It that time again!

The Little League World Series is fast approaching as the US Regional Finals are on ESPN this weekend.......2 games per day Fri, Sat and Sun, more to come!

 

so far california looks strong, but the big surprise to me is hawaii. they remind me of one of those latin teams where all the kids look to be about 2 years older than everybody else. im glad they started televising these regional finals. i cant get enough.

 

Kameron Pimentel of Vista, Ca. strikes out 18 in a 7-2 win vs. Kentucky today. This ties the LLWS record for strike outs in a 6 inning game.

I love this stuff

 

This is why sometimes I can't watch or read about youth sports.


West Oahu 7, Davenport (Iowa) Northwest 3

West Oahu (2-0), the Northwest champion, used early homers to jump out to a 7-0 lead, then held off a late rally to defeat Davenport (0-2), the Midwest winner.

Vonn Fe’ao and Quentin Guevara hit back-to-back solo shots that that easily cleared the left-field fence 205 feet away from home plate.

After each blast, the ball rolled down a short grassy hill and fans chased after the souvenirs. Davenport coach Ed Grothus said his pitcher, Kyle Franklin, pitched well overall but lost command of his breaking balls on the home runs.

“My grandmother, if she were still alive, could probably hit a ball that far, God bless her soul,” Grothus said. kfucktar

 

The kid that hit that first home run absolutely drilled that ball. I was still trying to get over what I had just seen and then that other kid came up and put one out near the left field foul pole. Unreal.

 

this kid just hit his second Grand Slam of the series and leads all players with 9 rbi so far

edit.....the LLWS record for rbi is 13

 

I usually watch most of these Little League games, but the ones I've seen so far are lackluster. Maybe it has a lot to do with Morganton's team being there last year and the fact that there is no local representation this year.

 

there have been some blow outs but there have also been some good stories. the team from louisiana had two come from behind wins to make the second round. the last one was a 9-8 victory when they were trailing 8-1. canada advanced yesterday via a come from behind win by guam over mexico in the international pool. i just love watching the kids play. there some outstanding players, the kids from cali and hawaii are awesome. i think they play tonite on espn!

check that, california plays florida tonight. florida is coached by former major leaguer dante bischette(sp?). this should be a good game.

 

Hawaii getting no-hit by Louisianna right now. Good pitchers duel.

 

Forget that. Shortstop just jacked his 3rd of the series.