We interrupt this difficult life for scenes of love and joy

[BeyondGeography]

From Chicago, where the 11- and 12-year olds from Jackie Robinson West were celebrated for winning the US Little League Championship and second-best in the world:

[HangOnKids]

1. HELL YEAH!!!

K and R! Thanks for the thread BG. Beautiful.

[BrotherIvan]

4. +1

What a memory those kids will have.

[pintobean]

21. Good bye, again.

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[TwilightGardener]

2. Yay kids!

[Raine1967]

3. I LOVE THEM!

Wonderful kids and they are champions in my heart! great pix!

[WillyT]

5. HUMONGOUS K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[calimary]

6. NIIIIICE!!!!

So great to get some photos of goodness, celebration, joy, and fun. Awfully nice for a change! A most WELCOME change! Look at that sea of people in the last photo - an ocean of people!

[LibGranny]

7. + another 1

[japple]

8. What beautiful pictures. Thanks so much for sharing these. I know

these boys are so proud of their team and I hope they are equally proud of their own accomplishments. So nice to see their hometown came out for them in a big way. I got a bit teary just looking at these pics.

[lovemydog]

9. I love them, their parent coaches &

fans. If anyone has any video of them please post it!

[proReality]

10. So cute

and so happy. Congratulations team!

[Sienna86]

11. What a wonderful time for the kids.

They'll never forget this day. Thanks for sharing.

[TNNurse]

12. They are tears of joy

I promise. What a sweet treat.

[burrowowl]

13. Go Kids, Go!

[Cha]

14. Wow, this is Fantastic, Beyond Geography.. Nice Pictures.. thank you!

Congratulations Kids on the Jackie Robinson West Team!

[VA_Jill]

15. AWWWWWW!

Back in the 1980s, a team from the town where I lived then (Morristown, TN) were US champs. They only made the quarterfinals that year, but we loved them just as much. It's a small town so we couldn't do as much for them, obviously, as Chicago can do for their team, but there is a monument in the town and a Little League park named for them, and people still remember.

[roguevalley]

16. so lovely. now you know why I taught for half my life. :D:D:D

[66 dmhlt]

17. WOW! Now THAT'S a crowd.

[aquart]

18. They like it, but they know it's crazy overkill.

You could tell from their comments getting off the plain.

[mopinko]

19. there should be some pics of those kids with that sox trophy.

the chicago white sox and jerry reinsdorf are a great organization that did a real mizvah to bring that puppy down there.
good people here in chi.

[riderinthestorm]

20. Chicago is world class - on every level. Great pics, congrats team! Nt

[markmyword]

22. Jesse Jackson Again!

This team is fabulous and Chicago gave them a terrific parade when they came home, which they deserved.

Their parents can be so proud and take the credit for them being so well behaved, good sports, just nice young men. Most children today, aren't as well behaved or handle themselves like this team. I hope they will be the role models for their community and not the gangs.

Jesse Jackson is now starting to be in the news with the boys, horning in on the TEAMS day!

The politicians of Chicago were there at the parade, but made sure this was about the team and NOT their political campaigns.

Last night on the news, there's Jesse having his photo take with the boys.
Jackson's Operation Push said they'd pay for the team to go to Disney World, which is nice. Unfortunately, Jesse Jackson will probably tag along and milk it for all it's worth.

This is about a wonderful group of boys who won the U.S. Little League championship, NOT Jesse Jackson!

[aggiesal]

24. And I'm willing to bet that ...

if these kids are treated by Jesse Jackson to Disney World,
the NCAA will revoke their amateur status for any university
education their athletic abilities might afford them.

[treestar]

23. K&R