Little League

[Walkoff Balk]

Isn't there a team from Hawaii in a regional final today? I looked in today's sports section, and there's nothing about it.

[bf334]

Yup, the Waipio Little League won the west region and will be going to Williamsport for the LL World Series!! They beat Henderson Neveda today 4-3 to advance. Game was on ESPN2 this afternoon. Good Luck to Waipio!!

[Lei Liko]

That was a very exciting game.

Oh man, that Tanner Tokunaga deserves a pat on the back. He struggled in the beginning, and as a result, Nevada scored and tied it 3-3. But he kept his cool, and the kid looked like he was about to collapse in relief after that final out in the 6th.

I can't wait to see how far these kids go!

[Walkoff Balk]

Waipio plays their second game in the LLWS today at 2:00 on ESPN2. The team's fourth batter in the lineup got a fracture on a hit by a pitch. The fourth hitter is usually the best player on the team. They have to play the fundementals and scrappy, which is a trademark of Hawaii teams.

[Lei Liko]

Waipio plays their second game in the LLWS today at 2:00 on ESPN2. The team's fourth batter in the lineup got a fracture on a hit by a pitch. The fourth hitter is usually the best player on the team. They have to play the fundementals and scrappy, which is a trademark of Hawaii teams.

WOOHOO!!!! GRAND SLAM FOR TOKUNAGA!!!

Hawaii 10, Florida 2

ETA: Hawaii advances to the U.S. semifinals!!!

[Desert Isle]

ETA: Hawaii advances to the U.S. semifinals!!!

Very cool. I've got a team to root for the rest of the way. Go Hawai'i! :D

[Jake's Ohana]

HI 9 WA 4 Final

Hawai'i will play Louisiana for US Finals - winner plays Japan

Waipio - No ka oi!!!

[tutusue]

How exciting! Go Waipio!

[Walkoff Balk]

Waipio plays a team from the Cajun state Saturday morning at 9:00 AM on KITV. Don't miss the action. To be the best in the nation. There won't be any question?

[Lei Liko]

Waipio scored an amazing come from behind victory 7-5 against Lake Charles, LA.

They were behind for the first five innings...then BAM! 6 runs scored right after they were 3 outs away from being eliminated.

HO-LY COW.

What a game...both teams played their hearts out.

[Ninja]

Congrats Waipio!
Great comeback!

Good luck against Mexico tomarrow!

[Desert Isle]

HO-LY COW.

Great comeback! One more game to go!! :D

[Walkoff Balk]

The only slim hope I had that Waipio would make such a comeback was having the Louisiana starting pitcher reach the limit in pitch count. I felt sorry for that Louisiana pitcher whose nickname was Iceman. From his body language, you had the feeling something bad would happen to him. He was crying after the game.
This game reminded me of the 1986 Boston-NY Mets World Series Game 6. The ground ball to first base was bobbled that brought a big run without an out being made. Iceman reminded me of Boston's Bob Stanley when he came into pitch. The look in his eyes that the one pitch to stop the rally was not going to happen.
The championship game between Waipio vs. the team from Mexico is scheduled for 9:30 AM on KITV.

[cezanne]

Unreal rally. I had been watching it this morn but my wife wanted me to go shopping with her so I DVRed it. Bah!! it stopped recording at 2:30 right in the middle of the comeback!:mad:

Congrats to the kids! Representing Hawaii AND the US tomorrow... go get 'em!:cool:

[acousticlady]

My husband is absolutely beside himself. He hasn't missed a minute of any game. I'm thrilled too, but maybe not as much as him, but that's a guy thing I think.

OK, maybe someone can clear something up for me. Where are these kids from? I was under the impression that they were from Waipio on Oahu. I really think the commentators have no clue. If you notice, they don't even say the name of the town they're from. When they played Shelton, CT, they kept saying Shelton vs Hawaii. Yesterday(? severe jet lag going on here) they did a whole piece on Waipio on the BI. Then they flashed up the name as Waipahu. I would think this was a big deal in whichever town it is.

[LikaNui]

Definitely Waipahu.
Brent Musberger just gave some big props to Hawaii for all our Olympic athletes, especially Bryan Clay, of course. (18 Olympians from here, and 12 bringing home medals.)
And we're leading 1-0 right now, in the middle of the second inning.
WAIT!!!!!!!! Immediate correction: we're leading 3-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

[1stwahine]

Now it's 4-1:D

and that Italian Icee looked so delicious!

[acousticlady]

Definitely Waipahu. :)

thanks! and it's 4-3 now :mad:

[LikaNui]

Definitely Waipahu. Nobody caught that? It's not Waipahu... it is Waipi`o. :p
And in the middle of the fourth inning, we're up 7-3!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LikaNui]

8-3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nobody out, top of the fifth. (And remember, they only play six innings.)

[LikaNui]

10-3... two on and one out.
What a FUN game to watch!!! Love hearing all the cheers from the neighbors homes here.

[LikaNui]

11-3... middle of the fifth. Mexico coming up to bat.
I started watching this game as background while I was doing some housecleaning, but the house can wait. Parked in my big ol' armchair, had a spam musubi and a warm butter mochi and a second mug of coffee... life is gooooood!

