2007 Little League World Series

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2007 Little League World Series
Little League World Series official logo 2007.gif
Tournament details
DatesAugust 17–August 26
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsWarner Robins American Little League
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Warner Robins, Georgia
Runner-upTokyo Kitasuna Little League
Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan
  2006
2008  
Warner Robins, Georgia Little League team, champions of the 2007 Little League World Series. Champions of the 2007 Little League World Series.jpg
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.

Contents

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:

Groups

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 APool BPool CPool D
Flag of Massachusetts.svg Walpole, Massachusetts
New England Region
Walpole American Little League
Flag of Maryland.svg Salisbury, Maryland
Mid-Atlantic Region
West Salisbury Little League
Flag of Curacao.svg Willemstad, Curaçao
Caribbean Region
Pabao Little League
Flag of Baja California.svg Mexicali, Baja California
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Region
Seguro Social Little League
Flag of Oregon.svg Lake Oswego, Oregon
Northwest Region
Lake Oswego Little League
Flag of Arizona.svg Chandler, Arizona
West Region
Chandler National Little League
Flag of Tokyo Metropolis.svg Tokyo
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Region
Tokyo Kitasuna Little League
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Taichung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Asia-Pacific Region
Li-Shing Little League
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Warner Robins, Georgia
Southeast Region
Warner Robins American Little League
Flag of Texas.svg Lubbock, Texas
Southwest Region
Lubbock Western Little League
Flag of British Columbia.svg Surrey, British Columbia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Region
White Rock/South Surrey Little League
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region
Windmills Little League
Flag of Ohio.svg Hamilton, Ohio
Great Lakes Region
West Side Little League
Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Midwest Region
Coon Rapids National Little League
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Transatlantic Region
Arabian American Little League
Flag of Venezuela.svg Maracaibo, Venezuela
Latin America Region
La Victoria Little League

Results

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
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedRun Ratio
1 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Southeast 2–1150.882
2 Flag of Oregon.svg Northwest 2–1100.588
3 Flag of Massachusetts.svg New England 1–2110.647
4 Flag of Ohio.svg Great Lakes 1–2110.647
Pool B
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedRun Ratio
1 Flag of Texas.svg Southwest 2–010.083
2 Flag of Arizona.svg West 2–1130.722
3 Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg Midwest 1–2181.000
4 Flag of Maryland.svg Mid-Atlantic 0–2201.667

All times US EDT

PoolHomeScoreAwayScoreTime (Venue)
August 17
A Flag of Ohio.svg Great Lakes 2 Flag of Massachusetts.svg New England 32:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
A Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Southeast 9 Flag of Oregon.svg Northwest 48:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 18
B Flag of Maryland.svg Mid-Atlantic 6 Flag of Arizona.svg West 163:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B Flag of Texas.svg Southwest 6 Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg Midwest 06:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
A Flag of Ohio.svg Great Lakes 10 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Southeast 28:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 19
B Flag of Arizona.svg West 1 Flag of Texas.svg Southwest 5Noon (Volunteer Stadium)
A Flag of Oregon.svg Northwest 1 Flag of Massachusetts.svg New England 03:30 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B Flag of Maryland.svg Mid-Atlantic 3 Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg Midwest 48:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 21
A Flag of Ohio.svg Great Lakes 1 Flag of Oregon.svg Northwest 63:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 22
A Flag of Massachusetts.svg New England 1 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Southeast 811:00 am (Volunteer Stadium) [a]
B Flag of Arizona.svg West 9 Flag of Minnesota (1983-2024).svg Midwest 24:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B Flag of Texas.svg Southwest Flag of Maryland.svg Mid-Atlantic Canceled [b]

International

Pool C
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedRun Ratio
1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–040.333
2 Flag of Curacao.svg Caribbean 2–1120.667
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1–2181.059
4 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0–2151.500
Pool D
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedRun Ratio
1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Latin America 3–040.222
2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Asia-Pacific 2–150.300
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1–2161.000
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg EMEA 0–3433.909

All times US EDT

PoolHomeScoreAwayScoreTime (Venue)
August 17
C Flag of Curacao.svg Caribbean 3 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 104:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D Flag of Venezuela.svg Latin America 2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Asia-Pacific 16:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 18
C Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1311:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
D Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 11 (F/4) Flag of the Netherlands.svg EMEA 11:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 19
D Flag of the Netherlands.svg EMEA 1 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Asia-Pacific 11 (F/5)4:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0 Flag of Curacao.svg Caribbean 27:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 21
C Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 71:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
D Flag of the Netherlands.svg EMEA 2 Flag of Venezuela.svg Latin America 21 (F/4)4:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 22
D Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Asia-Pacific 4 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2Noon (Lamade Stadium)
C Flag of Curacao.svg Caribbean 6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 22:00 pm* (Volunteer Stadium)
C Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Canceled [b]
D Flag of Venezuela.svg Latin America 11 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 17:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)

Elimination round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 23 – Noon - Volunteer (F/7)
 
 
Flag of Venezuela.svg Latin America 2
 
August 25 – 12:30 pm - Lamade
 
Flag of Curacao.svg Caribbean 4
 
Flag of Curacao.svg Caribbean4
 
August 23 – 5:00 pm - Volunteer (F/10)
 
Flag of Japan.svg Japan7
 
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4
 
August 26 – 3:30 pm - Lamade (F/8)
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Asia-Pacific 3
 
Flag of Japan.svg Japan2
 
August 23 – 3:00 pm - Lamade
 
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Southeast3
 
Flag of Texas.svg Southwest 8
 
August 25 – 3:30 pm - Lamade
 
Flag of Oregon.svg Northwest 2
 
Flag of Texas.svg Southwest2
 
August 23 – 7:30 pm - Lamade (F/5)
 
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Southeast5 Third place
 
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Southeast 16
 
August 26 – Noon - Volunteer
 
Flag of Arizona.svg West 6
 
Flag of Curacao.svg Caribbean0
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Texas.svg Southwest1
 
2007 Little League World Series Champions
Flag of the United States.svg   Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg
Warner Robins American Little League
Warner 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

1If 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 coverage [3] [4] 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. [5]

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. [6]

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. [7]

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. [8] [9] In total record was 17–1, their only loss coming against Hamilton West Side LL (from Ohio).

RoundOppositionResult
Georgia State Tournament
Group Stage Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Cedartown LL 10–0
Group Stage Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Decatur Belvedere LL 7–3
Group Stage Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Elbert County LL 17–6
Group Stage Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Toccoa National LL 22–4
Semifinals Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Oconee County American LL 9–2 (4 inn.)
Championship Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Buckhead Piedmont LL 6–3
Southeast Regional
Group Stage Flag of Alabama.svg Mobile Westside LL 6–5
Group Stage Flag of South Carolina.svg Wren LL 6–0
Group Stage Flag of Tennessee.svg Tullahoma American LL 5–1
Semifinals Flag of Virginia.svg SYA East LL 3–2
Southeast Region Championship Flag of Alabama.svg Mobile Westside LL 10–9

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 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.

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