The temperature has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for Little League practice to start.

气温刚刚上升到足以融化积雪的程度，但还不足以让小联盟的训练开始。

I can see my hand when I'm writing. At Little League games, I can see where the catcher, batter, and umpire are.

我写字的时候能看见我的手。在少年棒球联盟的比赛中，我可以看到接球手、击球手和裁判在哪里。

Perhaps we should strike out the little league.

也许我们应该取消少年棒球联赛。

They are coaching little league and helping their neighbors.

他们在训练少年棒球队﹐在帮助自己的邻居。

I was even part of an all-star Little League team when I was 12.

当我十二岁的时候还是一个小联盟的明星队成员。

This was National Junior Basketball—the Little League of basketball.

他们参加的比赛不过是全美少年篮球赛---一个小规模的篮球联赛。

When I'd strike out in little league, He'd sit with mom, and cheer for me.

当我在少年棒球队击球时，他坐在妈妈身边，为我欢呼。

We burst into excited shouts like boys winning a Little League Championship.

我们象小孩子赢得少棒冠军似的放声呐喊。

Teachers don't usually earn a lot, and Little League coaches often work for free.

老师不总是赚很多钱，少年体育联盟教练经常免费工作。

If you manage a sporting goods store, consider sponsoring a little league baseball team.

如果你管理一个体育用品商店，可以考虑赞助少棒队。

Trooper Chad McWilliams was umpiring a Little League baseball game on his day off when his cell phone rang.

节假日当骑兵查德·威廉姆斯手机响时，他正在为少年棒球联合会的棒球比赛当裁判。

I was the new coach of a Little League baseball team and had not yet learned the names of my players.

我是一个小联盟棒球队的新教练，还没有得知我的球员的名字。

Mike loved kids-all kids-and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and 13 lacrosse.

迈克爱孩子——所有的孩子。他曾带过小型的联赛橄榄球队，棒球队和长曲棍球队，所以他了解他们。

He is too old for Tee ball and most of his friends are in Little League, so he's willing to go for it.

他现在打幼年球年龄过了。他的大部分朋友都参加少年联合会了，所以他也愿意尽力试试。

Established since 2007, Little League Baseball is exclusively for young children, under the age of 14.

少年棒球联盟自2007年成立，是专为未满14岁的青少年儿童设置的棒球联盟。

Mike loved kids-all kids-and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse.

迈克爱孩子——所有的孩子。 他曾带过小型的联赛橄榄球队，棒球队和长曲棍球队，所以他了解他们。

But the 12-year-old phenom turned out to be two years older, making him ineligible for Little League play.

但后来证实，这位12岁的选手实际上要大两岁，也就没有参加少年联赛的资格。

Some leagues have storied pasts: baseball's Little League or football's Pop Warner League. Some are newer.

有些体育联合会有着传奇般的历史，如棒球的小小球联，橄榄球的老华纳球联，有些联合会则是新建的。

She was the only girl on her Little League baseball team, and wanted to become the first woman in the major leagues.

她是当地少年棒球联合会的唯一女生，同时她也希望能成为全美两大职业棒球协会里的唯一女性。

Yet the actual recognized particulars would be the these reproductions on the many applauded little league champs.

然而，实际确认详情将于多数人的这些复制品鼓掌少棒冠军。

I'll even sit in the first row of every Little League game and cheer until my throat is sore and my tonsils are raw.

我甚至可以出席每一场少年棒球联合会的比赛，坐在第一排呐喊助威，直到我的嗓子喊疼了，我的扁桃体发炎了。

In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York.

1999年，纽约的兰开斯特市，11岁的凯文·史蒂芬，他在他弟弟的小社团的队里当一名击球队员。

I'm guessing Hruska was one of those kids who actually put his Little League participation trophy on top of his dresser.

我猜赫鲁斯卡小时候肯定是那种把他在棒球小联盟的参与奖杯也摆在自己梳妆台上的孩子。

They are the types who shovel your snow, volunteer for school events, and coach the baseball little league – Mark has done all three.

他们会帮你铲除门前积雪、成为学校活动的志愿者和训练小篮球队等---这三项马克全部都参加。

There were also formal programs like Little League baseball and school-organized sports teams, but that's not what I am talking about here.

当然也有一些正规的组织，比如“少棒联盟”和校队，但这不是我要说的。

My 11 year-old son ran into one of his team mates while going after a fly ball in that evening's little league game and sustained a concussion.

我11岁的儿子那天晚上打小联盟棒球赛，接球的时候不小心撞到他的一名队友，有点脑震荡。

Yesterday's little league hero has become today's most captivating athlete. His elegance on the court has transformed the game into a art form.

昨天无名小队的英雄变成了今日动人心魄的运动员。他在球场上的矫健已将此比赛变为一门艺术；

For example, there may not be many openings for a major league baseball star, but for a baseball coach?Go check your town's local Little League!

例如，也许对于一个重要联赛垒球明星的位置上没有许多空缺，但是一名垒球教练呢，去看看你们镇上的当地少年垒球联盟！

A Little League park in Mansfield, Conn., may have a better game plan - a transparent receptacle with a recycling symbol stamped on the outside.

位于康涅狄格州曼斯菲尔德的小联盟公园，可能有一个更好的回收计划，一个透明的容器外面贴上回收标志。