The NCAA baseball regionals are part of the NCAA Division 1 Baseball Championship. Every year around Memorial Day a selection committee decides the 64 teams who will make up the NCAA Baseball tournament. 30 teams get automatic births from winning their conference and 34 are selected at-large.

The first step in the process is deciding the 16 teams which will host a NCAA baseball regional. Next, each region will get three lesser seeded teams leading to a double elimination round robin tournament played at the host teams stadium. Eight of the regional hosts will also be given a national seed, meaning they are guaranteed to host again in the next round.

The winner of each regional will advance to a best of three super regional with the winner of that making the eight team College World Series.

The NCAA moved to a the regional format in 1975 and since then Florida State holds the record for most times hosting a NCAA baseball regional with 30. LSU is second at 21 times. Despite their history of getting great seeds and hosting regionals Florida State has ever won a National Championship.

The most people to ever watch a NCAA baseball regional game was Dudy Noble Field on Mississippi State’s campus where, on May 27, 1990, 11,496 fans watched the Bulldogs take on Florida State.

The longest college baseball game in NCAA history, a matchup between the University of Texas and Boston College, took place at a NCAA baseball regional in Austin, Texas on May 30, 2009. UT ended up winning the contest 3-2 after 25 innings.

Pastime Baseball hosts youth baseball tournaments in twenty-two states across the nation. The organization was conceived in 2006 as Hoosier Sports Academy and that year held tournaments in Indiana and Oklahoma for eight five teams from twelve states.

Sensing they were on to something big and national, they changed their name to Pastime Baseball in 2007. That year there events included 375 teams from twenty-four states and Canada. Scouts and college coaches also started to attend the tournaments, making them an even more attractive destination for traveling youth teams. The involvement of coaches and scouts at Pastime events continues to be one of its big draw to this day.

By 2010 there were fifteen hundred teams participating in Pastime Baseball Tournaments and teams were coming from as far as Texas. Pastime Baseball’s Tournaments have just been growing since then and out now they are nation’s leading self-sanctioned amateur baseball tournament host.

Pastime baseball tournaments are held during June and July. They tend to be played between Thursday and Sunday or Friday and Sunday, and offers guarantees of either three, four or five games weather permitting. Age groups include 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U, 17U, 18U, Pastime baseball offers national championship tournaments in the 14U to 18U divisions and World Series tournaments in the 15U to 18U divisions. They also offer wood bat national champions in the 14U and 15U division.

The price to enter tournaments is between $350 and $1250 a team. Shorter tournaments and younger teams are cheaper, and national championship tournaments cost more than regular invitationals. Teams that register before January 1 for the summer tournaments get a $25 discount

Pastime baseball tournaments are typically held at college facilities. Butler University, Notre Dame, Michigan State, University of Michigan, Oklahoma State and West Texas A&M. Some tournament games may also be played at local high school facilities. In addition to providing the venues, Pastime Baseball also provides the baseballs for the tournaments.

There is a generally a ten dollar gate fee for adults to attend the tournament, which is good for the whole weekend. Kids and senior can attend for free. Mizuno gloves and Rip-It BBCOR approved bats are among the sponsors of Pastime Tournaments.

Teams can register for tournaments on the Pastime Tournaments website. Most tournaments are open and can accommodate up to 48 teams. Traveling teams are required to stay at the Pastime tournament room block at the official host hotel. Failure to follow this rule can result in disqualification from the tournament.

In the past Pastime Baseball has offered camps in conjunction with some of their tournaments. This was in part to increase the players exposure to college coaches and scouts, but teams weren’t required to participate in the camps which came at an additional cost.

Pastime Tournaments contact number is 317-201-2358.

Norcal Baseball is a youth baseball organization based in the San Francisco bay area. It was established in 1992 as a single AAU team. But oh what a team it was, featuring Major Leaguers Jimmy Rollins and Pat Burrell. With future stars like that it should be no surprise that the squad won the 1992 15U national championship.

And from this early success was launched a comprehensive youth baseball league with a mission of producing players who will be able to play college and pro ball. As of 2013, 35 Norcal baseball alum of have suited up in the Major Leagues and over 350 have played college baseball with 200 of those collegians competing on the Division one level.

Norcal baseball has 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U, 17U and 18U teams. To join one of these teams, a player will have to try out. The tryout is in August for fall ball and is divided into one tryout for nine to fifteen year olds and another for sixteen to eighteen year olds.

