Son's Little League Team's Run to Williamsport is over--Includes a box break of 2008 Allen and Ginte

TonyC · July 18, 2008 12:34AM

He's the one on the right end holding the banner.

Does anyone else have a kid in Little League All-Star competition?

stevek · July 18, 2008 12:38AM

Nice congrats!

Best wishes to him and his team for some good games.

lsutigers1973 · July 18, 2008 12:38AM

I did but mine was a little skewed. My son is 9 and dominated the 9 yr old division as a pitcher. The All Star competition however, was mostly 10 yr olds. For those that have not got to watch little league ball at this age, there is a huge difference between the skilled 9 yr olds and skilled 10 yr olds.

stevek · July 18, 2008 12:39AM

You could tell him "Don't come back without the title"

biged128 · July 18, 2008 12:44AM

TONYC
I'm coaching a little league team that won the district one championship in Connecticut and now were in the state tournament pool play won 1 lost 1 so far. What state is your team from and good luck the rest of the way.

Ed

bdunndchi · July 18, 2008 1:45AM

Congrats for you and your son!

TonyC · July 18, 2008 2:12AM

My son plays for Cranston Western Little League in Rhode Island. Our league has won the states 5 out of the last 7 years and won the 1996 USA Title. Maybe we will see you at Bristol

Bosox1976 · July 18, 2008 2:16AM

Hope he (and you too) enjoys the experience!

PoppaJ · July 18, 2008 2:32AM

Congratulations .... hope you have a fantastic time and your son's team wins it all!

PoppaJ

Overrated · July 18, 2008 3:28AM

Very cool enjoy!

milbroco · July 18, 2008 3:32AM

Very nice. Congrats.
My 7 year old is into sports but has only played organized soccer. About a month ago, without any intervention he comes out and says "I really wanna play baseball next year". I can't wait until next year!
Bob

BobaFett72 · July 18, 2008 4:30AM

Props for Cranston! Home of big hair and nasaly accents!

love it.

You guys have done great the past few years!

fur72 · July 18, 2008 4:55AM

Wow big kid Tony! If he doesnt play baseball I am sure there is an offensive line position open somewhere, Im sure the Dolphins are looking. Congrats and remember its about the kids!

FYI my son has the athletic ability of a turtle, but I always support him and he tries.

lsutigers1973 · July 18, 2008 7:51AM

My son is already a better athlete than me and I went to college on an athletic scholarship. If I can just get him off Guitar Hero.

TonyC · July 19, 2008 11:43PM

Tvac897 · July 19, 2008 11:44PM

Congrats! I have a friend at work who's kid is playing for one of the Florida teams...out of Lauterdale (spelling?).

TonyC · July 19, 2008 11:53PM

Won the first game of the states yesterday 2-1. My son his a lead-off home run in the third. Next game is today at 4:00--it's going to be a tough one.

Local Newspaper Article

MuckyMutt · July 20, 2008 12:26AM

Cool. Thanks for the update and good luck.

Goot · July 20, 2008 1:35AM

That's awesome! The farthest I ever made it in little league was the semifinals of the county tournament back when I played majors (10-12). When I played seniors (15-17), we lost in pool play of the county tournament. My younger cousin just got knocked out of the Florida State tournament a few days ago. They went 2-2 though, so they put up a good effort.

AragornTheBold · July 20, 2008 7:04AM

My team always blew, we revolved around the idea that it is not how you play, but how you looked and let me tell you we looked pretty damn good

mkg809 · July 20, 2008 10:41AM

Our teams were always the coaches sons, not the best players in the league. Needless to say our all stars always sucked.

ldferg · July 20, 2008 12:53PM

great job and good luck. my son is on an 11u travel team and we are playing in the bpa world series this week (we won the KY state tournament last weekend in owensboro). i'm planning to start my journey to lakeville, IN tomorrow and will be stopping my BBCE on the way up.

lawnmowerman · July 20, 2008 2:20PM

Congrats and good luck!

