@@christenprohuh? There are numerous strong American teams - you must have not watched that much of them. Plus these aren’t the best American players as they don’t even play little league anymore(they all play travel ball)
@@brianmeen2158I thought this same thing, but apparently the majority of these all star teams in the US that make it to the LLWS are just travel ball teams that decided to enter a little league as a team. They know they’ll make up 90% of the all star team. Like the Lappe kid from California is one of the best players in the country per Perfect Game.
If you love your island you should know better. We aint fkn nuthing to play with when it comes to baseball. Every year we have a chance to make the finals
Go! Go! GO! Team Taiwan!! Never mind, you guys have already done very good job. We are all so proud of you. Don't worry! There are always next times. Love you all. Cheers~ Lin Family from Taiwan.
@lustilyyt2479 players who are old as 14-15. Tawain have always been cheaters and still are. Just bc they changed the name doesn't mean they stopped cheating
10:40 translation: There’s no words to express my gratitude. You’ve pitched a beautiful game for me my brother. Very beautiful. That’s why you are here. Thank you. We live for these moments.
Good job to the players, but terrible job by the organizers. A double elimination should mean Curacao needs to win twice from the lower bracket. Right now, there is a tie: both Curacao and TW are tied at 1 loss each.
The skill level of these 12 year old kids is insane! Congrats to both teams. An incredible game. An incredible series. Good luck to Curacao against the California team in the championship!
Congrats Curacao!!! You proved many wrong with your perseverance!! Excellent run CT. And congrats Wheels on your announcer recognition and getting to 442K!!
Although it does seem more fair that way the winning team already gets a pitching advantage by having way more days of rest while the losers bracket team has to play 4 days in a row also it ruins the dramatics of game 1 because of the off chance that it goes to a game 2
@@orangepicklepitching advantage at that age doesn't matter. The winners final almost favours the loser bracket because they get to play more game and see more pitches and stay in rhythm
@@learningvideosbynikhil8308 i think he can pitch the next day if his count is under 20. Even if curaçao didn’t hit his fastball, Taiwan still didn’t hit well enough to win 😞
Population Taiwan around 24,000,000; Population Curaçao around 150,000. Out of a small population Curaçao produces such great talents and results. Congratulations Curaçao! ♥
@@tvpunk You're right. According to CBS Curaçao, the official registered population as of January 1, 2023, was 148,925. But the CBS also stated that the population size is larger due to the large number of undocumented people in Curaçao. E.g., the undocumented Venezuelan alone may be around 20,000. So I did a rough estimate on the basis of CBS and other sources I knew of. But you are right in that I may have to use the official numbers. I will change it to avoid confusion. Thanks!
The winner bracket can save their best pitchers. In this case the winner chinese tapei decided to save their best pitcher dor the llws finals. Only bringing the pitcher in late. They underestimated, that’s why they lost.
@@jefitoowhat you said doesn’t make sense. Which pitcher they decided to start is irrelevant. They should have got another chance to win again after a loss just like every other team.
Well the thing with little leaguers is that when they get nervous they make mistakes... Unlike big leagues most of the runs scored are from walks and errors..
Wow! What a good game. That one foul ball that shattered the camera. Is a rare play.! I've been watching over couple decades and only seen it happen twice now!.😊
That's ok, kids. Curacao was doing better than us in this game. Especially the stabliity during such high-tension. They derser the winning, and we make the loss worthy
Damn only one hit allowed. Both teams had their best pitching left still. Gotta string those big hits together when runners are on base. Only a matter of time before the camera was hit.
look ya'll.. the level of talent the kids have today at 12 compared to when I was that age is astronomical. it's incredible how brilliant and solid these kids play baseball today. absolutely incredible.
1:33 Only the 5th walk in the entire LLWS by Chinese Taipei 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 That is an insane accomplishment!! Hopefully the rest of the highlights isn’t flooded with walks lol Hats off to all these kids 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow, Chinese Taipei had played flawlessly the whole time. Ended up showing they are "human" in the end. They looked like they were gonna blow through the tournament like Hawaii did last year.
