>> IN IT'S CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND HERE AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

FOUR TEAMS REMAIN.

HERE AT VOLUNTEER STADIUM THIS MORNING TWO OTHER TEAMS WILL PLAY.

A TEAM FROM SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND A TEAM FROM MASON, OHIO.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME.

THEY ARE PLAYING IN THE 20TH CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

I'M GARY CHRISTMAN ALONG WITH SEAN SPICER.

GREAT WEATHER, GOOD CROWD COMING IN.

TOM, IT IS ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT.

TOM: THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF ANY LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY IN A FEW MOMENTS.

THE JOY IS LIKE NONE OTHER THAT YOU WILL WITNESS.

FOR THESE TWO TEAMS IT IS SPECIAL.

THEY HAVE WAITED TWO YEARS TO PLAY THIS GAME.

IT HAS BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

THEY FINALLY TAKE THE FIELD HERE AT VOLUNTEER STADIUM.

GARY: IN A MOMENT WE WILL MEET THE TEAMS.

IT IS COMING.

THE 20TH CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

>> WE MISSED THE HITS.

WE MISSED OF THE FANS.

WE MISSED THE GAME.

BUT NOW, LITTLE LEAGUE IS BACK.

FINDING YOUR TOWN'S LEG IS JUST A CLICK AWAY.

WHETHER IT IS BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, OR OUR CHALLENGER PROGRAM, THERE IS A TEAM WAITING FOR YOU.

JOIN AS THOUSANDS OF TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD JUST WANT TO PLAY.

LITTLE LEAGUE IS COMING HOME.

TO REGISTER GO TO PLAYLITTLELEAGUE.ORG AND SIGN UP TODAY.

W VI A -- WVIA IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE 2022 CHALLENGER DIVISION EXHIBITION GAME.

FEATURING MASON YOUTH ORGANIZATION LITTLE LEAGUE FROM MASON, OHIO.

AND CAMBRIAN PARK LITTLE LEAGUE FROM SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

THE 2022 CHALLENGER DIVISION EXHIBITION GAME.

>> IT IS A GORGEOUS DAY.

75 DEGREES, 75TH ANNUAL LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF IT.

THE CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

GARY CHRISMAN, TOM SPICER.

THESE ARE THE TEAMS WAITING FOR TWO YEARS TO COME.

AND ALL THE SAME PLAYERS HAVE A CHANCE TO COME OUT HERE TODAY.

TOM: TALKING TO SOME OF THE PARENTS BEFOREHAND, THE KIDS HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE PATIENT WITH THIS TWO-YOUR WEIGHT THAN THEY HAVE.

FORTUNATELY THEY ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON, AND I CAN TELL ALREADY WE HAVE SOME HAMS OUT HERE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN.

GARY : THIS IS A PROGRAM FOUNDED IN 1989, AGES FOUR TO 18, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PLAYERS.

HOW MANY ACTUALLY ARE THERE?

TOM: WE HAVE OVER 30,000 PLAYERS NOW ROUTE THE WORLD, WHICH IS AMAZING GROWTH SINCE 1989.

950 LEAGUES.

IT HAS BEEN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS WITH PHYSICAL AND/OR INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGES TO PLAY THIS GREAT GAME OF BASEBALL.

GARY : EVERY CHILD GETS A CHANCE TO BAT AND PLAY THE FIELD.

NORMALLY IT IS ONE OR TWO INNINGS.

TODAY IT WILL BE ONE.

NO WINNERS -- NO LOSERS, EVERYBODY IS A WINNER AT THE EXHIBITION GAME.

75TH ANNUAL LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

IT HAS BEEN RAINING -- RA IN-MARRED, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING DOWN ON US TODAY.

TODAY A HIGHLIGHT AND A VERY GOOD CROWD HERE AT VOLUNTEER STADIUM.

LET'S GO OUT TO THE CHALLENGER MEADOW PRESENTATION -- MEDAL PRESENTATION AND CARLY ROGERS.

>> WELCOME TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

TODAY'S MATCHUP THE CHALLENGER CAME HERE AT VOLUNTEER STADIUM IS BETWEEN LITTLE LEAGUERS FROM CAMBRIAN PARK LITTLE LEAGUE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND OHIO'S MASON YOUTH ORGANIZATION LITTLE LEAGUE.

[APPLAUSE] FOR OUR VISITING TEAM FROM CAP -- FROM CAMBRIAN PARK, WE HAVE JACOB BORDEN.

NUMBER FOUR, GABRIEL GRIFFITH.

NUMBER 10, IAN SANTER.

NUMBER SEVEN, ARMIN ROLANDO.

NUMBER ONE, CODY MIRASU.

NUMBER EIGHT, MIA PRICILLA.

NUMBER EIGHT, JORDAN RUIZ.

NUMBER TWO, JULIAN HODGE.

NUMBER SIX, JOSHUA MYERS.

NUMBER 11, RIDER.

AND NUMBER 12, RILEY MIRABELLA.

THE MANAGER, BARBARA MARONEY.

AND OUR COACHES, STEFFI PINNEY AND LISA AUGUSTINE.

FOR THE HOME TEAM, NUMBER ONE, OWEN MELVIN.

NUMBER NINE, SIDNEY ROTTER OR.

NUMBER THREE, RYAN CASTRO.

GIOVANNY LE BENETTI.

NUMBER 28, BREGAN KESTERS.

NUMBER 24, JASON WHITE.

NUMBER SIX, JASO -- NUMBER 13, LAYLA GOSHEN.

NUMBER 19, BRADEN FITZPATRICK.

NUMBER FOUR, NATHAN MILLER.

NUMBER 10, ELLA POSECK.

NUMBER SEVEN, JONATHAN LAMPKIN.

NUMBER 23, MAX MUELLER.

NUMBER 20 -- NUMBER 12, AND A SHADE BIG -- HANNAH SHAEDIG.

AND NUMBER 99, ALEX HEATER.

THEIR MANAGER IS CHAD MURDOCK, AND COACHES RYAN MELVIN AND ALLISON BINKY.

THE METALS TODAY WERE PRESENTED BY RICKEY HENDERSON.

NOW IT IS TIME TO HEAR OUR LITTLE LEAGUE PLEDGES.

OUR LITTLE LEAGUE PLEDGE TODAY IS BY TOPHE MALLOW.

>> EVERYONE READY?

I TRUST IN GOD.

I LOVE MY COUNTRY.

AND WILL RESPECT ITS LAWS.

I WILL PLAY FAIR AND STRIVE TO WIN, BUT WIN OR LOSE, I WILL ALWAYS DO MY BEST.

>> AND NOW FOR OUR COACH AND PARENT PLEDGE, BY SIDNEY RO TERER.

>> FIRST OFF I WANT TO START OFF WITH AN INTRODUCTION.

I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FOR TO DOING THIS PLEDGE WITH YOU GUYS.

SO, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

I AM NOW GOING TO RECITE THIS PLEDGE.

