Photography

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Ballard Plumbing put their hands together before their game against the Supergraphics team from Northwest Little League during the Little League Tournament of Champions at Gilman Field in Seattle Saturday, June 16, 2012.

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Nick Frazier, 12, the starting pitcher for the Supergraphics team from Northwest Little League waits for their game against Ballard Plumbing to start.

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Jack Iredale of the North King County Cardinals watches their 12-0 win over RUG Green.

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Karen Lee writes names of 12-year-old players on golden plungers, an annual tradition for the Ballard Plumbing kids who are moving up in age range.

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Carl Dutton pitches for RUG Green (Roosevelt, University, Greenlake) against the North King County Cardinals.

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The North King County Cardinals (red) get a hit from the RUG Green team during the Little League Tournament of Champions.

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Isaiah Ragland, 12, is congratulated by teammate J.D. Worcester, left, 12, after scoring against Ballard Plumbing for the Supergraphics team from Northwest Little League. Worcester was injured before the championship when a ball struck him in the wrist, but was cheering the team on.

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Nigel Meierotto of Ballard Plumbing picks out a bat that is just the right size.

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Parker Bixby, 10, of North King County Little League is congratulated for coming in for the team's 10th run of a 12-0 win.

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A game of wiffleball breaks out at Gilman Park after official Little League play.

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Another tradition, the pie-eating contest, breaks out after hot dogs are consumed and trophies are awarded at the Tournament of Champions. Kalib Edwards, 8, of the Lincoln Lynx, looks up from his cherry pie.