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92-510: 12-year-old Billy Heywood is a Little League Baseball player whose grandfather, Thomas Heywood, owns the Minnesota Twins . When Thomas dies, Billy learns that he is now the owner of the Twins. Thomas' will specifies that the team executives are to help Billy until he is old enough to run the team by himself. Billy quickly runs afoul of the team manager , George O'Farrell. Billy believes O'Farrell

184-885: A catcher for the Cubs of the Central Little League in Midland, Texas . He is the first Little League graduate to be elected 43rd President of the United States in 2000. After white teams in South Carolina refuse to play against the all-black Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars of Charleston , Little League issues an ultimatum that the team must be permitted to play, but many organizations in the Southern United States suspend and turn in their league charters and form their own league in response. No team from South Carolina would reach

276-640: A congressional charter authorized by the United States Congress under Title 36 of the United States Code . The organization's administrative office is located in South Williamsport of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The first Little League Baseball World Series was played in Williamsport in 1947. The Little League International Complex in South Williamsport hosts the annual tournament of

368-526: A "warmonger" for his support and backing of President George W. Bush 's invasion of Iraq . However, revealing in an interview with Variety in 2019, Turner said he and Murdoch have since made amends. For most of his first decade as owner of the Braves, Turner was a very hands-on owner. This peaked in 1977, his second year as owner. Turner was suspended for one year by Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn on January 3, 1977, for his actions while pursuing

460-643: A 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) plantation in Jacksonboro, South Carolina, for $ 2 million. In 1976, Turner bought the Atlanta Braves, and in 1977, he bought the Atlanta Hawks, partially to provide programming for WTCG. Using the rechristened WTBS superstation's status to broadcast Braves games into nearly every home in North America, Turner turned the Braves into a household name even before their run of success in

552-571: A Little League charter. Trumbull, Connecticut , led by future NHL star Chris Drury , wins the Little League World Series. 1991 : Future MLB all-star Jason Marquis pitches the Staten Island South Shore Little League team to third place in the Little League World Series over Canada, throwing a no-hitter . 1992 : Stotz, the founder of Little League, dies. Lights are installed at Lamade Stadium, allowing

644-709: A billboard magnate . When he was nine, his family moved to Savannah, Georgia , and raised him as an Episcopalian . He attended The McCallie School , a private boys' preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee . Turner attended Brown University and was vice-president of the Brown Debating Union and captain of the sailing team. He became a member of Kappa Sigma . Turner initially majored in classics . His father wrote saying that this choice made him "appalled, even horrified", and that he "almost puked". Turner later changed his major to economics , but before receiving

736-494: A call he didn't like. He is troubled when he must release his personal favorite Twins player, Jerry Johnson, who is in the twilight of his career; Billy's awkward handling of the situation ends up making Jerry feel even worse. Throughout the season, the pressures of managing the team begin to wear Billy down and consume his free time. His friends do not like how his managerial responsibilities are keeping him away from being with them. Even when he's physically present (as opposed to on

828-680: A colorized Casablanca , "that will be one of the saddest days in the history of the movies. It is sad because it demonstrates that there is no movie that Turner will spare, no classic however great that is safe from the vulgarity of his computerized graffiti gangs." Thanks in part to Turner's colorization, the Library of Congress established the National Film Registry with the aim to preserve American films in their original format. In 1988, Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions which he renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW) which became

920-749: A degree, he was expelled for having a female student in his dormitory room. Turner was awarded an honorary B.A. from Brown University in November 1989 when he returned to campus to give the keynote address for the National Association of College Broadcasters second annual conference. Expelled from Brown just as tensions in Vietnam were beginning to heat up, Turner joined the United States Coast Guard Reserve in order to fill his service obligation before he ended up getting drafted . Honored by

1012-411: A different business. The first teams, Jumbo Pretzel, Lycoming Dairy, and Lundy Lumber Company were managed by Stotz and friends - brothers George and Bert Bebble. The men, joined by their wives and another couple, formed the first-ever Little League board of directors. The first league game took place on June 6, 1939, when Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy, 23–8. Lycoming Dairy became the champions of

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1104-511: A leaping catch at the wall to rob Lou of a homer and end the game. With their season over, Billy tells the players he is officially stepping down as manager, with pitching coach Mac MacNally taking his place, as well as bringing back Jerry to be the third base coach and new hitting instructor. The players object to losing Billy, but he reminds the team that he will still be present as the owner, and says that he might come back as manager if junior high doesn't work out. When being informed that none of

