Junior League World Series Notebook
Opening ceremonies? What opening ceremonies?
The new Junior League World Series champions from the Palma Ceia/Bayshore Little League in Tampa, Florida, have more than one thing in common with their Palma Ceia/Bayshore predecessors who took...
For the 32nd consecutive year, the Junior League Baseball World Series will be held at Heritage Park in Taylor, Michigan.
The World Series for the best teams of 13- and 14-year-old baseball players from around the globe will take place August 12-18, 2012. Taylor is the only city ever to host the Junior League World Series, which debuted...
Save these dates for Mayor Jeffrey Lamarand “Coffee with the Mayor” Sessions…
The next "Coffee with the Mayor" session is scheduled for 6p.m. Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at LaHacienda Mexhican Restaurant, 20355 Van Born.
Please be advised that bed bugs have been found at the Taylor Public Library. The City has contacted a Certified Pest Control Operator, who is handling this issue. If you have any questions pertaining to bed bugs, please click on this link...
Youth baseball umpire Roger Woolf needs knee surgery.
Five years ago, he woke up, his knees were swollen and he couldn’t move. A doctor told him to stay off the knees and rest. Eventually, he went to the hospital for an MRI and learned the meniscus was torn in the front and back of his right knee.
Woolf, a 59-year-old native of...
The Palma Ceia/Bayshore Little League all-stars of Tampa, Florida, are the champions of the 2011 Junior League World Series in Taylor, Michigan.
The USA champions defeated the International champs from the Shing-Ming Junior League in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei, 2-1 on Saturday, August 20, to win the world title for the 13- and 14-year-old...
A bases-loaded infield error in the bottom of the 10th inning allowed Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei, to defeat Maracaibo, Venezuela, 3-2, and qualify for the finals of the Junior League Baseball World Series in Taylor, Michigan.
The International champions will play Tampa, Florida, which shut out Tucson, Arizona, 4-0. The world championship...
Southeast champion Tampa, Florida, will challenge the best in the West, Tucson, Arizona, for the United States championship Friday night during the Junior League Baseball World Series at Taylor’s Heritage Park, 12111 Pardee Road. Game time is 8 p.m.
At 5 p...
The only two undefeated teams in the Junior League Baseball World Series stayed that way with wins on Wednesday at Taylor’s Heritage Park.
Four more games are scheduled for Thursday as the countdown continues toward the world championship.
Thursday's Schedule
Venezuela vs. Canada, 11 a.m.
Italy vs....
More than seven months ago, a gunman shot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords during an appearance at a Tucson, Arizona, supermarket.
Giffords was badly injured, but survived the attack. However, 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green was among those shot and killed in what has been described as a massacre. She was the youngest of the victims.
...Three of the most excited members of the Yabucoa, Puerto Rico contingent in Taylor for the Junior League World Series are too old to be playing for the team.
But all three have fond memories of the years they represented their country in the World Series.
Jose Reyes played in the series in Taylor in 1986. One of his teammates was...
Day three of the 2011 Junior League World Series at Taylor’s Heritage Park is in the record books. Tuesday’s action featured a no-hitter and a three-hitter by international pitchers and some key wins by teams in the USA Pool.
Games continue Wednesday at Taylor’s Heritage Park, 12111 Pardee Road:
- Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei (Asia-...
Day two of the Junior League World Series at Taylor’s Heritage Park is in the record books. Monday’s action featured one of the longest games in World Series history and saw two teams get their second victories of the tournament for the best teams of 13- and 14-year-olds from around the world.
Games continue Tuesday at Heritage...
The 31st annual Junior League Baseball World Series is under way at Taylor's Heritage Park.
Regional champions from Rhode Island, Chinese Taipei, Florida and Venezuela won Sunday on the first day of games. Four more games are scheduled for Tuesday.
Johnston, Rhode Island, scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to...