LET ME HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND REPEAT AFTER ME, OK?

I WILL TEACH ALL CHILDREN TO PLAY FAIR AND DO THEIR BEST.

>> I WILL TEACH ALL CHILDREN TO PLAY FAIR AND DO THEIR BEST.

>> I WILL POSITIVELY SUPPORT ALL MANAGERS, COACHES, AND PLAYERS.

>> I WILL POSITIVELY SUPPORT ALL MANAGERS, COACHES, AND PLAYERS.

>> I WILL RESPECT THE DECISIONS OF THE UMPIRES.

>> I WILL RESPECT THE DECISIONS OF THE UMPIRES.

>> I WILL PLEDGE A GOOD OUTCOME TO THE END OF THE GAME.

>> VERY GOOD, EVERYONE WOULD LET'S PLAY BALL AND HAVE FUN.

[APPLAUSE] >> NOW IT IS TIME TO HEAR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.

>> ♪ O' SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING, WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS, THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT, O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED, WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING?

AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR, GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.

O' SAY, DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE?

PLAY BALL!

>> TODAY'S CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH WILL BE THROWN BY OUR MEDAL PRESENTER, RICKEY HENDERSON.

[APPLAUSE] GARY : RIGHT NOW I WANT TO THANK OUR FOLLOWING NETWORKS AND AFFILIATES FOR CARRYING THIS 2022 CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

WE ARE SET FOR THE STARTING LINEUPS FOR THIS BALLGAME.

THE CLUB OUT OF SAN JOSE, CAMBRIAN PARK LITTLE LEAGUE, LEADING OFF.

WEARING NUMBER THREE, JACOB BORDEN.

GABRIEL GRIFFITH.

BATTING FOURTH, NUMBER 10, IAN SANTOR.

BATTING FIFTH, ARMIN ROLANDO.

BATTING SIXTH, CODY MIRASU.

AND NUMBER SEVEN, MIA PRACELLA.

BATTING EIGHTH AND WEARING NUMBER FIVE, JORDAN RUIZ.

BATTING NINTH, JULIAN HODGE.

NUMBER SIX, JOSHUA MYERS.

BATTING 11TH, RIDER TOPHALEMALO.

RILEY MIRABELLA.

THAT IS THE TEAM FROM CAMBRIAN PARK.

WE HAVE THE MANAGER, BARBARA MARONEY.

THE COACHES LISA AUGUSTINE, STEFFI PINNEY, NICO MARONEY, THE ENTIRE FAMILY, AND DEREK MIRABELLA.

TOM: IT TRULY IS A FAMILY AFFAIR.

GARY : LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LINEUP FOR MASON OHIO.

WE HAVE A BIG CROWD FOR THE MASON YOU CHALLENGE TEAM.

LEADING OFF WEARING NUMBER ONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN MELVIN.

BATTING SECOND, SIDNEY ROTERER.

BATTING THIRD IS RYAN CASTEEL.

BATTING FOURTH, GIOVANNY LOUPEN NETI.

NUMBER 24, JASON WHITE.

NUMBER SIX, JACOB TOOKSB ERRY-LESSY.

NUMBER 19, BRADEN FITZPATRICK.

BATTING 10TH, NATHAN MILLER.

BATTING 11TH, ELLA POSECK.

BATTING 10TH, JASON -- JONATHAN LAMPKIN.

WEARING NUMBER 23, MAX MUELLER.

BATTING 14TH, HANNAH SHAEDIG.

NUMBER 99 IS ALEX HEATER.

THAT IS THE LINEUP FOR MASON YOU CHALLENGER TIM.

-- MASON YOU CHALLENGER TEAM.

WE ARE ALL SET FOR SOME CHALLENGING TASK FOR SOME CHALLENGER BASEBALL HERE.

TOM: WE SURE ARE.

WHEN INNING OF PLAY, EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FIELD, EVERYBODY BATS.

YOUR GOING TO SEE A DOMINATION OF COACH, PITCH, AND HITTING OFF THE TAPE.

EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A BUDDY IF THEY NEED ONE.

NOBODY GETS OUT.

THE LAST BATTER OF EACH INNING -- LOOK OUT, BECAUSE HE OR SHE WILL CLEAR THE BASES.

GARY: THE FIRST BATTER FOR THE TEAM OUT OF SAN JOSE, WEARING THE SPARTAN COLORS, THEY POINTED THAT OUT AT THE MEETING YESTERDAY, JACOB BORDEN, THE CATCHER.

HE IS A GOOD ONE.

THAT READY FOR THE FIRST PITCH TO JACOB.

RATING -- WAITING ON DECK, GABRIEL GRIFFITH.

TOM: IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE SOUTHEAST TEAM FROM TENNESSEE, THEY WILL BE PLAYING FOR THE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY ARE HERE IN ATTENDANCE.

THERE CATCHER CAUGHT THE FIRST PITCH FROM MAJOR LEAGUE HALL OF FAMER RICKEY HENDERSON.

GARY: APPEAR READY TO HIT.

YOU WILL GET A LOT OF CHANCES HERE.

EVERYBODY REACHES BASE IN THE CHALLENGER GAME.

JACOB LOVES JACKIE ROBINSON, WHOSE WIFE WAS HERE.

HE HAD COME TO THE WORLD SERIES IN THE 1960'S, AS THEY HAVE A STATUE OF JACKIE ROBINSON JUST PUT IN, IN MARKET SQUARE WITH GEORGE W. BUSH, WHO WAS HERE LAST WEEK.

HE FOULED IT OFF.

HE WILL GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO PUT IN PLAY.

AND ALSO CY YOUNG.

WHO CAME TO EARLY WORLD SERIES GAMES.

JACOB BORDEN IS UP THERE FOR SAN JOSE.

TOM: JACKIE'S WIDOW WAS HERE.

GARY: WHAT A HIT!

GREAT JOB.

BOY, I TELL YOU.

TOM: THAT IS A SMASH DOWN THE THIRD-BASE LINE.

GARY: WE WANT TO SAY HELLO TO OUR GOOD BUDDY DARRELL BURNETT.

ALWAYS HAS BEEN MY COLOR MAN FOR YEARS.

WAS UNABLE TO COME THIS YEAR.

DARRELL, WE MISS YOU, AND WE ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU.

PROMINENT GUY IN CHALLENGER BASEBALL IN THE UNITED STATES.

DARRELL BURNETT, HIS ENTHUSIASM CARRIED OVER.

HE LOVED THESE KIDS AND I KNOW HE IS GOING TO BE BACK EXTRA.

TOM: IF YOU ARE NOT BACK NEXT YEAR YOU ARE IN TROUBLE.

GARY: YOU DO HAVE SOME INTERVIEWS THAT WILL BE FOLLOWING COMING UP LATER.

GABRIEL GRIFFITH IS COMING UP NEXT.

THERE IS A KID THAT LOVES CHEESEBURGERS AND FRIES, AND A LOT OF THESE KIDS LOVE ROLLER COASTER RIDES.