1196-613: A longtime resident of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, ( county seat and largest town of surrounding Lycoming County ) founded Little League Baseball in 1938 / 1939 . He began experimenting with his idea in the summer of 1938 when he gathered his nephews, Jimmy and Major Gehron, and their neighborhood friends. They tried different field dimensions over the course of the summer and played several informal games. The following summer, they felt that they were ready to establish what later became Little League Baseball. The first small league organized in Williamsport had just three teams, each sponsored by

1288-456: A shirt and tie while eating a peanut butter sandwich. Rex appeared only on one episode, but a myth grew where many people thought the dog was a nightly guest. By 1972, WTCG had acquired the rights to telecast Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks games. Turner would go on to purchase UHF Channel 36 WRET (now WCNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina , and ran it with a format similar to WTCG. In 1976,

1380-468: A team from Altamonte Springs, Florida , led by future Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek . 1984 : Victoria Roche, a 12-year-old from Belgium, becomes the first girl to play in the Little League World Series. 1988 : Tom Seaver is the first former Little Leaguer to be enshrined in the Peter J. McGovern Museum Hall of Excellence. 1989 : Poland becomes the first former Warsaw Pact nation to receive

1472-481: A team from St. Petersburg, Florida . The first corporate sponsor, U.S. Rubber , donates Pro-Keds shoes to teams at the series. 1949 : After a decade, Little League is featured in the nationally famous weekly longtime magazine, the Saturday Evening Post and on newsreels shown in neighborhood movie. Commissioner Stotz receives hundreds of requests for information on forming local leagues from all over

1564-518: A televised fistfight in Las Vegas . Murdoch's Fox News , established in 1996, became a rival to Turner's CNN, a channel that Murdoch regarded with disdain for its "liberal slant" in news coverage. Time Warner declined to carry it on their New York City cable network in response, who in the midst of a merger, Turner said would "squash Rupert Murdoch like a bug." In 2003, Turner challenged Murdoch to another fistfight, and later on accused Murdoch of being

1656-604: Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania , ( United States ), that organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the United States and the rest of the world. Founded by Carl Edwin Stotz (1910-1992), in 1938 / 1939 as a three-team league in further north in the adjacent larger town of Williamsport, Pennsylvania , (and county seat of surrounding Lycoming County, Pennsylvania ). His ensuing Little League organization

1748-512: Is a girl, but he keeps her on the team. She is forced to quit after just one season because a new rule, known as the Tubby Rule, is created to bar girls from participation. The rule remains in force until 1974. 1951 : Leagues are formed in the western province on the Pacific Ocean coast of British Columbia , in the neighboring Dominion of Canada to the north and in the old U.S. territory of

1840-555: Is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor , and philanthropist . He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS , which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television , which later became TBS . As a philanthropist, he gave $ 1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation , a public charity to broaden U.S. support for

1932-534: Is first used. Lloyd McClendon of Gary , Indiana, dominates the Little League World Series, hitting five home runs in five at-bats. He would later play in the major leagues and become the first Little League graduate to manage an MLB club (the Pittsburgh Pirates ). 1973 : Ed Vosberg plays in the Little League World Series for Tucson , Arizona. He would later play in the College World Series for

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2024-674: Is found that Almonte is 14 years old. 2002 : Austin Dillon plays for Southwest Forsyth (County) Little League in Clemmons, North Carolina . The grandson of Richard Childress , he would win NASCAR championships in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011 and Nationwide Series in 2013 , and made his Sprint Cup debut in 2014 . 2004 : Effective with the 2004 LLWS, the Europe Region

2116-514: Is founded in Hammonton, New Jersey . Maynard League of Williamsport defeats a team from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania to win the first Little League World Series. Allen Yearick is the first Little League graduate to play professional baseball when he is signed by the Boston Braves . 1948 : Little League has grown to include 94 leagues. Lock Haven returns to the Little League World Series and defeats

2208-599: Is renamed EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). 2007 : Little League expands into Australia for the first time. Effective with the 2007 LLWS, the Asia and Pacific regions are merged to form the Asia-Pacific Region, with Japan split into its own region. 2007 : Little League expands into Kyrgyzstan for the first time. 2008 : Effective with this year's LLWS, the Transatlantic and EMEA regions are reorganized into

