2014 Little League World Series

Kinda' shocked we haven't had a thread on this yet, but the team from Philadelphia (Taney) has developed into a national story with 13-year-old female pitcher Mo'Ne Davis. Their come-from-behind win Sunday night drew a 1.5 TV rating nationally and a 6.5 in Philadelphia. Now, Sports Illisutrated has put Mo'Ne on the cover.

http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/mone-davis-sports-illustrated-cover-081914?cmpid=msn%3Afoxsports%3Aansfox11&gt1=msnans

 

It has been awesome.

Also, this speech by the Rhode Island coach after his team was eliminated has been making the rounds.

http://kicks105.com/little-league-coach-speech/

 

The 4-foot-8 kid from Mexico who hit a home run was pretty awesome, too.

 

Loved seeing that.

 

Do you think she's really 13?

The same with the 6-4, 230-pound 13-year-old from Puerto Rico.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726166/Little-League-big-kid-This-13-year-old-Puerto-Rico-baseball-player-6-foot-4-weighs-230-pounds-large-Red-Sox-hitter-Big-Papi.html

The cynic in me says no.

 

13 years removed from Danny Almonte? Yes. No way they don't have an NSA-like check of at least the kids in the US. You can't do anything about the bullshit some of the other countries do.

 

What benefit would an older girl have to play baseball?
And the kid from Puerto Rico? He moves like a 13-year old who grew too fast. He's awkward as hell, like my buddy who was 6-foot-3 in the sixth grade. When he finally figures out what his body is capable of? Good god he's going to punish baseballs.

 

If you've been around any athletic league involving 13-year-olds, you've seen kids who look like grown men already. The 6-4, 230-pounder is big, but no bigger than either pitcher from the California-Michigan game of 2013.

As for Mo'Ne ... she's 5-4 and 105 pounds. What's remarkable about that?

 

Throwing 70 mph for a 13-year-old girl is pretty remarkable.

 

Yes and I believe she should be lauded for her abilities. I'm okay with just accepting her legitimacy until given evidence to the contrary rather than doubting her off the bat.

Although I do not have a daughter, only sons, I love seeing her excel.

 

Wasn't saying it to doubt her age. Just saying that she is not remarkable size-wise, but her ability is. But there are kids who develop physically quicker and also kids who peak early. Few buddies made the state finals in Little League way back and their best pitcher was 5'11 and threw about 70 mph. In hs, he was 6'2 but barely touched upper 70s and was their No. 3 pitcher. Will be interesting to see if Mo'Ne continues improving and if she sticks with baseball or switches to softball.