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Little League World Series Winners Must Be Getting Tons Of **** Right Now
September 2, 2011 |



WILLIAMSPORT, PA???After defeating a Japanese team 2-1 to win the Little League World Series, the 12-year-old champions from Huntington Beach, CA are, without a doubt, up to their ears in ****, sources reported Friday. ???They win the biggest game on the biggest stage???there???s no way they???re leaving the house without wading hip-deep in trim,??? said LLWS color commentator Orel Hershiser, adding that every member of the team is probably getting his own wet right now. ???The second a woman finds out she???s talking to a Little League World Series champ, she gets all flushed and will basically do anything. I???m talking the nastiest of stuff. With all that puss in their faces, I just hope those kids can breathe.??? Current major-league player and former Little League World Series winner Jason Varitek told reporters he got more **** after winning the 1984 championship than at any other point in his life, and said the kids should just enjoy it while it lasts.

When the MLB umpires established the new union after that failed resignation attempt they all came under the power of the Commissioner's Office. One of the offices of the commisioner office is Vice President of Umpiring.......I believe that is still Ralph Nelson.

Under Nelson there is a director of umpire administration, Tom Lepperd; a director of umpire evaluation, Phil Janssen; and a special assistant, Marty Springstead. There are three supervisors in (retired MLB umpires) Frank Pulli, Larry Barnett and Steve Palermo.

They also have a lot of part-time evaluators and observers. The supervisors spend the season traveling around the country, evaluating the current Major League crews and scouting the minor leagues for up-and-coming talent.

QuesTec continues to be used to grade umpires but will not be the only system for evaluation. If an umpire meets ball-and-strike standards under QuesTec, no other system will be used.

(This is where the umpires union chimed in)

But if an umpire falls below QuesTec standards, his performance will be analyzed by the other means - videotape analysis of his strike zone, live observation by umpiring supervisors - to determine his status. (demoted or released)

They state that there is a constant emphasis on evaluation. As we both know MLB, is the only one of the four major professional leagues that doesn't use television replay aid its officials.

The aftermath of calls, the arguements, ejections and ensuing fracases -- are all written up in reports and reviewed by the Commissioner's Office.

The result of all this evaluation is post season assignments.....Thirty-six of MLB's 68 full-time umpires worked during the postseason and drew their assignments based on regular-season evaluations. The umps with the best reviews are supposed to be rewarded with postseason work.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

Richard Dawkins

Yeah, and if the Twins had let Nathan walk, you would have lead the chorus of loud-mouthed **** crying and belly-aching how small market owners are only in it for the buck and if not for the good 'ol Yankees and Red Sox these poor fellas couldn't even feed their families.

Yeah, it really makes a lot of sense to judge the value of Mauer's contract after two months. And you can blow on about Hunter's great OPS, but .225/4/22 sucks in all universes and he ain't getting any younger or I seriously doubt better.

Yes, the Twins do suck big time this year. But no, at $18mil, the Angles can keep Hunter.

$18mil for .225/4/22? Eh, I guess if you say so. And congrats on your one game below .500 record. But I guess if you play in the joke AL west with the A's, M's and division leading 23-23 Rangers, I guess that's good enough.

Maybe not. But it matters as least as much as "the Dallas Cowboys quarterback...appointment at the altar "

Stripper, hookers and porn stars, that's who.

Hope Torri is working out well for you guys.

Love

Twins Fan

Boob jobs...work of the Devil or a little enhancement on God's creation. Pro or Con?

Boob job?

Wow. The Chicago Tribune writing a blurb on how other teams are "going to load up to make a run at Albert Pujols." Thanks T&R for providing us this piece of quality journalism. And while you're at it get rid of the ****'em spam.

Pirates new motto "Nowhere to go but up."

spam-a??lanche^^^^

"DeRosa's value to the club cannot be measured on the stat sheet alone."

$12mil for "grit" "leadership" and "fortitude"?

Can't win 'em all.

Nothing is more discouraging than unappreciated sarcasm.

I would love to see what the NY media would do to Liriano and his 2-5 W-L & 7.07 ERA

Do something about the wretched middle infield and the bullpen. It's long past time to dump Francisco Liriano and Kevin Slowey. The management can't do anything about Mauer, Morneau, and Young missing time to the DL and Cuddyer having a sheety season. I agree that Butera should be nothing more than a one a week fill-in. To have him starting daily is a joke. Thomie is a great guy but is doing nothing more then wasting AB's while trying to get to 600 HR's.

SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!