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Baseball Draft-Player Capsules
Some of the top players eligible for Monday’s first-year player baseball draft (with position, school, height, weight and college class): STETSON ALLIE ^RHP, St. Edward H.S. (Ohio), 6-foot-3, 215 pounds. Ace of high school team coached by his father, Danny, has fastball that sits in mid- to upper-90s and impressive upper-80s slider.

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Baseball’s Andrus, Kinsler looking forward to WC
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers are currently in first place of Major League Baseball’s American League West division. And the focus for starting shortstop Elvis Andrus and second baseman Ian Kinsler is on helping them stay there and further add to their cushion.

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Las Vegas Baseball Player May be #1 Pick
Monday is a big day for a Las Vegas catcher. College of Southern Nevada player Bryce Harper is expected to be the number one pick in the baseball draft.

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Shooter Now: Homegrown talent carries Gophers into regional baseball championship game
The nine starters for the University of Minnesota baseball team that defeated Cal State Fullerton and New Mexico in first-round NCAA tournament games at Cal State Fullerton are from Minnesota.

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Pine View’s Marcus Littlewood has Major League talent as Mr. Baseball
Major League Baseball scouts have said Pine View shortstop Marcus Littlewood is the best position player to ever come out of Utah.

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Firefighters and baseball come together in Little League sponsorship
The International Association of Firefighters’ Local #4303 union has been making a concerted effort to reach out to the Juneau community. Having just concluded their annual “Fill the Boot” benefit for the Alaska Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, they have elected to sponsor a team in the Gastineau Channel Little League, the Orioles.

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Seguin Little League names All-Stars
SEGUIN — After the regular season came to an end following a round of city championship games on Saturday, the organizers of the Seguin Little League met up at the baseball and softball complex again Tuesday night to release the list of Special Tournament All-Stars for 2010.

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Shamokin-Coal Township Little League
Shamokin-Coal Township Little LeagueMajor DivisionKnights of Columbus 12Assist Home Care 1W: Nathaniel Montiel. L: Isaiah Reiprich.K of C – Ryan Sebasovich, 2 home runs, single; Alek Washuta, triple; Max Tillett, triple; Montiel, single; Nick Philli

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Police: Man raped woman at little league ball park
A man is behind bars after police say he raped a woman at a little league baseball field.

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Westside Little League Blanco Field Getting New Batting Cages Soon
A dream – what was once a nearly impossible dream – is taking shape at Westside Little League’s Blanco Field. Sometime later this month, a trio of batting cages, two of them featuring Iron Mike pitching machines, should be ready for use.

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Little League ‘Fun Raisers’
Willcox Little League/ For the Range News On May 6, the Willcox Little League’s “Red Sox Spirit Booster Club” had its first annual Fun Raiser.

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Wareham Little League results
This week in Wareham Little League.

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VFW Post 2901 donates to Little League
VFW Post 2901 donates to Little League VFW Post 2901 presented the Cambridge Little League with a $900 donation recently. Cambridge Little League plans to put the money to good use by improving the fields or purchasing a new scoreboard. Pictured, front r

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Minor Division Indians capture Vaca American Little League title
Two games were needed to decide the Vacaville American Little League Minor Division championship between the Indians and Pirates.

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Catching up with Little League baseball and softball
There has been plenty of action over the past several weeks at the Sparta Little League complex. The following are the results that have been provided by the league about the Little League baseball and softball leagues (11/12 year olds).

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Prep Softball: Ida seeks redemption
– Evening News file photo Erin Mayes leads the offense for 23-5 Ida. Dawn Forter has taught Ida’s softball team to expect league championships.

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Lady Owls blaze trail for AL softball teams
Before this season, Abundant Life’s softball team had never captured a conference tournament championship, never won a game at regionals, and never made an appearance at state. That all changed with an amazing postseason run by the Lady Owls.

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Lady Vols to face Arizona in softball CWS
Tennessee’s softball team will open Women’s College World Series play at 6 p.m. Thursday against Arizona in Oklahoma City.

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High school softball: Leadership key element for Lenox
Buchanan High School softball player Alexis Lenox was an interested spectator when the Bucks’ softball team advanced to the Division 3 state semifinals in 2006.

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Lady Tigers capture league softball championship
The Analy softball team captured its first Sonoma County League title in four years on Thursday, pulling out a dramatic, 3-2 win over visiting Casa Grande in 10 innings.

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Madison Little League — Diving catch decides pitcherâs duel
MADISON – In “AAA” Division action in the Madison Little League on May 15, DST Carpentry defeated Organic Landscaping, 4-2, in a pitcher’s duel.

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Hoellerâs bunt lifts Aâs to 3rd win In Basking Ridge Little League
BERNARDS TWP. — Ted Hoeller’s sacrifice bunt brought home Paul Klippel with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Associated Radiologists A’s edged the Principal Financial Orioles 7-6 May 12 for their third straight victory in American Division play of the Basking Ridge Little League.

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Pilsbury, Poggi bats lift White Sox by Aâs in Long Hill Little League
LONG HILL TWP. — Dan Pilsbury and Jeff Poggi both finished with four hits and four RBI as the Paulies Calabria White Sox out-slugged the George Bott Plumbing A’s 12-10 in Minor Division action of the Long Hill Little League the week of May 8-14.

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Little League needs volunteer help
Maricopa Little League is seeking volunteers to help with the following necessary areas of the league’s 2010 season operation: scorekeepers, field preparation, concessions, umpires, and more.

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Little League kicks off 2010 season
The Brown City Little League, including teams from Peck and Yale, kicked off their 2010 season with a parade and festivities at the fields May 15. The morning included a parade on Main Street in Brown City. Kevin read more

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