2007 Little League World Series

Children's baseball tournament Little_League_World_Series_official_logo_2007.gif August 17–August 26 16 Warner Robins American Little LeagueUSAGeorgia (U.S. state) Warner Robins, Georgia Tokyo Kitasuna Little LeagueJPN Tokyo, Japan 2006 2008 thumb|250px|Warner Robins, Georgia Little League team, champions of the 2007 Little League World Series. The 2007 Little League World Series was a baseball tournament held August 17 through August 26 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed to decide the winner of the 61st installment of the Little League World Series. On August 26, the U.S. champion from Warner Robins, Georgia, defeated the international champion from Tokyo, Japan, 3–2 in 8 innings, on a walk-off home run by Dalton Carriker. This was the second straight year that a team from Georgia won the championship. The series was marked by dramatic finishes. The championship final was the third elimination game in the tournament to end with a walk-off homer. In the international bracket, one of the semifinals ended with the team from Willemstad, Curaçao, defeating the team from Maracaibo, Venezuela, on a three-run, come-from-behind walk-off shot in the 7th inning. The Curaçao team became the victim of a come-from-behind walk-off grand slam in the international final two days later. The tournament was televised on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. Games were held in the two stadiums located at Little League headquarters in South Williamsport: Howard J. Lamade Stadium — the main stadium, opened in 1959, with seating for 10,000 in the stands and hillside terrace seating for up to 30,000 more Little League Volunteer Stadium — a newer facility, opened in 2001, that seats slightly over 5,000, primarily in the stands Groups Qualification for the 2007 Little League World Series Between five and sixteen teams competed in regional tournaments to progress to the Little League World Series, which varied from straight-knockout competitions (Japan) to the group/elimination format used in the United States. 2007 was the first year that Japan received its own regional playoff, with the Asia (Japan's former home) and Pacific regions merging to create the new Asia-Pacific group. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Massachusetts Walpole, MassachusettsNew England RegionWalpole American Little League Maryland Salisbury, MarylandMid-Atlantic RegionWest Salisbury Little League Curaçao Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean RegionPabao Little League Baja California Mexicali, Baja CaliforniaMEX Mexico RegionSeguro Social Little League Oregon Lake Oswego, OregonNorthwest RegionLake Oswego Little League Arizona Chandler, ArizonaWest RegionChandler National Little League Tokyo TokyoJPN Japan RegionTokyo Kitasuna Little League TPE Taichung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)Asia-Pacific RegionLi-Shing Little League Georgia (U.S. state) Warner Robins, GeorgiaSoutheast RegionWarner Robins American Little League Texas Lubbock, TexasSouthwest RegionLubbock Western Little League British Columbia Surrey, British ColumbiaCAN Canada RegionWhite Rock/South Surrey Little League NED Apeldoorn, NetherlandsEurope, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) RegionWindmills Little League Ohio Hamilton, OhioGreat Lakes RegionWest Side Little League Minnesota 1983 Coon Rapids, MinnesotaMidwest RegionCoon Rapids National Little League SAU Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaTransatlantic RegionArabian American Little League VEN Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America RegionLa Victoria Little League Taiwan participates under the name Chinese Taipei in many sporting events, including Little League Baseball (LLB). Results Results of the 2007 Little League World Series Pool play The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 26 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while the remaining teams were eliminated. Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie for first place, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio is ranked first and advances. Second place is determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie is for 2nd place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule is used. The team with the lowest run ratio advances, the other two teams are eliminated. United States +Pool A Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 Georgia (U.S. state) Southeast 2–1 15 0.8822 Oregon Northwest 2–1 10 0.588 3 Massachusetts New England 1–2 11 0.647 4 Ohio Great Lakes 1–2 11 0.647 +Pool B Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 Texas Southwest 2–0 1 0.083 2 Arizona West 2–1 13 0.722 3 Minnesota 1983 Midwest 1–2 18 1.000 4 Maryland Mid-Atlantic 0–2 20 1.667 All times US EDT PoolHomeScoreAwayScoreTime (Venue) August 17AOhio Great Lakes2Massachusetts New England32:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)AGeorgia (U.S. state) Southeast9Oregon Northwest48:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 18BMaryland