Ludwikowski, Mike, 80, 81, 223, xii
M
Maddux, Greg (TX), 194
Maitland Little League (FL), 26, 135, 165, 195, 285, 287
Maitland Pride (FL), 26, 120, 195
Maksim, George, 47
Mallonee, Jeff (IA, manager), 132, 181
Manley, Sean (GU), 59, 150, 288, 289
Mantle, Mickey, 52, 201
Maodus, Alex (MI), 215–17
Martinez, Pedro, xi
Maynard Little League (PA), 57
McClendon, Lloyd (IN), 19, 45
McGwire, Tad (CT, coach), 282–83
Media coverage
ABC, 58, 158, 260
Baseball America, 207
ESPN, 21, 28, 52–55, 64, 69
New York Times, 43, 48, 54, 157, 285
Sports Illustrated, 8, 271
TV coverage, 13, 32, 44, 51, 54, 158
Wide World of Sports, 52
Memea, Michael (HI), 78–79, 81, 262, 289, 291
Metro, Charlie (FL, coach), 196
Meulens, Hensley (CR), 100, 102
Mexico (MX). See Saguro Social Little League (MX)
Mid-Atlantic regional tournament, 77
Mililani league (HI), 66, 68, 72, 146
Miller, Brad (KY), 23, 115
Miller, Marty (CA, manager), 114–16, 142–44, 171, 184–87, 198–99
Miller, Nolan (KY), 22–23, 127–29
Milliard, Ralph (CR), 100
Milton, Mark (NJ), 66
Mizuma, Yuki (JP), 105, 226–27, 230, 289
Morache, Glenn (CN, manager), 120
Morache, Tanner (CN), 120–22, 288
Moroff, Max (FL), 200, 285
Moscow Little League, 33, 37, 230–33, 287
Mowatt, Michael (MI), 191–92, 288
“Mr. Little League.” See Stotz, Carl (LL founder)
Muna, Shon (HI, manager), 10, 29
Murphy, Sean (MI), 288, xiv
N
National Alliance for Youth Sports, 281
National Baseball Hall of Fame, 39
National Organization for Women (NOW), 45, vii
Newtown Blue Dawgs (MD), 24–25, 27
New York Times, 43, 48, 54, 157, 285
Northwest regional tournament, 72, 76
O
Obesity, childhood, 153
Oda, Hirofumi (JP, manager), 5, 223–24
On God’s Squad (Evans), 166
Original Little League, 49
Original Little League Museum, 37
Ortiz, David, 99
Osorio, Lilunia, 9
Owensboro Southern League (KY), 126–28, 139–40, 195, 236, 287
P
Pabou Little League (CR), 87–105, 144–45, 242–59, 261–62, 287
Paina Boyz travel team (HI), 26
Palmer, Bob, 27–28
Palmer, Jim, 52
Paramus Little League (NJ), 24
Paramus Patriots travel team (NJ), 25
Parent
age and residency, fraudulent, 8, 66
centric view of childhood, 80–81, 88, 131, 159, 191, 280
cheating, 202
childhood, professionalizing, 46–47, 145, 187, 278, 284, xii
child’s health, jeopardizing, 130–31, 136
coaches, criticizing, 136
competition, encouraging, 47, 58, 209, xiv
complaints by, 70, 75, 198, 208
education, sacrificing child’s, 271
gaming behavior, 47
protests, 129, 181
rights, bragging, 28
travel teams, encouraging, xiii
umpires, criticizing, xiii
West Oahu Little League (HI), 74–75
Parker, Benn (PA), 289
Pearl City Little League (HI), 76, 268
Peccole Little League (NV), 26
Pepe, Maria (NJ), 45
Pike, Mass, xi
Pimentel, Joe (CA, coach), 115–17, 186, 198–99, 282
Pimentel, Kalen (CA), 20–21, 118, 122–23, 132, 142, 288–90
Pinada, Carlos (CR), 98–99