If you know enough about baseball then…there’s always upsets in baseball tournaments, but take nothing away the Curaçao team, well drilled, great baseball IQ and they all know where they are and what their trying to win. International champions✅ 👍🥇🎉
Congrats to Pabao LL from Curaçao. This is now this LL fifth international championship title (2004, 2005, 2019, 2022, and 2023). They’ve only won one world championship but I believe they can pull off another tomorrow. Best team to watch this tournament as each game was close and competitive.
Tiebreaker?? They went undefeated straight to the finals, we had to hustle another game to make it, using more pitchers, we came back stronger to win it and now you want to tell me that you want a tie breaker while you was sitting on top waiting in the finals? come on man, they don’t have to cry the was good but I guess when it matters the most Curacao comes always through tho, I really love my Island and the kids grinding out there for their opportunity to shine in the game they love to play, these kids are history makers and we are all proud of them the whole Island ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼
@@jacksonrusconi6270but this was a final game this wasn’t a quarter or semi final game, where do you see that they play a final game twice? Double elimination is road to the finals but final has to be one game, we had to beat Mexico to get there, Chinese Taipei beated everyone so if you can avoid double elimination is better, they needed to win 9-1 today not the other game
@@jdljnsnhthat’s never how it works in any double elimination tournament finals or not doesn’t matter. The tournament is always double elimination. There usually is and should be no special rules for the finals. Every tournament I played as a kid was like that
He is right every double elimination tournament is always double even if the team gets to the finals undefeated. Llws only place I've ever seen it done 1 and done for finals.
@@jacksonrusconi6270 oke I guess I’m wrong I do not now how it is over there but everyone already knows that international championship is one game so you have to win it and they still didn’t with and they was the most hyped team in the international side
I really do not like the elimination rules. AP won 9-1 vs this team and was undefeated. Then lose 2-0 and are immediately eliminated. Why not have a tie breaker? That would be fair. Same thing could happen to Texas as well.
That’s not fair, cause finals is finals and you can’t play finals twice, you just gotta win when it matters the most, and Curaçao was well prepared for this one just like last year. If you are really the best one you must show that in the finals too 😉
Everything has its own rules thats just how it is, to be good you have to win the Championships. You can have as much wins as you like but still lose the Championship to a team with some losses
I’ve seen Comments about Taiwan losing last year because they didn’t bring in there Ace but this Year it’s on Taiwan to bring in there Ace and make shocking Mistakes on the field that cost them this game if Taiwan didn’t bring in there Ace this game it would have been a whole different game but Congratulations to Curacao 🇨🇼 winning moving on to the Finals
Imo they should reset the pitch counts/rest rules (so every pitcher is eligible for 85) for the final and then play a second game if the team from losers side wins, because that's how a double elimination tournament works, not that you get an advantage because your pitchers can still pitch in exchange for it being 1 and done for you if you're undefeated. Anyway congrats to Curacao, I hope they win since they were so close last year
I mean but the pitchers arm could get fried without the 85 pitch count. A lot of the good pitchers in the past who pitched 6 or 9 innings straight didn’t do much afterwards
Definitely thought Chinese Taipei was the favorite to win the whole thing and the matchup I thought would be the final Texas vs Chinese Taipei is now the 3rd place game! Chinese Taipei caved in a couple big moments and Curacao powered through, credit to them.
😂 I was hoping someone would bring up the bigoted comments after they beat Mexico. I am going back to the comment section of that vid. I remember vividly what they were saying.
Wait who was wanting Curacao to get blown out? Are they in the other games comment section? I have noticed the racism from a few foreign teams towards one another and that’s a shame
never seen a team in the LLWS as scrappy as Curaçao. Facing giants like Taiwan and California and competing the way they did is insane. Those kids can play
I thought it was a HUGE mistake bringing Fan in to start the 4th inning. The starter had a no hitter plus the Curaçao batters looked helpless at the plate. Also, LL needs to find better home plate umps for at least the championship games. Every kid in both teams shouldn’t need to stand on the chalk just to have a chance at getting the bat on a pitch in the other batters box.
I would like to pay my respects to that camera lens who paid the ultimate price to capture the amazing game between these two talented teams
Not sure how the announcer saw it off his knuckles. That pitch knicked the knob, missed his hands, then off the bat below the barrel
LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My condolences to the family of the camera lens on their loss.