[LAUGHTER] THE SAN JOSE AREA.

GOOD JOB DOWN THAT THIRD-BASE SIDE, AND GRIFFITH IS GOING TO BE SAFE.

TOM: THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES AT THE CHALLENGER GAMES WE HAVE SEEN A PLAYER ACTUALLY PITCH TO THE TEAMMATES.

WE HAVE JOSHUA MYERS DOING A GOOD JOB.

GARY: A LOT OF TIMES IT IS ONE OF THE COACHES.

IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL PUT THE TEE OUT THERE, BUT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SCORE.

EVERYBODY A WINNER IN THE CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME, THE 20TH CHALLENGER GAME.

HAVE NOT HAD IT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THEY ARE ALL HERE TODAY.

NEXT BATTER, BOY, GOOD CONTACT RIGHT AWAY.

GOOD JOB RIGHT THERE.

TOM: I THINK RICKEY HENDERSON WAS TEMPTED TO SEND THE RUNNER HOME.

[LAUGHTER] JACOB BORDEN WAS ON THIRD BASE.

GARY: RICKY WOULD WANT TO STEAL HOME.

TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RECORDS HE SAID.

BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER IN 2009.

WILLIAMSPORT WELCOMES HIM.

HE WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS DOWNTOWN.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE GREAT PLAYERS OF ALL TIME COME TO THIS CHALLENGER GAME AND PLAY DOWN THAT THIRD-BASE SIDE.

IAN SANTER COMES UP NEXT.

LOVES PIZZA, SWIMMING, AND ROLLER COASTERS.

WEARS NUMBER 10.

HE WILL GET IN THE CHANCE.

HE THOUSAND OFF.

TOM: YOU CAN GET SOME GREAT PIZZA HERE AT THE WORLD SERIES.

GARY: IAN SANTORA BACK TO THE PITCHER.

HE IS GOING TO REACH SAFELY, AND A RUN IS COMING DOWN.

THERE IS JACOB BORDEN COMING DOWN TO SCORE.

TOM: I BET WE WILL SEE SOMEONE SLIDE INTO HOME BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER.

GARY: I GUARANTEE IT.

THERE ARE SOME CHARACTERS AND CROWD-PLEASERS THAT LIKE TO HAVE FUN WAVING TO THE CROWD.

THEY WATCHED THE BIG-LEAGUE GUYS DO THAT AND THEY LOVE EVERY BIT OF IT.

BRINGS UP ARMIN ROLANDO.

THAT IS NUMBER FIVE.

FROM CAMBRIAN PARK, LITTLE LEAGUE.

GARY: HE IS POINTING LIKE BABE RUTH OUT THERE.

HE WILL GET ANOTHER.

MOVIES, LOVES TO GO TO DISNEYLAND.

GOOD HEAD.

GETS THROUGHOUT INTO RIGHT FIELD, AND ARMIN ROLANDO REACHES SAFELY.

THEY ARE NOT WASTING ANY TIME IN SAN JOSE.

THAT WILL BRING UP CODY MIRASU.

HE IS A SWIMMER, LOVES JUMPING ON THE TRAMPOLINE.

TOM: THAT IS GABRIEL GRIFFITH WHO COMES IN TO SCORE.

GARY: THEY ARE HAVING A BLAST.

I'M TELLING YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

A BIG CROWD FROM MASON, OHIO.

WE DO SEE SOME FOLKS FROM CALIFORNIA.

TOM: WE HAVE AN AGE RANGE FROM FOUR TO 22, AND I THINK THIS IS THE SMALLEST GUY WE ARE GOING TO SEE TODAY.

GARY: CODY IS GOING TO HIT OFF THE TEE.

GOOD JOB, CODY.

GOT THE HIT, AND CODY IS HEADING DOWN WITH HIS BODY TO FIRST BASE AS ANOTHER RUNNER COMES IN.

IMPRESSIVE START FOR THIS TEAM FROM SAN JOSE.

THEY ARE ALL SWINGING THE BAT WELL.

TOM: THEY CERTAINLY ARE.

YOU LOVE TO SEE THAT.

HIS FIRST SWING AND HE NAILS IT VERY HAPPY YOUNG MAN.

GARY: THAT NEXT BATTER IS GOING TO BE MIA PRICILLA.

WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO THE MANAGERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS EVENT, WHAT IT MEANS TO THEIR PROGRAM, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THESE KIDS TO BE CHOSEN TO COME TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES PLAY IN THIS BIG GAME.

THE 20TH CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

MIA PRICILLA COMES UP NEXT.

TOM: ANOTHER HIT.

GARY: RIGHT BACK TO THE PITCHER.

BOY, DID HE DO A GOOD JOB.

SHE IS GOING DOWN TO FIRST BASE.

THAT IS MYERS DOING A GREAT JOB AS THE PITCHER.

TALK ABOUT BATTING PRACTICE, THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD HIM FOR THE HOME RUN DERBY.

WATCHED THAT LAST NIGHT.

TOM: HE IS A SERIOUS CHARACTER TOO.

HE HAD HIS GAME FACE ON.

THAT IS JORDAN RUIZ COMING UP TO BAT.

GARY: JORDAN IS NUMBER EIGHT IN THE ORDER, THERE IS NUMBER FIVE, PLAYS LEFT IN CENTER FIELD.

JANESE IS HIS BODY.

THEY ASK HIM WHAT HE LIKED TO EAT.

HE LIKES FRIES, GOES TO THE DRIVING.

THEY LOVE JUMPING ON THE TRAMPOLINE AND SWIMMING ALL SUMMER.

OUT THERE YOU SWIM A LITTLE LONGER THAN YOU DO HERE, AS HE POPS IT UP, AND MYERS IS DOING A GREAT JOB AS THE PITCHER OUT THERE.

HE ALSO HAD A GROUND BALL BACK TO HIM AS ROLANDO STEPS ON HOME PLATE.

RUIZ DOES A GREAT JOB, AND THEY ARE MAKING EARLY CONTACT.

TOM: I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST HITTING TEAMS WE HAVE EVER SEEN AT THE CHALLENGER GAME.

GARY: I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.

STEPS IN FROM THE RIGHT SIDE.

TEAM FROM SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

HE FOULS IT OFF.

THE CROWD CHEERING EVERY CUT THESE GUYS ARE MAKING.

GUYS AND LADIES.

SWING AND AWAY.

TOM: HE SEES THAT FENCE OUT THERE.

HE WANTS TO HIT IT OVER THE FENCE.

GARY: GOOD JOB, HITS IT BACK HERE.

THAT IS GOING TO BE A FOUL.

THEY WILL LET HIM PUT IT IN PLAY.

HIS BUDDY IS CONNOR.

IT IS A KID THAT LOVES PASTA, BASKETBALL, AND SWIMMING AND A GREAT HIT AGAIN.

GOOD JOB BY JULIAN HODGE.

