2017 Little League World Series Thread

montoursvillefan

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All teams have been determined.
A new event this year, the LLWS Major League Classic, Cardinals vs Pirates at Bowman Field, 8/20/17 ESPN Sunday Night Basbeball.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB_Little_League_Classic

If I recall, MLB provided ~4 mil for upgrades to Bowman Field to bring this minor league park up to major league standards.
All LLWS teams and family members in town get a free pass to the game as well as numerous LLWS officials, remaining seats (not many, a small park) were made available to Lycoming County residents via lottery.

Some Little League World Series related links.

The little league link itself.
http://www.<span sty...ague_Online.htm

ESPN's little league link.
http://espn.go.com/s...d</span>-series

The local radio station that carries the games
http://www.wrak.com/main.html

More local radio, the ESPN affiliate.
http://espnwilliamsport.com/

The local newspaper, now however needing a log-in to read.
http://www.sungazette.com/

Edit: wiki link added.
 
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moondog80

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Anyone have any insight into what happened with the NH coach? He was told in the last inning that one of his kids had not hit (every kid must get one AB), but opted not to hit him because his team as behind and instead risk a 2 game suspension (they lost anyway and were eliminated so the suspension is moot). He said after the game that they asked the kid to hit in the fourth inning and the kid declined, so when it came to the last inning he thought it wasn't fair to the team to have him hit. It wasn't clear if the kid was still unwilling to hit at that point.

I dunno -- if the kid refuses to hit when give then chance, and you can't convince him otherwise, what do you do?


http://www.pressherald.com/2017/08/11/little-league-notebook-new-hampshire-manager-gambled-and-lost/
 

BigMike

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Tough situation there Moondog. Obviously in a spring league it isn't that big a deal, but kind of hard to imagine it happening in a tournament.

Such a heartbreaker for Utah last night. Down 8-3 in the 5th they rally to score 4 with no one out. Next batter gets on, and the California starter is starting to get very high in the pitch count, and the next batter hits a rocket up the middle, that the pitcher makes a great catch about an inch off the ground and turns into a double play. All momentum is lost, Cali rallies for 3 more in the top of 6th and game ends 11-7. Utah was the first Utah team to even make the regional final.

Cali coach was suspended for the game for using profanity on camera in the previous game.
 

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This North Carolina team is something special.

they will have their ACE available for the Final. Texas Ace is out of the tournament not. Not sure the US final will be much of a game
 

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Disappointing the NC team blew that Saturday game. They just fell apart. Lufkin was a great story, but sucks they didn't have any other their top 3 pitchers and Japan had their Ace. NC would have at least had their best pitcher available.

In terms of Kitasuna, it is a neighborhood in Tokyo (koto). I haven't been able to find any indication of the population, or number of teams/players in Kitsuana