2300-460: Is the first U.S. team to successfully defend its title. 1997 : ESPN2 broadcasts regional play for the first time. Taiwan's baseball association withdraws from Little League Baseball (it would rejoin in 2003) over newly established rules on zoning. Bradenton, Florida , and Pottsville, Pennsylvania play at Lamade Stadium before the largest crowd ever to attend a non-championship game, estimated at over 35,000 fans. 1999 : Burkina Faso becomes

2392-519: Is too hard on the players, while O'Farrell despises the idea of working for a kid. After O'Farrell repeatedly insults, Billy fires him. With no other managers willing to work for a kid, and with summer break starting in two days, Billy decides to name himself the new manager. He reaches out to the Commissioner of Baseball, who approves after consulting with Jenny, Billy's mother. The players are very skeptical, but Billy promises that if he does not improve

2484-674: The 1996 Summer Olympics as Centennial Olympic Stadium and then converted into a baseball-only facility for the Braves, was named after him. In 1978, he contacted media executive Reese Schonfeld with his plans to launch a 24-hour news channel (Schonfeld had previously approached Turner with the same proposition in 1977 but was rebuffed). Schonfeld responded that it could be done with a staff of 300 if they used an all electronic newsroom and satellites for all transmissions. It would require an initial investment of $ 15 million–$ 20 million and several million dollars per month to operate. In 1979, Turner sold his North Carolina station, WRET , to fund

2576-686: The Chicago Cubs , plays for Colton, California . Little League had expanded to more than 3,300 leagues. Jim Barberi, later of the MLB National League pennant winner of the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers , is a member a decade earlier of the Schenectady, New York , team that wins the 1954 L.L.B. World Series tournament championship. 1955 : There is a Little League organization now in each of the 48 continental U.S. states. Young George W. Bush , (son of George H. W. Bush ), begins playing Little League as

2668-650: The Europe and Middle East and Africa (MEA) regions. The previous nationality restrictions for players from these regions are abolished. Hawaii wins the 2008 Little League World Series, defeating Mexico in the final game. 2008 : Little League International relocates the Southeast Region headquarters from Gulfport, Florida , to Warner Robins, Georgia . Little League International completes renovation of its administration building in South Williamsport. Ted Turner Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938)

2760-623: The Federal Communications Commission allowed WTCG to use a satellite to transmit content to local cable TV providers around the nation. On December 17, 1976, the rechristened WTCG-TV Super-Station began to broadcast old movies, situation comedy reruns, cartoons, and sports nationwide to cable-TV subscribers. As cable systems developed, many carried his station to free their schedules, which increased his viewers and advertising. The number of subscribers eventually reached 2 million and Turner's net worth rose to $ 100 million. He bought

2852-699: The Little League Baseball World Series at Howard J. Lamade Stadium and adjacent Little League Volunteer Stadium , and is also the site of the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum , which provides a history of Little League Baseball and Softball through interactive exhibits for children. Many Major League Baseball (MLB) players past and present in the National League and American League have started out playing in their local community / neighborhood Little Leagues. Carl Edwin Stotz (1910-1992),

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2944-722: The Milwaukee Braves is the first Little League graduate to play in Major League Baseball . In 1953, Robert Francis Morrison filed an official charter with Little League Baseball to admit the Cannon Street Y.M.C.A. as its first all-black team. The league consisted of four teams, sponsored by prominent black businesses in Charleston, South Carolina . In 1955, in the beginnings of the growing nation-wide Civil rights movement , when, Morrison entered his Cannon Street All-Stars into

3036-532: The New Jersey Superior Court decided that Little League baseball must allow girls to play. In the final week of December 1974, 38th President Gerald Ford (1913-2006, served 1974-1977), signed into law a bill passed earlier by the United States Congress that opened Little League baseball to girls. According to the Little League Baseball and Softball participation statistics following

3128-833: The Panama Canal Zone surrounding the Panama Canal , in Central America , making them the first youth baseball leagues outside the United States. 1953 : The Little League World Series is televised for the first time. Jim McKay provides the play-by-play for the Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS ), and the infamous Howard Cosell (1918-1995), also does so for the American Broadcasting Company and their then ABC News Radio with announcer Joey Jay (born 1935), of Middletown, Connecticut , and

