Glory Days: Bayonne chases Little League World Series win tonight

All right, let's play some ball. Bayonne Little League in action tonight. It's their first game in the Little League World Series. News 12 New Jersey's Tony Caputo is in Bayonne this morning, and Tony, excitement has to be at an all-time high in that community. Well, we're so excited. We're out here before the Broadway Diner even opens up to talk to people about it. That's how excited we are about Bayonne playing 7 p.m. tonight against the champ from New England. Now, Bayonne is considered the Metro Region champ, and there's a New England Region champ. They'll be squaring off tonight in this first round of the Little League World Series, and it has absolutely been a long time coming, especially for Hudson County. You take a look at some of the highlights from their dramatic wins recently. They beat Blackwood Kiwanis 9-3 back on August 3rd and put together an amazing comeback versus Connecticut to win that Metro Region title 8-6 on August 14th. Now, Bayonne Little League is only the fifth team from Hudson County to win a state title since 1960, and just the second to reach the Little League World Series. The West New York Americans finished second in the Little League World Series back in 1966. Nick, Simon, Mike, that's even before I was born, so we're going way, way back on that one. But again, Bayonne just the second team from Hudson County to make the Little League World Series. So, you know, over the years, we've seen the Tom's River teams make it, and I know everybody remembers that well, and I believe there was a Lakewood team over the years and a team from Wayne that made it to the Little League World Series. But in this case, Bayonne just the second from Hudson County, very exciting. We're going to talk to some folks here at the Broadway Diner this morning, and we're going to grab a little coffee, too, and enjoy that and see how they're feeling. Gearing up, big game tonight, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Bayonne in the Little League World Series. That's the latest from Bayonne. Tony Caputo, News 12, New Jersey. All right, Tony, thank you. Yeah, it's a fun story to talk about because everyone can get behind the Little Leagues, for sure, no matter where they're from here in New Jersey. Yeah, it's good stuff. Yeah, there's hometown excitement, but then there's also, like, the excitement. Like, you don't have to be from Bayonne to be excited. You're from Jersey. We're like, yeah, we're good at baseball. And Bayonne's such a good community, too. It's such a tight community, so that must be fun.