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    BANGOR – After blowouts ruled day one of the Senior League World Series, fans were treated to a Tuesday morning pitchers’ duel that was just as good as Mansfield Stadium’s famous Ballpark Brownie Sundae. Between the three of them, pitchers Jeff Comfort and Jon Reed… Read More
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    BANGOR – The scoreboard pretty much told the story for Monday night’s Senior League World Series game between South regional champ Yorktown, Va., and West champ Pearl City, Hawaii. After the third inning, Yorktown was outhitting Pearl City 4-2 but was trailing 3-1. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    BANGOR – In the U.S. West regional, Pearl City, Hawaii, rolled through the tournament, outscoring its opponents by a whopping 80-9. In their opening game of the Senior League World Series at Mansfield Stadium on Sunday, the U.S. West champs kept swinging hot bats en… Read More
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    BANGOR – The Paraguana Senior League team from Falcon, Venezuela, had already outscored its competitors 40-2 before winning the Latin American championship with a mercy-rule shortened game against historic baseball power Curacao. But just how good was this group of teens from Falcon? Was this… Read More
    BANGOR – Taking an early lead on the first day of the Senior League World Series is always a good thing. Five runs in the first inning proved to be more than enough as the U.S. East representative Bloomfield Little League from Bloomfield, N.J., started… Read More
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    SATURDAY’S ACTIVITIES Baseball clinic, 4:30 p.m. – Open to baseball and softball players up to age 12 from Maine District 3, conducted by UMaine baseball head coach Steve Trimper. All participants at the clinic receive a free World Series pass for all 23 games and… Read More
    Looking for an early favorite to win this year’s Senior League World Series? Consider last year’s runner-up, Pearl City, Hawaii, which has earned a return trip to the world baseball championships for 15- and 16-year-olds that begin with opening ceremonies Saturday night at Mansfield Stadium… Read More
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    BANGOR – Sean Raisch waited a bit impatiently throughout the week for his chance to get a pitching start in the 2005 Senior League World Series. That turn finally came Friday, and Raisch responded with a three-hitter to lift Urbandale, Iowa, to a 6-2 semifinal… Read More
    BANGOR – After his complete-game win Sunday, many observers assumed Pearl City, Hawaii pitcher Jason Rasa wouldn’t make another start in the Senior League World Series. Rasa threw 132 pitches in the 10-inning, 5-3 win over Asia-Pacific representative Agana, Guam, on the opening day of pool play. Read More
    BANGOR – The U.S. Central team knew exactly what needed to happen in order for the squad to advance to the semifinal round of the Senior League World Series. In fact, there was only one option for the boys from Urbandale, Iowa – win Thursday… Read More
    BANGOR – Motivation may have the deciding factor Thursday as the Westfort International Little League of Thunder Bay, Ontario, knocked off Clarkesville, Ga., 10-6 in the final day of Pool A play at the Senior League World Series. Thunder Bay, the Canadian champion, was seeking… Read More
    BANGOR – Alejandro Diaz is showing Mansfield Stadium fans the kind of power and offense they haven’t yet seen in a Senior League World Series. Diaz, a catcher for the Asia-Pacific representative from Agana, Guam, has already hit three home runs. No one had ever… Read More
    BANGOR – The team representing the Asia-Pacific region at the Senior League World Series has known nothing but close games since arriving at Mansfield Stadium for this week’s series. Less than 24 hours after losing its second two-run game of the World Series, the squad… Read More
    BANGOR – Early to bed, early to rise, and two wins for the U.S. East representative to the Senior League World Series to keep alive their hopes to make the semifinals. About eight hours after earning a win in the conclusion of a game that… Read More
    BANGOR – Asia-Pacific’s Alejandro Diaz may have hit more home runs than anyone else in Tuesday evening’s Senior League World Series Pool A game against the U.S. South – indeed, he’s now hit more than anyone else in World Series history at Mansfield Stadium – but his two… Read More
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    BANGOR – The U.S. Central Senior League World Series representative prides itself on its defense. Error-free play in the field and a fifth-inning, bases-loaded double play helped Urbandale, Iowa, team beat Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) Tuesday morning. The U.S. Central squad also took advantage of five… Read More
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    BANGOR – Frustrated by a opening-night loss at the Senior League World Series, the Urbandale, Iowa, lineup took on a different look as the U.S. Central champion sought to rebound Monday against Freehold Township, N.J. – the defending world champion. The changes worked, and lefthander… Read More
