[TS] Sports of The Times: A Divide That Begins in Little League
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As the nation continues to celebrate the desegregation of major league baseball, the question is why African-Americans have vanished from the sportâs landscape.
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On first blush, today's Division 1-AA playoff game between Massachusetts and Lafayette seems to be a mismatch of colossal proportions.
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Looking ahead to the US championship game almost cost Conejo Valley in the semifinals of the Little League World Series.
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According to Little League Baseball, 25 major leaguers have played in the Little League World Series, which is going on now. Eight of those are currently with major league teams (including Pittsburgh manager Lloyd McClendon). USA TODAY's Sheil Kapadia tracked them down: (Related story: California team ousts Iowa at LLWS)
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Since professionalism was introduced to team sports in the late 1800s, leagues have been organized in two ways -- the club system and the franchising system (which predominates in Canada and the United States).
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If you play baseball, or care about anyone who plays baseball, it is the bane of all existence. It can impact the happiness of entire households for days or even weeks at a time. And there is almost nothing you can do to change things. Other than wait. And hope for a little good luck.
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The news on East and West Coasts this week reflected the fragility of hope based on an aging pitcherÂs arm and a young pitcherÂs value.
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The N.B.A. has made a concerted effort to control player behavior on and off the court. Now, the league may have a major blind spot.
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Statistics in sport often tell only half  the story.
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A father's view on why the Mommy Wars are unfair to both sides
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Clutch hits and timely defense &#151; the Little Leaguers from Columbus, Ga., sure are well-schooled in some of the fundamentals of baseball.
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ST. LOUIS -- Don't look now, but there's a bit of drama building in the &quot;other&quot; League Championship Series.
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Baseball can be so fickle. The line between the daring and defeatist is precariously thin, blurred by intangible factors, altered by blind providence.
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Six teams will play baseball games today, and two more will join them tomorrow. The Moneyball boys won&#39;t be one of them. Their reinvention of the game didn&#39;t work this season.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- First of all, clear the dusty library shelves of all history books. The Angels of today, about to face the Red Sox in the American League Division Series, were mostly schoolkids when their haloed forefathers fought the Sox for the '86 American League pennant.
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I played two seasons of Little League in Queens under a cigar-chomping manager named Morty Silver. My sole distinction was winning a trophy for Best Sport, which Morty gave me for crying the least after striking out. The only other thing I remember were the scoreboards at the better fields: They were all bulbs in the days before monster television ...
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A team from the United States has now won the Little League World Series for three consecutive years.