3220-434: The Pittsburgh Pirates ) before National League president Chub Feeney ordered him to stop running the team. Feeney cited major league rules which bar managers and players from owning stock in their clubs. Turner appealed to Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn , and showed up to manage the Braves when they returned home. However, Kuhn turned down the appeal, citing Turner's "lack of familiarity with game operations." In

3312-588: The Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for fiction offering positive solutions to global problems. The winner, from 2500 entries worldwide, was Daniel Quinn 's Ishmael . In 1990, he created the Turner Foundation, which focuses on philanthropic grants concerning issues pertaining to the environment and overpopulation. In the same year he created Captain Planet , an environmental superhero . Turner produced

3404-723: The United States Navy Memorial with its Lone Sailor Award in 2013, Turner told The Washington Post , "I liked boats", and ended up getting "deployed to some pretty sweet places – Charleston and Fort Lauderdale." After leaving Brown University, Turner returned to the South in late 1960 to become general manager of the Macon, Georgia , branch of his father's business. Following his father's suicide in March 1963, Turner became president and chief executive of Turner Advertising Company when he

3496-624: The University of Arizona in 1980 and the World Series in 1997 for the Florida Marlins . Vosberg is the first person to have played in all three world series. 1974 : Girls are formally permitted to play in Little League as result of a lawsuit brought on behalf of Frances Pescatore and Jenny Fulle , and a Little League Softball program for both boys and girls is created. Bunny Taylor becomes

3588-511: The call sign to WTCG, erroneously claimed to have stood for " W atch T his C hannel G row" but in actuality stood for T urner C ommunications G roup. Initially, the station ran old movies from prior decades, along with theatrical cartoons and bygone sitcoms and drama programs. As a better syndicated product fell off the VHF stations, Turner would acquire it for his station at a very low price. WTCG ran mostly second- and even third-hand programming of

3680-504: The "largest outdoor advertising company in the Southeast", according to It Ain't as Easy as It Looks . The book observed that Turner "discovered his father had sheltered a substantial amount of taxable income over the years by personally lending it back to the company" and "discovered that the billboard business could be a gold mine, a tax-depreciable revenue stream that threw off enormous amounts of cash with almost no capital investment". In

3772-409: The 100th nation with a Little League organization. Hirkata Little League of Osaka , Japan becomes the first Japanese team to win a title since 1976. 2000 : An expansion project begins at Little League International and Volunteer Stadium is built. This allows the pool of participants to double from 8 to 16 the following year. 2001 : The Little League World Series expands from 8 to 16 teams, with

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3864-450: The 1990s and early 2000s. At one point, he suggested to pitcher Andy Messersmith , who wore number 17, that he change his surname to "Channel" to promote the television station. In 1978, Turner struck a deal with a student-operated radio station at MIT , Technology Broadcasting System (now WMBR), to obtain the rights to the WTBS call sign for $ 50,000. Such a move allowed Turner to strengthen

3956-633: The 1996 Time Warner merger, the channel's archives gained the later Warner Bros. cartoon library as well as other Time Warner-owned cartoons. In 1993, Turner and Russian journalist Eduard Sagalajev founded the Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation (MIBC). This corporation operated the sixth frequency in Russian television and founded the Russian channel TV-6 . The company was later purchased by Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky and an unknown group of private persons. In 2007

4048-438: The 2008 season, there were nearly 2.6 million boys and girls in Little League Baseball worldwide. Of these, approximately 400,000 are registered in softball leagues (including both boys and girls). Starting in 2022, For tournament purposes, Little League Baseball is divided into 20 geographic regions: ten national and ten international. Each summer, Little League operates seven World Series tournaments at various locations throughout

4140-564: The NFL's Cleveland Browns , plays for the series champions from El Cajon, California . 1962 : Jackie Robinson attends the Little League World Series. President John F. Kennedy proclaims National Little League Week. 1967 : A team from West Tokyo, Japan, is the first team from Asia to win the Little League World Series. 1969 : Taiwan begins a dominant era that would see them win 17 Little League World Series titles. 1971 : The aluminum baseball bat, partly developed by Little League Baseball,

