The Maynard Midgets...

...won the very first Little League World Series on this day in 1947, defeating Lock Have Little League, 16-7. Back then there were 17 teams in two states, and yes, the final was held in Williamsport. There were 2,500 spectators at the game.

Check out that picture up there. How much more Bad News Bears can you get? Where the hell is Buttercrud?

The kid holding the trophy is Jack Losch, who went on to be a four-year All-American football star at Miami, where he still holds four rushing records. He was drafted by Green Bay and played one season with them, 1956. He died in 2004, and soon after Little League Baseball announced that the Little League World Series Team Sportsmanship Award would be named after Losch.