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NJ boy hit by baseball out of hospital

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:14:55 -0400

NORTHVALE, New Jersey - A New Jersey boy who stopped breathing when he was hit in the chest by a baseball during a Little league game is home from the hospital.

Police: Spectator revives NJ youth baseball player

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:45:05 -0400

HARRINGTON PARK, New Jersey - Police say a New Jersey boy temporarily lost consciousness when he was hit in the chest with a ball during a youth baseball game but was quickly revived by a spectator who performed CPR.

Pa. youth games cancelled due to gun rallies

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:26:15 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - Hundreds of youngsters weren't able to play scheduled youth baseball league games Saturday because of competing rallies by groups on either side of the gun control debate in the community park that's home to the league's fields, an official said.

Pa. Little League hopes rallies won't cancel games

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:06:28 -0400

MORRISVILLE, Pennsylvania - An eastern Pennsylvania youth baseball league may have to call off games this weekend because two groups on either side of the gun control debate plan to hold opposing rallies in a community park that's also home to the league's baseball diamonds.

Youth baseball facility seen as boost for economy

Mon, 06 May 2013 04:05:54 -0400

BRANDON, Mississippi - Brandon Mayor Butch Lee is proposing a 2 percent additional tax on food and beverage sales at local restaurants to pay for a multi-field complex focused on baseball.

Ex-Little League OH official sentenced to 6 months

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:26:36 -0400

HAMILTON, Ohio - A former Ohio Little League baseball administrator has been sentenced to six months in jail for child pornography.

Rift repaired, Little League honors founder Stotz

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:45:59 -0400

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania - The decades-long rift that separated Little League Baseball's founder from his beloved program once seemed as wide as the distance from home plate to straightaway center field.