4232-473: The National Anthem only one time, on the 1st of June [the network's debut on June 1, 1980], and when the end of the world comes, we'll play ' Nearer, My God, to Thee ' before we sign off." Reportedly, Turner plans to make good on that promise. He commissioned a video recording of a military marching band playing the hymn. Turner has sometimes played the tape for reporters, noting the reason he made it. In 2015,

4324-512: The Twins trail the Seattle Mariners by four games in the wild card race. The Twins win their last four while the Mariners lose four straight, forcing a One-game playoff at the Twins' Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome to determine who advances to the postseason . The two teams trade three-run home runs during the course of the game, and extra innings are required. The Mariners eventually take

4416-470: The U.S. (Little League softball and Junior, Senior, and Big League baseball and softball). 1938: 1939 : Little League is established by Carl E. Stotz, George Bebble, and Bert Bebble. The first season is played in a lot close to Bowman Field . Lycoming Dairy is the first season champion. 1946 : Little League expands to 12 leagues, all in Pennsylvania. 1947 : The first league outside of Pennsylvania

4508-760: The UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors . Additionally, in 2001, Turner co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative with US Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA). NTI is a non-partisan organization dedicated to reducing global reliance on, and preventing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He currently serves as co-chairman of the board of directors. Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, which he took over in March 1963 after his father's suicide. It

4600-547: The United States until John C. Malone surpassed him in 2011. He uses much of his land for ranches to re-popularize bison meat (for his Ted's Montana Grill chain) and has amassed the largest herd in the world. He also created the environmental-themed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers . Turner was born on November 19, 1938, in Cincinnati , Ohio , the son of Florence (née Rooney) and Robert Edward Turner II,

4692-521: The World Series tournament until six decades later in 2015. Founder Carl E. Stotz (1910-1992) of Williamsport, retires as first commissioner of Little League Baseball but stays active in his "Original League" small organization for the next 38 years until his death in June 1992. 1956 : Stotz severs his ties with Little League Baseball, Inc. after 18 years in a dispute over the direction, policies and control of

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4784-508: The acquisition, Turner had amassed enormous debt and sold parts of the acquisition; Kerkorian bought back MGM/UA Entertainment. The MGM/UA Studio lot in Culver City was sold to Lorimar / Telepictures . Turner kept MGM's pre-May 1986 and pre-merger film and television library. Turner Entertainment was established in August 1986 to oversee film and television properties owned by Turner thanks to

4876-443: The branding of his "Super-Station" using the initials TBS. Turner Communications Group was renamed Turner Broadcasting System and WTCG was renamed WTBS . In 1986, Turner founded the Goodwill Games with the goal of easing tensions between capitalist and communist countries. Broadcasting the events of these games also provided his superstation the ability to provide Olympic-style sports programming. Turner Field , first used for

4968-657: The burst of the dot-com bubble hurt the growth and profitability of the AOL division, which in turn dragged down the combined company's performance and stock price. At a board meeting in fall 2001, Turner's outburst against AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin eventually led to Levin's announced resignation effective in early 2002, being replaced by Richard Parsons . In contrast to Levin, who as CEO isolated Turner from important company matters, Parsons invited Turner back to provide strategic advice, although Turner never received an operational role that he sought. The company dropped "AOL" from its name in October 2003. In December 2009, AOL

5060-419: The charitable Goodwill Games . He helped revive interest in professional wrestling by purchasing Jim Crockett Promotions which was then rebranded as World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Turner's penchant for controversial statements earned him the nicknames "The Mouth of the South" and "Captain Outrageous". Turner has also devoted his assets to environmental causes. He was the largest private landowner in

5152-408: The city tournament, white leagues reacted by drafting a resolution requesting a whites-only tournament. All 55 white teams eventually withdrew from the city and state tournament. The Cannon Street All-Stars became the 1955 South Carolina state champions by forfeit. However, they were informed by then national Little League Baseball president Peter J. McGovern that they would not be permitted to represent

5244-411: The core of Cartoon Network . A year before, Turner's companies purchased Hanna-Barbera Productions (whose longtime parent, Taft/Great American Broadcasting , had been headquartered in Turner's original hometown of Cincinnati), beating out several other bidders including MCA Inc. (whose subsidiaries included Universal Pictures and Universal Destinations & Experiences ) and Hallmark Cards . With

