# Little League World Series - holy crap!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 25, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646 "2012-08-25T22:30:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646/1 "2012-08-25T22:30:56Z")

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California vs Tennessee for the US championships… Tennessee up 10 going into the bottom of the 6th (game is 6 innings long), California has scored 10 to tie it, including two straight home runs with 2 strikes.

Still going…

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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646/2 "2012-08-25T22:34:10Z")

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…and heading into extra innings.

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**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646/3 "2012-08-25T22:49:25Z")

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The LLWS is usually good for a story or two. Looks like Tennessee is running up the score again now, but it’s not over.  
Did ya see [Uganda](http://www.nj.com/little-league-world-series/index.ssf/2012/08/little_league_world_series_uganda_enjoyed_status_as_darlings_of_the_tournament.html)?

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646/4 "2012-08-25T22:54:24Z")

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Not sure if the winner will have any pitchers available by rule for the final against Japan tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646/5 "2012-08-25T22:55:19Z")

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Tennessee puts up 9 in the top of the 7th. I feel an 8th inning is unlikely, one way or the other.

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**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646/6 "2012-08-25T23:03:46Z")

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First US flag for Tennessee.

They beat California twice in this tournament.

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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-holy-crap/632646/7 "2012-08-25T23:04:00Z")

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And California can only score 1 in the bottom of the 7th…

The announcers were saying that due to the way the pitch counts work (pitchers can only throw a certain number), late in a long game, the hitters are always going to have a huge advantage over the 2nd and 3rd string pitchers, which makes sense.