2010 Little League World Series

The 2010 Little League World Series was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 20 and ended on August 29. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 64th edition of the Little League World Series. In the championship game, the international champions from Tokyo, Japan, defeated the United States champions from Waipahu, Hawaii. It was the seventh championship for Japan overall, and the first since 2003.

2010 Little League World Series
Tournament details
DatesAugust 20–August 29
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsEdogawa Minami Little League
Japan Tokyo, Japan
Runner-upWaipio Little League
United StatesHawaii Waipahu, Hawaii
← 2009
2011 →

Activision released a video game in advance of the event, Little League World Series Baseball 2010.

Tournament changes

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Japan vs. Mexico in a Pool C game

On April 14, 2010, Little League announced[1] that starting in 2010, round robin play would be replaced by a double-elimination bracket in each pool. The winners of each pool will advance to single elimination US and International Championship games and the winners of those games will advance to the World Championship game. Every team will play a minimum of three games: the four teams that lose their first two games will cross over and play special US vs. International games.

On August 2, 2010, it was announced that instant replay would be expanded. The system, which was first used in 2008, now includes force outs, tags along the base paths, missed bases, and hit batters as plays that are subject to review. Previously, only plays in which a dead ball would have resulted were able to be reviewed. Additionally, team managers are now allowed to challenge plays if the umpires have not already called for a replay. Before losing the right to challenge, managers are allowed only one unsuccessful challenge in the first six innings of a game, as well as one unsuccessful challenge in extra innings. Challenges must be made after the play in question and before the next pitch. A "replay team" located in an office at Howard J. Lamade Stadium will judge all plays under review.[2][3][4] The first challenge in LLWS history that resulted in an original ruling being overturned occurred on August 21, the second day of the tournament.[5] Prior to the championship game, instant replay had been used 16 times with 8 calls being overturned while the other 8 were upheld. The average amount of time needed for all reviews was 52 seconds.[6]

Teams

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Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
  Hamilton, Ohio
Great Lakes Region
West Side Little League
  Plymouth, Minnesota
Midwest Region
Plymouth/New Hope Little League
  Manati, Puerto Rico
Caribbean Region
Jose M. Rodriguez Little League
  Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Asia-Pacific Region
Fu-Hsing Little League
  Toms River, New Jersey
Mid-Atlantic Region
Toms River National Little League
  Fairfield, Connecticut
New England Region
Fairfield American Little League
  Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Europe Region
KMC American Little League
  Vancouver, British Columbia
  Canada Region
Little Mountain Little League
  Columbus, Georgia
Southeast Region
Columbus Northern Little League
  Auburn, Washington
Northwest Region
Auburn Little League
  Tokyo, Japan
  Japan Region
Edogawa Minami Little League
  Chitré, Panama
Latin America Region
Chitré Little League
  Waipahu, Hawaii
West Region
Waipio Little League
  Pearland, Texas
Southwest Region
Pearland White Little League
  Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
  Mexico Region
Oriente Little League
  Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
MEA Region
Arabian American Little League

Results

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United States

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Pool A

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Games 1–3Games 4–5Games 6–7
-  Ohio16
-  New Jersey6
W1  Ohio0
W2  Georgia6
-  Georgia6
-  Hawaii2
W4  Georgia45
W5  Hawaii712
Lower round 1Lower final
W3  Hawaii6
L1  New Jersey1L4  Ohio4
L2  Hawaii3

Pool B

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Games 1–3Games 4–5Games 6–7
-  Connecticut3
-  Washington1
W1  Connecticut1
W2  Texas (F/4)14
-  Minnesota8
-  Texas10
W4  Texas47
W5  Washington75
Lower round 1Lower final
W3  Washington9
L1  Washington5L4  Connecticut5
L2  Minnesota2

International

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Pool C

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Games 1–3Games 4–5Games 6–7
-  Puerto Rico (F/4)11
-  Germany0
W1  Puerto Rico2
W2  Japan7
-  Japan4
-  Mexico2
W4  Japan3
W5  Mexico2
Lower round 1Lower final
W3  Mexico4
L1  Germany2L4  Puerto Rico2
L2  Mexico11

Pool D

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Games 1–3Games 4–5Games 6–7
-  Panama2
-  Canada4
W1  Canada0
W2  Chinese Taipei (F/4)23
-  Chinese Taipei (F/4)18
-  Saudi Arabia0
W4  Chinese Taipei5
W5  Panama1
Lower round 1Lower final
W3  Panama4
L1  Panama (F/4)13L4  Canada2
L2  Saudi Arabia0

Crossover games

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Teams that lost their first two games played a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games were labeled Game A and Game B. This provided teams who were already eliminated the opportunity to play a third game.

 
Game A
 
  
 
August 23 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
  Minnesota1
 
 
  Germany2
 
 
Game B
 
  
 
August 24 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
  New Jersey10
 
 
  Saudi Arabia0
 

Championship games

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Int'l and US championshipsLLWS championship
 
      
 
August 28 – 1:00 pm EDT - Lamade
 
 
  Japan (F/7)3
 
August 29 – 3:00 pm EDT - Lamade
 
  Chinese Taipei2
 
  Japan4
 
August 28 – 4:40 pm EDT - Lamade
 
   Hawaii1
 
  Hawaii 10
 
 
  Texas0
 
Consolation game
 
 
August 29 – 11:00 am EDT - Lamade
 
 
  Chinese Taipei14
 
 
  Texas2
2010 Little League World Series Champions
 
Edogawa Minami Little League

Tokyo, Japan

Champions path

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The Edogawa Minami LL reached the LLWS with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie.[7] In total, their record was 13–1–1, their only loss coming against Musashi-Fuchu.

Round Opposition Result
All-Tokyo Tournament
Opening Round Meguro Higahi LL 10–0
Winner's Bracket Round 2 Tokyo Kitasuna LL 7–3
Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals Tokyo Johoku LL 7–4
Winner's Bracket Semifinals Musashi-Fuchu LL 3–5
Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals Itabashi LL 5–3
Round-Robin Playoff Tokyo Kitasuna LL 7–7
Round-Robin Playoff Musashi-Fuchu LL 6–2
Japan Regional
Opening Round Tokyo Nakanyo LL 9–3
Quarterfinals Iida LL 25–4
Semifinals Hamamatsu Minami LL 2–0
Japan Championship Hirosaki Aomori LL 8–4

References

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  1. ^ "Format Change Coming To Little League Baseball World Series in 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. ^ Associated Press (August 2, 2010). "Replay expanded for Little League WS". ESPN. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  3. ^ Communications Division (2 August 2010). "Video Replay to be Expanded at Little League Baseball World Series". Little League. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Video Replay at the Little League Baseball World Series – 2010" (PDF). Little League. August 2, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  5. ^ "Jacob Jones has 2 HRs, 5 RBIs". ESPN. August 21, 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  6. ^ Associated Press (August 29, 2010). "LLWS officials happy with instant replay". ESPN. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  7. ^ "Japan Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
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