Jackie Robinson West team reaches Little League World Series

[Teamster Jeff]

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With a 12-7 victory against New Albany, Indiana, in the Great Lakes Region championship game Saturday in Indianapolis, the Jackie Robinson West team became the first all-black team from Chicago to reach the Little League World Series in three decades.

Cameron Bufford’s fifth-inning grand slam helped the South Side team rally from a 5-0 deficit to reach Little League’s premier event in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Play begins Thursday, when Jackie Robinson West will play the winner of the Northwest regional at 2 p.m. on ESPN. The championship is scheduled for Aug. 24.
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“You have 13 African-American players, volunteer coaches, and everybody throughout the league trying to do something positive for the city of Chicago,” manager Darold Butler told the Sun-Times last month. “So this is huge. This gives our kids something to strive for, to set goals, and to accomplish. It gives them something to look forward to outside of the negativity.

The victory in the regional final prompted Gov. Pat Quinn to declare Saturday “Jackie Robinson West Little League Champions Day” in the state.
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http://www.suntimes.com/sports/29162495-419/jackie-robinson-west-team-reaches-little-league-world-series.html#.U-etBWNwWeO

Nice story from the South Side. Grand Slams instead of gunshots

[RadicalGeek]

1. I Watched These Kids Play Canfield, OH

They are going to be tough.
Baseball needs, IMO, to get back into urban areas that have lost players to Football and especially Basketball.

http://teapartycrasher.hubpages.com/hub/The-Reasons-for-Revival