Mid-Atlantic6Arizona West163:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)BTexas Southwest6Minnesota 1983 Midwest06:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)AOhio Great Lakes10Georgia (U.S. state) Southeast28:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 19BArizona West1Texas Southwest5Noon (Volunteer Stadium)AOregon Northwest1Massachusetts New England03:30 pm (Lamade Stadium)BMaryland Mid-Atlantic3Minnesota 1983 Midwest48:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 21AOhio Great Lakes1Oregon Northwest63:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 22AMassachusetts New England1Georgia (U.S. state) Southeast811:00 am (Volunteer Stadium)The Southeast vs. New England game started at 6:00 pm EDT on August 21, and was suspended due to rain with two outs in the top of the 2nd inning with Southeast leading 2–0. The game was resumed at 11:00 am on August 22.BArizona West9Minnesota 1983 Midwest24:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)BTexas SouthwestMaryland Mid-AtlanticCanceledcanceled Due to rain, two games that would have had no effect on pool standings were canceled in order to allow other games to be played: Southwest vs. Mid-Atlantic in Pool B and Japan vs. Transatlantic in Pool C. However, the games counted in determining pitching eligibility. International +Pool C Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 JPN Japan 2–0 4 0.333 2 Curaçao Caribbean 2–1 12 0.667 3 CAN Canada 1–2 18 1.059 4 SAU Saudi Arabia 0–2 15 1.500 +Pool D Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 VEN Latin America 3–0 4 0.222 2 TPE Asia-Pacific 2–1 5 0.300 3 MEX Mexico 1–2 16 1.000 4 NED EMEA 0–3 43 3.909 All times US EDT PoolHomeScoreAwayScoreTime (Venue) August 17CCuraçao Caribbean3JPN Japan104:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)DVEN Latin America2TPE Asia-Pacific16:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 18CSAU Saudi Arabia5CAN Canada1311:00 am (Lamade Stadium)DMEX Mexico11 (F/4)NED EMEA11:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 19DNED EMEA1TPE Asia-Pacific11 (F/5)4:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)CSAU Saudi Arabia0Curaçao Caribbean27:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 21CCAN Canada1JPN Japan71:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)DNED EMEA2VEN Latin America21 (F/4)4:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 22DTPE Asia-Pacific4MEX Mexico2Noon (Lamade Stadium)CCuraçao Caribbean6CAN Canada22:00 pm* (Volunteer Stadium)CJPN JapanSAU Saudi ArabiaCanceledcanceledDVEN Latin America11MEX Mexico17:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) Elimination round August 23 – Noon - Volunteer (F/7) VEN Latin America 2 CUR Caribbean 4 August 23 – 5:00 pm - Volunteer (F/10) JPN Japan 4 TPE Asia-Pacific 3 August 23 – 3:00 pm - Lamade Texas Southwest 8 Oregon Northwest 2 August 23 – 7:30 pm - Lamade (F/5) Georgia (U.S. state) Southeast 16 Arizona West 6 August 25 – 12:30 pm - Lamade CUR Caribbean 4 JPN Japan 7 August 25 – 3:30 pm - Lamade Texas Southwest 2 Georgia (U.S. state) Southeast 5 August 26 – 3:30 pm - Lamade (F/8) JPN Japan 2 United States of AmericaGeorgia (U.S. state) Southeast 3 August 26 – Noon - Volunteer CUR Caribbean 0 United States of AmericaTexas Southwest 1 2007 Little League World Series Champions100px|border|United States 88px|border|GeorgiaWarner Robins American Little LeagueWarner Robins, Georgia Television coverage For the first time, all 32 games of the tournament, from the opening pitch to the final out, were scheduled for a live telecast in the United States. All but one of the broadcasts were to be on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC. (The remaining game, the August 19 Pabao vs. Arabian-American game, was to be shown online on ESPN360, then shown the next day on ESPN2, but the rebroadcast on ESPN2 was canceled and replaced by live coverage of the rain-delayed NASCAR 3M Performance 400, and part of the game was shown live on ESPN due to a rain delay in the scheduled St. Louis Cardinals-Chicago Cubs game). ABC was to have its most comprehensive coverage ever, with games on both weekend days in the preliminary rounds, as well as both semifinals and the championship game for a total of five games. ESPN had 15 games scheduled for broadcast, while ESPN2 had 11. A number of games (yet to be announced) were to be shown in high-definition. The expanded coverage was part of a new eight-year contract between ESPN, Inc. and the Little League organization that started with this series. No international broadcast plans were available, but possible outlets included ESPN International and TSN (Canada). Although the Western region champion came from the Phoenix media market, its local affiliate, KNXV, did not show Chandler's first round-robin game on August 18. Instead, ESPN interrupted its normal feed on Cox Communications and other local cable providers to air the game live in that area. KNXV was then to show the game on tape delay at 4:30 p.m. local time. Similarly, the game was also not seen on KTRK-TV in Houston, ironically