What is your opinion of the little league world series?

Question

a great display of young kids playing a game they love that will generate interest in the game?

espn taking advantage of 12 year old kids to make a lot of money?

overexposure of young kids on tv?

more than one of these?

personally i only think number 1 applies, even though i have heard claims 2 and 3 from detractors of the event...it's a great spectacle and allows all young kids to have some sort of dream, and the experience is one that will stay forever...and of course espn wants to make money off this, they're a company and that's what they're supposed to do, it wouldn't be on tv if no one watched...and as for exposing young kids on tv, i'm sure they don't want to make their families look foolish, and besides they are mostly 12 and 13 year olds and aren't total idiots, one would hope

thoughts?

Answer 1

In my opinion, It completely sucks. When I was 12 & 13, I played on a field that had 250 ft fences and I was playing against kids that were a few years older than me. I played Jr. High Baseball on The 8th Grade team when I was 13 and dominated and when I was 12, I played on one of the best 7th grade teams in the state.  There are better kids out there that don't get to play in these games, because summer teams in their area are not good enough to advance that far and one person can't carry a team in baseball.  Also they are getting too much attention and publicity. And people also think they have lots of potential because of their size at an early age.  Well It's not always that way, some people grow to be 5ft 9in at age 12 and stop growing, and others keep growing, but size doesn't matter anyways in the game of baseball.  The Little League World Series is bull ****.  

Answer 2

Its either they strike out or they homer. Gets a little boring.

Answer 3

exploitation of today's youth, to make money for abc/espn, & llws!!!!!!!!!  

Answer 4

12 and 13 yr olds in lil cute baseball uniforms. Whats not to love?

But its getting really expensive to pay off their parents

Answer 5

I hate it. It's not even baseball. I played in a World Series when I was 13, in Monterey, California. It was not televised nationally, and it was not babied.

There are all these restrictions on pitchers with pitch counts, innings, every player has to get so many at-bats per game.

There are no lead-offs, no drop thirds.

I totally loathe this LLWS.

I wish the actual Bronco World Series would be televised instead, the much better 13 yr olds actually playing the game it was meant to be.

Answer 6

i think it's a great that young kids are doing what they love but little league hardly ever gets any attention. people don't think kids can play and stick with watching Pro baseball