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Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc [1]) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization [2] [3] based in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States, that organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the United States and the rest of the world.
Each year, along with Little League Volunteer Stadium, it hosts the Little League World Series. The playing field is two-thirds the size of a professional baseball field, with 60-foot (18.3 m) basepaths, a 46-foot (14 m) mound, and after modification in 2006, outfield fences at 225 ft (68.6 m), forming one-fourth of a true circle.
Junior League also includes the use of bats with 2 + 5 ⁄ 8-inch (6.7 cm) barrels rather than the transitional 2 + 1 ⁄ 4-inch (5.7 cm) barrels of Little League. Junior League also allows the use of metal spikes in cleats in addition to the molded or plastic spikes used in Little League.
The 2024 Little League World Series features a 10-team international bracket. ... the MLB Little League Classic — an official Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and Detroit ...
The official rules do not specify the shape, height, or composition of the wall, or a specific mandatory distance from home plate (though Major League Baseball mandates a minimum distance of 250 feet (76 m) and recommends a minimum distance of 320 feet (98 m) at the foul poles and 400 feet (120 m) at center field).
Named for local businessman J. Walton Bowman in 1929, Bowman Field had the official designation "Historic" added in 2000. Since 2017, Bowman Field has been used for a regular-season Major League Baseball (MLB) game, the MLB Little League Classic, held each August while the Little League World Series is underway in nearby South Williamsport.
2024 Little League World Series United States bracket schedule, results. All game times are ET. Wednesday, Aug. 14. Game 2 – New England 1 - 3 West F Game 4 – Southeast 2 - 1 Midwest F ...
The project is a partnership with Sunnyside Lone Star Little League and the family of Richard Bakman, who donated the land for the field for $1 in 1963, includes a $200,000 grant secured from the ...