Hawaii Wins Little League Title

'The epitome of what every little boy ought to be'

(NEWSER) - Thirteen-year-old Little Leaguer Hayden Walton stepped up to the plate, tried to bunt, and died in a freak accident that's rocked his northern Arizona community, reports the AP. "He took an inside pitch right in the chest," says a Winslow Little League official. "After that he took two steps to first base and collapsed." Hayden, a Boy Scout who mowed lawns for widows in his neighborhood, died the next morning in a hospital. More»

Katharine Hepburn, Mother Teresa, Negro Leagues baseball make the cut

(NEWSER) - Nobel Prize winner Mother Teresa, Oscar-winning actress Katharine Hepburn, singing cowboy Gene Autry, artist Winslow Homer, and Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin will be honored on US postage stamps next year. Other new stamps will honor baseball's Negro Leagues, the Sunday funnies and the Hawaiian rain forest, the AP reports. Here are some of the new designs. More»

Chula Vista overcomes 3-0 deficit with 4th-inning single

(AP) - California came up big late to win the Little League World Series. Bulla Graft's single scored the go-ahead run in the fourth inning and Chula Vista rallied to defeat Taoyuan, Taiwan, 6-3 today to take the Little League crown. Kiko Garcia pitched three-plus scoreless innings of relief to settle down a California team that fell behind 3-0 early. More»

(NEWSER) - Alden Manning pitched his heart out last season, hurling fastballs until his arm was so sore he needed Tommy John surgery. Problem is, Alden was only 14—and he's not alone. More teenage pitchers are suffering from serious arm injuries as the best of them are asked to pitch more innings, on multiple teams, year-round. And parents dreaming of multi-million-dollar contracts aren't holding them back, Ron Berler writes in the New York Times Magazine. More»

12-year-old will throw out first pitch before Mets game tomorrow

(NEWSER) - Life has been a bit insane for Mackenzie Brown since Tuesday, when the 12-year-old became the first girl in her Bayonne, NJ, Little League’s history to throw a perfect game. Brown’s performance cracked ESPN, she’s appeared on a Fox national morning show, and tomorrow she’ll throw out the first pitch at a New York Mets game, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. More»