5336-426: The country. Little League incorporates in the State of New York . 1950 or 1951 (sources contradict) Kay Johnston becomes the first girl to play Little League baseball. She cuts her hair, dresses as a boy and adopts the nickname "Tubby" to assimilate into the Kings Dairy Little League team in Corning, New York as a boy. After earning her way onto the team and being assigned first base, she tells her coach that she

5428-423: The deal with Kerkorian. Having now acquired MGM's library of 2,200 films made before 1986, Turner had them syndicated on his nationwide television stations. When broadcasting their older films, he aired colorized versions of ones originally shot in black-and-white. Opposition arose from cinephiles, actors, and directors to Turner's colorization efforts. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote on Turner's broadcasting of

5520-422: The fans have left, Billy, along with the rest of the team, returns to the field to receive a standing ovation. Actor Kevin Elster was an active MLB player when the film was shot, while two of his fictional Twins teammates were played by former MLB players Leon Durham and Brad Lesley. John Gordon, who plays the fictional announcer Wally Holland, was the actual radio announcer for the Twins from 1987 through 2011, and

5612-410: The finals to a team from Taiwan. 1982 : The Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum opens. Cody Webster leads a team from Kirkland, Washington in an upset victory over a powerful team from Taiwan, the nation's first loss in 31 games. This game is later featured on ESPN's 30 for 30 series Little Big Men. 1984 : A team from Seoul , South Korea, wins their nation's first title when they defeat

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5704-419: The first girl to pitch a no-hitter . 1975 : In a controversial decision, all foreign teams are banned from the Little League World Series. International play is restored the following year. 1980 : A team from Tampa , Florida, representing Belmont Heights Little League, is led by two future major-leaguers, Derek Bell and Gary Sheffield . Bell returns the following year and Belmont Heights again loses in

5796-400: The first half of the season and then defeated Lundy Lumber, the second-half champions, in a best-of-three championship series. The following year, a second league was formed in Williamsport, and from there Little League Baseball grew to become an international organization of nearly 200,000 teams in every U.S. state and in more than 80 countries. Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston Massar (née Johnston)

5888-462: The first night games to be played. The series is expanded from single-elimination to round-robin format. Long Beach , California, managed by former major-leaguer Jeff Burroughs and starring his son, future major-leaguer Sean Burroughs , is named series champion after Zamboanga City , Philippines is forced to forfeit for using ineligible players. 1993 : Long Beach repeats as champions, defeating Coquivacoa Little League of Maracaibo , Venezuela. It

5980-412: The following changes to regional lineups (post-2000 regions in bold ): Volunteer Stadium opens. George W. Bush becomes the first U.S. president to visit the Little League World Series. Led by phenom Danny Almonte , pitching the first perfect game since 1957, the Rolando Paulino All Stars ( Bronx , New York) finish third in the series. However, the team's entire postseason is wiped from the books when it

6072-530: The late 1960s Turner began buying several Southern radio stations. In 1969, he sold his radio stations to buy a struggling television station in Atlanta, UHF Channel 17 WJRJ (now WPCH). At the time, UHF stations did well only in markets without VHF stations, like Fresno, California , or in markets with only one station on VHF. Independent UHF stations were not ratings winners or that profitable even in larger markets, but Turner concluded that this would change as people wanted more than several choices. He changed

6164-422: The lead. Down to their final out, and Lou about to go up to bat, he tells Billy that he has asked Jenny to marry him, and that her reply was "Ask Billy". With a runner on base, Billy says if Lou hits the game-winning homer he will give his blessing, but quickly relents and gives Lou his consent whether or not he hits a homer. Facing Randy Johnson , Lou hits a long fly ball to center field, but Ken Griffey Jr. makes

6256-479: The league. Stotz believed that the league was becoming overly commercialized by then-president Peter J. McGovern. Stotz remains active in youth baseball with the "Original League" in Williamsport. Little League records its first unfortunate on-field death in Garland, Texas , when 12-year-old Richard Oden is hit in the head by a pitch, and the park where the incident occurred is renamed Rick Oden Field. With batting helmets yet to be developed, Garland League teams finish

6348-489: The license for TV-6 had expired and there was no application for renewal. Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner Entertainment on October 10, 1996, with Turner as vice chairman and head of Time Warner Entertainment and Turner's cable networks division. Turner was dropped as head of cable networks by CEO Gerald Levin but remained as Vice Chairman of Time Warner Entertainment. He would be succeeded in March 2001 as head of Turner Broadcasting by Jamie Kellner , who