I thought Stone Cold Steve Austin was gonna come out
That's probably about $150,000 if not more OUCH LOL
Good job my Carribbean brothers !!! Much love from the Bahamas !!!
Unbelievable, I was beginning to think the Chinese Taipei were unbeatable. Great game and great sportsmanship!!
Starting Pitcher for Curaçao 🇨🇼 is one of the best I have seen
wait until they meet California... they are pitcher loaded
@@comfortablynumb4491Venezuela , Mexico and Chinese Tapei are tougher teams, don’t think California had much of a challenge throughout their games
@@christenprohuh? There are numerous strong American teams - you must have not watched that much of them. Plus these aren’t the best American players as they don’t even play little league anymore(they all play travel ball)
Curacao pitcher did not look like he threw hard but had decent command
@@brianmeen2158I thought this same thing, but apparently the majority of these all star teams in the US that make it to the LLWS are just travel ball teams that decided to enter a little league as a team. They know they’ll make up 90% of the all star team. Like the Lappe kid from California is one of the best players in the country per Perfect Game.
I love my island, who would have expected this return into the finals, Love Curaçao🇨🇼❤️
BA WAK SI! 🇨🇼 Nos ta e team to beat international tur aña! 🙌🏽
@@RAMIL1000Hopi a papia bisa yen kos. Nos a bin di patras❤
If you love your island you should know better. We aint fkn nuthing to play with when it comes to baseball. Every year we have a chance to make the finals
Good job Curaçao hopefully you meet my home town California in the finals 💯
Hopi korsou
Go! Go! GO! Team Taiwan!! Never mind, you guys have already done very good job. We are all so proud of you. Don't worry! There are always next times. Love you all. Cheers~ Lin Family from Taiwan.
@@wizardofO.Z.they are not cheaters
@@wizardofO.Z.how’d they cheat?
@lustilyyt2479 players who are old as 14-15. Tawain have always been cheaters and still are. Just bc they changed the name doesn't mean they stopped cheating
@@wizardofO.Z. where are the facts that they’re 14-15. Not trying to start an argument just trying to genuinely get to know
The hugs at the end showed such good sportsmanship! The llws always has the best sportsmanship highlights!
Heck of a performance on the mound from Curaçao 🇨🇼
10:40 translation:
There’s no words to express my gratitude. You’ve pitched a beautiful game for me my brother. Very beautiful. That’s why you are here. Thank you. We live for these moments.
I could understand a little bit of it since Papiamento involves Spanish and Dutch but still it’s a unique language
Curaçao winning despite all odds is actually amazing. A team that will truly fight all the way to the end.
Good job to the players, but terrible job by the organizers. A double elimination should mean Curacao needs to win twice from the lower bracket. Right now, there is a tie: both Curacao and TW are tied at 1 loss each.
They didn’t win so fuck them😂😂😂
Curacao deserves nothing but respect, what a team
The skill level of these 12 year old kids is insane! Congrats to both teams. An incredible game. An incredible series. Good luck to Curacao against the California team in the championship!
Excellent defense. Love watching these kids play. Congrats to Curacao!
Go Curacao ! I used to vacation there as a kid, and it is great place.
Congrats Curacao!!! You proved many wrong with your perseverance!! Excellent run CT. And congrats Wheels on your announcer recognition and getting to 442K!!
To be honest a double elimination tournament should require the loser's bracket winner to win 2x against the winner's bracket winner.
Yes.
CWS does in the regionals.
This has always driven me nuts about the LLWS
Although it does seem more fair that way the winning team already gets a pitching advantage by having way more days of rest while the losers bracket team has to play 4 days in a row also it ruins the dramatics of game 1 because of the off chance that it goes to a game 2
@@orangepicklepitching advantage at that age doesn't matter. The winners final almost favours the loser bracket because they get to play more game and see more pitches and stay in rhythm
WOW. Didn't see that coming
Bien jugado curazao ,sigan asi
That was a great performance by the Caribbean team I'm so happy they won back to back because I'm also Caribbean!
In the end, good hitting and preparation won the game. You could tell those kids practiced on 80mph pitches.