Norcal baseball isn’t just looking for the best players. They are are looking for the best players who are willing to commit what it takes to compete on a national level. Norcal Baseball is arguably the number one youth baseball organization in America. A player who makes a Norcal team will not only receive top notch coaching but they will bey exposed to college coaches and pro scouts, greatly improving their chances to either be drafted or enter college on a baseball scholarship.

Norcal Baseball sends their teams to national tournaments, such as the USA Baseball Championships in Arizona, the Continental Amateur Baseball Association Championship in Indiana, TBS in Georgia and USSSA tournaments in Northern California, Southern California, Las Vegas.

Norcal also hosts an annual summer tournament, the Norcal World Series.

It cost between twenty and thirty five dollars to attend a NorCal Baseball tryout. Once you make the team there is about a two-hundred fifty dollar fee and then travel and tournament fees on top of that. Norcal asks that you contact them directly for the exact up to date fee structure. A non-profit organization, Norcal tries to keep its fees as reasonable as possible.

NorCal baseball also offers two training programs. The first, a velocity training program is a fourteen week (38 session) total arm conditioning and strengthening program. Players who have taken it have reported improvements from 3.7 to 9.4 MPH on their fastball. The cost of the program is $895.

NorCal also sometimes runs an eight week catching an agility program. Although this program is not currently available.

List of NorCal alum who have played Major League baseball:

Brandon Buckley, Scott Harrison, Jamal Harrison, Brent Howard, Todd Johannes, Mike Rose, Cy Simonton, Pat Burrell, Justin Gemoll, Bobby Hill, Jason Hill, Tony Johnson, Ashanti Davison, Jimmy Rollins, Jason Dennis, Jamie Eppeneder, Ronny French, Brian Manfred, Xavier Nady, Matt Riley, Mike Tonis, Brandon Gemoll, Ronny Johnson, Mike Rouse, J.J. Sherrill, Steve Skinner, Chad Fillinger, Dontrelle Willis, Reed Johnson, Josh Kreuzer, Dave McKae, Nash Robertson, Jonathan Tucker, Jonny Ash, Julian Benavidez, Chris Campos, Chris Carter, Armand Gaerlan, Matt Goodson, J.P. Howell, Casey McGehee, Nate Sutton, Jordan Brown, Chris Gruler, John Jaso, Drew Olson, Dustin Realini, Troy Tulowitzki, Karl Bolt, Josh Butler, Lauren Gagnier, Steve Lerud, Brandon Morrow, Steve Singleton, Nick Moresi, Brad Bergesen, Matthew Mitchell.

Hitters baseball is a youth baseball organization based in Racine, Wisconsin. It has been run by R.J. Fergus for the last 18 years. Hitters Baseball operate out of the Hitters Center and Hitters Baseball Academy in Racine, but they also hold tournaments in other locations in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.

Hitters Baseball has youth teams from the 12 and under to 18 and under division. They operate on three competitive levels. First is their BLUE level, which is their most senior level. These are traveling teams which play on elite summer and fall schedules. The next level is GREY, their junior level, and WHITE, their sophomore level. GREY and WHITE only play fall schedules. Players tryout for these teams in August, for the upcoming fall season and then the following summer season. Tryouts take place at their Racine facility and also Carthage College in Kenosha. The Hitters Baseball Academy is a member of both Premier Baseball and Mid-America Baseball.

The Hitters Baseball Academy, a 20,000 indoor facility with 11 batting cages and four pitchers mounds, offers camp sessions all year round. Camps include velocity program, hitting camp, fall speed and conditioning, infield/throwing camp, high school throwing and fielding camp and high school hitting camp. Campers can also purchase an hour of individual lessons from R.J. Fergus and the other instructors for $70. (Or $35 for the half hour.) Their camps tend to be reasonably priced. Some are as inexpensive as $60 for an entire camp and the longer camps typically come to less than $20 an hour. You can also rent out the cages at Hitters baseball Academy for $35 an hour between 3 PM and 9 PM on summer weekdays and for most of the day on summer weekends.

One of the features of The Hitter’s academy website is that it keeps statistics on all of its current players. Each name on the statistical table is hyperlinked to player page which includes information such as age, height, weight, position and team. There is also a game-by-game log of all of the player’s statistics that season. Yes, these youth players get the Big League treatment when it comes to their statistics.