BURNETT, RIGHT NOW, HE IS AT HOME, HE IS AS EXCITED AS HE WOULD BE IF HE WERE HERE.

HE GETS THE BIGGEST KICK OUT OF THIS AND IT IS SUCH A GREAT EVENT.

NEARLY 1000 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES INVOLVED -- 10 COUNTRIES, BUT HE THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS IN THE CHALLENGER EXHIBITION.

SO MANY GET A CHANCE TO PLAY IN THAT CHALLENGER PROGRAM.

THE GUY WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING PITCH IS JOSHUA MYERS.

HE REALLY THROWS WELL.

HIS BUDDY IS LUCA.

TOM: THIS GUYS LIKE OHTANI, HE CAN PITCH AND HIT.

GARY: I'M TELLING YOU.

TALK ABOUT A GREAT BATTING PRACTICE PITCHER.

I THINK HE HAS DONE A BETTER JOB AND SOME OF THE COACHES WE HAVE SEEN HERE.

[LAUGHTER] I'M TELLING YOU.

TOM: DON'T SAY THAT TOO LOUD.

GARY: I WON'T SAY THAT TOO LOUD.

JOSHUA MYERS, HIS FAVORITE FOOD, MAC & CHEESE.

KNOCKS IT DOWN THERE TO THE RIGHT-FIELD SIDE, GOT THROUGH THE FIRST BASEMAN, AND HE IS GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO FIRST BASE.

GREAT JOB JOSHUA MYERS.

TOM: DID YOU SEE THAT?

GARY: HE IS VERY GOOD.

TOM: NONCHALANTLY GETS IN THE HANDS CHAIR -- GETS IN HIS CHAIR, AND IS DOWN AT FIRST BASE.

GARY: HE LOVES WRITING GO CARTS -- RIDING CARTS.

OUR NEXT BATTER IS NUMBER 11, RYDER TO FOLLOW MOLLO.

LOVES ACTING.

IF THEY NEED ANY HELP THEY HAVE THEIR BUDDY TO HELP THEM OUT.

GOOD CUT.

SECOND PITCH.

GOOD JOB.

ARE THEY GOING TO CALL THAT A FOUL BALL?

HE IS STILL HEADING TO FIRST BASE.

THEY WILL GIVE IT TO HIM.

NICE CONTACT.

TOM: THE UMPIRES ARE ROTATING THROUGHOUT THE GAME TO GET IN ON THE ACTION.

GARY: A LOT OF FOLKS COME OUT HERE TO SEE.

WE HAVE THE ENTIRE TEAM FROM NASHVILLE.

THEY WILL PLAY HAWAII TODAY IN A REMATCH GAME.

THAT WILL BE FOR THE UNITED STATES TITLE.

THAT IS AT 3:30 EASTERN TIME.

THE OTHER GAME, 12:30 INTERNATIONAL BRACKET GAME.

THE FINAL BATTER FOR CAMBRIAN PARK, RILEY MIRABELLA.

BUDDY IS BARBARA.

GOOD JOB, HITS IT DOWN THE FIRST-BASE SIDE.

AND CAMBRIAN PARK, DOING A GREAT JOB SWINGING THE BAT.

THAT IS AS GOOD AS WE HAVE SEEN.

TOM: RILEY IS GOING TO CLEAR THE BASES HERE, AS IT IS THE END OF THE INNING.

A NEAT FACT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL.

IN CAMBRIAN PARK THE MAJOR AND JUNIOR LEAGUE DIVISION PLAYERS VOLUNTEER AS BUDDIES FOR THE CHALLENGER PROGRAM.

GARY: THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB, GETTING AN -- GETTING A STANDING OVATION IN THIS CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

FOLKS FROM MASON, OHIO.

THEY WILL HIT NEXT, BUT A GOOD JOB ON BARBARA MARONEY'S TEAM.

I WAS IMPRESSED THE WAY THEY WERE SWINGING THE BAT.

A LOT OF THEM ON FIRST PITCHES, BUT IT HELPS WHEN YOU HAVE MYERS PITCHING.

HE WAS REALLY GOOD, JOSHUA MYERS.

TOM: JUST VERY IMPRESSED WITH BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS, BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT TO PUT A CHALLENGER PROGRAM TOGETHER.

THESE COMMUNITIES HAVING -- HAVE EMBRACED THAT CHALLENGE, AND HERE THEY ARE IN WILLIAMSPORT.

AS WE SAID IN THE OPEN, MY FAVORITE DAY AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES, IT IS A MARATHON, TO BE HERE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELEVISE THIS IS SO VERY SPECIAL.

GARY: YOU KNOW, TOM, SO MANY PEOPLE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT COMING HERE, BUT HOW DO PROGRAMS GET A CHANCE TO GET INVITED TO THIS EXHIBITION GAME?

TOM: THEY CAN APPLY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, AND ONCE THEY ARE ABLE TO BE ACCEPTED LITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES A $15,000 GRANT TO COVER THEIR TRAVEL EXPENSES TO THE SERIES.

GARY: ABSOLUTELY.

EARLIER TODAY TOM SPICER HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO PARENT AND COACH, MANAGER FROM CAMBRIAN PARK, BARBARA MARONEY.

LET'S GO OUT TO THAT RIGHT NOW.

TOM: JOINED BY BARBARA MARONEY, THE MANAGER OF THE CAMBRIAN PARK LITTLE LEAGUE CHALLENGER PROGRAM.

WHAT A SHOW WE EXPECT TODAY.

THAT IS FOR SURE.

I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?

BARBARA: I'M EXCITED TO SEE MY PLAYERS OUT HERE AND FOR THEM TO SHOW OUR COMMUNITY WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT.

AND HOW FANTASTIC THEY ARE.

TOM: I UNDERSTAND IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR YOU, BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THE ASSISTANT COACHES ARE YOUR SONS?

BARBARA: YES.

I STARTED THIS PROGRAM SIX YEARS AGO.

MY YOUNGEST SON IS 19 NOW AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WATCHED NOT ONLY OUR PLAYERS GROW UP, THEY WATCHED MY KIDS GROW UP AS WELL.

THEY HAVE BEEN MY COACHES FOR 12 YEARS.

TOM: WHY DID YOU START THE PROGRAM?

BARBARA: MY KIDS ALL PLAYED LITTLE LEAGUE I WAS AT THE BALLPARK SIX DAYS A WEEK AND THEY WERE KIDS THAT DID NOT HAVE A TEAM TO PLAY ON.

SO I STARTED A TEAM FOR THEM.

TOM: YOU ARE IN WILLIAMSPORT, THE WORLD SERIES.

CONGRATULATIONS.

BARBARA: THANK YOU.

THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE.

THIS IS 12 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

GARY: THANKS, TOM.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM, BUT I THINK A MAN LOOKING DOWN, THE FOUNDER OF LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, CARL STAATS, HAS TO BE SMILING.