They really did
I thought Taiwan would save him for tomorrow that was kind of an unusual move
@@learningvideosbynikhil8308 i think he can pitch the next day if his count is under 20. Even if curaçao didn’t hit his fastball, Taiwan still didn’t hit well enough to win 😞
@@andyfang9262 yeah but other dude was legit throwing a shutout and they took him out lol
Hats off to curaçao they obviously have a lot of talented ball players and back to back little league championships is a amazing accomplishment.
Population Taiwan around 24,000,000; Population Curaçao around 150,000. Out of a small population Curaçao produces such great talents and results. Congratulations Curaçao! ♥
Plus Taiwan cheats.
😊
A lot less than that. Curaçao’s population is closer to 155.000
Texas team has a population of 3,300 so it has Curacao beaten by a lot lol
@@tvpunk You're right. According to CBS Curaçao, the official registered population as of January 1, 2023, was 148,925. But the CBS also stated that the population size is larger due to the large number of undocumented people in Curaçao. E.g., the undocumented Venezuelan alone may be around 20,000. So I did a rough estimate on the basis of CBS and other sources I knew of. But you are right in that I may have to use the official numbers. I will change it to avoid confusion. Thanks!
Good game all around. Happy to see a Caribbean team get the championship. Both teams played good throughout the whole tournament. Go Curacao!
Curaçao has been the International Champions since 2019 to the date 🇨🇼
That starting pitcher for Curaçao. Awesome. And I really like his wind up and delivery. Very classy.
He got a lil Aroldis Chapman motion on the mound
He was very smooth today, going inside against the hitters really put them off balance
Love the combi catcher and pitcher from Curaçao. Congrats my to the kids from my island Curaçao 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️
Thanks so much for posting the highlights! Missed the game but was able to come here to see highlights. What a great game!!
Wow! Great defensive play by Curaçao and against a pitcher like Chen-Jun! GG!
It's unfair that the winner of the winner's bracket only has one opportunity, while the loser's bracket winner has two chances.
The winner bracket can save their best pitchers. In this case the winner chinese tapei decided to save their best pitcher dor the llws finals. Only bringing the pitcher in late. They underestimated, that’s why they lost.
@@jefitoowhat you said doesn’t make sense. Which pitcher they decided to start is irrelevant. They should have got another chance to win again after a loss just like every other team.
It just goes to show, no team is unbeatable.
Well said
Except Hawaii team from last year
@@alessandrodellisolla6497yeah that team was unbeatable for sure
Well the thing with little leaguers is that when they get nervous they make mistakes... Unlike big leagues most of the runs scored are from walks and errors..
@@alessandrodellisolla6497and some of the Taiwanese teams from the 90s
Curaçao played to win. Taipei played not to lose.
誰不是為了勝利而戰？😂
Curaçao defense is looking great
Big leagues needs more stuff like 12:27.
A handshake just like hockey after a series end. A moment of respect.
Saw the game on live TV... Mr. Fan did cry at the end of the game like a 12-year-old.
Jay Dlynn Wiel is a dawg
Came here just to see how bad Chinese Taipei had beat them by. I don’t think anyone predicted this, hats off to Curaçao nonetheless!
Wow! What a good game. That one foul ball that shattered the camera. Is a rare play.! I've been watching over couple decades and only seen it happen twice now!.😊
GRANDI BOSNAN TA!! TO THE FINALS WE GO CURAÇAO!!!!
My bet was on Chinese Taipei, boy was I wrong.
Same here...
How much $$ did you hmm?
If there is another rematch, who will you bet on??
🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼In Curacao we say, Kandela grrrrrr....🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🔥🔥🔥🔥 great game, don't make jokes with Curacao 🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼 Awo tin ko!!👏👏💪
Curaçao 🇨🇼 has the best players
1:38 the runner came off the base while the kid still had the tag on him. Lucky no one noticed
the glove came off of him and if you look he tried to tag him again after he got off the bag
@@djcjeiscn play it back slow, I literally saw it and said OUT instantly
Kept tag on like he's supposed to
Out. The ump had eyes on it but not sure why he didn’t call it
I just commented this 😂 dam lol
That's ok, kids. Curacao was doing better than us in this game. Especially the stabliity during such high-tension. They derser the winning, and we make the loss worthy
Did not see that happening that way. Well done Curacao
I'll be rooting for y'all, Curacao, in the finals!