Since 2000, 29 Hitters Baseball alumni have signed professional baseball contracts. Well over a hundred have gone on to play college baseball.

The Hitters baseball organization prides itself on the ability to get campers and players exposure to college coaches and pro scouts, who attend their games and camps.

There are many positive testimonials for both Hitters Baseball and the Hitters Baseball Academy posted on their respective webpages. If you are interested in learning more about high level youth baseball in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois you should definitely check Hitters Baseball out.

Since 2008 Cooperstown Baseball Classic has been hosting wood bat youth baseball tournaments in historic Cooperstown, New York as well as locations in Ohio and Missouri. They also operate under the name Backyard Baseball.

The goal of the Cooperstown Baseball Classics is to provide affordable, low price, family-oriented weekend youth baseball tournaments. And what better place to do that than Cooperstown’s Clark Sports Center, which is just down the road from the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Cooperstown Baseball Classic offers tournament play in the 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U and 19U age group. The cut off date for group is May 1. 14U and up teams use Major League Baseball field dimensions and play seven innings games. The younger groups play six innings and use pitching distance of 47 to 50 feet and base paths of 60 to 70 feet, depending on the age. 11U and up can take leads and at those levels balks are called

There is no in designated hitter in Cooperstown Baseball Classics, but teams can add up to two extra batters to the lineup as long as they declare the extra hitters before the game starts. These extra hitters have to hit 10th and 11th and you can remove them from the game without penalty at any point. (But you can’t put them back in.) The extra hitters can enter the game defensively. Starters can reenter the game defensively once, but once a substitute is removed he is no longer eligible to play. Roster are limited to 15 players. Only wood bats are allowed, with no composite or bamboo bats permitted.

Courtesy runners are allowed for the catcher or pitcher of record. Base runners must try to avoid contact while sliding and there is no head first sliding into home plate. There are no pitch count restrictions in Cooperstown Baseball tournaments. Ejected players are ineligible for the next two games, and ejected coaches are forced to leave the premises.

It cost $625 to register a team in the Cooperstown Baseball classic. The tournaments tend to be in the summer months and run either the weekend or Friday to Sunday. The price includes three guaranteed games, weather permitting. The winning team in each age group receives a trophy and the runner up a medal.

There are also typically three skills competition at on site: around the horn; inside the park speed competition and a home run derby. A limited number of each team players can compete in each skill competition.

Their Missouri tournaments take place in Altenburg under the Backyard Baseball banner. They run $325 per team for the 14U and 15U and four hundred fifty dollars a team for 19U.

The Ohio tournaments are in Willoughby Hills and they cost $295 for 8U coach pitch and $395 for the rest. Both the Ohio and Missouri tournaments also have skills competitions. Game results for all tournaments are displayed on Twitter. For information on how to register go to the cbsclassic website.

The Longmont Baseball League is youth baseball association based in Longmont, Colorado. Longmont Baseball features a summer recreational program for 5u, 6u, 7u, 8u, 9u, 10u, 11u, 12u, 13u, 14u, 15u, 16u, 17u, and 18u. The cut off date for an age group is April 30. Rosters cannot have more than 13 players. The season runs from late May to mid July and each team plays twelve games. Games are on weekend evenings and some Saturdays. Rain outs are not rescheduled.

Five and six year olds do T-Ball and the cost for those age groups is ninety dollars per player. Seven and eight year olds use a pitch machine, and it is also ninety bucks a person. Nine to twelve year olds run $120 a season and thirteen and up cost $130. And the end of the season there is an all-star game for the nine to fourteen year olds and there is an end the of the season tournament for nine to eighteen year olds.

Longmont baseball also has a competitive league which is divided into AA and AAA. AAA is the highest level and AAA teams plays from January to July. These teams usually also participate in fall baseball and will often practice in the winter. AAA teams play in tournaments just about every weekend as many of these teams are attempting to win a state title.

AA teams compete from the beginning of March to July. They tend to practice two to three times a week and play tournaments every other week.

The league can be very expensive, even with many of the team’s using sponsorships and fundraising to defray some of the costs. AAA teams should be around $750 per season per player and AA about five hundred dollars. And this doesn’t include uniforms and registration fees for the tournament. Parents of AAA and AA players are also warned that their child won’t be able to take summer vacations, due to the demands of the schedule.

