Every little boy who ever put on a little league uniform dreams of a trip to Williamsport and, in 1977, thirteen kids from Rotterdam lived the dream.

Nearly three decades later, the “local artist” has a name. Up until the wife of the man who painted the Big Bat reached out to the Slugger Museum, John Yates’s identity was a mystery.

For the first time in years, the youth baseball program in Mifflin County will be under one organization, Cal Ripken. For years baseball players from the ages 4-12 played under two organizations, ...