Little League International stripped from Jackie Robinson West the U.S. championship it won by beating Mountain Ridge 7-5 in August and awarded the title to the Las Vegas team. It is an empty gesture that is neither deserved nor, by most, welcomed.
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Little League International is investigating charges that Jackie Robinson West, the all-black team from the South Side of Chicago that beat Las Vegas’ Mountain Ridge 7-5 in the U.S. Championship in August, broke residency rules to build a stacked roster.
In the junior college ranks, mostly you play winning baseball in a vacuum. But the folks who follow JC baseball have noticed coach Nick Garritano’s Coyotes, ranking them second in the nation in a preseason poll.