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From: Doc NP-f31
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Subject: Re: LLWS - Chinese Taipei vs. Aruba
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:03:21 -0400
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On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:37:13 -0400, Chad (NP-b24) wrote:
>I was at my mother's house earlier having some lunch before I mowed
>her lawn and we had the LLWS game on between Chinese Taipei and Aruba.
>It was the top of the 3rd inning when we turned on the game and the
>score was already 16 - 0 in favor of Chinese Taipei. Team Aruba was
>pitching and the Chinese team was batting like a bunch of pros playing
>against a middle school team. More runs were scored, and if I'm not
>mistaken, the score going into the bottom of the 3rd was 18 to 0. The
>cameramen kept focusing on one of the outfielders from the Aruba team,
>and by the top of the 4th inning, he was a featured star of the game -
>no, not for his fielding skills, but for his exuberant dancing. At one
>point, with the score a whopping 20 to 0, this little fellow was
>dancing his heart out in the outfield. Despite the lopsided score, the
>boys from Aruba seemed to be having the time of their young lives,
>which is precisely the idea behind Little League baseball - having
>fun.
>
>As one commentator said during one of the regional finals last
>weekend, "This is baseball in its purest form." Truer words have never
>been spoken.
>
>Hope those of you watching are enjoying it as much as I.
>
>Chad (NP-b24)
>
>"Well, can't he just beam up?"
>"This is *reality* Greg."
Hey Chad!
I have been watching too, although I missed the game you mentioned.
Little League is baseball in it's purest form and features boys in
their purest form. It gives them a public forum to do what they do
best: be themselves!
Much love,
Doc NP-f31
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