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WILLIAMSPORT,
Pa. -- The pairings for the expanded 2001 Little League Baseball World
Series were announced today by Stephen D. Keener, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Little League Baseball, Incorporated.
More games than ever will be nationally televised as the event expands
from 15 games to a total of 31.
Iron
Man retires
With a flip of his bat, Baltimore Orioles star Cal Ripken heads back to
the dugout after grounding out to end the sixth inning of a game against
the Toronto Blue Jays at Camden Yards in Baltimore on June 19.