Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

letter to the editor:

Team eliminated after only one loss?

Am I the only one in town who is upset about the way the Little League World Series turned out?

I feel that because of some scheduling problem, ESPN planted one on our young fellows from Mountain Ridge.

Double elimination means losing two games before you’re gone. We did not have this luxury. Mountain Ridge was eliminated after one loss to a team it had taken to the cleaners earlier in the tournament.

A long time ago, I pitched in a lot of Navy and state softball tournaments. I even got to pitch in the New Zealand national tournament, and never once did my team or any other team get sent home after one loss.

I don’t want to take anything away from what the boys from Mountain Ridge accomplished.

I congratulate them on a job very, very well done, but I feel that they were handed one in the shorts by the Little League World Series people and ESPN.

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