[acousticlady]

Nobody caught that? It's not Waipahu... it is Waipi`o. :p
And in the middle of the fourth inning, we're up 7-3!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm soooo confused??!! It's not nice to fool with mother science:p and it's now 12-3!

[LikaNui]

WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YeeeeeeeeeeeeHAW!
And I'm gonna go hit the beach for a swim.

[acousticlady]

YAYYYYY!! 12-3 final

[bf334]

Big Props to the boys from Waipio!!! Congratulations to the Coaches, parents and families!!!

[oggboy]

One more win for our Island boy`s, way to go WORLD CHAMPS!!!:)

[leashlaws]

YAHOO!!!!!!!! This si so EXCITING! I wish they would have had after game
interviews. HOORAY!!!!!!!!!:):D

[kani-lehua]

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd175/kani-lehua/animatedavatarcheerleaders.gif

way to go waipi'o. good game!

[tutusue]

Shoot...I was at a brunch during the entire game. I love watching the keiki but had to miss it today. How exciting for them. And, whatta a year of recognition it's been for Hawaii...from sports to politics. We may be just a little dot of land in the middle of the Pacific but we're a force to be reckoned with!

[bf334]

Shoot...I was at a brunch during the entire game. I love watching the keiki but had to miss it today. How exciting for them. And, whatta a year of recognition it's been for Hawaii...from sports to politics. We may be just a little dot of land in the middle of the Pacific but we're a force to be reckoned with!

Nah, we to "Exotic." ;) :D

[tutusue]

Nah, we to "Exotic." ;) :D
Exotic furriners...all of us!

[Lei Liko]

I just wanted to give a big thank you to HTers who updated this thread with scores. I was away from a TV all morning and while we had the game on AM radio in the car, it was really hard to hear with a screaming 3 year old.

Woohoo! Congratulations to the team, coaches, and parents on a job well done!

[tutusue]

Just heard on ABC News (national feed) that "WHY-pa-who" won the Little League World Series!!!!!!! :eek:

[LikaNui]

Just heard on ABC News (national feed) that "WHY-pa-who" won the Little League World Series!!!!!!! :eek: KITV said the same thing at 5pm. As best I can tell, the team is called the Waipi`o All-Stars but their hometown is Waipahu.
Apparently both answers are correct. :o

[tutusue]

KITV said the same thing at 5pm. As best I can tell, the team is called the Waipi`o All-Stars but their hometown is Waipahu.
Apparently both answers are correct. :o
My comment was aimed at the pronunciation!...
"WHY-pa-who", pronounced the same as "WIPE-a-who"!

[bf334]

KITV said the same thing at 5pm. As best I can tell, the team is called the Waipi`o All-Stars but their hometown is Waipahu.
Apparently both answers are correct. :o

Waipio, Waikele, Village Park etc all have 96797 as a zip code which comes out Waipahu. Just different sub-divisions. Even the players parents had shirts that said "Waipahu, Hawaii."

[Walkoff Balk]

Waipio, Waikele, Village Park etc all have 96797 as a zip code which comes out Waipahu. Just different sub-divisions. Even the players parents had shirts that said "Waipahu, Hawaii."
Finally a game that you could watch without being nervous as it was over after the fourth inning. Ewa Beach started the trend, now Waipio continues the U.S streak of four in a row.
Do little league uniforms still have the sponsor's name on the back? Waipahu can't use Arakawa's anymore.

[cabanalane]

How many has it been for Hawaii? Was the last one 1998?

[tutusue]

I believe the last one was 2005...Ewa Beach. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!

[Palama Kid]

I believe the last one was 2005...Ewa Beach. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!



Per Associated Press:

2008—Waipahu, Hawaii 12, Matamoros, Mexico 3

2007—Warner Robins, Ga. 3, Tokyo Kitasuna, Japan 2, 8 innings

2006—Columbus, Ga. 2, Kawaguchi City, Japan 1

2005—Ewa Beach, Hawaii 7, Willemstad, Curacao 6, 7 innings


I heard the same "WAI - pa - hoo" mispronunciation on ESPNews.

[Random]

I heard the same "WAI - pa - hoo" mispronunciation on ESPNews.
Oh, gawd. :rolleyes:

Isn't Larry Beil or someone from Hawaii work for ESPN?

[leashlaws]

Neil Everett is there I don't think Larry Beil is though.

[Ninja]

Neil Everett is with ESPN...but he still calls Ichiro "I-Cheer-o".

Larry Beil works in the Bay Area.

[Walkoff Balk]

Neil Everett is with ESPN...but he still calls Ichiro "I-Cheer-o".

Larry Beil works in the Bay Area.
Neil Everett opens his ESPN Sportscenter broadcast with "Hey Howzit!"
I caught Larry Beil once in a while on sports talk radio with a segment called "Beg, Borrow, and Beil."

[sansei]

:o hi this is sansei and even though im not a parent and may never be one,i appluad the little leaguer's that they won and my hat's off to you all! Larry Beil still work's in the San Francisco Tv market and neil is still on Espn. hope his help's?

Well thank's for your time:o