The 2012 Little League Baseball World Series  kicks off on Thursday, August 16 at 10:00AM PDT with an International pool game between Japan and Caribbean on ESPN and ESPN3.com.   

In Thursday’s second game, Northern California, and eventual Western Region champ Petaluma National, opens against Fairfield American, Fairfield, Connecticut, the New England champion, at noon PDT, on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com,. 

The championship game will be played ten days later on Sunday, August 26, at noon PDT, on ABC.