The Little League fields in Williamsport, PA, will be quiet this summer. Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports

Little League World Series canceled for first time in 74 years because of coronavirus

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Apr 30, 2020 6:10 PM ET

Another baseball tradition of the summer has been lost to the coronavirus pandemic.

One day after the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame induction was pushed back to 2021 because of the virus outbreak, Little League International announced that the 2020 Little League World Series has been canceled.

Per Steve Gardner of USA Today and other outlets, it's the first time in the 74-year history of the LLWS that the tournament won't take place.

Full remarks from @littleleagueceo on the cancellation of the 2020 #LLWS and Region Tournaments. pic.twitter.com/JKo486asFg
— Little League (@LittleLeague) April 30, 2020

Little League International is hopeful events will occur in 2021. Little League also confirmed the scheduled August 23, 2020, MLB Little League Classic between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles has also been called off.

Like with sports around the world, the baseball community has been left in limbo because of the coronavirus. Earlier this week, Andy Martino of SNY reported MLB is considering up to 15 different scenarios to hold some sort of season during the summer and fall months.

MLB and the MLB Players Association haven't yet agreed to terms for an altered campaign.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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