Pine, Dave (PA), 79
Pin-trading, 53
Pitch count, 132, 136, 138–41, 146, 236, 282
Pitcher abuse, 128–38
Pitcher’s rubber, 41
Pitching speed, 2–3, xi
Play Baseball the Ripken Way (Ripken), 211
Players
development, 12–13, 58, ix
discipline, 29, 94
female membership, 43, 45–46
handicapped, 51, 52
pressure, handling, 46–47, xiv
safety, 49–51
uniforms, 56
PONY League
field size, 146, 211
Little League, challenge to, 284
pitchers, abuse of, 126
talent, attracting, xi
Waipio League, 66–67, 71–73
Pool play, 287, 290
Presutti, Lou, 213–14, 217–18
Profar, Jurickson (CR), 96–99, 132, 246, 248, 258–59, 291
Profar, Puremi (CR), 97
R
Racial exclusion, 44–45
Racism, 70
Ramirez, Manny, xi
Ranit, Zachary (HI), 33–34, 81
R.B.V.: Rancho Buena Vista all-stars (CA), 114–18, 166, 169, 172, 187, 287
Refineria Isla team (CR), 92, 97, 228
Reidinger, Frank, 57
Religion, 165–70, 179, xv
Rettenmund, Merv, 117–18
Reynolds, Harold, 32–33, 150, 155
Rezniecek, Randy (CA, coach), 115–16
Rezniecek, Reed (CA), 171, 289
Rifaela, Willie (CR), 97, 246–47, 249, 253, 256–57
“Ringers.” See travel teams
Ripken Baseball, 212
Robazza, Kristopher (CN), 121
Romulus Little League (MI), 46
Rosete, Zachary (HI), 81, 178, 247–48, 258
Royer, Joey (MI), 289
Rules
age, cut-off date, 18
age, proof of, 7–9
bases, "break-away," 50
boundaries, geographical, 66–67
equitable, 10
Little League, 41–42
mound, relocated, 50
sizes, district, 11
tie-breaker, 10
travel teams, 25–26
Russia. See Brateevo Little League (RU)
S
Saguro Social Little League (MX), 59, 62, 94, 98, 287, 288–90
Sakamoto, Takuya (JP), 226, 227, 288, 290
San Bernardino regional tournament, 72
San Francisco Little League (VN), 8, 9
Santa Clara team (CA), 108
Santa Maria Pirates (CR), 90
Santos, Trae (GU), 288–89
Saudi Arabia (SA). See Arabian American Little League (SA); Dhahran all-star (SA)
Schoop, Jonathan (CR), 92, 98
Schweighoffer, Mike (CT, coach), 135–36
“Scrubbie,” 57
SEDREKO, 91, 92, 94
Seferina, Darren (CR), 92, 97, 251–52, 259
Seitz, Bill (PA), 56
Senior League World Series, 54, 100
Sequera, Victor (VN), 289
Sheaffer, Charlie, 57
Sheffield, Gary, 2, 200, 216
Schumaker, Ryan (IA), 131–32
Sierra Maestra Little League (VZ), 8
Simon, Randall (CR), 100
Simpson, Allen, 205–6, 208
Singleton, Don (umpire), 197–98
Smee, Claude (HI, coach), 55–56, 58, 62
Smith, Dean (NC, coach), 89
Snow Canyon team (Utah), 22
Soriano, Alfonso (JP), 226
South Oakland A’s (MI), 215–18
South Williamsport, 6, 51
Soviet Baseball Federation, 231
Sponsorship, 5, 26, 42, 47–8, 51
Sports, alternate, 73–4, 81, 93, 176
Sports at the Beach tournament (MD), 24
Sports Illustrated, 8, 271
Spracklin, Bill (CT, manager), 136
Stanley, Mike (FL, coach), 1–4, 119
Stanley, Tanner (FL), 3, 13, 280
Stevenson, Andrew (LA), 33–34
Stevenson, Darryl (HI, coach), 73, 174, 269
Stoltzfus, Earl (PA, coach), 56–58
