» June 6, 1958: The Little League announces that four foreign teams will play in its World Series.

» August 29, 1959: Hamtramck, MI, wins the Little League World Series at Williamsport, PA.

» September 17, 1992: The Philippine team is stripped of its Little League World Series title, as Little League authorities say the Asians used ineligible players. The team from Long Beach, California, is awarded the title.

» October 7, 1999: Continuing the Asian theme, the Rockies sign Taiwan pitcher Tsao Chin-Hui. Last January, the Dodgers signed a Taiwan prospect, outielder Chin-Feng Chen for a bonus of $680,000. Chen had been the rightfielder on the 1990 team that won the Little League World Series.

» August 18, 2001: Danny Almonte, pitching for the Bronx Little League entry, the Rolando Paulino all-stars, hurls the first perfect game since 1957 in the Little League World Series, beating the eventual winner, Apopka, FL, 2–0. The Bronx team will win next week, but all the victories will be stripped from them when an investigation proves a number of rules infractions, not the least of which is that Almonte is too old. His brother, who pitched last year, will also be shown to be too old.