OK I'm in - LLWS Thread

The next step is getting rid of the 13yos. The deadline date has been changed to 12/31. So now age is based on what age will you turn during the calendar year. Technically, if a kid turns 12 on 12/31 he's a 12 that previous summer.

The only thing LL is doing wrong is grandfathering all the kids who were nine and older this year to the old date. I can understand grandfathering the 11s so they don't skip their 12yo glory year due to the date change. But kids don't need four years of LL all stars from 9-12.

LL has a 50/70 division. I imagine eventually that tournament will become the big event.

If it were a 12-13 year old boy who threw a 2 hit shut out, I doubt the media would have been all over him as they have her.

She's getting more attention than a kid who threw an 18 K no hitter several years ago. 

 I've heard comments about her wanting to go pro.

Baseball isn't her first sport. Her goal is to play basketball for UConn. In the Philadelphia papers today (philly.com) she's being compared to Dawn Staley. A 12yo who has pitched her team (with a 1.5m population LL boundry/normal is 20k) to the LLWS is being compared to a former high school female basketball national player of the year, two time NCAA player of the year and three time gold medal winner with Team USA. It's a bit over the top.

On our local news last night the News Barbie exclaimed maybe she will be the first female to play MLB. The sportscaster said it's a nice story but she needs to make her high school team first.

All it really is, is a girl staying with baseball when most girls are playing softball who has grown to her mature height of 5'4" while we wait for all the boys to wizz past her as they reach puberty. Nice LL story though.

Way to be a sexist pig. She was probably asking to be called a "News Barbie," right?

Yes it would be a headache for all the local LL's to change to 50/70 but it absolutely has to be done....and soon.  Williamsport went from 200' fences to 225' a few years ago...but needs to push it back to 250' or more to make the games more "realistic".  If you look at the rosters of the American LL teams....then search those kids in the major "travel" programs...USSSA, etc, you'll find ALOT of those same names on some of the top teams in the areas where those LL teams come from.  These kids are playing top level travel ball at 50/70 all summer...then dropping down to 46/60 to play for their local LL.  I really think it's as much a safety issue as a "baseball" issue.  The distances just don't make sense for kids as big as are playing in the LLWS

Way to be a sexist pig. She was probably asking to be called a "News Barbie," right?

It would be nice if you added to the baseball conversation once in a while rather than making instigating confrontation your objective.

How many women are there in MLB? How many women are there in D1 college baseball? I'll give you a shot. How many women are there in high school baseball? Why is it the answers are such that they are? Isn't a little absurd to compare a 12yo kid to a three time national player of the year and three time gold medal winning athlete?

The News Barbie term came from Dan Rather. He refered to a lot of the men as News Kens. How many local news anchors, male or female do you believe are hired on their news acumen before their looks? All they're doing is reading off a teleprompter. A majority of the time they offer an opinion it's uninformed and ridiculous.

I'm not sexist. I deal in reality. Have a nice day!

Ah, the struggle of the white man.  Nothing better to do than sit around and call out racism and sexism.  Strange, the women on board don't seem to have a problem with this

Right because the real crime is pointing out other people's sexism and racism, not the actual sexism and racism.

Right because the real crime is pointing out other people's sexism and racism, not the actual sexism and racism.

Yes it would be a headache for all the local LL's to change to 50/70 but it absolutely has to be done....and soon.  Williamsport went from 200' fences to 225' a few years ago...but needs to push it back to 250' or more to make the games more "realistic".  If you look at the rosters of the American LL teams....then search those kids in the major "travel" programs...USSSA, etc, you'll find ALOT of those same names on some of the top teams in the areas where those LL teams come from.  These kids are playing top level travel ball at 50/70 all summer...then dropping down to 46/60 to play for their local LL.  I really think it's as much a safety issue as a "baseball" issue.  The distances just don't make sense for kids as big as are playing in the LLWS

This is where I think the media did the poor girl a misjustice. She had a great game over a relatively weak team. They built her up as a superhero. She can only succeed now by shutting down Vegas and that isn't going to happen. I would bet you anyhting she gets lit up and it's not fair the pressure she has been put under. I'm beginning to get a bad taste in my mouth for a lot of this. Anyone else see the Texas kid crying on the mound over a two out walk in a low pressure situation? Maybe having kids playing on national TV and in front of 30,000 live fans is a lot of pressure at that age?

Like I said, the only thing you add to this board is instigation. I'd get into it with you. But it would be unfair of me me to get into a battle of wits with an unarmed man. Have a nice day.

Quoting someone else's sexist remark doesn't make your use of it any less sexist. And the fact that I don't contribute here in a manner that reached your standards doesn't make you look any less sexist by ignoring my pointing out the ignorance and inappropriateness of your remark.

I started a response that would be understandable to an intelligent person. But it would have showed you up. I decided you're not worth the effort. Given you add nothing to the board from a baseball perspective and are nothing but a troll I figured the best solution is placing you on ignore. I know I won't be missing any intelligent comments.