Tryouts for competitive teams are held in August for the upcoming season.

Competitive leagues are divided 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U and 14U. Nine to twelve year olds play six innings, and thirteen and fourteen year olds play seven. Longmont Baseball League competitive teams can bat traditional nine player lineups, ten player lineups with an extra hitter, or continuous line up when all present uniformed players hit. Once the team declares what type of lineup they are using they need to stick with it throughout the game. If a team uses the continuous lineup the extra players may move freely into and between any defensive position besides pitcher.

In Longmont Baseball League competitive play pitchers don’t need to pitch all four pitches of intentional walks, instead the pitcher can just signal a free pass.

Base runners are obligated to either slide or try to avoid contact on a close play. If he violates this regulations he will be ejected. During six inning games, the mercy rule is called when a team is up by fifteen after three innings and eight after four. In seven inning games, the mercy rule triggers when a team is up by fifteen after three, twelve after four and ten after five.

Established in 2008, New York Elite Baseball is a youth baseball league that plays in the Hudson Valley of New York State and Connecticut. It plays in over fifty locations — usually high school and Little League Fields — in that region.

New York Elite Baseball has three different seasons throughout the year. In 2014, the spring season lasts from March 30 to June 1. The summer season is from June 10 to August 10. The fall season runs September 8 to October 27. It costs $275 to join a team in any of those seasons. Over a hundred teams participated in the Fall of 2013 season and over three hundred fifty for all of 2013.

New York Elite baseball has leagues in the 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U, 17/18U age groups. Some of these age groups also feature elite leagues. The cut off date for age eligibility is April 30.

New York Elite Baseball will host eleven weekend tournaments in 2014, including competitions on Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day and a pair of wood bat competitions. These tournaments are held at state of the art facilities which have restrooms,concession stands, ample parking and field crews which keep the grounds in top-tip shape. New York Elite Baseball tournaments have featured teams from eight states and Canada. Costs for tournaments tend to around six hundred dollars per team.

During tournaments, rosters can be no larger than twenty players, and  only three adults are allowed in the dugout. Rosters are locked after the first game played and players can only be listed on one tournament team. There will be two umpires provided. During tournament teams are given twelve balls to last the weekend. If these run out they will have to provide their own.

During league play 13u to 18u will play on a Major League sized field. Each team will be provided two baseballs before the game begins. Metal spikes are allowed. All bats must meet BBCOR -3 standards.

League games are seven innings, and there is no time limit. Doubleheaders are also seven innings each and a game doesn’t count unless the losing team plays at least five innings. The mercy rule kicks in if a team is ahead by more than ten run after completing five innings.

A team is required to be able to field nine players, and will be given up to twenty minutes after game time to round up nine players. If they fail to do so the game is a forfeit. If a team loses a player to injury they are allowed to play with eight, however an out will be recorded in the missing ninth player’s spot in the lineup. If a player ejection results in the team having eight players the game is a forfeit. Starters may re-enter the game once, provided they keep the same spot in the lineup the whole time.

New York Elite Baseball allows designated hitters and extra hitters. The extra hitter has to be declared before the start of the game and must be kept in the lineup until the end of the game. Teams also have the option of batting their entire roster, but if they do they have to stick with it until the game’s completion. There are no courtesy runners in New York Elite Baseball.

The home team is responsible for providing two umpires for each game, and the two teams will split the umpire’s fees.

During league play, rosters are locked ten days into the season.

Baseball Trading Pins have become quite popular over the years. A trading pin is simply a logoed pin that the wearer can stick on their uniform or lapel. Trading pins don’t have to be baseball themed — universities, police and fire departments, restaurants, and, of course girl, scouts are all organizations that issue pins to their members or employees.

Baseball trading pins are particularly popular with youth baseball teams, who show their hardball pride be wearing these pins in social settings or sticking them on a cork board in their room or garage. There is also a tradition among Little League players to trade these pins with their opponents during game play and especially tournaments. That is where the “trading” in baseball trading pins comes from. But don’t wear your baseball trading pins during games, as most youth baseball leagues ban jewelry of any kind during play.

There are many Internet sites that offer customizable baseball pins. However the process of having them made and delivered is fairly standard.

