[thesportscritic]

japan always have a good team and i have them winning the whole thing but there will be other teams looking to beat them too.

[01LUGrad]

It's all about the pitching (see above discussion for good and bad points on that one). If you can trot an ace out there with a couple of good pitches, he can make the opposing batters look like, well, little kids.

[BJWilliams]

japan always have a good team and i have them winning the whole thing but there will be other teams looking to beat them too.

Asia has generally dominated this tournament over the years. Starting with Chinese Taipei and now Japan. US has had some good showings the last few years though.

[BJWilliams]

Alright folks, Saturday is Championship day at the LLWS. Here are teh results from the semifinals:

International Semifinals:

Latin America (Cardenales Little League Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela) vs Mexico (Matamoros LL Matamoros, Tamaulipas)
Asia (Kawaguchi Little League Kawaguchi City, Japan) vs. Transatlantic (Arabian American LL Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)

Mexico d. Latin America 11-0
Asia d. Transatlantic 4-1

US Semifinals

Great Lakes (Lemont Little League Lemont, Illinois) vs. Northwest (Murrayhill Little League Beaverton, Oregon)
New England (Portsmouth LL Portsmouth, New Hampshire) vs. Southeast (Columbus Northern LL Columbus, Georgia)


Northwest d. Great Lakes 4-3
Southeast d. New England 8-0

International Championship
Asia vs. Mexico 7:30 PM ESPN

US Championship
Southeast vs. Northwest 3:30 PM ABC Sports

[Sly Fox]

The big kid from Saudi Arabia is supposed to be checking into one of the Christian schools down here in Houston next week. My guess is Coach D will be onto him immediately thereafter.

[BJWilliams]

Alright the World Championships is set:

International Championship:
Japan d. Mexico 3-0

US Championship:
Southeast d. Northwest 7-3


Consolation Game 12:00 PM ESPN Volunteer Stadium
Northwest (Beaverton, OR) vs. Mexico (Matamoros, Mexico)

World Championship Game 3:30 PM ABC Lamade Stadium
Southeast (Columbus, GA) vs Japan (Kawaguchi City, Japan)

[thesportscritic]

consolation game cancelled between Beaverton Oregon vs Mexico

World Championship game between Columbus GA vs Japan at 5:00pm on Monday 8/28 on ESPN2

[BJWilliams]

Columbus GA leads 2-1 with 2 down in the bottom of the 4th

[BJWilliams]

Columbus, GA (Columbus Northern Little League) is the 2006 Little League World Series Champion over Kawaguchi City Japan 2-1. Kyle Carter goes all 6 innings and strikes out 11.

[LU'90KJ]

It was a lot of fun to watch. You would not believe how serious baseball has become in the football crazy south. The kids play a very high level of baseball at very young ages. Many kids are playing baseball year round which I think is not a good idea.