OT -- Little League World Series

[upj87]

I guess it is because I am biased with this since I reside here in Central PA but I wonder why there is a lack of press coverage for the little league world series.. It is going nuts down here but the Post Gazette can't even spare two paragraphs for a PA team playing in the championship game. CBSSports nothing. FoxSports nothing... Is the thought process here is that this is some kind of ABC\ESPN battle of the network stars kind of thing not worth any sports coverage? I mean they are going to have 50,000 people crammed around a tiny little league field today and crickets....

 

[canepain]

IMO this is the best two weeks in the summer for sports. I will admit I'm biased living close to Williamsport. We obviously receive plenty of local support.
I've noticed little coverage from fox and CBS sports but then again I'm not watching "the worlds strongest man " from the 70's nor professional bull riding on a daily basis so I'm fine w/ not having to channel surf. Saves the batteries on the remote for football season.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I'm not sure what you are looking at, but the Post Gazette does have a story today on yesterday's game, and they have had something about the games pretty much every day since the tournament started. I'm not sure what more a game between 12 year olds who are not from this area would deserve.

In any event, there is no need for 12 year olds to be playing sports on national television pretty much ever.

 

[goalieman]

I guess it is because I am biased with this since I reside here in Central PA but I wonder why there is a lack of press coverage for the little league world series.. It is going nuts down here but the Post Gazette can't even spare two paragraphs for a PA team playing in the championship game. CBSSports nothing. FoxSports nothing... Is the thought process here is that this is some kind of ABC\ESPN battle of the network stars kind of thing not worth any sports coverage? I mean they are going to have 50,000 people crammed around a tiny little league field today and crickets....

PG and TRIB both had articles today from yesterday's game.

 

[upj87]

PG and TRIB both had articles today from yesterday's game.

my fault ... clicked sports page did not see it...did not see it when I clicked on more stories etc.. I did a search on little league and nothing came up past a Portland Oregon score...I guess a combination of poor web design and my ineptitude....... I will shut up now

 

[goalieman]

my fault ... clicked sports page did not see it...did not see it when I clicked on more stories etc.. I did a search on little league and nothing came up past a Portland Oregon score...I guess a combination of poor web design and my ineptitude....... I will shut up now

I don't especially like their web designs either ..... I'll be flipping between the Pirates and Little League World Series ...... rooting for the Pa. teams ..... Hey, I played Little League Baseball from 1958-1961 .... all-star team the last two years.

 

[Dr. von Yinzer]

I enjoy the Little League World Series and I'm especially interested this year with a team from Pennsylvania being in the finals.

However, I cannot agree that it is under covered. If anything, it is over covered. I mean we are talking about 12-year-old boys playing baseball.

Do you feel that the Pony League World Series doesn't get enough coverage? That gets less coverage than the Little League World Series and it's better baseball.

What about the girls? Shouldn't the Girls Fast-pitch Softball World Series get more coverage than it does?

As I said, I enjoy watching the LLWS. It is fun and emotional and entertaining. However, it is definitely not a victim of underexposure.

 

[goalieman]

I enjoy the Little League World Series and I'm especially interested this year with a team from Pennsylvania being in the finals.

However, I cannot agree that it is under covered. If anything, it is over covered. I mean we are talking about 12-year-old boys playing baseball.

Do you feel that the Pony League World Series doesn't get enough coverage? That gets less coverage than the Little League World Series and it's better baseball.

What about the girls? Shouldn't the Girls Fast-pitch Softball World Series get more coverage than it does?

As I said, I enjoy watching the LLWS. It is fun and emotional and entertaining. However, it is definitely not a victim of underexposure.

He thought it wasn't covered at all ..... once he found out there was some coverage (even though it was relatively brief), he was satisfied .... case closed.

 

[ricflair4LIFE]

I don't especially like their web designs either ..... I'll be flipping between the Pirates and Little League World Series ...... rooting for the Pa. teams ..... Hey, I played Little League Baseball from 1958-1961 .... all-star team the last two years.

Boy gm you're old. However, I'm older. Little league 1955 - 1957.All star like you last two years. As an adult I coached LL for 12 years. Having said that .... I stopped watching it on tv about 6 - 7 years ago. It's gotten too big. Way too many games on tv from all over the country. Some people are making alot of money using 11 and 12 year olds . For that reason I don't watch it any more.

