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Fairfield Little League World Series

UConnTrumbull said:
South Carolina about to be eliminated by South Dakota

EDIT: what a jinx
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yep - SC losing is huge for Fairfield
Giulietti would have been set up to pitch on Saturday
Fairfield now plays winner of Nevada/South Dakota
probably hoping for a SD win as their pitching has been more used up in losers bracket
Nevada would have ace (Garrett Gallegos) on mound on Saturday
 
mike012 said:
The US championship game is a 1 game playoff. No more double elimination at that point.
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I’m not sure how it falls, but hopefully Ffld avoids the big Italian kid on SC, kid throws cheese. He looks 16 years old - early bloomer.

As for Taipei, is this the same team that won 17/27 LLWS back in the 70-90s? More of a militant baseball academy than an actual town/district?
 
Tight defense - timely hitting-aggressive base running. Recipe for success. Fairfield is looking solid
 
I find it to be an interesting phenomenon when a sport like this takes over people's interest.

99% of us drive by little league games all summer long and never give it a second look. If my nephew or friend's kid had a game? I'd go to support them, but half pay attention to most of it.

All of a sudden, little league baseball is must see TV and CT can't stop talking about it. And I am not belittling it. The truth is, it's worse quality baseball than you can see at the Yard Goats and definitely on any MLB game on any channel any night that we all pass right on by. And this happens all the time. World Cup soccer. The USA/Canada hockey. Stupid olympic sports that suddenly have some story - luge, diving, bobsled, shotput, etc.
 
Deepster said:
I find it to be an interesting phenomenon when a sport like this takes over people's interest.

99% of us drive by little league games all summer long and never give it a second look. If my nephew or friend's kid had a game? I'd go to support them, but half pay attention to most of it.

All of a sudden, little league baseball is must see TV and CT can't stop talking about it. And I am not belittling it. The truth is, it's worse quality baseball than you can see at the Yard Goats and definitely on any MLB game on any channel any night that we all pass right on by. And this happens all the time. World Cup soccer. The USA/Canada hockey. Stupid olympic sports that suddenly have some story - luge, diving, bobsled, shotput, etc.
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housekeys said:
That is the way I think it's done.

BTW, the strength of the Fairfield team is their best players are down the middle of the field. Their center fielder, their pitcher and their catcher are top notch. An important core for a team. Throw in a steady SS/2B and "the rest", and you have a good team.
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I seem to remember Thurman Munson, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and, for good measure, Mariano Rivera fit your formula pretty well!
 
RuffRuff said:
Interesting stuff - did not know these tidbits. Fact check verified all spot on.

You can tack on 4th for Portugese, 2nd for Brazilian, 3rd for Polish and 5th for Haitian. Not too shabby on the diversity fronts.
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How are we doing on Mali and Togo? Precipitous drop in last two years?
 
Deepster said:
I find it to be an interesting phenomenon when a sport like this takes over people's interest.

99% of us drive by little league games all summer long and never give it a second look. If my nephew or friend's kid had a game? I'd go to support them, but half pay attention to most of it.

All of a sudden, little league baseball is must see TV and CT can't stop talking about it. And I am not belittling it. The truth is, it's worse quality baseball than you can see at the Yard Goats and definitely on any MLB game on any channel any night that we all pass right on by. And this happens all the time. World Cup soccer. The USA/Canada hockey. Stupid olympic sports that suddenly have some story - luge, diving, bobsled, shotput, etc.
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College basketball is worse quality basketball than NBA and I prefer it to NBA and I would much rather watch UConn men's basketball than any NBA game.

I have zero interest in watching any average town little league but I always enjoy watching the best little league teams in the world. I enjoy watching it even more when Connecticut has the best/one of the best little league teams in the world.
 
RuffRuff said:
I’m not sure how it falls, but hopefully Ffld avoids the big Italian kid on SC, kid throws cheese. He looks 16 years old - early bloomer.

