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Jackie Robinson West Little League Baseball Team 2014 World Series U.S. Champions

Ill.Gov. Pat Quinn Proclaims Aug. 27 2014 as “Jackie Robinson West Championship Day”

Upon returning home to Chicago as Little League Baseball’s 2014 World Series, U.S. Champions, the Jackie Robinson West (JRW) All Stars Little League team were greeted with nothing but joy and excitement from their hometown fans. The team's accomplishments were so impressive and so mesmerizing, that a prideful, Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn, proclaimed Wednesday, Aug. 27, as “Jackie Robinson West Championship Day” in honor of the team’s U.S. championship win and as runner up in the Little League World Series.