 

[anon_vmuicqnzlyp3u]

Boy gm you're old. However, I'm older. Little league 1955 - 1957.All star like you last two years. As an adult I coached LL for 12 years. Having said that .... I stopped watching it on tv about 6 - 7 years ago. It's gotten too big. Way too many games on tv from all over the country. Some people are making alot of money using 11 and 12 year olds . For that reason I don't watch it any more.

I am watching. Are the cultist actually chanting "We Are" but I can't tell what the are saying. Is it the usual or is it Red Land?

 

[ratking17]

Red land.

They visited james from state college earlier this week. Give them credit, they do a better brainwashing and marketing job than most

 

[Pghfan]

Because it is 12 year olds

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

I am rooting for Japan because Redland is a bunch of PSU fanatics.

 

[WNYPanther]

As soon I heard the We Are bs that was enough for me, I turned it over to Tino & the CFL.

 

[pittfan67]

Did James Franklin fly into Billtown for the event?

 

[Large Panther]

Red land.

They visited james from state college earlier this week. Give them credit, they do a better brainwashing and marketing job than most

Gotta question the judgement of the coach taking a bus load of 12 year olds to that place. Hope nobody's weekend was ruined.

 

[ratking17]

You know, I just realized something. I am a mandatory reporter. I am on the phone with childline right now.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

You know, I just realized something. I am a mandatory reporter. I am on the phone with childline right now.

Maybe you should wait until tomorrow. You wouldn't want to spoil anyone's weekend.

 

[ratking17]

No worries. When I called they told me that it was illegal for me to do so and instead directed me to inform my schools finance department

 

[Pitt79]

However, I cannot agree that it is under covered. If anything, it is over covered. I mean we are talking about 12-year-old boys playing baseball.

Do you feel that the Pony League World Series doesn't get enough coverage? That gets less coverage than the Little League World Series and it's better baseball.

What about the girls? Shouldn't the Girls Fast-pitch Softball World Series get more coverage than it does?

As I said, I enjoy watching the LLWS. It is fun and emotional and entertaining. However, it is definitely not a victim of underexposure.

Absolutely! Why is it covered at all? How about the Pop Warner Super Bowl or the AAU U12 basketball Final 4? Or the Girls U14 Soccer World Cup! I'm glad the LLWS is over! Now we can get back to real sports on ESPN. The only reason it's on at all is some sort of stupid tradition from back in the day when baseball was really the only sport America cared about. Even if MLB is still very popular, I don't get the attraction of watching 12 year old kids play baseball, unless their your own kids.

 

[Pghfan]

Absolutely! Why is it covered at all? How about the Pop Warner Super Bowl or the AAU U12 basketball Final 4? Or the Girls U14 Soccer World Cup! I'm glad the LLWS is over! Now we can get back to real sports on ESPN. The only reason it's on at all is some sort of stupid tradition from back in the day when baseball was really the only sport America cared about. Even if MLB is still very popular, I don't get the attraction of watching 12 year old kids play baseball, unless their your own kids.

I was ok with ABC covering the championsip game on the sunday before school starts.. Watching some 15 year old Asian kids beat the US team by 20 runs was some sort of annual tradition but the coverage of these regional games is weird.. I went up to Williamsport the last 2 August's for work and every time I went out to eat, the server would ask me if I was here for the LLWS games. I'd say no and they'd ask me why I wouldn't go.. Uh, because I don't have a kid on the team, that's why.

 

[Panther Parrothead]

Absolutely! Why is it covered at all? How about the Pop Warner Super Bowl or the AAU U12 basketball Final 4? Or the Girls U14 Soccer World Cup! I'm glad the LLWS is over! Now we can get back to real sports on ESPN.

Real sports on ESPN? You mean poker?

ESPN and these other sports networks are so desperate for programming that if the LLWS didn't already exist, ESPN would've invented it.

 

[wbrpanther]

I guess it is because I am biased with this since I reside here in Central PA but I wonder why there is a lack of press coverage for the little league world series.. It is going nuts down here but the Post Gazette can't even spare two paragraphs for a PA team playing in the championship game. CBSSports nothing. FoxSports nothing... Is the thought process here is that this is some kind of ABC\ESPN battle of the network stars kind of thing not worth any sports coverage? I mean they are going to have 50,000 people crammed around a tiny little league field today and crickets....