Damn only one hit allowed. Both teams had their best pitching left still. Gotta string those big hits together when runners are on base. Only a matter of time before the camera was hit.
Heck yah Curacao. Great win! Nice job wheels
Woooooow this is my dushi sweet and again Dushi Curaçao. Pabien
Thanks for the uploads @Wheels! Looking forward to the Championship tomorrow🤙
Rooting for Curaçao all the way, these kids are electric
Let's goooo.. so proud of the boys of our small island🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼
curacao team was like a school of sharks today!
8:06 this is the kind of chaos that makes little league fun
Honestly did not expect curaçao to win very glad they did tho 😊
Chinese Taipei, got there own "Sate ku batata" served, lage nek, 🇨🇼Curacao ta master🇨🇼
I am shocked I thought Chinese Taipai would get to the finals. Cudos to Curacao
Curacao coaches is on another level,great energy
SOLID outing by Curacao pitcher 👍
I really like Helmir's pitching mechanics. Looks alot like Alrodis
What I thought too
Dontrelle willis
Smooth mechanics
It does except he’s a little bit more lanky than aroldis
look ya'll.. the level of talent the kids have today at 12 compared to when I was that age is astronomical. it's incredible how brilliant and solid these kids play baseball today. absolutely incredible.
When I was play the game we call that shoot the door. ( dal e porta sera) God bless those children.
1:33 Only the 5th walk in the entire LLWS by Chinese Taipei 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 That is an insane accomplishment!! Hopefully the rest of the highlights isn’t flooded with walks lol Hats off to all these kids 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@7:00 😂 I see what you did there LoL. Thanks for all the great content 🤙
Wow, Chinese Taipei had played flawlessly the whole time. Ended up showing they are "human" in the end. They looked like they were gonna blow through the tournament like Hawaii did last year.
If you know enough about baseball then…there’s always upsets in baseball tournaments, but take nothing away the Curaçao team, well drilled, great baseball IQ and they all know where they are and what their trying to win. International champions✅ 👍🥇🎉
Congrats to Pabao LL from Curaçao. This is now this LL fifth international championship title (2004, 2005, 2019, 2022, and 2023). They’ve only won one world championship but I believe they can pull off another tomorrow.
Best team to watch this tournament as each game was close and competitive.
Third international Championship in a row! 2019 - Pandemic - 2022 - 2023
Chinese Taipei #17 never dies
Tiebreaker?? They went undefeated straight to the finals, we had to hustle another game to make it, using more pitchers, we came back stronger to win it and now you want to tell me that you want a tie breaker while you was sitting on top waiting in the finals? come on man, they don’t have to cry the was good but I guess when it matters the most Curacao comes always through tho, I really love my Island and the kids grinding out there for their opportunity to shine in the game they love to play, these kids are history makers and we are all proud of them the whole Island ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼
Not how double elimination works my guy. Every double elimination tournament. Losers bracket team has to win twice. That’s how it’s always worked
@@jacksonrusconi6270but this was a final game this wasn’t a quarter or semi final game, where do you see that they play a final game twice? Double elimination is road to the finals but final has to be one game, we had to beat Mexico to get there, Chinese Taipei beated everyone so if you can avoid double elimination is better, they needed to win 9-1 today not the other game
@@jdljnsnhthat’s never how it works in any double elimination tournament finals or not doesn’t matter. The tournament is always double elimination. There usually is and should be no special rules for the finals. Every tournament I played as a kid was like that
He is right every double elimination tournament is always double even if the team gets to the finals undefeated. Llws only place I've ever seen it done 1 and done for finals.
@@jacksonrusconi6270 oke I guess I’m wrong I do not now how it is over there but everyone already knows that international championship is one game so you have to win it and they still didn’t with and they was the most hyped team in the international side
I’m here to give everyone shit that thought Taiwan was unbeatable. Including myself. 😂
Great Win Guys!!!!