    BANGOR – The U.S. Southwest team from Marksville, La. took advantage of errors by the opposing team, created offense on its own, and got a solid starting pitching performance from Seth Webster for a 10-2 Senior League World Series victory over a team from the former Soviet republic… Read More
    BANGOR – In many cases, the baseball games are the easy part of participating in an international baseball tournament such as the Senior League World Series. That surely will be the case for the team from the capital city of Tbilisi in the former Soviet… Read More
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    Freehold Township, N.J., will attempt to become the first repeat Senior League World Series champion since 1992 after defeating Montoursville, Pa., 3-2 to win the U.S. East title at West Deptford, N.J., on Thursday evening. Freehold Township, which went 21-1 overall during postseason play last… Read More
    BRENHAM, Texas – The Marksville Little League of Marksville, La., played its way into the 2005 Senior League World Series on Tuesday by defeating the Northside Suburban Little League of San Antonio, Texas, 12-6, in the U.S. Southwest championship game. Marksville, located in central Louisiana,… Read More
    The 10-team field for the 2005 Senior League World Series continues to fill up, with a fourth entry determined Wednesday during championship-round play in the Europe-Middle East-Africa region. The Georgia YMCA Little League of Tbilisi, Georgia, emerged from a five-team field of European contenders to… Read More
    BANGOR – Mike Brach, manager of the Freehold Township (N.J.) Senior League team, said Saturday was the “longest day of my life in sports.” A steady rain, punctuated by heavy downpours, had threatened to wipe out his team’s Senior League World Series championship game against… Read More
    BANGOR – The El Rio All-Stars have struggled defensively at times during the 2004 Senior Little League Baseball World Series. But with a berth in the world championship game at stake, the Oxnard, Calif., team played impeccably Friday behind left-hander Jacob Regalado, who pitched a… Read More
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    BANGOR – The Maine District 3 Senior League baseball team was able to hang for a while, but not before U.S. West pitcher Eric Navarro shut down the Bangor squad en route to a 13-5 win for the El Rio Little League team of Oxnard, Calif., in the… Read More
    BANGOR – The Maracaibo, Venezuela All-Stars can only hope to have the same sort of success shared by the two previous winners of the Senior League Baseball World Series since the event came to Bangor in 2002. In 2002, Willemstad, Curacao, dropped its first game… Read More
    BANGOR – It’s a long way home for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands all-stars. But as the team based on a chain of islands in the North Pacific ended its run at the 2004 Senior League Baseball World Series on Thursday, it did… Read More
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    BANGOR – Back-to-back doubles in the fifth inning gave Latin America some breathing room in Tuesday morning’s Senior League World Series matchup against U.S. Central. And thanks to those hits, some of the pressure is off the team from Maracaibo, Venezuela. The Venezuelans also jumped… Read More
    BANGOR – The Canadian champions from Surrey, British Columbia ran into an impressive lefthander from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Tuesday. But the Canadians were able to play small ball, reaching Anthony Palacios for three runs in the second inning without hitting the… Read More
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    BANGOR – The 2004 Senior League World Series got off to a sloppy start Sunday in more ways than one. After rain from Hurricane Charley forced a 11/2-hour delay, the U.S. South and U.S. West representatives looked nervous, combining for seven errors, six walks, three… Read More
    BANGOR – Things were running far behind schedule Sunday afternoon when word came that the U.S. South team wouldn’t be taking infield practice before its World Series opener against the U.S. West squad. Dade City, Fla., the South representative, wasn’t trying to speed things along. Read More
    BANGOR – The 10-team field is set, and some of the best 15- and 16-year-old baseball players from around the world are making their way to Maine from as far away as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the North Pacific, the Netherlands, Venezuela and British… Read More
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    BANGOR – Freehold Township, N.J., became the eighth team to qualify for the 2004 Senior League Baseball World Series, winning the U.S. East championship Thursday afternoon. The Freehold Township Little League all-stars capped off an unbeaten run through the 11-team East regional, upending the host… Read More
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    The Windmills Little League Rotterdam of Rotterdam, Netherlands, has earned its way into the 2004 Senior League World Series by winning the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) regional championship at Almere, Netherlands. The Rotterdam team defeated Ramstein American Little League and Vogelweh/Sembach American Little… Read More