To start the process, you come up a with a design idea. This can can be fully developed concept or just a picture or a team logo. Then you send it in to the online vendor you have chosen to make your baseball trading pin. The vendor will likely want you to send the mock up on a computer file rather than mail it or fax it. After they receive your mock up, the vendor electronically sends you back a proof with a price quote. If that meets your needs, you are ready to go.

Custom baseball trading pins can be purchased in a variety of metals and colors. They can also be just about and shape. In fact, the shape of a baseball trading pin is usually one of its most distinguishing characteristics so you should take the time to come up with a shape that is unique and expresses how you feel about your baseball team.

The cost of baseball trading varies based on size and how many pins you order. The minimum lot is going to be around fifty, and that will cost between around $1.50 and $4.00 a pin, depending on size and material. But if are buying baseball trading pins to be traded at tournaments you will need much more than just fifty pins. In fact, it is recommended that each Little League player on the team should have between thirty-five and fifty pins to take to a tournament.

That it is because there will be many other teams at the competition, and the custom is to try to get as many of those other teams’ pins through “trades.” Larger pins can be beneficial in this informal marketplace because they often bring two for one deals.

Ordering more trading pins will also greatly lower their price per pin, and you should see the cost of a ¾ inch pin drop below two dollars when buying a lot of more than a hundred and one dollar when purchasing five hundred plus baseball trading pins

Although most baseball pin vendors offer delivery between three and eight days, it is recommended you get a jump on the tournament season by ordering your baseball trading pins in April or May. That way when your youth baseball team does start the summer tournament circuit they team’s players will have plenty of baseball trading pins to exchange with the players on other teams.

Baseball truly is an international sport. And as such, there has always been a demand for a World Cup-style tournament that would pit the best players from the different baseball playing nations against each other in order to determine a world champion. Before the World Baseball Classic debuted in 2006 there had never been this type of tournament.

There certainly has been international baseball tournaments. The World Baseball Cup has been around since 1938 when Great Britain, of all nations, took the title. Baseball has also been a medal sport on numerous occasions during the Summer Olympics. But Major League Baseball players weren’t allowed to participate in those events and thus they never had any legitimacy as a decider of world baseball supremacy.

Since it was created in conjunction with Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, the World Baseball Classic (WBC) has had Major League players on board from day one.

How to stage the tournament without interfering with the season, however, did present a bit of a problem. The WBC decided to play in March, which would be congruent to the Major League spring training. This way MLB players could join their national teams and not miss any games that count, while still participating in the type of baseball activity that would help them prepare for the season.

But because players weren’t necessarily up to game speed, the round-robin style tournament would have to have special stipulations to prevent injuries. These include pitch count restriction which start at 65 pitches in the first round and slowly make their way up to the 95 pitches allowed in the championship. The WBC also insures the Major League salaries of any player injured during the tournament. (When Yankee star Mark Teixeira hurt himself in the 2013 WBC representing the United States and missed the bulk of the subsequent baseball season the WBC’s insurance paid New York most of Teixeira’s 2013 salary.)

Other rules which differentiate the WBC from Major League Baseball is a mercy rule that kicks in at 15 runs after five innings and ten runs after 7. If a WBC game is still tied after the 12th inning teams start each additional inning with a runners and first and second. (Again, this is to preserve pitchers.) The WBC uses the designated hitter.

Pool play for the WBC takes place in United States, Asia, Latin America and Caribbean with the championship round so far always taking place in the U.S.

The WBC has been held three times, in 2006, 2009 and 2013. It will remain on a four-year schedule for the foreseeable future.

Japan was victorious in the first WBC, defeating Cuba in the title game. They made it back-to-back in ‘09, this time knocking of their Asian rivals South Korea in the final game. Japanese Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was the MVP of both tournaments, compiling a 6-0 record between them.

The 2013 final was an all Caribbean affair, with the Dominican Republic defeating Puerto Rico for the title. Robinson Cano took the MVP trophy by hitting 469 over the tournament.

With an average attendance of about 20,000 a game, the WBC is long way from reaching the level of popularity enjoyed by the soccer World Cup, which  the tournament is styled upon. However it’s has been a huge hit in Japan, and the 2006 and 2009 finals are the highest rated sports television events in the island nation’s history.

Of course that has a lot to do with the Japanese team’s success in those tournament, and it could be argued that what’s keeping the WBC from being more of a presence in the United States, the world’s biggest media market and birthplace of baseball, is the American team’s lousy record in the event, never finishing higher than fourth place.

