AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Little League Baseball declines to reverse Iowa win despite sign-stealing accusation caught on ESPN
Davenport Northwest will head to Williamsport after a baserunner was caught on camera appearing to relay catcher signs during a one-run regional championship victory, and Little League officials say the result stands. Iowa's Davenport Northwest punched its ticket to the Little League World Series with a 7, 6 win over Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, in the […] The post Little League Baseball declines to reverse Iowa win despite sign-stealing accusation caught on ESPN appeared first on American Almanac .
Davenport Northwest will head to Williamsport after a baserunner was caught on camera appearing to relay catcher signs during a one-run regional championship victory, and Little League officials say the result stands. Iowa's Davenport Northwest punched its ticket to the Little League World Series with a 7, 6 win over Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, in the Midwest Regional Championship last Friday. But the celebration came with an asterisk after ESPN cameras captured what Wisconsin's players called real-time cheating on the basepaths. The moment arrived in the second inning. With a Davenport runner on second base, the player appeared to make repeated gestures toward his helmet, motions Wisconsin's catcher interpreted as stolen signs being…Open