Little leaguers got a treat Sunday when the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies visited them at Williamsport.
were ready — with lumber painted like a No. 2 pencil. Philadelphia’s bat rack looked more like cars on pit road before a NASCAR race, with most bats sporting a different paint scheme. Alec Bohm held one painted with Liberty Bells and"I Love This Place" painted in four different bells, a nod to his infamous"hate this place" quote from last season.
Harper used a bat decorated with the Phanatic’s green image, the team’s mascot momentarily confused for a Spongebob bat by ESPN announcer David Cone. Wilson, who played 706 games in the minors before he homered in his first big league at-bat, showed off the pencil design on his 34-by-31¼-model bat in the cramped clubhouse. Wilson said he"absolutely" would use the bat in a pinch-hitting role."Growing up, it was something I wanted to do," he said."I played Little League one year, and we went to some tournament to try and advance and possibly get here.
After playing Saturday at Nationals Park, the Nationals and Phillies took a 30-minute flight and were greeted in the morning at the airport by smiling Little Leaguers. Both teams rode the bus with Little Leaguers to watch the series. Washington and Philadelphia later made a short ride to Historic Bowman Field, which opened in 1926, for Sunday’s finale of a three-game series.
The Little League Classic one of MLB’s experiments to try and attract new fans — and re-ignite the passion of lapsed ones — through offbeat settings, such as games this year in London. It might be working. MLB says national and local TV viewership for teens ages 12-17 is up 11% from last year and noted that 86% of people ages 18-24 and 25-34 said they are more likely to watch MLB games due to the rules changes. Attendance is booming and 2,366 fans were set to pack Bowman Field.
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