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Monday, August 29, 2005

Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Hawaii wins Little League World Series

Ewa Beach no ka oi…

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   1. Bob T Posted: August 29, 2005 at 12:52 AM (#1580777)
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.
   2. Der Komminsk-sar Posted: August 29, 2005 at 01:15 AM (#1580846)
Congrats, Srul.
   3. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: August 29, 2005 at 01:28 AM (#1580885)
These were to two teams I was rooting for. That huge kid from Curacao had a hell of an arm on him.
   4. Der Komminsk-sar Posted: August 29, 2005 at 01:53 AM (#1580960)
Me too, rLr - wish I'd seen the game.
   5. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: August 29, 2005 at 01:57 AM (#1580971)
Me too, rLr - wish I'd seen the game.

I'm considering catching the replay, probably about 3AM.
   6. Bobby Bonilla's Annuity (Matt) Posted: August 29, 2005 at 02:34 AM (#1581034)
Alakai Aglipay

Best name ever?
   7. Eraser-X is emphatically dominating teh site!!! Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:21 AM (#1581103)
Stupid-ass NBC or ABC or whatever switched away from the game after the 6th inning...
   8. Backlasher Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:25 AM (#1581110)
Congrats, Srul.


If Srul played in that game, he will make the Danny Alamonte scandal look like jaywalking.
   9. Hendry's Wad of Cash (UCCF) Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:26 AM (#1581111)
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.
   10. Eraser-X is emphatically dominating teh site!!! Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:29 AM (#1581120)
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? <>
   11. Backlasher Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:30 AM (#1581122)
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.
   12. Hendry's Wad of Cash (UCCF) Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:33 AM (#1581130)
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?
   13. Eraser-X is emphatically dominating teh site!!! Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:37 AM (#1581137)
We were in Hawaii when this team started its run--it was so fun to watch the local coverage of the team.
   14. Bob T Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:46 AM (#1581159)
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.
   15. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:50 AM (#1581168)
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?
   16. Eraser-X is emphatically dominating teh site!!! Posted: August 29, 2005 at 03:54 AM (#1581179)
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.
   17. Srul Itza At Home Posted: August 29, 2005 at 04:40 AM (#1581267)
Great game. I thought we were goner when we went down by 3. Hell of a great way to win.

Imua Ewa Beach!
   18. Srul Itza At Home Posted: August 29, 2005 at 04:59 AM (#1581305)
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.
   19. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: August 29, 2005 at 05:01 AM (#1581308)
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?
   20. Backlasher Posted: August 29, 2005 at 05:01 AM (#1581310)
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.
   21. Backlasher Posted: August 29, 2005 at 05:02 AM (#1581313)
Scary rlr, scary.
   22. Hendry's Wad of Cash (UCCF) Posted: August 29, 2005 at 05:03 AM (#1581315)
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.
   23. Biff isn't really an apt handle anymore Posted: August 29, 2005 at 05:25 AM (#1581356)
UNH > UMaine!
   24. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: August 29, 2005 at 05:26 AM (#1581361)
Yikes. I know the Huskers aren't nearly as good as they were in the Osborne Era, but still.

Orono? Oh, no no.
   25. Shredder Posted: August 29, 2005 at 12:54 PM (#1581653)
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.
   26. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: August 29, 2005 at 02:09 PM (#1581780)
That huge kid from Curacao had a hell of an arm on him.

Sidney Ponson?
   27. Too Much Coffee Man Posted: August 29, 2005 at 02:36 PM (#1581823)
Any word on a replay sometime this week? I'd like to see it.
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