Howard J. Lamade Stadium is a baseball stadium in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Each year, it hosts the Little League World Series, along with Little League Volunteer Stadium. Lamade Stadium was built in 1959 and holds 40,000 people, most of whom sit on the outfield berms. The stadium is 2/3 the size of a Major League Baseball stadium, with 60 ft (18 m) basepaths, a 46 ft (14 m) mound, and after the change in 2006, 225 ft (69 m) fences.
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