I've seen a few LLWS games in my day and this game was the only that ever kept me on the edge of my seat.

This will be remembered as the 1975 Game 6 of Williamsport.

Congrats, Srul.

These were to two teams I was rooting for. That huge kid from Curacao had a hell of an arm on him.

Me too, rLr - wish I'd seen the game.

Me too, rLr - wish I'd seen the game.

I'm considering catching the replay, probably about 3AM.

Alakai Aglipay

Best name ever?

Stupid-ass NBC or ABC or whatever switched away from the game after the 6th inning...

Congrats, Srul.


If Srul played in that game, he will make the Danny Alamonte scandal look like jaywalking.

When I was a kid, I always watched the LLWS (back when they only showed the title game).

It seemed a bigger deal back then, either because I was young and in little league or because little league was a bigger deal back then. I grew up in Iowa during my little league years, and I'd guess that 85-90% of the boys in the local elementary schools signed up every year (and probably 55-60% of the girls played softball).

When I moved to Arkansas, I was surprised to discover that very few of my new classmates had played. I never thought of it as a regional thing.

If Srul played in that game, he will make the Danny Alamonte scandal look like jaywalking.

Isn't jaywalking worse than playing in a little league game when you are too old? Or do you mean the forging documents portion? <>

When I moved to Arkansas, I was surprised to discover that very few of my new classmates had played. I never thought of it as a regional thing.

IIRC, our little league used a different rule set. We had a state championship and that was as far as you could go. The Williamsport thing with the batting helmets and chin straps was foreign to us.

The LLWS title game (on Wide World of Sports IIRC) just signaled that it was time to start school again.

IIRC, our little league used a different rule set. We had a state championship and that was as far as you could go. The Williamsport thing with the batting helmets and chin straps was foreign to us.

I don't recall anyone from the Iowa leagues ever going to Williamsport or even being eligible. There was an All-star team put together at the end of every season, and I think they played other teams in the area. But I'd guess we had much the same situation -- that was about as far as it went.

Or maybe the teams from our area just weren't ever good enough to get into the conversation. Where were those Bob Fellers I kept hearing so much about?

We were in Hawaii when this team started its run--it was so fun to watch the local coverage of the team.

Stupid-#### NBC or ABC or whatever switched away from the game after the 6th inning...

Well, it was running late and there is this hurricane that could devastate a major city.

Well, it was running late and there is this hurricane that could devastate a major city.

That's not news. I mean really, what's the big deal about a couple of airborne Pontiacs?

Well, it was running late and there is this hurricane that could devastate a major city.

I thought that was why BTF ran this thread--so we already knew about the hurricane and wouldn't have to interrupt the ballgame.

Great game. I thought we were goner when we went down by 3. Hell of a great way to win.

Imua Ewa Beach!

On the other side of spectrum, if you want to see a Hawaii team beaten like a rented mule, check out the opener of the UH football season -- against USC.

This is not going to be pretty. Hopefully the glow from this will last a while.

On the other side of spectrum, if you want to see a Hawaii team beaten like a rented mule, check out the opener of the UH football season -- against USC.

Is the Timmy Chang era over?

like a rented mule, check out the opener of the UH football season -- against USC.

This is not going to be pretty. Hopefully the glow from this will last a while.

The post Timmy Chang era begins soon.

Scary rlr, scary.

On the other side of spectrum, if you want to see a Hawaii team beaten like a rented mule, check out the opener of the UH football season -- against USC.

This is not going to be pretty. Hopefully the glow from this will last a while.

All the talk up my way is about the U Maine football team opening its season... at Nebraska.

Yikes. Maine beat Miss. St. last season, and everyone here seems convinced that they're going to roll through Nebraska.

Yikes. I know the Huskers aren't nearly as good as they were in the Osborne Era, but still.

Yikes.

UNH > UMaine!

Yikes. I know the Huskers aren't nearly as good as they were in the Osborne Era, but still.

Orono? Oh, no no.

Stupid-#### NBC or ABC or whatever switched away from the game after the 6th inning...

They moved it to ESPN2. All you had to do was change channels.

That huge kid from Curacao had a hell of an arm on him.

Sidney Ponson?

Any word on a replay sometime this week? I'd like to see it.