Little League

The losing pitcher for the Dominican Republic's team at the Little League World Series was consoled by the players and coaches from the Venezuelan club that just defeated him in dramatic fashion.

Saturday afternoon, I took my wife and son to the Seattle Mariners game at Safeco Field with tickets that I won from my insurance agent Ginger Brewer-Tyler. To say that the stubs were the only thing we got for free that day would be a MASSIVE understatement!

Full disclosure: The youngster in the video is my son. You can see me at the end of the video giving him a hug after a job well done!

Witness a great moment for youth sports.

If you have a youngster that is interested in playing youth baseball throughout the fall season and lives in the Moxee or Terrace Heights area, then you're in luck!

Chevrolet is hosting a FREE youth baseball instructional clinic in your area for kids ages 6-14 at Yakima County Stadium on Saturday, June 25th. Instruction will be provided by the experienced staff and players of the Yakima Valley Pippins.

Aubrey McClendon, 20 percent owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA franchise, was killed in a single-car crash today according to a story published by ESPN.com's Royce Young.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — He was once famous for a foot that wore a bloody sock during a key game in the American League Championship Series. But now Curt Schilling is making news for putting his foot in his mouth. He posted an anti-Muslim tweet — and that got him kicked off ESPN's broadcasts of the Little League World Series...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — An awful lot of major league baseball players are sorry that Mariano Rivera grew out of his childhood disdain of pitching. Rivera says he didn't like to pitch as a little leaguer — because that meant he couldn't play every day...

The 2012 Little League World Series begins tomorrow. There's nothing better than watching youngster's compete for the love of the game.  Luckily, the annual tournament has remained relatively untarnished over the years (save the Danny Almonte scandal a few years back.)  I hope that the almighty dollar and the corporate shill-fest that has become professional sports never infiltrates into Little Le