OT: Trumbull CT little league

[uconnblueinky]

The year after the Trumbull American team won the LL World Series in 1989 , Chris Drury came our team practice ( Yankees/ Shelton National) and taught me and two other pitchers how to throw a nasty curve ball. We won it all again that year going back to back for the City championship. Little League was so much fun

 

[AZHuskiePop]

These days? Remember Danny Almonte? How about the Chinese Taipei teams mentioned by the OP? There is a fine line and if an organization feel the need to cheat, I put it mostly on the adults.

A kid cannot be judged by his/her appearance alone. For instance, my son turns 13 in a few weeks, and as I mentioned above, he aged out of Little League last year. In fact he was still 11 when the All-Star team was bounced from Districts last Summer. Also he got a razor for Christmas last year, four months after turning 11.

One of his good friends is less than 6 weeks younger, same grade, just as tall, 20 or so pounds heavier, and was still eligible for the Little League season that just ended.

My recollection is LL was strict with enfocment . I remember a town being disqualified because the team picture was in the paper before the allowed date .
That struck me as punishing the kids for some officials oversight. Apparently you can have tryouts which are in essence practice before the date but you can’t name the final team until that date.

 

[CL82]

Coaches kicked out for cursing at refs, put on a wig and come back in to coach from the sideline

This was great. First, how does that fool anyone. Second, did this guy keep a wig in his car just in case of this scenario?

 

[StllH8L8ner]

You vastly overestime me.

I've had a coach (who is still an assistant varsity coach in the CCC) drunk at a game. Coaches kicked out for cursing at refs, put on a wig and come back in to coach from the sideline. Parents throw things at me. Had a parent call DCF on me because she was mad about playing time. Refs leaving in the middle of games because of parents.

My biggest beef was with coaches who pressed entire games even if they got up 20+ points. Playing zone exclusively even with little kids. Folks who lied about kid's ages to win more.

When I was the site director of a fall league a name some UConn fans hold in high esteem got booted from a game and was bordering on verbally abusive to their kid.

That’s wild. I’ve mentioned before but my kid plays 12U hockey and I feel like everywhere we go there’s at least a handful of lowlifes living vicariously through their kids on the verge of starting a fight over a slightly physical play or call by the ref. Many viral videos of parents fighting at youth hockey games happen at rinks that we have to visit a couple of times a year. Hollydell Rink in NJ is notorious for them.

 

[shizzle787]

When I was 12 in 2005, there were 176 little league programs in the state. Today, there are 89. I'm assuming some combination of kids not being interested in baseball anymore, stuck on their phone all day, and travel baseball have killed little league. I looked up the district tournaments today and realized that Plainville doesn't even field an all-star team anymore. Plainville is a baseball town through and through. That is wild to me.

 

[husky429]

When I was 12 in 2005, there were 176 little league programs in the state. Today, there are 89. I'm assuming some combination of kids not being interested in baseball anymore, stuck on their phone all day, and travel baseball have killed little league. I looked up the district tournaments today and realized that Plainville doesn't even field an all-star team anymore. Plainville is a baseball town through and through. That is wild to me.

A lot of towns are regionalizing teams from what I've seen. Instead of 1 team per town, where I grew up now has my town (the bigger one) that absorbed 2 smaller ones.

 

[Zanzman]

This was great. First, how does that fool anyone. Second, did this guy keep a wig in his car just in case of this scenario?

Bobby V’ mustache

 

[superjohn]

Bobby V’ mustache

I want to meet this guy. It instantly reminded me of Bobby V which was one of the greatest moments in sports history, IMO.

 

[uconnfan68]

The year after the Trumbull American team won the LL World Series in 1989 , Chris Drury came our team practice ( Yankees/ Shelton National) and taught me and two other pitchers how to throw a nasty curve ball. We won it all again that year going back to back for the City championship. Little League was so much fun

Chris Drury was a gamer.

 

[superjohn]

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