Little League Baseball is a non profit organizer of children's baseball leagues in the USA, which in the last couple of decades has spilled over into the rest of the world.

In 1939, the league was founded by a lumberyard clerk named Carl Stotz. Mr. Stotz had the dream of a baseball league for boys (the league now accepts girls as well) which would be supervised by adults. This idea was one that Mr. Stotz had in order to cut down on fights between the players. (Little did he know that the majority of fights would be between the parents in the stands, or by parents toward coaches. That's for another topic though. : ))

Little League Baseball was given it's birth by Stotz in his own hometown of Williamsport, PA, where the league began as a 3 team organization.

Now, there are millions of players throughout the world, in six different divisions that go from the smallest of little leaguers, the Tee Ball players, on up through the Minors, Little (or Majors), Juniors, Seniors and Big Leagues. These divisions host players from ages ranging from 5 to 18.

The first little league game ever played was on June 6, 1939. This game again was played in Williamsport, PA; and by no means an accident that this is the same place where every year in August, the Little League hosts the hugely popular
Little League World Series. The LL World Series is a major event where teams from all over the world are eligible to participate to become that seasons champions.

Mr. Stotz served as the commissioner of the league up until 1956, when his 17 year involvement ended on a bit of a sour note, when Stotz himself sued other members of the commission from trying to expand the league. The case was settled out of court, but Stotz left the league for good.

However his stint with Little League Baseball ended, Carl Stotz deserves much praise for bringing America's Favorite Pastime to the hometowns of every young baseball fan in America and beyond.

The 2007 Little League World Series saw one of the toughest games of the series' history.

On August 26th, the Georgia Warner Robins grabbed the title of Little League Champions over Japan in a close 3-2 in front of a crowded stadium of over 34,000 fans.

The game as always was played in Williamsport P.A., in the town where Little League Little League was born. The game was a nail-biter keeping everyone on the edge of their seats right up to the end, with the game still being tied at 2-2 at that time.

But in the second half of the 8th inning Dalton Carriker smashed a walk-off solo home run to right field, where he celebrated not with a trot around the bases but a full on sprint.

On the Little League's official website, Carriker said. "I really felt like I was flying - like Peter Pan. I was just touching the bases and going for my boys." This win would be the clincher for the win, with nobody scoring in the 9th inning, the Warner Robins walked of as champs.

Not without showing extremely superb sportsmanship however. As Japan's boys hung their heads, some even sobbing in tears, the Georgia team spontaneously and on their own went out to hug their competitors and let them know that things were alright and that they had played a great game.