Little League

[bf334]

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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."

[tutusue]

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Nah, we to "Exotic."

Exotic furriners...all of us!

[Lei Liko]

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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]

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

[LikaNui]

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

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.

[tutusue]

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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.

My comment was aimed at the pronunciation!...
"WHY-pa-who", pronounced the same as "WIPE-a-who"!

[bf334]

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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.

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]

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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]

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

[tutusue]

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

[Palama Kid]

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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]

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

Oh, gawd.

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

[leashlaws]

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

[Ninja]

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

Larry Beil works in the Bay Area.

[Walkoff Balk]

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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."