I’ll say it: I’m an absolute sucker for the Little League World Series.

Year after year, travel ball is doing its very best to kill one of the most enjoyable television events of the year. Kids from 10 to 12 years old from across the country meet in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for just under two weeks to crown the best youth baseball team from one town on the planet.

It’s a perfect concept. Kids crying, terrible mistakes, awful umpires, and coaches trying to make it all about themselves.

This year has been one of the better tournaments we’ve had in a long time. South Carolina staged a six-run, come-from-behind win in extra innings , multiple teams lost games on crazy baserunning errors, and Chinese Taipei had a kid throw 82 in his first full year ever playing baseball.

As usual, the

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