The Little League World Series doesn't start until Thursday, but drama is already heating up over the game's unwritten rules.
Goffstown (N.H.) manager Pat Dutton accused Barrington, R.I.'s squad of stealing signs in the New England Regional Final in Bristol, Conn., on Saturday.
"You can see [runners on second base] leaning in, looking in and they're doing hand gestures to their kid [at the plate] indicating what kind of pitch it is and where it's located," Dutton told the New Hampshire Union Leader. "You can do that in big league ball, but in Little League it's unsportsmanlike, it's dishonorable, and it's disgusting.