Padres? No one cares, at least not today. In fact, just for one day, let’s also put aside the Angels, Dodgers, As and Giants. As well, the Yankees, Sox, Cubs and Rockies while we’re at it.
Who can possibly care about multi-million dollar salaries, questions about drug use, and coddling of giant egos, when real baseball can be watched?
A group of real players, the Park View Chula Vista Little Leaguers, have made it to the Big Show. Winning the U.S. title game 12-2 in Williamsport, PA yesterday, the Blue Bombin’ kids will play for the Little League Championship of the World today (noon PST) against the veritable Yankees of the sport, Chinese Taipei.
Over the last several days, this group of boys has transitioned from a Chula Vista team to Team USA. San Diegans are enthralled by the title run, many Californians have taken notice and, today, all will stop as our eyes are on them.
Hope for our youth — and the purity of the game we once knew — springs eternal.
There is joy in Mudville.
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August 30th, 2009 at 12:00 am
It has been fun to watch so far. Lets hope hey bring that title home.
August 30th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Absolutely beautiful comment, Barry. Did you know – only angels can see their reflection. Clearly, you get it.
Mexico just beat San Antonio 5 to 4 “ended w/a strike out caught looking” my 12 year old son, Andres, tells me.
BTW – board members flying out on Friday tell me that the plane was filled with Mexicans going to cheer on Reynosa. Everyone was rooting for a U.S. v Mexico Championship. We’re all very proud of the Reynosa team and hope we get a chance to play them on our home field – Park View!
August 30th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Good post my friend…yes I still follow you…but Twitter…not so much. I took the kids back east a few days ago, and we followed as many of the games as we could…with an eye toward watching the Chula Vista bombers. I couldn’t pry my son out of our stinky little beach shack on Old Orchard Beach Maine due to the games…politics pales to great stories like this.
August 30th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Congratulations to the World Champions! Great game.