Tag: Little League

Derek Carr’s little league team let him know ‘it’s Falcons week’

Derek Carr says his son’s little league team cares more about Sunday’s Saints-Falcons matchup than their own game:

Derek Carr is in his second year with the New Orleans Saints, and he is fully aware of how the rivalry with the Atlanta Falcons expands beyond the team’s practice facility and into the city.

He was reminded of that this week at his son’s football practice. Carr came to the Saints with New Orleans native, and former Raiders teammate, Foster Moreau. The duo have a good relationship, and they coach Carr’s sons’ little league team together.

Carr shared a funny story about how the upcoming little league game was secondary to the Saints’ upcoming game with the Falcons: “Every parent and every kid knows what week it is.”

Not only do they know what week it is, Carr says “they didn’t care about the game we’re about to play, like ‘Hey, it’s Falcons week.'”

This is a great example of what the game means to fans within the city. Who cares who the little league team is playing? Coach Carr needs to understand the only thing that matters is Saints versus Falcons.

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Former MLB first round pick Sean Burroughs dies while coaching son’s Little League game

Former MLB third baseman Sean Burroughs has tragically passed away.

Former Major League Baseball player and Olympic gold medalist Sean Burroughs tragically passed away on Thursday night while coaching his son’s Little League team.

Burroughs was coaching in the same Long Beach Little League (Long Beach, California) system he played in growing up. In fact, Burroughs was a part of the Long Beach team that won the Little League World Series in 1992.

Burroughs passed away following a collapse during a Thursday night game. He was 43 years old.

Taken in the first round of the 1998 MLB draft by the San Diego Padres, Burroughs was the ninth overall selection that year. He won a gold medal with Team USA during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The passing of Burroughs was confirmed on social media on Friday by the Long Beach Little League’s board of directors.

Burroughs spent part of seven years in the MLB where he was a third baseman. He was a career .278 hitter who had 12 home runs and 143 runs batted in.

 

Este bateador de la Little League tuvo la mejor reacción cuando el ampáyer le marcó erróneamente un strike

En años recientes, los ampáyeres de la Major League han estado bajo mayor escrutinio porque… básicamente, son terribles. Los pitchers están lanzando más rápido y con más movimiento que nunca y muchos ampáyeres, como Ángel Hernández, no han podido …

En años recientes, los ampáyeres de la Major League han estado bajo mayor escrutinio porque… básicamente, son terribles. Los pitchers están lanzando más rápido y con más movimiento que nunca y muchos ampáyeres, como Ángel Hernández, no han podido ajustarse y tener la consistencia y precisión adecuadas.

Pero si pensábamos que los ampáyeres de la Major League eran malos, quizá no habíamos visto a los de la Little League.

Los ampáyeres de la Little League suelen trabajar de forma voluntaria y su entrenamiento no se acerca en lo absoluto ni al del peor ampáyer de colegial. Marcan mal muchas jugadas y esos errores pasan desapercibidos hasta que llega la Serie Mundial de la Little League y los juegos son televisados. ¡En verdad es doloroso ver esos errores cuando las cámaras están cerca!

Simplemente vean lo que sucedió este martes en el campeonato de la región Suroeste en el juego de Texas West y Lousiana.

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Traducción: No podía creer lo que marcó

Landry Pate de Texas West quedó atónito cuando el ampáyer marcó un strike en un pitch tan descolocado que probablemente habría golpeado a un bateador zurdo.

La reacción de Pate a la marca fue acertada y muy graciosa, quedándose parado literalmente boquiabierto.

Seguramente, no veremos ampáyeres robots en la Little Legue pronto, pero en verdad deberían considerarlo para sus Series Mundiales.

Los fans del beisbol tuvieron muchas reacciones

Traducción: Robots. Por favor.

Traducción: Si el niño pensó que eso estuvo mal, que espere a tener que lidiar con Ángel Hernández

Traducción: La reacción totalmente apropiada

Traducción: ¿Ángel Hernández está arbitrando la Little League?

Traducción: El niño no dijo una palabra, pero logró comunicarle al ampáyer que apesta

Louisiana ganó el juego 6-2 y pasó a la Serie Mundial. Esperemos que el ampáyer no avance junto con ellos.

Artículo traducido por Gabriela Enríquez

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Little League batter had a priceless reaction to umpire’s laughably bad strike call

Is Angel Hernandez umping Little League now?

Major League umpires have been under increased scrutiny in recent years because, well, they’ve been terrible. Pitchers are throwing faster and with more movement than ever before, and umpires — like Angel Hernandez — have generally been unable to adjust with any consistent accuracy.

But if you thought Major League umpires were bad, let me introduce you to Little League umpires.

Little League umps generally work games on a volunteer basis, and their training doesn’t approach that of even the worst high school umpire. They miss a lot of calls, and those mistakes go unnoticed until the televised Little League World Series (and regionals) come along. And, oh man, it’s wild to see those missed calls when TV cameras are around.

Just look what happened during Tuesday’s Southwest Region championship between Texas West and Louisiana.