HIS GOAL IN 1939 AFTER HIS NEPHEWS SAID, SOMEDAY WE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY WITH REAL UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT.

THE NEXT YEAR, 1939, CARL PUT TOGETHER SOME VOLUNTEERS, PUT TOGETHER A LEAGUE, GOT SPONSORS, AND OF LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL STARTED.

AND HERE IT IS.

HE WANTED ALL KIDS TO GET A CHANCE TO PLAY.

HE WOULD BE TICKLED TO DEATH RIGHT NOW IS WHAT IS -- WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE CHALLENGER PROGRAM SINCE 1989.

TOM, I KNOW YOU ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO CHAD MURDOCH.

THE COACH FOR THE TEAM FROM MASON, OHIO.

THAT'S GO TO THAT INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW.

TOM: IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE JOINED BY CHAD MURDOCH, THE MANAGER OF THE MASON, OHIO CHALLENGER TEAM.

WHAT A STORY.

HE STARTED WITH 10 KIDS.

CHAD: 10 KIDS, 10 YEARS AGO.

WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS YEAR.

TOM: WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF THE PROGRAM?

CHAD: PHENOMENAL SUPPORT FROM THE BUSINESSES, CITIES, AND COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA TO GROW THE PROGRAM.

TOM: WE MENTIONED THIS HAS BEEN A TWO-YOUR WAIT TO PLAY THIS GAME.

HOW HAVE YOUR KIDS A STATE FOR TWO YEARS.

CHAD: I THINK THE KIDS HANDLED IT WELL.

THE PARENTS AND COACHES, NOT SO MUCH.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF NAIL FIGHTING, BUT WE ARE -- NAILBITING, BUT WE ARE EXCITED.

TOM: WE ARE GOOD TO HAVE YOU -- GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

GARY: THAT WAS EARLIER.

AND OF COURSE, MASON YOU CHALLENGED HIM OUT OF MASON, OHIO, THAT IS A -- MASON YOU OHIO -- MASON YOUTH ORGANIZATION .

THAT IS A CINCINNATI SUBURB.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS, 110 PLAYERS TO CHOOSE FROM.

IT IS GOING TO BE OWEN MELVIN THAT LEADS OFF, WEARS NUMBER ONE.

TOM: OWEN IS A GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS HOLDER.

GARY: TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THAT.

TOM: HE IS THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST AUTO FLIPS IN 30 SECONDS.

HEATED AT 30 TIMES IN 30 SECONDS.

-- HE DID IT 30 TIMES IN 30 SECONDS.

GARY: OWEN MELVIN MAKES CONTACT.

HE HAS TO GET A HIT, AND HE DOES.

HE IS HEADING DOWN TO FIRST BASE .

GOOD JOB, OWEN.

HE LOVES BOWLING, GOLF, AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, FLIPPING BOTTLES.

30 IN 30 SECONDS.

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP.

TOM: HOW DO YOU EVEN START WITH THAT?

GARY: I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT IT IS AMAZING.

SIDNEY ROTTERER IS UP NEXT, WEARS NUMBER NINE.

SAID HE LOVES ICE CREAM, VIDEOGAMES, AND SYDNEY STEPS IN FROM THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

WAYS TO THE CROWD FROM MASON.

IT IS A NICE ROUND OF APPLAUSE OUT THERE.

STEPS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE PLATE.

AS ONE OF THE COACHES HELPING OUT, THE PITCHING COACH, BUT JOSHUA MYERS WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

GOOD HIT DOWN AT FIRST BASE SIDE.

IT WILL BE FOUL.

TOM: SYDNEY LIKES READING BOOKS TOO.

GARY: YOU DO TOO, YOU ARE AN AUTHOR.

TOM: THAT IS IMPRESSIVE THIS YOUNG LADY DOES THAT.

GARY: ABSOLUTELY.

TOM: SYDNEY -- GARY: SIDNEY ROTTERER IS UP THERE RIGHT NOW FROM MASON OHIO.

GOOD JOB.

SHE IS GOING TO REACH SAFELY.

THEY HAVE GOT 15 BATTERS FOR THE TEAM OUT OF MASON YOUTH ORGANIZATION CHALLENGE TEAM.

RYAN KESTER IS GOING TO COME UP NEXT.

BUDDY IS STEVE KELLY.

BRIGHT SUNSHINE, 75 DEGREES AT GAME TIME.

WE ARE GOING TO ABOUT 85 TODAY, AND WE HAVE HAD GREAT WEATHER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

WITH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL GAMES COMING UP AT 12:30 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE, EASTERN TIME, AND 3:30 EASTERN ON THE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE LATER, TENNESSEE AND HAWAII.

UP THERE RIGHT NOW, RYAN KESTER.

TOM: I SIT DOWN THE THIRD-BASE SIDE.

GARY: GOOD JOB, RYAN KESTER.

HE SAID WHEN I COME TO WILLIAMSPORT, I WANT TO EAT PANCAKES.

HE LOVES PANCAKES MORE THAN ANYTHING.

I'M SURE HE GOT SOME THIS MORNING.

TOM: I HOPE SO.

GARY: TO HAVE THE POWER TO HIT LIKE THAT.

GOOD JOB, RYAN.

NEXT BATTER, NUMBER FOUR, GIOVANNY THE BENETTI.

TOM: I LOVE THE KIDS WHO SAY, I WATCH TV.

THERE ARE A COUPLE LIKE THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE A CHILD THAT SAYS THEY LIKE CAESAR SALAD, BUT WITHOUT THE CROUTONS.

GARY: THAT CRACKED ME UP MORE THAN ANYTHING.

HOLD THE CROUTONS.

GIOVANNY LOVES BASKETBALL, BOWLING, AND PLAYING WITH HIS DOG.

RIGHT-HANDED BATTER.

BOTH OF THESE TEAMS, IMPRESSIVE, THE WAY THEY SWING THE BAT.

CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME AS YOU ARE WATCHING HERE TODAY.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES AT VOLUNTEER STADIUM.

TOM: TAKING IT INTO HIS OWN HANDS THERE, THROWING THE BALL BACK TO THE PITCHER.

GARY: GIOVANNY WAITING ON SOMETHING GOOD.

TOM: HE HAS A GOOD EYE UP THERE.

GARY: BUDDY GIVING HIM SOME HELP.

EVERYBODY HAS A BUDDY.

AND IF HE WOULD NEED HELP THEY WOULD RING THE T -- BRING THE TEE OUT.

TOM: THEY ARE GOING TO BRING IT OUT.

GARY: GIOVANNY LABENETTI, NUMBER FOUR FOR MASON, OHIO.

WHAT A THRILL TO PLAY IN A STADIUM LIKE THIS ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

HE GETS TO HIT.

-- HE GETS THE HITTER.

AND HE GOES DOWN TO FIRST BASE.

UP NEXT IS REAGAN KESTERS.

TOM: OWEN MELVIN COMES HOME.

THAT IS THE EASIEST SAFE CALL AN UMPIRE HAS MADE AT THE WORLD SERIES.

