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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 .
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 ...
5 miles (8.0 km) south of Birdsboro, near Pine Swamp 40°12′20″N 75°46′06″W / 40.205556°N 75.768333°W / 40.205556; -75.768333 ( Hopewell Furnace National Historic Warwick Township
Cal Ripken Baseball (a division of Babe Ruth League, Inc.) (ages 5–12) [1] [2] [3] Little League Baseball (including Little, Intermediate, Junior, and Senior League) (ages 5–16) PONY Baseball and Softball (ages 5–18) Sam Bat Fall League Baseball (ages 12 to 18) Wood-bat fall leagues designed to help players develop their skills.
Oakland Clamdiggers - California State League (1899-1902) Oakland Oaks - Pacific Coast League (1903,1907-12) Location: 59th Street (south, left field); San Pablo Avenue (east, third base); buildings and 61st Street (north, first base); buildings and Fremont Street (west, right field); in Emeryville Currently: Housing Idora Park Home of:
There are 30 stadiums in use by Double-A Minor League Baseball teams. The Eastern League uses 12 stadiums, the Southern League uses 8, and the Texas League uses 10. The oldest stadium is Synovus Park (1926) in Columbus, Georgia, which will be the home of the Southern League's Columbus Clingstones in 2025.
In 1940 the ballpark erected lights for night use. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s both Little League games and men's 16-inch softball games were televised from the park by WGN-TV, with Jack Brickhouse announcing. [1] It was during a Little League telecast in the 1950s that the centerfield camera, now a staple of all baseball telecasts, was first ...