Sunken Pressbox

Really? Like that's stopped anyone on this board before, Buck.

This thread will reappear in August, and many will question the need for a 12-year-old boy playing before 10K fans and on national television. My favorite South Park episode is the one where all the teams are trying to lose, so they don't have to play in the state tournament any longer.

 

So does anyone know why the LL World Series is in Williamsport in the first place?
I've always wondered because I always thought LL was a bigger deal out West and in the South.

 

It's because that's where Little League Baseball was born in the late 1940s, Jay. One four-team league in Williamsport.

 

a) electricity and phone lines so I could post inning-by-inning updates to our web site (the chain has finally discovered that people actually use those and has gone a little overboard with real-time reporting)

II) I'm one of those pasty, pasty white guys who can get blistered in the time it takes to walk in from the parking lot

3) air conditioning

 

Hey, the districts and regionals, all the way to that final loss, are a lot of fun, too.

More pressure than there should be, but that 11-12 level is by far the most intense. Not the same before, and never the same after.

 

SF, I think another thing that happens here is that we see 2 or 3 photos of 12-year-olds crying after a tough loss or striking out, and we think every one of them is spending two months quaking in their respective dugouts, unable to cope with the pressure.

And the truth is ... yes, the parents in the stands may be uptight. Meanwhile, the kids in the dugouts are playing a game and laughing. Even in Williamsport, actually.

 

I've covered games at the old Durham Athletic Park, which had a sunken press box. That's the press box you see behind the batters when you watch "Bull Durham." I've been right behind the screen and had a drink slosh all over the place because of a foul ball. While it can give you an incredible view of the pitch coming in, it is a frustrating view of most of the other action.

 

Ahhh kids. Aint they great!