Albuquerque Journal

Mets, Phils tonight in Williamspo­rt

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SOUTH WILLIAMSPO­RT, Pa. — Some talented, young baseball players have competed at the Little League World Series over the last 71 years. Fifty-four have gone on to realize another dream — making the majors.

Three of those Little League veterans will be on hand when the Mets play the Phillies in Williamspo­rt tonight: Scott Kingery, Todd Frazier and Michael Conforto.

To mark what’s being called the MLB Little League Classic, here are some of the notable players who have made the jump from the LLWS to the majors.

KINGERY: Twelve years ago, Kingery played for the Ahwatukee All-Stars from Phoenix. Now the rookie Philadelph­ia shortstop is the most recent LLWS player to get to the majors.

“The (memory) that sticks out is the first time we got off the bus and I stood on top of the hill and saw the fields we were going to be playing on,” Kingery said. “When I get there, it’s probably going to hit me that that was me in 2006. It’s pretty crazy.”

FRAZIER: The Mets third baseman has drawn a lot of attention for his Little League connection.

In the 1998 Little League World Series, Frazier led Toms River, N.J., with his bat and his arm — he was a pitcher then — and his team beat Japan for the championsh­ip.

CONFORTO: The young outfielder played for the Redmond, Wash., team in 2004. His team did not make it out of pool play.

Still, Conforto is one of only three players to participat­e in the Little League World Series, College World Series (with Oregon State) and MLB World Series.

He made the majors in 2015 with the Mets.

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