A question about the Little League World Series.

**Rain Man** · 08-29-2005, 03:28 PM

When they field those teams, are the kids literally the same kids who were one team in a local league, or are they an all-star team of kids from an area? And if it's the latter, how big is the area?

Dr. Johnny Fever · 08-29-2005, 03:28 PM

I figured the question was "does it ever end?"

Buster's Dad · 08-29-2005, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

When they field those teams, are the kids literally the same kids who were one team in a local league, or are they an all-star team of kids from an area?

They mentioned on one of the broadcast that the players were league all stars from one area

**BigRedChief** · 08-29-2005, 03:33 PM

There are different sanctioning bodies to little league baseball but the labels are bascially the same.

A
AA
AAA
Major

A is for recreational baseball .AA being the entry level of comptitive baseball and Major being the top level of play.

The players you see are "Major" league players. Then they combine the best players from around their area and make a "All-Star" team. Those are the teams that you see play in the LLWS.

But because they throw curve balls and spend their whole lifes revolving around baseball the majority are ruined by the time they hit high school. Only a handful of LLWS stars ever have made it to the Major Leagues and the big show.

Joe Seahawk · 08-29-2005, 03:34 PM

They are their league's all star representitives.. I coached my leagues all star team, but we didn't make it through the district tournament.. We never do..

**Iowanian** · 08-29-2005, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Seahawk

They are their league's all star representitives.. I coached my leagues all star team, but we didn't make it through the district tournament.. We never do..

Its obvious you just need a couple of 14 year old Cubans or Dominican left handers with 90mph sliders..........

HarryParatestes · 08-30-2005, 08:40 AM

My Supervisor is one of those OCD Baseball Moms. She has 2 boys, ages 7 and 10.

She eats sleeps and craps baseball. Pays HUGE money for every baseball camp and seminar she can get them into. She'll even pull them out of school to attend an out of town baseball camp. Amazing to talk to her...

duncan_idaho · 08-30-2005, 09:09 AM

I agree it's a moot point... I was just saying that it WAS possible to throw a curve at that age without hurting your arm. Not likely or common, but possible. My school district's baseball coach (who left the high school before my freshman year, unfortunately) taught that curveball at his baseball camps, but he also strongly encouraged us to throw 85-90 percent fastballs, with an occasional changeup thrown in. But these coaches aren't interested in long-term development or health of the kids... they care more about winning now, obviously, and real curveballs/sliders do that. It really sucks, honestly.

And kids obviously shouldn't get what they want... my dad was my coach when I was 16, and I basically bullied him into leaving me in the game no matter how tired or sore my arm was... I paid the price for that.

**BigRedChief** · 08-30-2005, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryParatestes

My Supervisor is one of those OCD Baseball Moms. She has 2 boys, ages 7 and 10.
She eats sleeps and craps baseball. Pays HUGE money for every baseball camp and seminar she can get them into. She'll even pull them out of school to attend an out of town baseball camp. Amazing to talk to her...

I deal with parents like this all the time. I have such a hard time recruiting the top level talent because we refuse to practice 5 days a week and travel to tournaments and pay for all these off season camps. It's out of hand.

eDave · 08-29-2015, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Seahawk

They are their league's all star representitives.. I coached my leagues all star team, but we didn't make it through the district tournament.. We never do..

Looks like the common denominator is the coach.

**Rain Man** · 08-29-2005, 03:34 PM

Cool. Thanks for the info, guys. I've always wondered about that.

StcChief · 08-29-2005, 03:36 PM

What a waste. Burn 'em out so they can't play later.

How stupid.

**Rain Man** · 08-29-2005, 03:39 PM

My next question is why every team seems to have one kid who's 14 inches taller than everyone else, is the starting pitcher, and also the cleanup hitter.

Biohazard · 08-29-2005, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

My next question is why every team seems to have one kid who's 14 inches taller than everyone else, is the starting pitcher, and also the cleanup hitter.

The one that is good on the field but not so good in school?

Calcountry · 08-29-2005, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

My next question is why every team seems to have one kid who's 14 inches taller than everyone else, is the starting pitcher, and also the cleanup hitter.

Orange JUICE man, he drinks lots of Orange JUICE.

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duncan_idaho M-I-Z-Z-O-U Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $1540308	I agree it's a moot point... I was just saying that it WAS possible to throw a curve at that age without hurting your arm. Not likely or common, but possible. My school district's baseball coach (who left the high school before my freshman year, unfortunately) taught that curveball at his baseball camps, but he also strongly encouraged us to throw 85-90 percent fastballs, with an occasional changeup thrown in. But these coaches aren't interested in long-term development or health of the kids... they care more about winning now, obviously, and real curveballs/sliders do that. It really sucks, honestly. And kids obviously shouldn't get what they want... my dad was my coach when I was 16, and I basically bullied him into leaving me in the game no matter how tired or sore my arm was... I paid the price for that. __________________ "You gotta love livin', cause dying is a pain in the ass." ---- Sinatra
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