[http://active.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/brent_orel_2.jpg]So above the press box at Lamade Stadium here at the Little League World Series is a large suspended caged area littered with camera gear and famous people like former Dodger ace Orel Hersheiser and Brent Musberger. (I hear Orel is a very nice man--despite his predilection for beating up on my Padres.)

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That's right...Mikey from Active and eteamz is at the Little League World Series in Williamsport and he brought a video camera. (Uh oh.)

In this installment he discusses such important topics as being bumped out of the press box by smelly sportswriters and just where on his arm he should put a permanent LLB tattoo.

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[http://active.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/more_pop_than_ever.jpg]The Little League World Series is about to start and...already there is great news from the home office. After a three-year period in which Little League participation numbers dropped slightly Little League International has announced that participation in Little League has jumped by more than 23,000 this year compared to last.  Some of the reasons cited were:

1) The success of programs like Little League International reaching people through e-newsletters, online Q and A sessions, and a revamped Web site.

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Pairings have been set for the 2006 Little League Baseball World Series. This is the 60th World Series!

Check it out on Little League International's Web site.

We'll be launching a Little League World Series special section August 1. Be sure to stay tuned and

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Girls may dig the long ball���but Little League baseball doesn���t seem to have the same fascination. In an attempt to encourage less home runs and more triples and doubles, organizers for the Little League World Series are pushing back the fences by 20 feet for the Little League World Series in August. Check out the whole story here on Fox Sports.

Though home runs have remained constant���the distance of the fences have not. They were pushed back 5 feet in 1996 and now are being pushed back an additional 20 feet.

Does this imply that little leaguers are stronger than they were just 10 years ago? Or is this just an attempt to make games more exciting? Are players hitting more home runs because of better access to training and hitting education? Or is this a disturbing trend about how little leaguers are physically developing sooner than expected?

Click here to tell us what you think. And don���t forget to check out the baseball message boards to find out what other members of the eteamz community are talking about.

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