Little League
noun
: a commercially sponsored baseball league for boys and girls from 8 to 12 years old
Little Leaguer
noun
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Other Countries Major-league games have also been played in Hawaii, once the home of a Triple-A team; Dubuque, Iowa, home of the Field of Dreams movie set; and Williamsport, PA, headquarters of Little League Baseball.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This is the team that walked off the Texas Rangers in late April when a bases-empty nubber and two wild throws resulted in a Little League home run for Heliot Ramos.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Tens of thousands of dollars that went missing from a Florida Little League were spent by the club’s former president to upgrade his lifestyle, Florida investigators say.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Mark Vientos #27 of the New York Mets celebrates his three-run home run with Jeff McNeil #1 and Francisco Alvarez in the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners during the MLB Little League Classic at Bowman Field on August 17, 2025 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This is the team that walked off the Texas Rangers in late April when a bases-empty nubber and two wild throws resulted in a Little League home run for Heliot Ramos.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Tens of thousands of dollars that went missing from a Florida Little League were spent by the club’s former president to upgrade his lifestyle, Florida investigators say.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Mark Vientos #27 of the New York Mets celebrates his three-run home run with Jeff McNeil #1 and Francisco Alvarez in the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners during the MLB Little League Classic at Bowman Field on August 17, 2025 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Little League.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Little%20League. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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