We’ll have to wait until 2017 to see if a better result from American team elevates the World Baseball Classic to must-see TV stateside. Until the WBC captures the imagination of America it’s hard to call it complete success. But has certainly had a good start.

Little League baseball began in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. However its early development was hampered by World War 2 and the lack of fathers around to form new leagues.

But by 1947 the war was over, and Little League’s board of directors decided to stage a tournament that would showcase the league and encourage the growth of youth baseball.

All-star teams from 11 of the 17 Little Leagues — all based in Pennsylvania or New Jersey — came to Williamsport to participate in the first Little League World Series. It was won by the hometown Maynard Midget League of Williamsport.

2,500 people crowded in to see the title game, and the results were printed in newspaper all over the country. Within a few years Little League Baseball had become a national phenomenon, with the annual Little League Baseball World series as its centerpiece.

The Little League World Series is open to 11 and 12 year olds and anyone who will turn 13 after May 1 of the year. It is held every August at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, which can seat up to 42,000 fans.

Sixteen teams — eight domestic and eight international — compete for the World Series. Qualifying takes place earlier in the summer. In the United States, there 52 initial qualifying teams, one for each state and the District of Columbia with four exceptions: The Dakotas which get one combined slot, and California and Texas, which get two each.

These 52 teams are then divided into eight geographical based subdivisions, with the champions of each advancing to Williamsport.

The eight foreign teams are culled from these regions: Asia-Pacific and Middle East; Australia
Canada; Caribbean; Europe and Africa; Japan; Latin America; Mexico.

The winner of the domestic bracket meets the winner of the foreign bracket in the title game.

The inclusion of foreign teams in the Little League World Series has been the subject of some controversy ever since a team from Monterrey, Mexico took the title in 1957. In 1975, in the midst a long run of domination by teams from Taiwan, the Little League World Series banned all foreign teams. However, after considerable criticism, the overseas squads were invited back the next year.

In 1997 Taiwan, who had won 17 of the past 30 LLWS, was again the subject of controversy when they pulled their team out of the tournament, stating they weren’t able to comply with new Little League rules on the maximum size of player pools and residency requirements. They returned in 2002, but haven’t won another title since.

Other Little League eligibility controversy include the 1992 tournament, when the team from the Philippines was forced forfeit the finals for using overaged players. This came up again in 2002 when  Danny Almonte, a fireballing Dominican-born pitcher for the Bronx, New York sqiad, was discovered to be two years overaged, leading to his team retroactively forfeiting all of their wins.

ABC has broadcasted the Little League World Series title game since 1962, then under the banner of “The Wide World of Sports” and often on tape delay. In 1982 ESPN began broadcasting some of the earlier LLWS games and as of 2013 every LLWS game, as well as the regional finals that proceed tje,, air on ABC or ESPN family of networks.

ESPN ‘scoverage, in particular, had been criticized for showing the players’ crying after a loss. Because of the blowback they stopped with the watery reaction shots. However, child psychologists have argued that showing this natural reaction to disappointment is actually a good thing.

Major League players who participated in the Little League World Series include Boog Powell, Sean Burroughs, Todd Frazier, Charlie Hayes, Jason Marquis, Jason Varitek, Carney Lansford, Jurickson Profar, Jason Bay and Colby Rasmus.

Here is a complete list of Little League World Series winners.

