Little League World Series

[42graystreet]

Totally makes up for the WWC.

[matthewdaves187]

Great win for these kids, from a school only five minutes away. People are screaming in the streets...not really, but they should be.

[justink]

Started yesterday!

i hate the new bat rules. they sound like dead shit too.

with the push back of the fences plus the new dead bats, i can see this WS being pretty low on the long ball. which makes for a less enjoyable game for me... but whatever.

[recentlyJTR41]

We don't have Little League in my town. We played Dixie League. We had some teams that could have definitely made it to the SE Finals and maybe even Williamsport.

[Roose13]

It's back! Love watching this on tv

[aicdmb]

What did they do to the bats??

[Roose13]

We have Cal Ripken ball here

[justink]

Originally Posted by aicdmb

What did they do to the bats??

made them act and sound like wood. less "trampoline effect".

the only benefit to a non-wood bat now is that they don't break, and maybe a little bit more bat speed.

this change is for everyone, t-ball through college.

http://askcoachwolff.com/2010/08/08/...s-a-bbcor-bat/

[dduncan6er]

Originally Posted by recentlyJTR41

We don't have Little League in my town. We played Dixie League. We had some teams that could have definitely made it to the SE Finals and maybe even Williamsport.

Yea they really try to make it seem like Little League is the only league out there. To be honest as a 12-13 year old, kids should be playing with a farther mound and bases. The move from a 60 foot diamond to a 90 foot diamond must be ridiculous. I think I played on a 75 foot diamond at that age.

[cry_minarets458]

let's go PA! Let's represent the Mid-Atlantic region

[cry_minarets458]

Originally Posted by Roose13

When I was 11, we played against the Toms River, NJ team that won it all in 1998. We played them in another tournament and they absolutely destroyed us in the finals. That Casey Gaynor kid was unhittable.

Anyone else enjoy watching this when August rolls around? Always great watching the kids have fun playing their favorite sport while on national tv. This is why baseball is America's past time.

ahh the black east jerseys. that was a great year for the LLWS. i remember watching that being blown away. I may have been in my first year of Little League that year. My teams were always undersized and out played once we advanced to the final stages of districts, so we never got out past that :/

[dmbbearcat]

Originally Posted by Roose13

When I was 11, we played against the Toms River, NJ team that won it all in 1998. We played them in another tournament and they absolutely destroyed us in the finals. That Casey Gaynor kid was unhittable.

Anyone else enjoy watching this when August rolls around? Always great watching the kids have fun playing their favorite sport while on national tv. This is why baseball is America's past time.

Current Red Todd Frazier was on this team, I'm 99% sure.

[Roose13]

Frazier was on that team.

[rlpi100]

I watch it but any top Little League teams would get destroyed by top Pony Baseball League teams. 100% fact


http://www.broncoworldseries.org/index.html

[justink]

i played with the kids that won it all in 1995. except i was a year older (not on the team), but we all played High School/culdesac together.

[justink]

hawaii has girls on their team. and they're pretty good.

[justink]

this game is getting intense. N.California is bitching about Hawaii stealing signs ("it's unsportsmanlike!")

[cry_minarets458]

yes, this game is unreal. it's sloppy, but there's so much pressure on each team, as both are offensive juggernauts.

props to the hawaiian doing the traditional hawaiian tribal chant dance in the crowd on the return from commercial segment

[cry_minarets458]

Originally Posted by justink

hawaii has girls on their team. and they're pretty good.

and one is their catcher. and she has a cannon for an arm at her age.

[justink]

Originally Posted by cry_minarets458

and one is their catcher. and she has a cannon for an arm at her age.

it's funny... almost every little league female i've seen is a catcher. played with one when i was little too.

[cry_minarets458]

Hawaii better rally. i'm originally from about two hours away from williamsport and this time of year is special for me. always used to go watch them games when i was younger and even in high school. i may head out for a game when i'm home over the next two weeks. i'd love to see hawaii there, despite the tempers present on a few of their players....

[cry_minarets458]

UNREAL end to the game.

[justink]

what a shitty way to lose the game AND be eliminated just short of the show...

unreal.

i think he actually touched the bag.

[cry_minarets458]

Originally Posted by justink

what a shitty way to lose the game AND be eliminated just short of the show...

unreal.

i think he actually touched the bag.

replay to be utilized next year at the LLWS?

[cry_minarets458]

that result was just like seeing cornbread be the only encore song at a dmb show.

[justink]

Originally Posted by cry_minarets458

replay to be utilized next year at the LLWS?

i mean, if you've got the cameras, i say why not?

although i don't think that view was good enough to overturn the call. an "i think his heel knicked the bag" isn't the same as "yeah, he definitely made some contact with the bag".

that said, if you're that up... you can't call him out like that. that's just a shitty, shitty call. like calling a check swing to end the game, or a balk to send the winning run home. you just don't do that shit, even if it IS the right call.

[justink]

opening day.

Japan already with an open can of whoop ass.

[justink]

watching 12 year olds drop F-bombs on national tv is kinda funny.

[justink]

these six foot tall kids... just isn't fair.

matter of fact, it's kinda sad that they don't hit a bomb every other at bat.

[justink]

#5 from New England just got drilled in the face HBP. blood everywhere. hope his teeth are okay, poor kid...