Stotz, Carl (LL founder)
founder, Little League’s, 2
franchise system, 42–43
globalization, opposition to, 48–49
Little League, split from, 31
Little League rules, 41–42
myth, founding, 37–40
tournaments, early, 43
Stotz Myers, Karen, 49
Stratton, Richard, 187–88
Sunbelt teams, 7
Sunde, Buster (MI, manager), 213, 216, 218
Susquehanna River, 4, 5, 20, 29, 37, 55
Suzuki, Ichiro (JP), 6, 91, 200, 224
T
Taira, Yusuke (JP), 104–5, 222, 226–27, 288, 290–91
Taiwan team, 24
Taiwan team (TW), 108
Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 111–12
T-ball, 65, 66, 69, 72
Team Easton travel team(CA), 26, 116
Tenhove, John (NJ, coach), 25
Terry, Keith (PA), 78–9, 190, 288
The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 133
The Hill, 6, 20, 23, 28, 32–3, 53
Tirpak, Clint (HI, coach), 72, 77, 79, 111–12, 153–54, 176–78
Tirpak, Ty (HI), 112, 176–79, 252–53, 255–57, 281
Tomlin, Joseph (PA), 41
Tomlinson, Mike (FL), 198
Toms River team(NJ), 77
Tracy League (CA), 21–2, 142
Travel teams, 25–27, 62, 207–11, 284, xi–xii
Trumbull Little League (CT), 23–4, 275–76
TV coverage, 7, 13, 32, 44, 51, 158
U
United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA), 207
V
Van Auken, Lance, 11, 19–20, 158
Van Tassell, Darren, 94, 234
Venezuela League. See Los Leones Little League (VN)
Volunteer Stadium, 6
W
Wagner, Jack, 56
Waipio PONY League (HI), 68, 71
Watanabe, Kisho (JP), 223
Webster, Cody (KY), 18, 162
Weigard, David (CT), 136
Westbrook Little League (MI), 136, 190–91, 236, 281, 287
West Oahu Little League (HI), 61–84, 77–81, 107–12, 238, 242–62
Whalley Little League (CN), 287
Whitaker, Bud, 57
White, Austin (CA), 289
White Marsh Baseball (MD), 27
Whiting, Robert, 235
Wide World of Sports, 52
Wiel, Randy, 89, 94, 228
Williams, Jerome (HI), 69–70
Williams, Ted, 2, 118
Williamsport Grays minor-league team (PA), 41
Williamsport (PA), 5–6
World Series
1947, 55, 214
1971, 259
1980, 91
1988, 73, 76
1996, 99
1998, 77–80
2003, 150, 156
2004, 62, 87, 90, 97–98, 126–27, 155
2005, 52–56, 63–64, 71–77, 82–83, 242–62, 287–91 2006, 147, 212, 247
attendance, 6
Big League, 44, 54
corporate support, 47
female players, 46
Grand Slam Parade, 29
Junior League, 54, 101
pitching, overextended, 132
prizes, 47, 267–68
racial exclusion, 44, 45
Senior League, 54, 100
teams, competing, 6–7
TV coverage, 25, 52–54, 267, xii
Y
Yen, Yu-Cho, 108
You Gotta Have Wa (Whiting), 235
Abbreviations used:
Alabama (AL); Arizona (AZ); California (CA); Canada (CN); Connecticut (CT); Curaçao (CR); Guam (GU); Indiana (IN); Iowa (IA); Japan (JP); Kentucky (KY); Louisiana (LA); Maine (ME); Maryland (MD); Mexico (MX); Michigan (MI); Nevada (NV); New Jersey (NJ); New York (NY); Pennsylvania (PA); Russia (RU); Saudi Arabia (SA); South Carolina (SC); Taiwan (TW); Venezuela (VN)
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