1947: Williamsport, Pa. beats Lock Haven, Pa. 7
1948: Lock Haven, Pa. beats St. Petersburg, Fla. 6–5
1949: Hammonton, N.J. beats Pensacola, Fla. 5–0
1950: Houston, Tex. beats Bridgeport, Conn. 2–1
1951: Stamford, Conn. beats Austin, Tex. 3–0
1952: Norwalk, Conn. beats Monongahela, Pa. 4–3
1953: Birmingham, Ala. beats Schenectady, N.Y. 1–0
1954: Schenectady, N.Y.beats Colton, Calif. 7–5
1955: Morrisville, Pa. beats Merchantville, N.J. 4–3
1956: Roswell, N.M. beats Merchantville, N.J. 3–1
1957: Monterrey, Mex. beats LaMesa, Calif. 4–0
1958: Monterrey, Mex. beats Kankakee, Ill. 10–1
1959: Hamtramck, Mich. beats Auburn, Calif. 12–0
1960: Levittown, Pa. beats Ft. Worth, Tex. 5–0
1961 El Cajon, Calif. beats El Campo, Tex. 4–2
1962: San Jose, Calif. beats Kankakee, Ill. 3–0
1963: Granada Hills, Calif. beats Stratford, Conn. 2–1
1964: Staten Island, N.Y. beats Monterrey, Mex. 4–0
1965: Windsor Locks, Conn. beats Stoney Creek, Can. 3–1
1966: Houston beats W. New York, N.J. 8–2
1967: West Tokyo, Japan beats Chicago, Ill. 4–1
1968: Osaka, Japan beats Richmond, Va. 1–0
1969: Taipei, Taiwan beats Santa Clara, Calif. 5–0
1970: Wayne, N.J. beats Campbell, Calif. 2–0
1971: Tainan, Taiwan beats Gary, Ind. 12–3
1972: Taipei, Taiwan beats Hammond, Ind. 6–0
1973: Tainan City, Taiwan beats Tucson, Ariz. 12–0
1974: Kao Hsiung, Taiwan beats El Cajon, Calif. 7–2
1975: Lakewood, N.J. beats Tampa, Fla. 4–3
1976: Tokyo, Japan beats Campbell, Calif. 10–3
1977: Kao Hsiung, Taiwan beats El Cajon, Calif. 7–2
1978: Pin-Tung, Taiwan beats Danville, Calif. 11–1
1979: Hsien, Taiwan beats Campbell, Calif. 2–1
1980: Hua Lian, Taiwan beats Tampa, Fla. 4–3
1981: Tai-Chung, Taiwan beats Tampa, Fla. 4–2
1982: Kirkland, Wash. beats Hsien, Taiwan 6–0
1983: Marietta, Ga. beats Barahona, Dom. Rep. 3–1
1984: Seoul, S. Korea beats Altamonte Springs, Fla. 6–2
1985: Seoul, S. Korea beats Mexicali, Mex. 7–1
1986: Tianan Park, Taiwan beats Tucson, Ariz. 12–0
1987: Hua Lian, Taiwan beats Irvine, Calif. 21–1
1988 Tai-Chung, Taiwan beats Pearl City, Haw. 10–0
1989: Trumbull, Conn. beats Kaohsiung, Taiwan 5–2
1990: Taipei, Taiwan beats Shippensburg, Pa. 9–0
1991: Tai-Chung, beats San Ramon Valley, Calif. 11–0
1992: Long Beach, Calif. beats Zamboanga, Phil. forfeit
1993: Long Beach, Calif. beats David Chiriqui, Pan. 3–2
1994 :Maracaibo, Venezuela beats Northridge, Calif. 4–3
1995: Tainan, Taiwan beats Spring, Texas 17–3
1996: Kao-Hsuing City, Taipei beats Cranston, R.I. 13–3
1997: Guadalupe, Mexico beats South Mission Viejo, Calif. 5–4
1998: Toms River, N.J. beats Kashima, Japan 12–9
1999: Hirakata, Osaka, Japan beats Phenix City, Ala. 5–0
2000: Maracaibo, Venezuela beas Bellaire, Tex. 3–2
2001: Tokyo Kitasuna, Tokyo, Japan beats Apopka, Fla. 2–1
2002: Louisville, Ky. beats Sendai, Japan 1–0
2003: Musashi-Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan beats East Boynton Beach, Fla. 10–1
2004: Willemstad, Curaçao beats Thousand Oaks, Calif. 5–2
2005: Ewa Beach, West Oahu, Hawaii beats Willemstad, Curaçao 7–6
2006: Columbus Northern, Ga. beats Kawaguchi, Japan 2–1
2007: Warner Robins, Ga. beats Tokyo, Japan 3-2
2008: Waipahu, Hawaii beats Matamoros, Mexico 12-3
2009: Chula Vista, Calif. beats Taoyuan County, Taiwan 6-3
2010: Edogawa Minami, Tokyo, Japan beats Waipahu, Hawaii 4-1
2011: Huntington Beach, Calif. beats Hamamatsu City, Japan 2-1
2012: Tokyo Kitasuna, Japan beats Goodlettsville, Tenn. 12-2
2013: Musashi Fuchu,Tokyo, Japan beats Chula Vista, Calif. 6-4