Little bomba: Maybe the happiest home run trot you'll ever see

We can debate how much attention we should pay to 12-year-olds playing baseball. But we can't argue about the joy Jameson Kuznia's showed after his home run sent Coon Rapids to the Little League World Series.

August 12, 2019 at 12:19PM
(Howard Sinker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In the coming days, you'll be seeing and reading more about the Little League baseball team from Coon Rapids-Andover, which shocked Iowa with a late-game rally on Saturday to become the first Minnesota team to reach the Little League World Series since 2010.

Coon Rapids-Andover will play Bowling Green, Ky., at 6 p.m. Thursday, a game that will be shown by ESPN2.

We can debate all day about how much attention we should be paying to 12-year-olds playing baseball. But we can't argue about the joyful home-run trot when Jameson Kuznia launched his home run to center field to cap a rally in the sixth inning of Saturday's title game against Johnston, Iowa.

So swallow your skepticism and savor this.

Try to find something that makes you this happy today.

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