As for Taipei, is this the same team that won 17/27 LLWS back in the 70-90s? More of a militant baseball academy than an actual town/district?
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they are right in line to get him (i didn't realize SC came back and beat S Dakota)
he'll be at full rest vs Fairfield (if SC wins vs Nevada)
 
superjohn said:
College basketball is worse quality basketball than NBA and I prefer it to NBA and I would much rather watch UConn men's basketball than any NBA game.

I have zero interest in watching any average town little league but I always enjoy watching the best little league teams in the world. I enjoy watching it even more when Connecticut has the best/one of the best little league teams in the world.
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I'm not judging it. I think it's interesting.

I would also say college basketball is closer to pro basketball than little league baseball is to college baseball is to minor league and pro baseball. You're watching 11 year olds play a sport, even if they're the best of the 11 year olds.
 
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BrysonDeMan said:
they are right in line to get him (i didn't realize SC came back and beat S Dakota)
he'll be at full rest vs Fairfield (if SC wins vs Nevada)
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Just wondering what real advantage does the CT team for being the only undefeated team left. All I can tell is they get one extra day rest since they do not play today. But the SC kid pitched yesterday. There has to be some pitching rotation advantage. Is it just that CT will have every pitcher available but SC or Nevada will not gave any pitcher that throws today.
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Just wondering what real advantage does the CT team for being the only undefeated team left. All I can tell is they get one extra day rest since they do not play today. But the SC kid pitched yesterday. There has to be some pitching rotation advantage. Is it just that CT will have every pitcher available but SC or Nevada will not gave any pitcher that throws today.
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It really only is not exhausting your best pitching. You do notice that there is a cliff in pitching quality after the first couple kids.

Let’s not forget CT had to play an extra game early in this one.

Right now it’s looking like a Vegas rematch. Clutch homer (although should have been punched out on pitch prior, which was a makeup call for the SE first baseman being gifted a walk).
 
Hunt for 7 said:
Just wondering what real advantage does the CT team for being the only undefeated team left. All I can tell is they get one extra day rest since they do not play today. But the SC kid pitched yesterday. There has to be some pitching rotation advantage. Is it just that CT will have every pitcher available but SC or Nevada will not gave any pitcher that throws today.
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Pitch limits and rest periods. So more/better pitchers can be available. See 14 and under rules in this link. Pitch limit per game is 85.

www.littleleague.org

Regular Season Pitching Rules

The eligibility of a player to pitch in a Little League® baseball game is governed by a tiered pitch count that is tied to the number of pitches throw in a game. The pitch count determines how many days of rest are required before said player may pitch again in a Little League game.
www.littleleague.org www.littleleague.org
 
If Connecticut loses, do they get another game because they haven't lost?
 
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Mr. French said:
I gotta be honest, that’s my perception from out of state. Connecticut always seems very floofy and preppy and kinda how people picture Duke. That’s just the external view. I know it’s not accurate but it’s the first thing that pops in my mind.
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Cuz it also has tons of sailing and the type of Mad Men characters who work in NYC but have a mansion in CT. My town is nothing but woods and farms though. Kind of a wild spectrum of places for such a small state.
 
I have to admit I haven’t watched Fairfield’s number 2 pitcher. How does he rate compared to the #1?
 
Got a scouting report from someone who knows a bit about baseball and is really tuned into the whole tournament(I think he said his name was Andy Baylock). Fairfield has 2 pitchers, both high quality. They play a pitch count game based on the rules for the tourney to maximize their availability.

