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[NYT] A Series Draws to a Close, and Innocence May Soon Follow

August 27, 2014
South Korea's Hae Chan Choi (21) celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run home run off Chicago's Brandon Green in the sixth inning of the Little League World Series championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

South Korea’s Hae Chan Choi (21) celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run home run off Chicago’s Brandon Green in the sixth inning of the Little League World Series championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

[THE NEW YORK TIMES] SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — I felt a twinge of sadness Sunday as Chicago’s last-gasp rally fell short and South Korea’s players celebratedtheir Little League World Series victory by piling on one another at the pitcher’s mound.

The sadness was not for Chicago, which had a great run. South Korea was the better team.

Rather, the end of the Series signifies the finals days of summer and, more than that, the final season of innocence for these 12- and 13-year-old players who, in all likelihood, will never pass this way again. [READ MORE]