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1957 Little League World Series
The 1957 Little League World Series took place during August 21 through 23 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, defeated Northern La Mesa Little League of La Mesa, California, in the championship game of the 11th Little League World Series (LLWS). Ángel Macías threw the first and, to date, only perfect game in an LLWS championship.
This was the first LLWS to invite teams from qualifying regions: North, South, East, and West. Monterrey, representing the South region, became the first team from outside the United States or Canada to participate in a LLWS, and the first non-U.S. team to win a championship.
In 1956, Monterrey was granted a Little League license. They assembled a four-team "Industrial Little League" consisting of teams from different factories, the Botelleros, Mineros, Tubitos, and Incas. Many of the kids came from low-income families and even worked in the factories themselves. Before the teams could play, they had to clear the field of rocks and broken glass. They even had to use homemade gloves and equipment.
In 1957, the league had a tryout for a Little League team that would represent the city. The coach, Cesar Faz, recruited the kids. He became known as a great baseball coach and was considered one of the best at motivating a youth baseball team. In July, after playing two exhibition games in Mexico, the Monterrey team's historic run to the Little League World Series began. The team first took a bus to Reynosa, Mexico. From there, they crossed the Mexico–United States border, walking across a bridge over the Rio Grande. The team then continued on to a hotel in McAllen, Texas. In McAllen, they played a U.S. subregional tournament. The team won their first game against a team from Mexico City, 9–2. They went on to defeat the McAllen All Stars, the Mission All Stars, the Weslaco All Stars, and the Western Brownsville All Stars to advance to a regional tournament in Corpus Christi. While there, they beat another team from Mexico City and then beat the Houston All Stars. The team then travelled to Fort Worth to play in the Texas State Tournament. Up until that point, they had beat every team by at least five runs. However, in the state semifinals, they needed extra innings to beat another Houston All Star team, 6–4. After they survived that game, they defeated the Waco All Stars, 11–2, to advance to the tournament of Little League's South Region.
The team got on a plane and flew to Louisville, Kentucky, for the South Region tournament. Their first game was against Biloxi, Mississippi. They won that game, 13–0. The next game, for the South Region championship, was against Owensboro, Kentucky. They won that game, 3–0. The Monterrey team was now headed to the Little League World Series. The team loaded up on to a bus and headed 700 miles (1,100 km) northwest to Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
During all this, the players' visas expired. The U.S. ambassador to Mexico had to intervene to keep them legally in the country. The team was young, in a foreign country, and away from their families—only one of the players had ever left Monterrey before. The team also didn't have a lot of money for food, only being able to eat twice a day. It was only through the kindness of strangers and a few new friends who fed them, offered them meals at restaurants, and gave them some money after a win, that they were able to keep going.
On the field, no team from outside the U.S. had ever won a game at the Little League World Series. Two Canadian teams had previously made it to Williamsport, but each had lost the only game they played.
When they arrived in Williamsport, Little League officials gave them new uniforms that said "South" across the chest. However, the uniforms did not fit because the Monterrey players were so much smaller than players on the other teams, as the boys from Monterrey averaged 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) and 92 pounds (42 kg), while the other teams' players averaged 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) and 127 pounds (58 kg). Unfazed, they beat Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2–1, to reach the championship game. They were set to face La Mesa, California, who had easily beaten Escanaba, Michigan.
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1957 Little League World Series
The 1957 Little League World Series took place during August 21 through 23 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, defeated Northern La Mesa Little League of La Mesa, California, in the championship game of the 11th Little League World Series (LLWS). Ángel Macías threw the first and, to date, only perfect game in an LLWS championship.
This was the first LLWS to invite teams from qualifying regions: North, South, East, and West. Monterrey, representing the South region, became the first team from outside the United States or Canada to participate in a LLWS, and the first non-U.S. team to win a championship.
In 1956, Monterrey was granted a Little League license. They assembled a four-team "Industrial Little League" consisting of teams from different factories, the Botelleros, Mineros, Tubitos, and Incas. Many of the kids came from low-income families and even worked in the factories themselves. Before the teams could play, they had to clear the field of rocks and broken glass. They even had to use homemade gloves and equipment.
In 1957, the league had a tryout for a Little League team that would represent the city. The coach, Cesar Faz, recruited the kids. He became known as a great baseball coach and was considered one of the best at motivating a youth baseball team. In July, after playing two exhibition games in Mexico, the Monterrey team's historic run to the Little League World Series began. The team first took a bus to Reynosa, Mexico. From there, they crossed the Mexico–United States border, walking across a bridge over the Rio Grande. The team then continued on to a hotel in McAllen, Texas. In McAllen, they played a U.S. subregional tournament. The team won their first game against a team from Mexico City, 9–2. They went on to defeat the McAllen All Stars, the Mission All Stars, the Weslaco All Stars, and the Western Brownsville All Stars to advance to a regional tournament in Corpus Christi. While there, they beat another team from Mexico City and then beat the Houston All Stars. The team then travelled to Fort Worth to play in the Texas State Tournament. Up until that point, they had beat every team by at least five runs. However, in the state semifinals, they needed extra innings to beat another Houston All Star team, 6–4. After they survived that game, they defeated the Waco All Stars, 11–2, to advance to the tournament of Little League's South Region.
The team got on a plane and flew to Louisville, Kentucky, for the South Region tournament. Their first game was against Biloxi, Mississippi. They won that game, 13–0. The next game, for the South Region championship, was against Owensboro, Kentucky. They won that game, 3–0. The Monterrey team was now headed to the Little League World Series. The team loaded up on to a bus and headed 700 miles (1,100 km) northwest to Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
During all this, the players' visas expired. The U.S. ambassador to Mexico had to intervene to keep them legally in the country. The team was young, in a foreign country, and away from their families—only one of the players had ever left Monterrey before. The team also didn't have a lot of money for food, only being able to eat twice a day. It was only through the kindness of strangers and a few new friends who fed them, offered them meals at restaurants, and gave them some money after a win, that they were able to keep going.
On the field, no team from outside the U.S. had ever won a game at the Little League World Series. Two Canadian teams had previously made it to Williamsport, but each had lost the only game they played.
When they arrived in Williamsport, Little League officials gave them new uniforms that said "South" across the chest. However, the uniforms did not fit because the Monterrey players were so much smaller than players on the other teams, as the boys from Monterrey averaged 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) and 92 pounds (42 kg), while the other teams' players averaged 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) and 127 pounds (58 kg). Unfazed, they beat Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2–1, to reach the championship game. They were set to face La Mesa, California, who had easily beaten Escanaba, Michigan.