GARY: EVERYBODY IS SAFE AT THE CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

75TH LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

WHAT AN EVENT IT HAS BEEN.

WE HAVE HAD GREAT WEATHER FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF RAIN, WE HAVE STAYED ON SCHEDULE.

HERE COMES REAGAN.

SHE LOVES DANCING, SWIMMING, AND SHE LOVES CHICKEN TENDERS.

SHE IS GOING TO WANT TO HAVE SOME OF THAT BEFORE TODAY IS DONE.

TRYING TO GET A GOOD CUT HERE.

GOOD JOB.

TOM: SHE IS TAKING IT, GARY.

GARY: THAT BALL CAME DOWN THAT THIRD-BASE SIDE.

HAD SYDNEY IS GOING TO SCORE.

SHE LOVES PLAYING TO THAT CROWD.

SHE DID A GREAT JOB ON THE PARENTS PLEDGE EARLIER TODAY.

TOM: SHE SURE DID.

NOW WE HAVE OUR PICKY EATER.

GARY: [LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU.

TOM YOU TO DO A COOKING SHOW THAT AIRED ON PBS.

TOM: IT AIRED ON SOME OF THESE STATIONS WE ARE ON TODAY.

HERE WE GO WITH JASON WHITE COMING TO THE PLATE.

GARY: BUDDY IS KEVIN CAREY.

FAVORITE PLAYER, KYLE FARMER.

HE IS GOING TO ORDER SEIZURE -- ORDER CAESAR SALAD, HOLD THE CROUTONS.

I KNOW SOMEONE JUST LIKE THAT.

NO CROUTONS.

78 DEGREES HERE NOW, GOING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80'S TODAY.

TOM: HE SAYS HE LIKES TO WATCH SESAME STREET.

GARY: JASON WHITE.

BUDDY IS HELPING HIM OUT.

HE LOVES WAVING AT CARS, WATCHING SESAME STREET, AND LIKES SOCCER.

A GOOD CUT OUT THERE FOR JASON WHITE.

TOM: I LOVE THAT SMILE ON HIS FACE.

GARY: HE IS HAVING A BLAST.

THIS IS SUCH A THROW.

JASON WHITE IS GOING TO COME OUT.

HE WILL HIT OFF THE TEE, SO LOOK OUT HERE.

THEY HAVE THE TEAM FOR SAN JOSE OUT THERE.

AND A GOOD JOB.

HE IS GOING TO BEAT IT OUT.

JASON WHITE, SAFE.

EVERYBODY IS SAFE IN THE CHALLENGER DIVISION.

LOOK AT RYAN KESTER SLIDING HOME.

WE TALKED ABOUT A FAN FAVORITE.

WE HAVE GOT SOME CHARACTERS OUT HERE.

THESE GUYS ARE LOVING IT.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME FUN.

TOM: HE JUST WANTS TO SIT ON HOME PLATE.

GOOD JOB.

GARY: THEY HAVE A BIG CROWD FROM MASON, OHIO, OUT NEAR CINCINNATI.

JASON WHITE, GOOD JOB GETTING ON BASE.

THAT WILL BRING UP THE NUMBER SEVEN BATTER, JACOB.

TOM: I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PLAYERS AT MASON HIGH SCHOOL.

EVERY FALL THEY OFFER A FREE CLINIC FOR THE CHALLENGER KIDS.

GARY: THAT'S RIGHT.

WHAT A THRILL FOR THESE TEAMS.

THIS GROWS THE PROGRAM.

THEY SEE THE EXCITEMENT, AND MORE AND MORE COUNTRIES, WE MENTIONED 10 COUNTRIES NOW, NEARLY 1000 CHALLENGER PROGRAMS AND 30,000-PLUS INDIVIDUALS PLAY IN THE CHALLENGER PROGRAM FOR LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.

REALLY IMPORTANT.

WAS MUCH-NEEDED.

LITTLE LEAGUE IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON EVERYTHING.

1989 AND STARTED.

THIS IS THE 12TH CHALLENGER CAME -- GOOD JOB.

AT TELL YOU, JACOB LOVES PIZZA, BASKETBALL, MUSIC, MARTIAL ARTS.

WATCH OUT.

AND GYMNASTICS.

TOM: AND HE LOVES BEING ON FIRST BASE AFTER THAT SINGLE.

GARY: GOOD JOB.

GIOVANNY REACHES SAFELY FOR THE TEAM FROM MASON YOUTH CHALLENGE TEAM.

THE 10TH YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS TO CHOOSE FROM.

110 PLAYERS FOR THE RED STOCKINGS.

TOM: AS CHAD MURDOCK WAS SAYING, THEY STARTED WITH 10, NOW 110.

GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT THERE IN MASON.

I THINK MOST OF THE KIDS, CINCINNATI REDS FANS.

A BIG SMILE BY LAYLA.

GARY: LAYLA GOSHEN, SCHEDULED UP NEXT.

LOVES READING, BOOKS, IS IT, DANCING, AND HE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BARBECUE CHICKEN OR PIZZA.

ALL OF THEM BIG BASEBALL FANS, THAT'S FOR SURE.

I'M SURE THEY ARE HUGE REDS FANS IN THAT CINCINNATI AREA.

ONE OF THE KIDS SAID ANYBODY FOR THE REDS.

THAT IS MY FAVORITE PLAYER.

TOM: THAT NARROWS IT DOWN.

GARY: THAT IS A NICE BALLPARK IN CINCINNATI.

GOOD CUT, LAYLA TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT.

SHE IS NUMBER EIGHT IN THE ORDER FOR MASON.

TOM: HANG IN THERE, LAYLA.

GARY: TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT, AND BRADEN FITZPATRICK IS ON THAT -- IS ON DECK.

THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THE TEE OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE.

FOR LAYLA GOSHEN.

TEAMS ARE PLAYING FROM CAMBRIAN PARK, SAN JOSE, MASON YOUTH, MASON, OHIO.

EVERYBODY IS SAFE IN THE CHALLENGE AGAIN.

TOM: I KNEW REAGAN WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING WHEN SHE CROSSED HOME PLATE.

GARY: TALK ABOUT A CROWDPLEASER.

BRADEN FITZPATRICK COMING UP NEXT, NUMBER 19.

SWIMMING, BASKETBALL, HERE IS A GUY THAT LOVES PLAYING IN THE SNOW.

NOT GIVE US SNOW YET, THOUGH.

TOM: THAT IS FOR SURE.

JOEY VOTTO, HIS FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER.

THAT IS A GOOD ONE FROM THE REDS.

GARY: ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN ALL OF THESE YEARS.

HE WAS PLAYING IN A GAME I SAW THEM PLAYING 10 YEARS AGO.

BRADEN FITZPATRICK.

HE IS A LEFTY.

TOM: YEAH.

GARY: TRYING TO GET SOME CONTACT HERE.

THEY HAVE 15 PLAYERS TO COME UP AND BAT IN THIS GAME.

