Little League baseball: A fork in the road from founder`s vision
(WorldNews Entertainment)

In 1956, founder Carl E. Stotz and the league acrimoniously parted ways and for decades, Little League hardly acknowledged him. A statue at the Original Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, commemorates Carl E. Stotz`s nephews, for whom he came up with the idea for Little League baseball. Photo courtesy of Jimmy Enright.Courtesy of Jimmy Enright By Silvio Laccetti Millions and millions of kids and adults have been influenced by Little League baseball, but only a fraction of these folks know much about its founder, Carl E. Stotz, and his complex legacies. Stotz was an exemplary leader whose abilities were highlighted in Pulitzer Prize-winner Gary Wills` study of leadership types, `Certain...