Since the early beginnings of youth sports in America, the game of baseball has usually been the most popular. The majority of younger kids at one time or another has played youth baseball while they were growing up. Due to the fact that the game can be tailored to every skill level, it allows kids to be able to learn to play a new sport while being able to have fun at the same time without the extra added pressure.

The most popular youth baseball organization in the United States is Little League Baseball. Little League baseball was founded by Carl Stotz in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The league is open to all children and young adults from the ages of 5-18. The league currently consists of six different leagues organized by age and talent level. The leagues (in order of age and difficulty) are tee ball, minor league, little league, junior league, senior league, and big league. The league was started with three teams in the Williamsport, Pennsylvania area. The league currently has over 200,000 teams in over 80 countries around the world. Up until 1974, the league was only open for boys into 1974; however it was opened for women after that. As of 2007, there are currently over 2.3 million players around the country involved with little league baseball, including 400,000 girls.

The Little League Baseball organization grew rather quickly and by 1953, the Little League World Series showcasing the best teams around the country was televised on CBS and ABC. The event was showcasing the young talent across the United States and this helped the organization grow at unprecedented rates. Within two years, there was a Little League organization in every state with over 3,000 separate leagues.

The success of Little League Baseball in the United States began to expand across the World. It first expanded across North America, in Canada and Mexico, as well as expanding to Hawaii and Alaska. Just a few years later, the Little League Baseball organization had crossed over the Atlantic into Europe. With the Little League Baseball organization expanding at such a rapid rate, the Little League World Series showcased teams from all over the world and was broadcast live for the first time on ABC.

After Little League Baseball expanded to Europe, it was only a matter of time before it expanding to Asia and Africa. The most decorated team in Little League World Series would begin playing around this time. Taiwan has won over 17 World Series titles in their short history and is arguably the most successful team in Little League World Series history.

The success of the Little League World Series forced organizers to include more teams to compete in the tournament. The tournament expanded from 8 to 16 teams in 2001 and all teams were separated into 16 different regions, with 8 of those being in the United States and 8 being international teams. The teams still play the Little League World Series in the city in which the organization it was founded, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.