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Legally blind boy gets approval to use yellow baseball

By TRESA BALDAS - Associated Press

Japan's Keitaro Miyahara (10) is greeted by teammates after hitting a solo home run off Lufkin, Texas' Chip Buchanan in the fourth inning of the Little League World Series Championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar). **FILE**

Japan beats Lufkin, Texas, for Little League World Series title

By Matt Martell and Jack Dougherty - Associated Press

Fairfield, Conn., pitcher Ethan Righter delivers in the first inning of an elimination baseball game against Jackson, N.J., in United States pool play at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Connecticut won 12-2. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Nasty: Good pitching beats good hitting (so far) at LLWS

By MATT MARTELL - Associated Press

Perfect game, no-hitter for North Carolina Little Leaguers

By JACK DOUGHERTY - Associated Press

Maracaibo, Venezuela pitcher Dario Acurero delivers in the second inning of an International elimination baseball game against Santiago, Dominican Republic at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

With turmoil at home, Venezuela Little Leaguers get big lift

By MATT MARTELL - Associated Press

Baseball Capsules

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen, lower right, is introduced as Little League World Series teams, rear, from around the world line the infield before the Little League Classic baseball game between the Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals at Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Bell powers Pirates past Cards 6-3 in Little League Classic

By TRAVIS JOHNSON - Associated Press

Grosse Pointe, Mich.'s players Matthew Greene (5), Tommy Harris (2), and Branden Campbell (3) sit with Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen (22) in the stands at Lamade Field during a baseball game between Fairfield, Conn., and Lufkin, Texas in United States pool play at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. The Pirates will be playing the St. Louis Cardinals in Bowman Stadium in Williamsport, Pa., on Sunday Night Baseball. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Cardinals, Pirates in awe of Little League spectacle

By TRAVIS JOHNSON - Associated Press

Australia pitcher Tom Stancic collects himself on the mound after allowing a run to score on a wild pitch in second inning of an International pool play baseball game against Japan at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie: 3 players make second trip to LLWS

By JACK DOUGHERTY - Associated Press

The Asia-Pacific champion team from Seoul, South Korea, rides in the Little League Grand Slam Parade in downtown Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. The Little League World Series tournament gets underway, Thursday, Aug, 17, 2017 in South Williamsport, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Homers: Little leaguers ready to show power at World Series

By MATT MARTELL - Associated Press

Yankton’s Field of Dreams: Family embraces baseball’s wonder

By MATT ZIMMER - Associated Press

Sports complex brings young athletes, families to Jasper

By MICHAEL HUGHES - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 14 - In this May 4, 2017 photo, Matthew and Noah Irish look on as Lakewood High School baseball player Morgan Stacey fist-bumps with Jacob Irish as all players leave the fields due to an incoming lightning storm in Marysville, Wash. Affected by life-threatening Hurler syndrome since birth, Jacob is playing this season on a Stilly Valley Little League Challenger Division team (Dan Bates/The Herald via AP)

Washington program allows with disabilities to play baseball

By JULIE MUHLSTEIN - Associated Press

Members of the Comets baseball team are all smiles as they congratulate teammate Lisa Bienia (3) after she scored a run against the Belles during the second annual Women's Fantasy Baseball Camp, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, in Fort Myers, Fla. After a day of training and drills the roughly 40 women were drafted and separated into four teams by former Boston Red Sox players and coaches. The teams then played a short tournament over the course of the four-day camp. (Luke Franke/Naples Daily News via AP)

Red Sox women’s fantasy camp in league of its own

By RYAN MILLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016, file photo, taken with a fisheye lens, South Korea lines the third baseline and Endwell, N.Y. lines the first baseline during team introductions before the Little League World Series Championship baseball game at Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. Little League International announced mandatory criminal background checks for its volunteer coaches, new eligibility requirements for players and a host of new rules on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, intended to increase the pace of play. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Little League requires criminal background checks

By KURT VOIGT - Associated Press

Little League field to music video: Teen’s music goes global

By MICHAEL D. CLARK - Associated Press

Endwell, N.Y. celebrates its win over South Korea in the Little League World Series Championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Endwell, New York, wins Little League World Series

By Travis Johnson - Associated Press

Little League cheating scandal: Softball team caught in strategic tanking

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Illustration on the NFL's "Deflategate" and the national character by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Tom Brady’s Deflategate tests NFL message on honesty, character

By Robert Knight

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2014, file photo, members of the Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team participate in a rally in Chicago celebrating the team's U.S. Little League Championship. Little League International has stripped Chicago's Jackie Robinson West team of its national title after finding the team falsified its boundary map. The league made the announcement Wednesday morning, Feb. 11, 2015, saying the Chicago team violated regulations by placing players on the team who didn’t qualify because they lived outside the team’s boundaries. Little League International also suspended Jackie Robinson West manager Darold Butler from league activity.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Chicago’s Little League national championship team stripped of title

By Don Babwin - Associated Press