I can’t say I’ve ever watched much Little League play before this summer, and only ever had vague notions of the Little League World Series in years past. But this year, things are different. I don’t know about you, but thanks to the amazing run by our hometown boys, I now feel surprisingly invested in the New England championships, even though our team is no longer in it.

After a season that made us all proud, the Southboro Little League team will come home on Thursday morning from Bristol, CT. According to an email sent out by the Southborough Recreation Department, the team should get in to Finn around 11:30 am.

Southboro fell behind early against the undefeated Cumberland, RI team, and despite their efforts were never able to catch back up. Cumberland won the game by a score of 15-5. The game was called in the bottom of the fourth inning due to the 10-run mercy rule. You can read all the details in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Southboro rallied from a 6-1 deficit, but couldn’t quite pull off a victory in the first game of pool-play in the Eastern Regional Little League tournament. They fell to East Bangor, Maine this afternoon by a final score of 6-4.

Thanks to our state championship baseball team, there has been more media in town this week than we’ve seen since Adam Sandler’s visit last year. In case you’ve missed some of the coverage, here’s a recap.