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What the old days got right

Every once in a while, a photograph stops you in your tracks. I recently opened American Hunter magazine and found one of those old photographs in Editor-in-Chief J. Scott Olmstead’s column that makes you stare. It was a faded black-and-white image of a young fellow sitting on an old ...

Florida eliminates Jamestown at BRWS

The crowd was on Jamestown’s side and three batters into Thursday’s game, it looked like that might get to Tallahassee-Leon, Florida’s starting pitcher Alex McGee. It didn’t take long for the right-hander to quiet the crowd and the host team’s bats. McGee tossed six innings of ...

Wisconsin earns walk-off win in first quarterfinal at BRWS

Janesville, Wisconsin, trailed for most of Thursday’s first quarterfinal at the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series. The Ohio Valley Region champions made up for it late. Wisconsin used a pair of bunts to plate the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning en route to a 7-6 win ...

Hawaii completes pool play 4-0

Mililani, Hawaii, completed a perfect 4-0 run through pool play with a 13-3 six-inning, mercy-rule victory over Westfield, Massachusetts, in Game 21 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Thursday morning at Diethrick Park. The Pacific Southwest Region champions earned the No. 1 ...

Florida beats Connecticut for National Division's No. 2 seed

Tallahassee-Leon, Florida, put together the inning of the tournament to beat Bethel, Connecticut, in Game 22 of the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series on Thursday at Diethrick Park. The Southeast Region champions batted through their order twice, scoring 16 runs in the second inning, en ...

Bok makes history as first girl in local BRWS

Since 1980, in the 20 Babe Ruth World Series that Jamestown, New York, has hosted, many athletes have made their mark on baseball history. That includes Richie Sexson, who went on to be a two-time MLB All-Star, Ben McDonald, who was the No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft in 1989, and Kris Benson, ...