TRYING TO GET A GOOD CUT.

CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME HERE IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, VOLUNTEER STADIUM.

CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND.

GOT A PIECE OF IT.

BRADEN FITZPATRICK, BOY, ALMOST.

TOM: THINKING ABOUT IT.

GARY: HE SAID, IT'S FAIR.

NOBODY IS GOING TO QUESTION THAT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER RUNNERS GOING DOWN HERE AND WAVING AT THE CROWD, HAVING SOME FUN.

YEAH, THERE HE IS.

TOM: BRADEN REALLY SCOOTED DOWN THERE TO FIRST BASE.

GARY: GOOD JOB AT TIME FOR FITZPATRICK.

AND NOW THAT BRINGS UP THE BATTER, NUMBER 10 IN THE ORDER, NATHAN MILLER, NUMBER FOUR.

TOM: ACTUALLY A BASE COACH FOR THIS GAME, ROBIN YOUNT.

GARY: HOW ABOUT THAT?

HERE IS A GUY THAT LOVES CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM, LOVES WATCHING TRAIN AND ROCKET VIDEOS.

GOOD CONTACT ON THAT FIRST PITCH, AND HITS IT DOWN TO RIGHT FIELD.

AND ANOTHER RUNNER IS SCORING, TOM.

HERE COMES JACOB.

GOOD JOB JACOB.

TOM: JACOB GIVES THE SIGNAL HIMSELF.

HE DOESN'T NEED AN UMPIRE, HE SAYS, I'M SAFE.

GARY: GOOD JOB, AND HE IS NOT MISSING HIS 15 SECONDS OF FAME.

TOM: NO WAY.

MILK IT, JACOB.

GARY: MAN, THEY ARE HAVING FUN.

TOM: I'M JUST SO HAPPY GARY: FOR THESE KIDS.

GARY:LOOKING FOR MOM AND DAD UP THERE, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE HE KNOWS.

TOM: I WILL ADMIT IT, GARY, I HAVE ACTUALLY CRIED AT THIS GAME WATCHING THIS IN THE PAST.

GARY: YOU KNOW, IT GETS VERY EMOTIONAL.

THESE ARE KIDS THAT, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO DO EVERYTHING THEY WANT TO DO, AND HERE IS A CHANCE TO PLAY BASEBALL.

MEET NEW FRIENDS, YOU PLAY IN A TEAM, YOU GET TO KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE, AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY MINUTE PLAYING THESE GAMES.

ELLA POSECK.

JOB.

SHE LOVES CHEERLEADING AND SWIMMING.

IF SHE IS GOING TO GRAB SOMETHING AFTER THE GAME, YOU HAD BETTER BELIEVE SHE WANTS PIZZA.

THAT IS ELLA POSECK, NUMBER 10 AND THE 11TH BATTER FOR MASON, OHIO.

TOM: JONATHAN LAMPKIN, COMING UP, HE IS ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS WHO SAYS HE DOES NOT REALLY WATCH TV.

[LAUGHTER] GARY: WHAT IS TV?

I'M NOT INTO TV.

HE IS ANOTHER GUY THAT LOVES PANCAKES.

HE WANTED SOME PANCAKES THIS MORNING, I BET.

NUMBER 12 IN THE ORDER.

SWIMMING AND JUMPING ON THE TRAMPOLINE.

TOM: NICE.

GARY: GOOD HIT DOWN TO THAT BASE SIDE.

ANOTHER RUNNERS GOING TO SCORE NOW FOR THE TEAM FROM OHIO BRADEN IS COMING IN.

GOOD JOB BY JONATHAN LAMPKIN.

WE HAVE THREE MORE BATTERS FROM THE TEAM FROM MASON.

TOM: ANOTHER GOOD-HITTING TEAM.

THEY ARE NOT MESSING AROUND.

GARY: THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, THEY REALLY ARE.

MAX MUELLER WILL COME UP NEXT.

[LAUGHTER] GARY: STEPS IN ON THAT RIGHT SIDE, TRYING TO MAKE SOME CONTACT EARLY.

TOM: NICE STANCE.

GARY: GOOD CUT.

YOU CAN HEAR THAT CROWD REACT.

TOM: JUST HAS A GOOD LAUNCH ANGLE, GARY.

GARY: SORT OF LIKE HAWAII.

THOSE KIDS FROM HAWAII, THE FAVORITE ON THE U.S. SIDE, BOY DID THEY HAVE A LAUNCH ANGLE.

TOM: 11 HOME RUNS AT THE SERIES.

MORE THAN ALL OF THE OTHER TEAMS COMBINED.

GARY: GOOD CUT AGAIN.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A MATTER OF TIME.

MAX IS GOING TO HIT IT.

TOM: OH, HE WILL.

GARY: HE IS READY TO GO.

TOM: HATS OFF TO THE MANAGERS AND COACHES FOR THESE TEAMS.

GARY: MAX MUELLER IS UP THERE RIGHT NOW.

AND LOVES LIGHTFOOT ALL IN BASKETBALL.

-- LOVES FLAG FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL.

HE HAS GOOD FORM.

I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE HIM HIT OFF THE TEE.

IF YOU ARE THAT PITCHING COACH, LOOK OUT.

TOM: CHAD MURDOCH IS BACKING UP.

GARY: AND HE SWINGS AWAY, AND THAT IS THE LONGEST HIT OF THE DAY, ALL THE WAY OUT INTO CENTER FIELD.

NATHAN JUST SCORED.

EVERYBODY COMES AROUND TO SCORE AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE CHALLENGER DIVISION.

CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME, OUR 20TH, HERE AT VOLUNTEER STADIUM, PART OF CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND, THE 75TH ANNUAL LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

STARTED BACK IN 1947.

THE ORIGINAL, WHAT THEY CALLED THE WILLIAMSPORT TOURNAMENT, IT BECAME THE WORLD SERIES.

WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO THEY HAD TEAMS FROM OTHER STATES.

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TEAM THAT WON WAS 1957.

THEY HAVE AN HERE AT THIS INTERNATIONAL GROVE AREA, THE HEADQUARTERS HERE SINCE 1959 IN SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT.

GOOD JOB AND A GREAT HIT.

HANNAH SHAEDIG.

LOVES CINNAMON ROLLS AND PLAYING WITH DOGS, DANCING, BASKETBALL -- THAT DID NOT TAKE LONG.

GOOD JOB FOR NUMBER 14 IN THE ORDER.

SHE IS JUST CELEBRATING DOWN THERE AT FIRST BASE.

AND NOW SHE IS DOING A DANCE.

TOM: WHY NOT?

GARY: SHE IS HAVING FUN LOOKING AT THAT CROWD.

KIDS FROM NOLENSVILLE, TENNESSEE TO PLAY HAWAII LATER, THEY ARE HERE WATCHING.