6440-653: The main competitor to Vince McMahon 's World Wrestling Federation (WWF). This rivalry became known as the Monday Night War , and would last throughout the 1990s. In 2001, under AOL Time Warner , WCW was sold to the WWF . Also in 1988, he introduced Turner Network Television (TNT) with Gone with the Wind . TNT, initially showing older movies and television shows, added original programs and newer reruns. Turner would later create Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in 1994, airing Turner's pre-1986 MGM library of films alongside those of Warner Bros. made before 1950, though it has expanded its library since. In 1989, Turner created

6532-413: The network. In 1982, Schonfeld was succeeded as CEO by Turner after a dispute over Schonfeld's firing of Sandi Freeman ; and was succeeded as president by CNN's executive vice president, Burt Reinhardt . Turner famously stated before the network debuted: "We won't be signing off until the world ends. We'll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event... we'll play

6624-435: The newly built Little League headquarters in South Williamsport. The protective baseball helmet is developed by Dr. Creighton J. Hale. 1960 : A team from West Berlin , West Germany , is the first from Europe to play in the Little League World Series. The series is broadcast live for the first time on ABC . Little League has grown to 27,400 teams in more than 5,500 leagues. 1961 : Brian Sipe , future quarterback for

6716-518: The offer and it was formally withdrawn on August 5, 2014. Turner had a long-running feud with fellow cable magnate Rupert Murdoch for years. This originated in 1983 when a Murdoch-sponsored yacht collided with the yacht skippered by Turner, Condor , during the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race , causing it to run aground 6.2 miles (10.0 km) from the finish line. At the post-race dinner, a drunken Turner verbally assaulted Murdoch, afterward challenging him to

6808-426: The road with the team), he is typically distracted by team business. After Jenny spends her birthday with Lou rather than Billy, Billy uses Lou's minor batting-slump as an excuse to bench him, sending the Twins into a losing skid. Billy later tells Jenny that he's tired of being a "grown-up" and decides to quit as manager after the end of the season, even reinstating Lou to starter on first base. With four games left,

6900-476: The season wearing youth then current football helmets over their baseball caps when batting. Later in the year, pitcher Fred Shapiro throws a perfect game in the Little League World Series. 1957 : Angel Macias throws a perfect game and Monterrey , Mexico, becomes the first team from outside the United States to win the Little League World Series. (Portrayed in the 2010 film The Perfect Game .) 1959 : The Little League World Series moves from Williamsport to

6992-532: The signing of free agent outfielder Gary Matthews from the San Francisco Giants . Matthews signed a five-year, $ 1.875 million contract with the Braves on November 18, 1976. Kuhn's actions stemmed from remarks made by Turner to then-Giants owner Bob Lurie during the 1976 World Series . In addition, the Braves were also stripped of their first-round selections in the June 1978 draft of high school and college players. Turner, however, successfully appealed

7084-534: The state at the regional championships in Williamsport. Little League executives invited the Cannon Street All-Stars as guests to attend the tournament in which they were unfortunately barred from playing. 1954 : Boog Powell , outfielder / first baseman later of the Baltimore Orioles and two other MLB teams, plays in the Little League World Series for Lakeland, Florida , and Ken Hubbs , later of

7176-429: The suspension and Kuhn relented and reinstated the draft selections, one of which would turn out to be Bob Horner from Arizona State University . On May 11, 1977, with the team mired in a 16-game losing streak, Turner sent manager Dave Bristol on a 10-day "scouting trip" and Turner himself took over as interim manager – the first owner/manager in the majors since Connie Mack . He ran the team for one game (a loss to

7268-458: The team's last-place position in the standings within a few weeks, he will resign. The team quickly moves up to division race contention. Unfortunately, not all is going smoothly for Billy, as his friend and star first baseman Lou Collins takes a romantic interest in his widowed mother Jenny. Billy picks up bad habits on the road, especially when he gets ejected from a game and an one-game "suspension" by Jenny for swearing at an umpire because of

7360-468: The television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers and its later sequel series with Captain Planet as the featured character. In 1992, the pre-May 1986 MGM library, which also included Warner Bros. properties including the early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies libraries and also the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons from Paramount (and then United Artists), became

