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The Perfect Game is a 2009 American drama film directed by William Dear, based on the 2008 book of the same name written by W. William Winokur. [1] The film is based on the events leading to the 1957 Little League World Series, which was won by the first team from outside the United States, the Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Mexico, who defeated the heavily favored U.S. team. [2 ...
The 1957 Little League World Series took place during August 21 through 23 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. [1] Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, defeated Northern La Mesa Little League of La Mesa, California, in the championship game of the 11th Little League World Series (LLWS). Ángel Macías threw the first and, to date, only perfect game in an LLWS championship.
A Little League World Series Game at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport. Currently, the Little League World Series consists of 20 teams: 10 from the United States, and 10 from other countries. The U.S. and international teams play in separate brackets, in a double-elimination format.
In a round-robin game four days later, Almonte threw the first perfect game in the Little League World Series since 1979, [a] against the team from Apopka, Florida. However, his team was defeated by the same Florida team in the U.S. championship game—Almonte could not pitch in the championship game under Little League rules, as he had pitched ...
Perfect Game is a 2000 American made-for-television comedy film about an eleven-year-old boy who loves baseball and yearns to play on his local Little League team. It was produced for the Disney Channel, where it was first aired.
The film, out now, is based on the true story of the 2002 Westside team that dedicated its season to a teammate’s dying father and subsequently reached the Little League World Series. First ...
LAST GAME: Texas beats Nevada in Little League World Series: Boerne advances to US title game Texas LLWS schedule Boerne LL will play in the U.S. title game at 2:30 p.m. Central Time on Saturday ...
This makes it the only perfect game thrown during the Japan Series, and the only combined perfect game in history to span a regulation nine innings. [28] On August 23, 1957, Ángel Macías (12) from the Monterrey, Mexico, team pitched the only perfect game of the Little League World Series, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Macías struck out 11 ...