WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Once the team planes of the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets land in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Sunday for this year's Little League Classic, the Little Leaguers will surround the big leaguers. What happens after that is unscripted, unstructured and unpredictable. Because you never know what kids might say.
One of the kids is probably going to ask Cal Raleigh about his nickname, the Big Dumper -- and they will ask if Raleigh's mom still doesn't like the nickname. Raleigh might show the kids the bat he's using this weekend, which reads: "Big butt.