10:52 Yes. Wat een zucht. Tremendo. GREAT JOB Lefty
CURACAO CLUTCH UP LESS GOOOO
I really do not like the elimination rules. AP won 9-1 vs this team and was undefeated. Then lose 2-0 and are immediately eliminated. Why not have a tie breaker? That would be fair. Same thing could happen to Texas as well.
cry more
That’s not fair, cause finals is finals and you can’t play finals twice, you just gotta win when it matters the most, and Curaçao was well prepared for this one just like last year. If you are really the best one you must show that in the finals too 😉
Win when it matters the most is not easy I guess 😏
@@jdljnsnh I totally agree! Thats why they have wild card teams in the MLB and a lot of times they have won the chip too
Everything has its own rules thats just how it is, to be good you have to win the Championships. You can have as much wins as you like but still lose the Championship to a team with some losses
Good “wheels” haha I saw that 7:00
Lets get the SHIP Curacao 9:49. Let's go. We are waiting for that championSHIP
精彩的比賽，都很厲害👍🏻
Well deserved!
Team Taiwan!!! 🇹🇼
I’ve seen Comments about Taiwan losing last year because they didn’t bring in there Ace but this Year it’s on Taiwan to bring in there Ace and make shocking Mistakes on the field that cost them this game if Taiwan didn’t bring in there Ace this game it would have been a whole different game but Congratulations to Curacao 🇨🇼 winning moving on to the Finals
Doubt it, Taiwan couldn't hit Curacao pitcher today. He threw a gem.
@@darklordojedathat’s what I mean it was a tight game
@@mcrobinson6375 did taiwans starting pitcher get pulled for pitch count?
Hawaii SMOKED CURACAO 😅
Last year championship game
Curaçao centerfielder Acosta reminds me of Julio Rodrigues from the mariners.
6:16 that camera shattered like powder 😲😲😲
Thank you Wheels 😊
Imo they should reset the pitch counts/rest rules (so every pitcher is eligible for 85) for the final and then play a second game if the team from losers side wins, because that's how a double elimination tournament works, not that you get an advantage because your pitchers can still pitch in exchange for it being 1 and done for you if you're undefeated. Anyway congrats to Curacao, I hope they win since they were so close last year
I mean but the pitchers arm could get fried without the 85 pitch count. A lot of the good pitchers in the past who pitched 6 or 9 innings straight didn’t do much afterwards
That CT starter is going to be gross in the majors one day. 🔥
Rematch between the west region and curaçao
I think the gap from last year has closed significantly.
Will be competitive.
I was just looking for this, thank you
Definitely thought Chinese Taipei was the favorite to win the whole thing and the matchup I thought would be the final Texas vs Chinese Taipei is now the 3rd place game! Chinese Taipei caved in a couple big moments and Curacao powered through, credit to them.
All the HATERS wanting Curacao to get blown out after the Mexico game where you at?
😂 I was hoping someone would bring up the bigoted comments after they beat Mexico. I am going back to the comment section of that vid. I remember vividly what they were saying.
Wait who was wanting Curacao to get blown out? Are they in the other games comment section? I have noticed the racism from a few foreign teams towards one another and that’s a shame
Misspelled Taiwan.
Everybody wants to know what we would do if we didnt win
I guess we'll never know🗣
🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼
You snuck in the Wheels logo when he said wheels ILY
Wow I did not expect this
never seen a team in the LLWS as scrappy as Curaçao. Facing giants like Taiwan and California and competing the way they did is insane. Those kids can play
Curaçao has been great for a few years now. But it still should be a true "double elimination" tournament.
Haven’t curaçao technically won the international three times in a row?
Yes and Curacao Senior league won the world championship this year too
2019, 2022 and 2023
Yes we did! We have been the International Champion for a while now 😋
@@TheBestOfMaya07 same team that unfortunately lost to Louisiana as well
Great job Curaçao!
庫拉索很會玩小球，如果明年遇到要小心
They're all champions.
#13 was tagged out at 2nd when he lifted his foot 1:35
Mistake by TPE to take out their starter. Got greedy thinking they would be able to use him again in the World Series against USA team. Props to CUW
They subbed in their best pitcher, if anything they wanted to seal the deal.
I thought it was a HUGE mistake bringing Fan in to start the 4th inning. The starter had a no hitter plus the Curaçao batters looked helpless at the plate. Also, LL needs to find better home plate umps for at least the championship games. Every kid in both teams shouldn’t need to stand on the chalk just to have a chance at getting the bat on a pitch in the other batters box.