All Ages of Baseball

Talking Little League, College, and Pro Baseball

Fun Facts• Pitcher Nolan Pitcher Nolan

Ryan played 27 Ryan played 27 seasons in major seasons in major league baseball league baseball and struck out and struck out more batters in more batters in his career than his career than any other pitcherany other pitcher

• Each baseball Each baseball is stitched by is stitched by hand and has hand and has 108 stitches!108 stitches!

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Little League Baseball

• There are about 2.6 million players in little league baseball worldwide.*

*Wikipedia online

Little League Baseball

There are different levels of Little League Baseball. USSSA is a major affiliation of baseball and they have recreational or A

ball, and then select ball in 3 different divisions of AA, AAA, and Majors.

Little League Baseball

Little League World Series• Every year the best little league teams throughout the world come

together in Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the Little League World Series.

• Japan is the reigning Little League World Series Champion.

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College Baseball

• There are many divisions of baseball at the college level including Div I, Div II, Div III, NAIA, NJCAA, and more.

College Baseball

There are 212 baseball teams in NAIA alone.

College Baseball

In the NCAA there are around 800 baseball teams!

College Baseball

The reigning NCAA Division I Baseball Champion is South Carolina.

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Major League Baseball

• Major League Baseball began in 1869 and has grown tremendously in its years as a league. There are now 30 teams in the League.

Major League Baseball

• Babe Ruth wore Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf a cabbage leaf under his cap under his cap while playing while playing baseball, and he baseball, and he used to changed used to changed it every two it every two inningsinnings

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

In the 2010 World Series the Texas Rangers battled the San Fransisco Giants to be the World Champions and the Giants came out victorious.

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