an owned and operated station. Both KTRK and KNXV instead showed the National Football League preseason game between the Houston Texans and the Arizona Cardinals. Rules change The 2007 Series was the first to feature a new rule limiting a pitcher to 85 pitches a game and extending rest periods. Little League Baseball hoped that the rule would diminish stress put on pitchers' arms.Genaro C Armas World Series Arms Race on Hold New York Daily News 58 2007-08-12 The rest requirements are as follows:New pitch-count rules have changed Series strategy 85 pitches1 - Maximum allowed for a single game 61 or more pitches - Three calendar days of rest. 41–60 pitches - Two calendar days of rest. 21–40 pitches - One calendar day of rest. 20 pitches or fewer - No rest required. 1 If a pitcher reaches the limit while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until that batter reaches base or is out. Noteworthy events Notable sportsmanship The walk off home run by Dalton Carriker that won Warner Robins the LLWS was followed by the team coming over to embrace and comfort the losing Tokyo team. This event was given considerable press coverageLittle Leaguers find spotlight brings demands, responsibilitieshttp://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7555470 FOX Sports on MSN - MLB 2008-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20071229122129/http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7555470 2007-12-29 dead and was considered a breath of fresh air in a summer that saw the spotlight focused on the misdoings of Michael Vick and Barry Bonds.http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695209242/Little-kids-made-it-a-moving-moment.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121010210437/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695209242/Little-kids-made-it-a-moving-moment.html dead October 10, 2012 Little kids made it a moving moment Rock Brad September 12, 2007 Deseret News August 27, 2017 Measles outbreak One of the players on the runner-up Tokyo Kitasuna team was reported to have contracted measles before coming to Williamsport. The player, whose identity was not made public, contracted the virus from a sibling back in Japan in late July and was infectious while traveling. As a result, six people across three states were infected. The boy directly infected four people: a friend from Japan, an airport officer in Detroit, a woman who sat near the boy on the flight from Detroit to Baltimore, and a sales representative in Pennsylvania. The man subsequently infected two Houston-area college students."Multistate Measles Outbreak Associated with an International Youth Sporting Event --- Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas, August--September 2007" Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. February 22, 2008 / 57(07);169-173 Coon Rapids handshake incident Two players on the Coon Rapids, Minnesota club reportedly spit on their hands following their elimination from the tournament during pool play. Upon hearing of the incident, which took place as they got ready to shake hands with the victorious Chandler, Arizona, club and was televised throughout the US on ESPN, manager Mark Lowe apologized for the incident.MN Little League Club: Sorry For Spitting Players WCCO-TV http://wcco.com/local/local_story_237123725.html 2007-08-25 2007-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095759/http://wcco.com/local/local_story_237123725.html 2007-09-29 dead Notable players Cody Bellinger, a member of the 2007 Chandler North Little League team, became the first player from the 2007 LLWS to play in Major League Baseball, when he was called up by the Los Angeles Dodgers in April 2017. He was named National League Rookie of the Year that season and the National League MVP in 2019. Cooper Hummel, a member of the Lake Oswego team, currently plays on the Houston Astros. Champions path The Warner Robins American LL went undefeated on their road to the LLWS, winning all twelve of their games.http://www.unpage.org/georgia/ga-2007.htm Georgia State Tournament Results Unpage.com August 29, 2010http://www.unpage.org/southeast/ser-2007.htm Southeastern Region Tournament Unpage.com August 29, 2010 In total record was 17–1, their only loss coming against Hamilton West Side LL (from Ohio). RoundOppositionResultGeorgia State TournamentGroup StageGeorgia (U.S. state) Cedartown LL 10–0Group StageGeorgia (U.S. state) Decatur Belvedere LL 7–3Group StageGeorgia (U.S. state) Elbert County LL 17–6Group StageGeorgia (U.S. state) Toccoa National LL 22–4SemifinalsGeorgia (U.S. state) Oconee County American LL 9–2 (4 inn.)ChampionshipGeorgia (U.S. state) Buckhead Piedmont LL 6–3Southeast RegionalGroup StageAlabama Mobile Westside LL 6–5Group StageSouth Carolina Wren LL6–0Group StageTennessee Tullahoma American LL5–1SemifinalsVirginia SYA East LL3–2Southeast Region ChampionshipAlabama Mobile Westside LL10–9 Notes References External links 2007 official results via Wayback Machine Little League World Series Little League World Series Category:Little League World Series