Little League Baseball

In a rematch from Thursday's thriller, Utica and Tri-County would trade the lead five-times before it was over.

After an incredible finish to Thursday night's matchup between the last two teams remaining in the District 10 Little League tournament, they're set to square-off one more time tonight for the title.

Little League baseball seems like a right of passage for boys and girls. 2.6 million kids play Little League baseball each year. Though, the experience is mostly fun and happiness, tragedy comes to the plate at times and sadness prevails.

Condiments squirted everywhere and food and drinks ruined or missing. That's what greeted volunteers from the Oriskany Little League as they went to check their concession stand for the annual picnic.

Utica Councilman Joe Marino (D-4th Ward) says he wasn't lying when he told WIBX on Thursday that he simply "touched" an umpire at a minor league youth baseball game "to get his attention" as the two were arguing over the strike zone. A video paints a different picture.

The rumor mill was spinning fast after Utica's 4th district Councilman Joe Marino was thrown out of a little league baseball all-star game. Many said he was banned for one year from coaching the team his twin sons play on, but Marino joined Thursday morning on 'First News' with Keeler in the Morning to set the record straight.

The best in America !!!  That's what Maine-Endwell earned this afternoon in South Williamsport, Pa.in the Little League World Series with a victory over Goodlettsville, Tennessee by a final score of 4-2.  A huge crowd estimated at about 27,000 people looked on as Michael Mancini and Jude Abbadessa combined to shut down opposition hitters and secure the win...