They’ll now play on Friday at 8 a.m. PT.
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At the 2014 tournament, female pitcher Mo’ne Davis – just the 18th girl to ever play in a Little League World Series – became the first of her gender to be credited with a win in a LLWS game, making her an instant celebrity as she and the Taney Dragons of Philadelphia advanced to the U.S. semifinals.
“We don’t know what would have happened if the circumstances had been different but certainly the “what ifs” is going to drive them insane for the rest of their lives”, Melia Hall whose son plays on the team said.
There’s a window of opportunity for kids playing baseball, so former major league player Brad Chalk can only hope players on this year’s Northwood Little League team in Williamsport, Pa., heed his advice. The team leaves in a week from tomorrow for Williamsport.
Williamsport’s National Weather Service forecast for Friday called for a slight chance of showers before 2 p.m. EDT, then clouds, sun and high temperatures around 80 degrees through the middle of next week.
Before last year’s victory by a team from Seoul, South Korea, a team from either Southern California or Japan had won the Little League World Series for five consecutive years.
The team’s State Champions title will be honored in a parade and they will also get to throw out the first pitch. There were 62 Little League teams chartered in South Carolina at the time, according to a Greenville News story, and 61 of them had only white players.
All the seats on that bus have been filled. Dixie Youth finally was integrated, too.
The Little League World Series begins August 20 and runs through the 30. The success of Northwood Little League is cause to cheer for many reasons. People can still donate and keep up with the team by going to www.northwoodbaseball or following the team on Facebook at Northwood Little League. “It’s something they can tell their grandkids about”.
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Little League officials believe that is the most played in one day at the world series.
