Well said, kp. Well said. I always feel sorry for the kids on the losing team, who prove that when you're 12 and 13 years old, there IS crying in baseball.
Sid, Yeah I know that is tough, but learning to deal with that is valuable too. These kids get to experience a once in a lifetime event and they will learn from winning and losing. Really neat to watch. :wink:
:idea: My only comment on the LLWS is that I'm disappointed for Nevada. Their story was never told. It was the first time in history that any Nevada team ever played in the LLWS. They came up two games short of the world title, but their being there at all is the real miracle. You see, Nevada must win the Western Regional here in San Bernardino just to get to the LLWS and that is almost impossible. The Western Regional includes such little beastie boys as Southern California and Hawaii which have been winning the LLWS since I was playing Little League. It also includes Arizona and Utah, and it used to include Northern California too. All these kids from Nevada did was the impossible...and I mean NOBODY out here thought that they would ever see the day...but they did it. https://www.facebook.com/westll?rf=113888478643088 How they did it is not a secret. They had the best coach. He gave his team days off to enjoy the experience every step of the way. He talked to them like children...which they are. What a contrast to that monster coach at Texas who kept his pitcher out there crying on national TV...telling him to "bow up" and "be a man." That kid had more guts than his coach, that's for sure. The Nevada coach was the kind of coach every man wants his own son to play for, and the results of this bunch of Nevada kids speaks for itself and his age-appropriate coaching.