Merchantville, N.J., came close, oh so close, in two consecutive years in the Little League World Series. In the years 1955 and 1956, a team from Merchantville won games by margins of not more than two runs. In fact, every single game Merchantville played in Williamsport was
decided by two runs or less, and the team had a win-loss record of 4-2. Unfortunately, the two losses came at the worst possible time. In 1955 Merchantville lost to Morrisville, Pa., 4-3 in the championship game. The next year they lost 3-1 to a team from New Mexico. Don’t think that New Jersey has some kind of alien-conspiracy theory against them since they lost to Roswell, N.M., in 1956. New Jersey has won four times out of the seven title games in which they have participated. http://yhoo.it/fCHszQ
