The Chesapeake Post 280 team that won the Senior American Legion Baseball national championship in August is being denied the trip to a Major League Baseball World Series game awarded to the champion for the past 99 years.

Post 280 coaches, players and parents don’t understand why and are frustrated by what they consider the lack of a clear explanation from national representatives of The American Legion or MLB. Complications cited by Legion are that Post 280, a 19-and-under team, was scheduled to attend Game 2 on Saturday, but the Toronto Blue Jays are hosting it and international travel will be involved.

While Post 280 manager Larry Bowles was informed in late September by American Legion Baseball that the traditional trip could be canceled should the Blue Jays host, he did not agree w

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