Mandatory Rest Requirements (for players 14 and under)

  • 66 or more pitches = 4 days of rest
  • 51-65 pitches = 3 days of rest
  • 36-50 pitches = 2 days of rest
  • 21-35 pitches = 1 day of rest
  • 1-20 pitches = 0 days of rest
Andy told me how they were working it, but I didn't take notes, long story short, having 2 pitchers of the quality they have is giving them a very good shot. Go Nutmeggers!!
 
jibsey said:
I have to admit I haven’t watched Fairfield’s number 2 pitcher. How does he rate compared to the #1?
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They used 2 pitchers not named Luca in 1 of their games. One was SJ Taxiltaridis, the other Tommy D (first base and also hit the HR). Both are big kids (5'8-9", 130-140#)). The other twin (the catcher) could probably also pitch if needed.
 
uconnfan68 said:
They used 2 pitchers not named Luca in 1 of their games. One was SJ Taxiltaridis, the other Tommy D (first base and also hit the HR). Both are big kids (5'8-9", 130-140#)). The other twin (the catcher) could probably also pitch if needed.
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Luca more of a pitcher, SJ more of a thrower. Luca does a really nice job of spotting his fastball, and consistently gets it over the outside corner. Tommy D is a definitely step down from the other two.
 
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Neither Nevada or SC could use their aces yesterday due to the rest rules. So CT would have to face the other team’s ace regardless of who won yesterday. Facing the SC pitcher would have been seemingly worse as he has been outstanding on the mound. I’m sure Nevada has a good one as well though.

As for the setup of the tourney, I don’t like that a team can be eliminated with only one loss. At least that was well known to the teams going in. LL apparently wants a winner take all game final. But what I really hate is that some teams get opening round byes. That is so unfair. Hawaii had a bye and CT faced them after facing Texas. Not only did Hawaii have a shorter path but it also meant that CT faced the ace of Texas AND the ace of HI. Ridiculous.

And HI who has been really strong in recent LLWS tourneys getting a bye? I have to think it was on the up and up but by having byes it puts some doubt into if it was truly random.

And lastly NY beat CT earlier but then CT beat NY in the winner to Williamsport game. That was NY’s only loss. With only four teams in the Metro bracket I don’t know why they couldn’t have played it as a true double elimination tourney.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Luca more of a pitcher, SJ more of a thrower. Luca does a really nice job of spotting his fastball, and consistently gets it over the outside corner. Tommy D is a definitely step down from the other two.
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#2 SJ is done pitching for tourny as he pitched on Wednesday and won't have the mandatory 4 days rest for a possible World title
they would need to pitch Tommy D a full game or also use Boden Dunlap (designated hitter right now)
not ideal but D'Amura has been pretty good

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cwh20 said:
Neither Nevada and SC could use their aces yesterday due to the rest rules. So CT would have to face the other team’s ace regardless of who won yesterday. Facing the SC pitcher would have been seemingly worse as he has been outstanding on the mound. I’m sure Nevada has a good one as well though.

As for the setup of the tourney, I don’t like that a team can be eliminated with only one loss. At least that was well known to the teams going in. LL apparently wants a winner take all game final. But what I really hate is that some teams get opening round byes. That is so unfair. Hawaii had a bye and CT faced them after facing Texas. Not only did Hawaii have a shorter path but it also meant that CT faced the ace of Texas AND the ace of HI. Ridiculous.
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the kid who hit the 6th inning HR yesterday will pitch for Nevada. he throws hard but nothing like SC kid (don't think he has given up a hit this tourny)
 
BrysonDeMan said:
the kid who hit the 6th inning HR yesterday will pitch for Nevada. he throws hard but nothing like SC kid (don't think he has given up a hit this tourny)
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Gallegos - he swatted that thing. Good kid, tried to console the other squad yesterday. He has gamer quality written all over him.

This Vegas team brings a similar level of moxy to the CT team - can't beat a coach that looks like Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds.
 
dvegas said:

Fairfield National's Little League success is no fluke. It's years in the making​

By Mike Anthony, Hearst CTInsider Columnist Aug 23, 2025


alternate access
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Cool article. The travel coach profiled is one of the biggest UConn fans I know. Had no idea he was involved, seemingly in a huge way. I think I watched all of the Kemba run with him. Great guy. I will definitely be pulling for them.
 
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