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In Japan, professional baseball is primarily governed by Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). There are a total of 12 teams. The association is divided into two leagues of six teams each, the Central League and the Pacific League. With 21 overall titles since the league's inception, the Yomiuri Giants have been the most successful Japanese club since the NPB's beginnings in 1958.<ref>[http://www.japanball.com/teams.htm Japanball.com Team and League Information]</ref>
In Japan, professional baseball is primarily governed by Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). There are a total of 12 teams. The association is divided into two leagues of six teams each, the Central League and the Pacific League. With 21 overall titles since the league's inception, the Yomiuri Giants have been the most successful Japanese club since the NPB's beginnings in 1958.<ref>[http://www.japanball.com/teams.htm Japanball.com Team and League Information]</ref>
==Little League==
Little League is an international non-profit organization for youth baseball founded in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania by Carl Stotz. Each league is organized and run by volunteers, allowing for loose and inconsistent structure. Broken into multiple levels for multiple age groups the rules are not consistent with the regulations of Major League Baseball and the youth version is notable for shortening the distance betweens bases and between the pitcher's mound and home base, and in the most extreme circumstances, the ball is not pitched but set atop a tee, allowing the "batter" to swing at a stationary object. Obstensibly a pathway to play in Major League Baseball, Little League has produced few legimate "stars" in its .. year history, with Jurickson Profar from ther Dutch territory of Curacaoan and Puerto Rican Roberto Alomar among its most recognizable alums.
Little League Baseball was the defendant in a lawsuit in 1973, launched by The National Organization for Women (NOW), founded by the anti-male feminist Betty Friedan, which alleged unfair treatment because girls were not allowed to play. The 12 year old girl in whose name the case was brought, Maria Pepe, only played in three Little league games after the courts forced her inclusion. Little League continues to promote the homosexual agenda, encouraging girls to play alongside their male counterparts and behave in a masculine way. Girls as old as 13 are desexualized by being dressed in uniforms identical to male players.
The Little League Worls Series has been played for 69 years, since 1947, and is held in the organization's birthplace, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. While it began as an American tournament that only included teams from the USA it has become international. Taiwan currently holds the most tiles with 17.
==Miscellaneous==
==Miscellaneous==