Matt

TonyC · July 21, 2008 12:15AM

My son's team won the winner's bracket final last night 7-1. Our next game is the championship on Thursday; someone now has to beat us twice. If we win, we're off to the regionals in Bristol, CT.

My son at third

My son at bat

ldferg · July 21, 2008 2:03AM

tonyc,
what age bracket is your son playing?

sorry no pics, but here's an article about our team. my son is the "ferguson" referred to in the article. sluggers win

TonyC · July 21, 2008 2:15AM

We're in the 12 year old bracket

leadoff4 · July 21, 2008 7:13AM

Nice pictures... brings back memories from years back. Thanks for the update. I myself can't wait for the Little League World Series.

AragornTheBold · July 21, 2008 7:17AM

Congrats!

TonyC · July 25, 2008 1:18PM

We won the state championship tonight in a come-from-behind 5-4 win in the bottom of the sixth. My son went 2-2 and scored the tying run. We're heading to Bristol next weekend for the regionals!

BunchOBull · July 25, 2008 1:23PM

Congrats to your son and the team. Very cool.

TonyC · August 1, 2008 10:32AM

My sons team CWLL Rhode Island State Champs are playing Vermont Saturday at 11:00 in Bristol, Ct.

Thanks Mike

Stone193 · August 1, 2008 10:41AM

Wow - congratulations Tony!

I wish everyone the best! See you on ESPN!

mike

Bosox1976 · August 1, 2008 11:56AM

Fantastic!

ldferg · August 1, 2008 1:45PM

tonyc,
great job. we finished 3rd in the world series last week. my son ended up 2nd in homerun derby and belted 3 out in the series. we all had a blast. good luck to your son.

css23 · August 1, 2008 3:11PM

Awesome!

Keep us up to speed and best of luck!

nightcrawler · August 1, 2008 6:39PM

That is so great.

Good luck to those guys, hope they go all the way.

bman90278 · August 2, 2008 12:50AM

<< <i> My sons team CWLL Rhode Island State Champs are playing Vermont Saturday at 11:00 in Bristol, Ct. >>

Good luck to them today!

Bottom9th · August 2, 2008 12:54AM

Best of luck and keep us posted!

TonyC · August 2, 2008 11:20AM

We lost 8-7. My son was 3 for 4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI. We are playing Ct. monday.

AragornTheBold · August 2, 2008 11:31AM

Aw man, well your son did all he could! Is he signing autographs yet?

TonyC · August 5, 2008 9:27PM

We're going into our final game today; our record is 1-2. We lost to CT on Monday 4-0 and we beat Maine yesterday 13-1. My son is 5-9 through the three games with two home runs and 7 RBIs. If we beat NH today, we will advance to the semifinals. If we lose, we're going home. If anyone is interested and has NESN, our game today will be televised on NESN at 11 AM EST.

BunchOBull · August 5, 2008 10:39PM

Good luck to your son and his team. He's swatting the ball out there.

TonyC · August 8, 2008 1:03AM

CWLL's run is over--we lost to NH 7-4 on Wednesday to finish with a 1-3 record, not good enough to advance to the semifinals. My son ended the regionals 5-11 with 2 HR and 7 RBIs (the most RBIs of anyone on the team). He also pitched 2/3 of the bottom of the 5th performing mop-up duty; he faced two batters and got one to fly out and the other to ground out. Overall, it was a great experience for him.

Before he had left for Bristol, CT, I told him that he could bust a box of Allen and Ginter if he hit 2 HRs or got 6 hits. He ripped his box yesterday and pulled an Ichiro jersey, a Clay Buchholz auto, and a Dan Uggla Rip Card #/75; not a bad box at all

TNTonPMS · August 8, 2008 1:13AM

It's all good Tony , I know the boys had fun though and what an experience it must have been for you all .

I make similar deals with my son as well with the hits and homeruns, although he is not strong enough to get it over the fence yet, but we practice almost every single day .

I know the boys were probably a little upset they didn't win though .

Great post , I enjoyed reading about your experience too , thank you for sharing .

Son's Little League Team's Run to Williamsport is over--Includes a box break of 2008 Allen and Ginte

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