Little League
noun
: a commercially sponsored baseball league for boys and girls from 8 to 12 years old
Little Leaguer
noun
Examples of Little League in a Sentence
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During their 2002 Little League World Series run, the Fort Worth team faced elimination 11 times and won every game.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
That was a full-circle moment, for a city and a nation that might remember Sean best as the star on his hometown Little League squad, with his own father as coach.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
The child was identified by his family as Rodrigo David Tapia Jr., a Little League baseball player with dreams of making it to the big leagues.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
Friends chatted about upcoming Little League games.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
East Sac Little League, 1410 60th St. in Sacramento, received five violations on Wednesday.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
The Hickman Field complex also includes Little League fields.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
He’s worked in newsrooms across the U.S., including overseeing the USA TODAY sports department, and covered every sport imaginable, from Little League to the World Series and Olympics.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
Jim Fredrick Manhattan Beach MLB or Little League rules?
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
That was a full-circle moment, for a city and a nation that might remember Sean best as the star on his hometown Little League squad, with his own father as coach.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
The child was identified by his family as Rodrigo David Tapia Jr., a Little League baseball player with dreams of making it to the big leagues.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
Friends chatted about upcoming Little League games.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
East Sac Little League, 1410 60th St. in Sacramento, received five violations on Wednesday.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
The Hickman Field complex also includes Little League fields.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
He’s worked in newsrooms across the U.S., including overseeing the USA TODAY sports department, and covered every sport imaginable, from Little League to the World Series and Olympics.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
Jim Fredrick Manhattan Beach MLB or Little League rules?
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Little League.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Little%20League. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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