Use of Video Replay to be Expanded at 2009 Little League Baseball World Series

By SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.
Communications Division
August 11, 2009

Video replays, used at the Little League Baseball World Series in 2008 for the first time by any baseball organization, will be expanded at this year’s Series, it was announced today. The 63rd annual tournament for 11-12-year-olds is scheduled for Aug. 21-30, the culmination of more than 16,000 games played worldwide to determine the World Champion.

Last year, video replay was limited to the case of a batted ball that left the field of play at or near the outfield fence, or should have been ruled out of the field of play at or near the outfield fence. Some examples of these types of batted balls are a home run, a double by rule, a ball that goes under the home run fence, and fan interference at the home run fence. The system was used twice in 32 games, and in neither case was the call on the field reversed.