7452-435: The time, including fare such as Gilligan's Island , I Love Lucy , Star Trek , Hazel , and Bugs Bunny . Other low-cost content included humorist Bill Tush reading the news at 3 a.m., prompting Turner to jokingly comment that, "we have a 100% share at this time". Tush once delivered the news with his " co-anchor " Rex, a German Shepherd . The dog (who belonged to an associate) was shown next to Tush on set, wearing

7544-482: The transaction and established its headquarters in lower-cost, non-union Atlanta . Schonfeld was appointed first president and chief executive of the then-named Cable News Network (CNN). CNN hired Jim Kitchell, former general manager of news at NBC as vice president of production and operations; Sam Zelman as vice president of news and executive producer; Bill MacPhail as head of sports, Ted Kavanau as director of personnel, and Burt Reinhardt as vice president of

7636-538: The video was found in CNN's database and leaked. The video was tagged in the database as "[Hold for release] till end of world confirmed". Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s In 1981, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Brut Productions from Faberge Inc. After a failed attempt to acquire CBS , Turner purchased the film studio MGM / UA Entertainment Co. from Kirk Kerkorian in 1986 for $ 1.5 billion. Following

7728-565: Was 24 and turned the firm into a global enterprise. He joined the Young Republicans , saying he "felt at ease among these budding conservatives and was merely following in [his father]'s far-right footsteps", according to It Ain't as Easy as It Looks . During the Vietnam War era, Turner's business prospered; it had "virtual monopolies in Savannah, Macon, Columbus , and Charleston " and was

7820-571: Was Connie Mack, who was part-owner of the Philadelphia Athletics, but assumed sole ownership after the death of Ben Shibe. Mack served as the manager of the Athletics for fifty years. This record is now deemed unbeatable, since the ownership rule was passed after Mack died. The most recent example was an attempt by Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner to manage the team in 1977. He did so for only one game (a 2-1 loss) before being informed that he

7912-453: Was also greatly responsible for cancelling WCW 's television contracts on networks which Turner previously ran. He resigned as AOL Time Warner vice chairman in 2003 and then from the Time Warner board of directors in 2006. On January 11, 2001, Time Warner Entertainment was purchased by America Online (AOL) to become AOL Time Warner, a merger which Turner initially supported. However,

8004-483: Was elected into the club's Hall of Fame in 2016. Ashley Crow's son, Pete Crow-Armstrong , eventually became a major-leaguer himself for the Chicago Cubs . Today's Major League Baseball rules prohibit a manager from having any ownership stake in a team. That had happened earlier, when Emil Fuchs owned the Boston Braves and tried to save money by managing the team himself, without any success. The best known example

8096-528: Was incorporated on October 10, 1950, and Stotz served as first commissioner for 18 years until 1955. Little League Baseball encourages local volunteers to organize and operate Little League franchise programs that are annually chartered through Little League International. Each local league can structure itself to best serve the children in the area in which the league operates. Several specific divisions of Little League baseball and softball are available to children and adolescents ages 4 to 16. The organization holds

8188-480: Was not eligible. The film has a score of 35% on Rotten Tomatoes , based on 20 reviews. On Metacritic , the film has a score of 57 out of 100 based on 20 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". In his three-and-a-half star review, Roger Ebert gave the film praise for being a family movie that doesn't dumb down for its audience or feel predictable. Little League Baseball Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc )

8280-459: Was spun off from the Time Warner conglomerate as a separate company. Turner was Time Warner's biggest individual shareholder. It is estimated he lost as much as $ 7 billion when the stock collapsed in the wake of the merger. When asked about buying back his former assets, he replied that he "can't afford them now". In June 2014, Rupert Murdoch 's 21st Century Fox made a bid for the company valuing it at $ 80 billion. The Time Warner board rejected

8372-496: Was the first woman to play in a Little League baseball game, which occurred in 1950. However, when the season had ended, a Little League meeting was held, and it was decided that girls would be banned from Little League baseball. Therefore, from 1951 through 1973, Little League baseball was restricted to boys only . . In 1974, due to a lawsuit brought on behalf of Maria Pepe by the National Organization for Women ,

8464-649: Was worth $ 1 million. His purchase of an Atlanta UHF station in 1970 began the Turner Broadcasting System . CNN revolutionized news media, covering the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 and the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Turner turned the Atlanta Braves baseball team into a nationally popular franchise (including winning the 1995 World Series under his ownership), and launched

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