2007 Little League World Series

fuck this little fucks. throw harder.

insert nambla joek here

Insert gay joke in every other ILB thread (that doesn't already have one).

The Walpole, MA team is getting some tv coverage over here. Looks like they had an exciting win the other day.

one of the kids on OH's team said his favorite player is Aaron Cook.

also, oh man, poor Netherlands...

Curacao/Vz game was terrific.

want Tx to go down in flames.

does this seem kinda gross/exploitative to anyone else

Yes -- especially the cameras' adeptness at catching crying kids and then staying on them.

Apparently this ended dramatically.

I'm in the 'it shouldn't be on TV' school

I guess it shouldn't be on TV, but my childhood neighbors Chula Vista are kicking some serious ass. They had a 6'2" 13-year old!

Have, not had.

yea that kid's a freakin giant

He got hit in the ear with a 75-mph fastball and basically smirked in the face of the lady who came out to check up on him. They made him stand on one leg, and touch his nose with his eyes closed.

Japan vs. Curacao was EPIC.

umpiring in the LLWS is honestly an insult to baseball

curacao was hilarious tho - in the first inning the pitcher gave up 5 ER but 0 hits (like a 12 year old ollie perez) & then that dude smacked a homer and pimped it so hard

i assume chula vista beat peabody? :( peabody is like two towns away from my hometown.

i assume chula vista beat peabody? :( peabody is like two towns away from my hometown.

Yeah, it was 3-0 through 5, and then the wheels came off. Final score: 14-0.

my neighbors > your neighbors!

lol damn man!

^___^

Observations:

LLWS Catchers: You don't need to frame every pitch. Srsly, you look like an idiot when you try and pull one back that's a foot outside.

There are some ill Big Sisters with the Staten Island team. It could just be in relation to Iowa.

The cage helmets are gay and sad.

LLWS Players: Come up with your own tics. The Jeter hand at the umpire is gay and sad. Besides, you should be really trying to play like that dashing Jimmy Rollins.

oh my fuckin god someone in the crowd of the japan/mexico game is making the most annoying noise i've ever heard.

My beloved Chula Vista lost to San Antonio last night, where people know what salsa's supposed to taste like.

jesus the staten island team all idolize jason marquis ¯\(°_o)/¯

California v. Georgia was epic.

jesus the staten island team all idolize jason marquis ¯\(°_o)/¯

I idolise Jason Marquis (and I'll idolise him even more if he beats the Giants this week)

huh i thought he was from long island.

National features on Little League's first female player, 1973:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkciYjOGbNo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1C6zORZ1Qg

14 years later, I played in the same league, and that team still sucked (and I was on it).

http://i53.tinypic.com/i3ryc1.jpg

ct comes back from 7 runs down, now tied 13-13

wsh should walk chad knight

what did i say

Don't know how many are aware of it, but potential crazy situation of Tijuana vs. Chula Vista (San Diego suburb right by the border) in the final.

lol @ putting the spacey kid at first just because he's lefty

http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/b02dd3cb1faf684ab553eb88f86c5da7/tumblr_n3h944aIJr1qewacoo7_400.gif

also <3 u little kid hurtling into first

and h8 u #12 with yr helmet and shitty t. rex throw and off-screen larry bowa dad

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvGuSkvCYAA5Vxo.jpg

is their dad eddie money

dad's name is onthe

Mo'ne > Moneys

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bvai9H3IIAAtYfA.jpg

this chicago team is fun as hell

What a game.

Haven't read the piece--headline's classic.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/little-league-pitcher-just-getting-fucking-shelled,38488/

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25277663/watch-the-greatest-pitcher-reaction-to-a-grand-slam-of-all-time

lol

my old little league all star team is in the LLWS :o

my team is 3-0!

kind of dumb how if the team from the winners bracket loses to the team from the losers bracket in the final they have to go home even tho both teams have one loss

consul game has been well played! good pitching and dfense

lol damn i missed the walkoff

my team won the US championship and is playing for the world title today!

so surreal

LEGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

grats!

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me 15 years ago (front left)

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14088698_1811811169055870_4716499567388506393_n.jpg?oh=50c9edc7b5569cd3b4ec204a94ad55d4&oe=584F2BF2

Take Two: Now that's a big league play by Pennsylvania center fielder Jack Regenye in the Junior League World Series pic.twitter.com/LxhEV1v1J0

— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) August 21, 2017

one of the best catches i've ever seen

Mets and Phillies will be playing in Williamsport next Sunday night

Syndergaard says he’s excited to play in Williamsport, but hopefully ‘none of those kids have hand, foot, and mouth disease’

— Maggie Gray (@MaggieGray) August 14, 2018

The names of the Curacao players in the Little League World Series are lyrical, almost poetic: Deshandro Tromp, Curley Martha, Furgentley Jamanica, Fran-J Confesor, I-Zion Mogen, Pe.son Revierre -- and managed, of course, by Michelangelo Celestina

— Larry Stone (@StoneLarry) August 20, 2019

My friends' nephew went 2/5 last night (2 doubles) but with his speed he stretched 2 infield grounders into forced errors pulling the 1B off the bag. Big win for the underdogs to advance to the (USA) final.

nice!

After golf, we were in a bar watching the Hawaii-Virginia game last night. The guy beside me said he played in the 1952 Series in Williamsport, on a team out of Toronto's High Park. I asked him if played against anyone notable, but he couldn't remember anybody.

That was the game I was watching as well.

1952 highlights:
https://www.thehour.com/sports/article/Yesterday-s-stars-Remembering-Norwalk-s-Little-8276271.php

Thanks! Will print that off and take it to golf next week. I would have seen your friend's nephew...I assume Hawaii went on to win? They had a big lead when I left.

Yeah, he bats 4th or 6th depending on who's pitching.

Forgot to mention that he stole home as well:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ogden_images/www.mauinews.com/images/2019/08/21165608/Nakea-Kahalehau-West-1100x729.jpg

I was thinking about the guy from golf, and he has to have that year wrong. If he played in '52 as a 12-year-old, he'd be 79. I golfed with him yesterday--besides the fact that he didn't look 79 (maybe mid-'60s), and besides the fact that he scored well (~40 for 9), he was hitting the ball 200+ off the tee. 79-year-olds don't do that.

https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/news/the-1957-monterrey-little-league-champions

so very proud of Lake Mary for making it this far. I played in this league in its inaugural season. I will admit, I didn't even realize they were still around. the league formed somewhere around 1992 or 1993 and it was up against some FIERCE competition from established leagues like Babe Ruth and Pony, and the first year, it was basically just filled with defectors from those leagues. there were only four teams the first season, the As, Braves, Cubs, and White Sox (my team).

I was also on the first ever All-star team, but uh...we didn't exactly get far like this year's squad, losing back to back 16-2. very tiny city, about 15-20 minutes out of Orlando - a bit on the posh side, the high school was definitely full of 'rich' kids.

watching these games stresses me out though, like....having to be on tv at that age and hearing people who normally call pro games dissecting your play, man that's a lot.

They won!!!

A Very Ugly Year In The Life Of A D.C. Little League