This event needs to tweek it's schedule a bit so the final two teams can pitch their best pitchers. With all the pitch count rules it is a shame some teams need to pitch their 3rd and 4th best in the biggest game of the season.

 

[wbrpanther]

I don't especially like their web designs either ..... I'll be flipping between the Pirates and Little League World Series ...... rooting for the Pa. teams ..... Hey, I played Little League Baseball from 1958-1961 .... all-star team the last two years.

I played little league from 61 to 63. My most vivid memory was catching as a 10 year old. My pitcher threw one in the dirt and it got past me an hit the old prick of an umpire on the foot. He told my coach to jerk me out of the game. I still hate that guy and he's been dead for 40 years. Can you imagine an ump doing that today?

 

[Pghfan]

I played little league from 61 to 63. My most vivid memory was catching as a 10 year old. My pitcher threw one in the dirt and it got past me an hit the old prick of an umpire on the foot. He told my coach to jerk me out of the game. I still hate that guy and he's been dead for 40 years. Can you imagine an ump doing that today?

When I was in little league, the catcher on my team was so bad that he rarely caught the pitch and was scared of the ball. You know when little kids sort of turn their body and put their mitt out and look away? That's what he did. The coach was his dad. The poor ump (usually an older teenager) would get hit so often that one time, the ump left from behind the catcher and was calling the game behind the pitcher.. Cant say I blame him..

 

[9nationalchampionships]

Is Tony Amonte still playing?

 

[NTOP]

Absolutely! Why is it covered at all? How about the Pop Warner Super Bowl or the AAU U12 basketball Final 4? Or the Girls U14 Soccer World Cup! I'm glad the LLWS is over! Now we can get back to real sports on ESPN. The only reason it's on at all is some sort of stupid tradition from back in the day when baseball was really the only sport America cared about. Even if MLB is still very popular, I don't get the attraction of watching 12 year old kids play baseball, unless their your own kids.

Or ANY soccer game. that fulfills my cheapshot quota for the day.

 

[cruzer]

I guess it is because I am biased with this since I reside here in Central PA but I wonder why there is a lack of press coverage for the little league world series.. It is going nuts down here but the Post Gazette can't even spare two paragraphs for a PA team playing in the championship game. CBSSports nothing. FoxSports nothing... Is the thought process here is that this is some kind of ABC\ESPN battle of the network stars kind of thing not worth any sports coverage? I mean they are going to have 50,000 people crammed around a tiny little league field today and crickets....

I thought the TV coverage was pretty good. I saw bits and pieces of several games. My only pet peeve is that they really need to move the fences back in Williamsport. WAAAAAY too many home runs. Between the aluminum bats and bigger, stronger kids, the game is beginning to look like a home run derby. Not my cup of tea.

Cruzer

 

[Panther Parrothead]

I thought the TV coverage was pretty good. I saw bits and pieces of several games. My only pet peeve is that they really need to move the fences back in Williamsport. WAAAAAY too many home runs. Between the aluminum bats and bigger, stronger kids, the game is beginning to look like a home run derby. Not my cup of tea.

Cruzer

I have to agree. This year, the boys were even poking them over the opposite field fence, and these kids are too young to already have opposite field power.

 

[Pghfan]

I have to agree. This year, the boys were even poking them over the opposite field fence, and these kids are too young to already have opposite field power.

the parks are so short that it's more likely to hit a home run than a fly out.. That really isn't exaggeration.. The outfielders are either getting ground balls that the infielders missed or nothing.. It's very similar to women's softball in that regards.. Watched my fair share of collegiate softball and very rare to see an outfielder have to make a play on a fly ball. The occasional pop up but most balls hit in the air, past the infield, are home runs..

 

[wbrpanther]

the parks are so short that it's more likely to hit a home run than a fly out.. That really isn't exaggeration.. The outfielders are either getting ground balls that the infielders missed or nothing.. It's very similar to women's softball in that regards.. Watched my fair share of collegiate softball and very rare to see an outfielder have to make a play on a fly ball. The occasional pop up but most balls hit in the air, past the infield, are home runs..

The original dimensions were put in place when kids in general weren't as big and kids used wood bats. When I was a kid the fences were at 180 feet.The fences may have moved back a bit but not a lot.Don't know the dimensions now. The way the ball flies off those aluminum bats is ridiculous.