NEW YORK -- One year ago, Jazz Chisholm Jr. took an empty seat by the right-side windows of a shuttle bus on the tarmac at Williamsport Regional Airport in Pennsylvania, striking up a conversation with the bright-eyed youngster next to him.

“You’re my favorite player,” said Russell McGee, then an 11-year-old infielder/pitcher on the Mountain Region club from Henderson, Nev. Chisholm’s heart leapt. As the pair chatted on the winding ride to the Little League Classic, the Yankees infielder began to feel like he’d just met a little brother .

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Chisholm promised to keep in touch. A year later, McGee -- now 12 -- says that promise has been kept.

“He said he’s always going to have my back,” McGee said. “He wants to make me the best pos

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