday night 6-3 to advance to the regional playoffs and perhaps a trip to Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the Little League World Series.