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The Jackie Robinson West Little League, or JRW, based in Washington Heights, Chicago, Illinois, United States, competed in the 2014 Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The team was very successful, winning the U.S. bracket of the tournament, before ultimately losing the championship game to a team from South Korea.
77.5% (first ballot) Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Jackie Robinson West LL fielded ineligible players resulting in all their wins being forfeited including the U.S. Championship in the 2014 Little League World Series. Mountain Ridge LL of Las Vegas, Nevada is the official U.S. Champion and World Series Runner-Up.
League 42, a Little League nonprofit named after Robinson’s number with the Dodgers, paid about $50,000 for the model. WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a ...
Jackie Robinson West has been stripped of their title in the 2014 Little League World Series. Las Vegas will now be given the title. The Jackie Robinson West team that was put together had been ...
CHICAGO - Parents of the Jackie Robinson West team that had its Little League World Series national title stripped due to players' ineligibility may proceed with their lawsuit seeking ...
The 2014 Little League World Series, held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, started on August 14 and ended on August 24, 2014. [ 1] Eight teams from the United States, and eight from the rest of the world, competed in the 68th edition of the tournament. This was the first LLWS to feature entire rosters of players born in the 21st century.
In each group, the last remaining undefeated team faced the last remaining team with one loss, with the winners of those games advancing to play for the Little League World Series championship. [ 1 ] On February 11, 2015, Jackie Robinson West had all of its tournament wins forfeited after it was found that the team used ineligible players from ...