THEIR CATCHER WAS OUT THERE CATCHING THE PITCHING OF GAY HENDERSON, THE GAME -- OF RICKEY HENDERSON, THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH OF THE GAME.

GARY: THE FINAL BATTER FROM MASON, OHIO.

HE LOVES TENNIS, BASKETBALL, VIDEOGAMES -- HE DOES NOT WANT FRIES, THIS IS A GUY WHO WANTS ESTATE.

TOM: EXQUISITE TASTE.

GARY: THEY ASKED ME, AS HE SWINGS AND MISSES AGAIN, BUT HE IS READY TO HIT ONE NOW.

TOM: HE IS GOING TO CLEAR THE BASES, THAT IS FOR SURE.

GARY: SOMEBODY SAID SURF AND TURF.

TOM: THE PENNSYLVANIA KID.

GARY: GOOD HEAD.

YOU KNEW HE HAS GOOD FORM.

ALEX HEATER HIT A HEATER UP THE MIDDLE.

AND NOW EVERYBODY IS COMING HOME AT THE CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

MAXES OUT THERE, MAX MUELLER.

HERE COMES HANNAH, HANNAH SHAEDIG CROSSES THE PLATE AND ALEX HEATER CLEARED THEM OFF.

GREAT JOB BY ALEX FROM MASON YOUTH CHALLENGER TEAM IN MASON, OHIO.

TOM: WHAT A SHOW.

GARY: CHAD MURDOCH AND THE COACHES, THEY HAVE TO BE PROUD, AND THOSE FANS ARE GIVING THEM A STANDING OVATION.

A BIG CROWD HERE FROM PAYSON, OHIO.

TOM: WELL-DESERVED, AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS FROM TENNESSEE WHO WILL VIE FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP LATER TODAY, AND THE CROWD, CHEERING THESE TEAMS ON.

ALL OF THE UMPIRES HERE, DUGOUT WAS HERE.

THIS IS AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERE, AND THESE KIDS DESERVE IT.

FOR THAT MATTER, SO MUCH MORE AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM.

GARY: YOU HELP GAMES LIKE THIS ARE JUST GOING TO GROW THIS PROGRAM THAT MUCH MORE.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT.

AND SOMEBODY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.

TOM, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO STEP OFF AND WE ARE GOING TO GET AN INTERVIEW OR TWO.

BEAUTIFUL DAY, 75TH ANNUAL LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES AND THE 20TH CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

IT IS COOL TO SEE A GUY LIKE RICKEY HENDERSON, HALL OF FAMER, GOT IN IN 2009.

24 SEASONS.

HE LOOKS LIKE HE COULD STILL PLAY.

1979 TO 2003, AND PLAYED FOR NINE TEAMS.

YOU TALK ABOUT MOST STOLEN BASES, 1406.

MOST ROUNDS, 22 95 -- 2295.

GREATEST LEADOFF HITTER OF ALL TIME.

I KNOW TOM IS GOING TO GO DOWN AND GRAB AN INTERVIEW.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT HIM A BUT TALK ABOUT EXCITEMENT.

NOW THE TEAMS ARE GOING TO GO OUT HERE AND BUMP FISTS AND CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER.

YOU SEE THE LITTLE LEAGUE MASCOT IS OUT THERE.

YOU SEE THE KIDS WITH AN OVERHEAD VIEW HERE AT VOLUNTEER STADIUM.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL STADIUM.

THIS STADIUM HAS BEEN AROUND ABOUT 20 YEARS.

THE STADIUM UP TOP WHERE THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED TODAY, 12:30 AND 3:30 EASTERN TIME, THAT COMPLEX STARTED IN 1959 WHEN THEY MOVED OVER FROM WILLIAMSPORT ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER TO SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, AND BOY HAS IT GROWN.

STARTED WITH NIGHT GAMES, PRIMETIME, AND NOW THEY HAVE EXPANDED THE SERIES FROM EIGHT TO 16, NOW TO 20 TEAMS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

10 ON EACH SIDE.

THEY ARE HAVING FUN.

GO BACK DOWN TO TOM SPICER.

WHO DO YOU HAVE?

TOM: WITH JOSHUA MYERS, ONE OF THE STARS.

YOUR PITCHING WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

>> THANK YOU.

TOM: DO YOU USUALLY PITCH IN YOUR LEAGUE GAMES?

JOSHUA: YEAH.

TOM: WHAT DO YOU LIKE MORE, HITTING OR PITCHING?

JOSHUA: PITCHING.

TOM: WHAT DID YOU ENJOY THE MOST?

JOSHUA: HAVING FUN.

TOM: WHAT WAS THE MOST FUN?

JOSHUA: JUST GETTING TO SEE ALL OF THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, HAPPY AND HAVING A SMILE ON THEIR FACE.

TOM: I HAVE TO SAY, YOUNG MAN, YOU PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE AND SEVERAL FACES WATCHING YOU.

YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE PLAYER AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

VERY SELDOM DO WE SEE A CHALLENGER PLAYER ALSO PITCHED, AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS.

JOSHUA: THANK YOU.

GARY: TOM, YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY THAT PITCHED WELL, JOSHUA MYERS, THEY HAD THE HOME RUN DERBY OUT HERE THE OTHER NIGHT.

THEY SHOWED IT LAST NIGHT ON ESPN, IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THURSDAY, AND HERE IS A GUY THAT COULD PITCH BATTING PRACTICE OR A HOME RUN DERBY.

HE WAS THAT GOOD.

THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

IT HAS BEEN QUITE A DAY HERE AT THE CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

KIDS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, A CHANCE TO COME OUT HERE AND PLAY AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES COMPLEX.

YOU TALK ABOUT EXCITEMENT, CAMBRIAN PARK, THE KIDS FROM THE MASON YOUTH CHALLENGE TEAM IN MASON, OHIO, 10TH YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.

TOM, IT HAS BEEN FUN AND PRETTY AMAZING WHAT WE SEE HER AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.

TOM: IT IS WHY I COME TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES, THIS GAME.

IT IS SO SPECIAL AND I HOPE EVERYONE WATCHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN SEE WHY.

THE LAST 60 MINUTES HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL TELEVISION, UNABASHED JOY, AND IT IS SPECIAL.

GARY: THAT IS WHAT IT HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT, THE CHALLENGER EXHIBITION GAME.

SO LONG FROM WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

LATER ON TODAY THEY START PLAYING FOR A WORLD TITLE.

WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT THE CHALLENGER GAME.

>> WE MISS THE HITS.

WE MISSED THE FANS.

WE MISSED THE GAME.

BUT NOW LITTLE LEAGUE IS BAD.

-- IS BACK.

FINDING YOUR TEAM IS JUST A CLICK AWAY.

WHETHER IT IS BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, OR OUR CHALLENGER PROGRAM, THERE IS A TEAM WAITING FOR YOU.

JOIN THOUSANDS OF KIDS AROUND THE WORLD WHO JUST WANT TO PLAY.

LITTLE LEAGUE IS COMING HOME.

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