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Awesome hearing Gary Thorne with the LLWS call here…yet he didn’t say his signature “GOODBYE HOMERUN” on Bellinger’s dinger. EDIT: there it is at 4:08 !
This is all very cool but the most accomplished athlete by far who ever played in the LLWS was Chris Drury. Chris threw a complete game five hitter and knocked in two runs to lead his team to the LLWS championship over Chines Taipei. A few months before he led his pee wee hockey team from Bridgeport Connecticut to a national championship. He went on to Boston university where his team won the Beanpot tournament All four years he was there. He won the Hobey baker award for the best college player. He also won The Calder trophy for rookie of the year in the NHL. Chris, won silver medals with team USA in two Olympics, and he also won a Stanley cup with the Colorado avalanche.
If you want to take any lessons about this, don't look for the 5'10" kid who is dominating because of his early maturity. Look for the 5'3" kid who is a stud. Those are the ones that are going to be elite once they get their full maturity when they are 18.
Keep on laughing. Look up Chris Drury, who had won the the little league World Series, then went to have a career in the NHL, being one of the best American-born players of his time
