I caught the end of the Little League World Series last night. I haven’t really paid much attention since 2002, when a team from Louisville won the whole thing.
This final pitted Hawaii against Curacao. Hawaii came out of the U.S.’s Northwest bracket, which tells you that the Little League officials might want to brush up on their geography.
The Hawaiian pitcher sported bleached blond curls down past his shoulders. You could see the dark roots under his baseball cap. Why do people think that look is appealing? And why do parents let their preteens dye their hair in the first place? Good thing Little League has toughened up on checking age documentation, because this boy and at least one other player had more hair on their upper lips than my 20 year old son could hope for.
That said, it was a very exciting game. The U.S. was down 6-3 in the 6th (which is normally the final inning in Little League). They managed to tie it up, then Blondie put down the Curacao batters 1-2-3 in the top of the 7th. Hawaii won it with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the inning.
So, congratulations to West Oahu for bringing back the championship to the U.S. for the first time in 3 years! I suggest that the team celebrate this great win by shaving the pitcher’s head.
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I take it you don’t like long hair on Guys, I thought that They looked a bit young to have the hair on their upper lip! but I’m glad that they won,
I am ROFL at how you think the team should celebrate! That’s TTF!
We’re sort of sad around here that our little guys from Vista (just north of San Diego) didn’t win it all, but they sure had a good run and they did come in 3rd, which is not shabby at all!
I’ll tell you why the parents let their pre-teens dye their hair. They’ve decided not to sweat the small stuff. Now tatoos, earrings – those are the things to go to war over.
We used to let our kid dye his hair. The way we saw it, hair grows out and can be re-dyed, and it was a battle worth letting him win; he felt a little rebellious and kinda cool in his friends eyes, and we were able to say ok to the hair (but no shaved heads, as we didn’t want him mistaken for a skinhead,) but no tattoos or the ilk until he was over 18.
He had the facial hair early, too… didn’t look much older, just looked his age with a hairy face. Which at 12, is kinda odd in an amusing sort of way
I hear you girl about that hair. But we do have to pick our battles don’t we?
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