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whippoorwill Aug 18 2023 06:20 PM

I hope some of you are watching. I know I start this thread every year, but it's near and dear to my heart. Even if your boys are long past the age of Little League it is a joy to see, and Williamsport is such a great town and makes this a really super event every year. Enjoy!

dgwphotography Aug 19 2023 03:49 PM Re: LLWS

I'm sure it's an amazing atmosphere- I've covered some of the games here in the Northeast Regional, and I can only think that it's even more fun there.

whippoorwill Aug 19 2023 09:14 PM Re: LLWS

It's terrific! The unfortunate accident of the young man falling out of his bunk bed last year aside, the players' housing sounds like a dream vacation 🙂 All sorts of exclusive little stories in local papers, fun side trips for the players; they are really treated like the special athletes they are but yet still as kids. There's a story in our paper about one boy who is actually a refugee from Kyiv playing for Chech Rep (sp?) Amazing! The whole area goes nuts! The LL Museum is a really wonderful visit too.

whippoorwill Aug 21 2023 12:48 PM Re: LLWS

https://www.wnep.com/amp/article/sports/baseball/little-league-world-series/little-league-coach-from-cuban-team-missing-world-series-south-williamsport-baseball-cuba/523-c4a00675-b154-442f-984a-3fe288043b56

Frayed Knot Aug 23 2023 04:43 PM Re: LLWS

I'm sure it's a great experience for the kids and for family and locals in those towns striving for, and maybe even getting to, Williamsburg. Less thrilled with the amount of TV which has gone from title game only years back to now saturation coverage designed mostly to provide ESPN programming hours which they use to give their on-air talent a last vacation before their full-on football blitz gets under way. It's treated as innocent fun but I question the benefit of showing the failures, which inevitably come with the successes, of children on national TV while also ranking them with radar gun readings and other such stuff. The fewer adults that get involved the kids' sports the better IMO and the LLWS now has a whole lotta adults involved for reasons that go beyond children's games. So while I hope everyone involved has a blast, I don't watch and have no intention of starting.

MFS62 Aug 23 2023 04:47 PM Re: LLWS

I just saw that there will be a Little Leaguer Home Run Derby. I didn't bother to read beyond the headline. This reeks of the ESPN influence that FK mentioned. Later

whippoorwill Aug 23 2023 05:25 PM Re: LLWS Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 23 2023 05:38 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm sure it's a great experience for the kids and for family and locals in those towns striving for, and maybe even getting to, Williamsburg. Less thrilled with the amount of TV which has gone from title game only years back to now saturation coverage designed mostly to provide ESPN programming hours which they use to give their on-air talent a last vacation before their full-on football blitz gets under way. It's treated as innocent fun but I question the benefit of showing the failures, which inevitably come with the successes, of children on national TV while also ranking them with radar gun readings and other such stuff. The fewer adults that get involved the kids' sports the better IMO and the LLWS now has a whole lotta adults involved for reasons that go beyond children's games. So while I hope everyone involved has a blast, I don't watch and have no intention of starting. That's WilliamsPORT. Get your sweet shit straight. How would you have liked a radar reading on your 12 year old throws? And…what a super way of knowing what all teams attended before the inevitable China/USA matchup Some of these kids will never see the likes of this again. Or maybe with your local support.., oh never mind It's magic

whippoorwill Aug 23 2023 05:33 PM Re: LLWS

On the other hand there are 14 year old diseased looking ho's keeping talented but bone headed MLB players from ever playing again, but that's HISSSSS fault….

whippoorwill Aug 23 2023 05:33 PM Re: LLWS

Same generation; different outlooks

Frayed Knot Aug 23 2023 06:09 PM Re: LLWS

That's WilliamsPORT. Get your sweet shit straight. -- Brain fart How would you have liked a radar reading on your 12 year old throws? -- Learn them myself? Sure. Have them broadcast to a nation with the inevitable result of having kids trying to ramp it up as hard as they can at the expense of damage to still growing bodies? Hard pass And…what a super way of knowing what all teams attended before the inevitable China/USA matchup -- I have no idea what this means Some of these kids will never see the likes of this again. -- I said I think it's terrific for the kids involved. Better still if they keep as many unaffiliated adults at arm's length or further Or maybe with your local support.., oh never mind -- I'm making a clear distinction between local support and using the games for a form of summer replacement TV programming

ashie62 Aug 23 2023 06:11 PM Re: LLWS

Do they play 6 or 9 innings now? They have replay

Edgy MD Aug 27 2023 08:07 PM Re: LLWS

US West representatives El Segundo, CA win the whole enchilada over Caribbean champs Willemstad, Curaçao! They pulled it off the cool way! [TWEET]https://twitter.com/BRWalkoff/status/1695917997926629521[/TWEET] And yes, that kid is 6'1".

whippoorwill Aug 28 2023 05:43 AM Re: LLWS

A kid from curaçao had just hit a grand slam to tie it up!