Can you throw harder than Mo'ne Davis?

[San Juan Sun]

Are these kids 12 or 13? In the comp league around here there is a kid from Idaho who is now 14, but was clocked at 82 when he was 13. A kid on a team in SLC was clocked at 84 a year ago when he was 13. Amazing how hard some of these kids can throw with control.

They are both 12 and 13.

[falafel]

She had a really bad error at first on a groundball. That happens, but her demeanor after the error wasn't good, no effort to revocer the ball or cover a bag. Just put her hands up in the air.

But the girl can pitch, even if she was a little off yesterday.

No doubt she can pitch. That blog is called "For the Win." Yes she had 6 Ks in 2 and 1/3 innings. That's excellent. But she also gave up 3 runs in the first 2, and as Donut noted, had an ERA over 11. The media is stretching this story a bit thin at this point.

[Donuthole]

No doubt she can pitch. That blog is called "For the Win." Yes she had 6 Ks in 2 and 1/3 innings. That's excellent. But she also gave up 3 runs in the first 2, and as Donut noted, had an ERA over 11. The media is stretching this story a bit thin at this point.

Technically, little league games are only 6 innings, so her ERA was just under 8. But that ERA translated over 9 innings (the way we are familiar with most stats) is over 11. Her WHIP was over 3 for that game, which is probably a more accurate indicator of how much the Vegas boys tagged her.

[Donuthole]

BTW, Vegas is getting little to no love from the national media. All they've done is destroy ESPN's media darling team (Chicago) and then whoop up on the media darling pitcher in consecutive games. They haven't given up more than 3 runs and they haven't scored fewer than 8. Oh, and they started their 3rd pitching option against Mo'ne yesterday.

[San Juan Sun]

BTW, Vegas is getting little to no love from the national media. All they've done is destroy ESPN's media darling team (Chicago) and then whoop up on the media darling pitcher in consecutive games. They haven't given up more than 3 runs and they haven't scored fewer than 8. Oh, and they started their 3rd pitching option against Mo'ne yesterday.

Yep, my house is all pulling for Vegas. They are clearly the best American team.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Those poor Vegas kids. Losing media time to a feel-good story about a girl competing at the highest level in a boy sport.

[falafel]

Those poor Vegas kids. Losing media time to a feel-good story about a girl competing at the highest level in a boy sport.

She won't be competing for much longer.

[San Juan Sun]

People are mad that Taney Little League can take players from the entire city of Philadelphia.

http://www.pennlive.com/little-leagu...cart_most-read

[Donuthole]

People are mad that Taney Little League can take players from the entire city of Philadelphia.

http://www.pennlive.com/little-leagu...cart_most-read

I'm not mad. It just makes Las Vegas' dominance that much more impressive, since they are the All-Star team from a single little league in Northwest Las Vegas.

[Paperback Writer]

Technically, little league games are only 6 innings, so her ERA was just under 8. But that ERA translated over 9 innings (the way we are familiar with most stats) is over 11. Her WHIP was over 3 for that game, which is probably a more accurate indicator of how much the Vegas boys tagged her.

Did most of the baserunners reach via a hit? Ask because WHIP includes walks but it does seem she got tagged pretty hard.

BTW, Vegas is getting little to no love from the national media. All they've done is destroy ESPN's media darling team (Chicago) and then whoop up on the media darling pitcher in consecutive games. They haven't given up more than 3 runs and they haven't scored fewer than 8. Oh, and they started their 3rd pitching option against Mo'ne yesterday.

It's local media but in Dallas the sports guy mentioned "the girl" got hit hard and getting the loss and the weather guy (who was a former minor league player and has a son playing on a competitive travel team) mentioned that the Vegas team is "very, very good - they can really play". But that's not much of a national story of a team from Vegas playing good baseball.

[falafel]

People are mad that Taney Little League can take players from the entire city of Philadelphia.

http://www.pennlive.com/little-leagu...cart_most-read

"I guess they want to boost Little League inside the inner cities, I don't know," Collier Township parent Dan Hendrick said. Taney beat Collier Township in the Pennsylvania championship. His son cried, Hendrick said, and continues to struggle to watch the Little League tournament.

Boo hoo kid. You lost.

[Donuthole]

Did most of the baserunners reach via a hit? Ask because WHIP includes walks but it does seem she got tagged pretty hard.

I believe she gave up 6 hits and 1 walk in 2-1/3 innings. I know her coach is saying she didn't have her good stuff, etc. but it's bunk. She pitched about as well as she could, and she made some of the LV hitters look silly. But LV has multiple kids who throw 72-75 with movement, and the team hits against these kids every day in practice. There was just no way she wasn't going to get hit by these guys. I hope Philly wins today and then she pitches against Vegas on Saturday so it can happen again.

[Donuthole]

Can you throw harder than Mo'ne Davis?

Tough loss for LV today. Their ace couldn't get his shoulder loose, so they had to pitch someone who wasn't expecting to pitch. He did ok, but nothing close to what their #1 can do. I was really surprised the coach left him in to pitch the 5th, since he struggled with command all day. That proved to be a fatal mistake, as he put the eventual tying and winning runs on base.

Too bad it's not a true double elim, as LV is definitely better than the Chicago team. They weren't better today, though, and that's the game that mattered.

[hostile]

Tough loss for LV today. Their ace couldn't get his shoulder loose, so they had to pitch someone who wasn't expecting to pitch. He did ok, but nothing close to what their #1 can do. I was really surprised the coach left him in to pitch the 5th, since he struggled with command all day. That proved to be a fatal mistake, as he put the eventual tying and winning runs on base.

Too bad it's not a true double elim, as LV is definitely better than the Chicago team. They weren't better today, though, and that's the game that mattered.

Looks like Las Vegas gets the title as Chicago is stripped of all Little League World Series wins for using players outside their boundaries.
http://m.espn.go.com/wireless/story?storyId=12308988

[Donuthole]

Looks like Las Vegas gets the title as Chicago is stripped of all Little League World Series wins for using players outside their boundaries.
http://m.espn.go.com/wireless/story?storyId=12308988

I liked coach Cave's comments on the radio this morning. He essentially said he doesn't want LV inserted as the ex post facto champs. Instead, he wants there to be a blank space with no US champion in 2014 to serve as a reminder to future teams of the consequences of cheating.