2009 Little League World Series

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2009 Little League World Series
Little League World Series official logo 2009.jpg
Tournament details
DatesAugust 21–August 30
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsPark View Little League
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of California.svg Chula Vista, California
Runners-upKuei-Shan Little League
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taoyuan County, Taiwan
2008
2010

The 2009 Little League World Series was the 63rd edition of the championship tournament for Little League baseball, held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, from August 21 through August 30, 2009. Eight teams from the United States and eight from the rest of the world competed in the tournament. In the championship game, the United States champions, from Chula Vista, California, defeated the international champions from Taoyuan County, Taiwan. This was the first tournament in which a team representing Chinese Taipei reached the championship game since 1996, and the first championship for a team from the state of California since 1993.

Contents

Activision released a video game in advance of the event, Little League World Series Baseball 2009 .

Teams

Pool APool BPool CPool D
Flag of New York.svg Staten Island, New York
Mid-Atlantic Region
South Shore National Little League
Flag of Massachusetts.svg Peabody, Massachusetts
New England Region
Peabody Western Little League
Flag of Curacao.svg Willemstad, Curaçao
Caribbean Region
Pabao Little League
Flag of Germany.svg Kaiserslautern, Germany
Europe Region
KMC American Little League
Flag of Washington.svg Mercer Island, Washington
Northwest Region
Mercer Island Little League
Flag of California.svg Chula Vista, California
West Region
Park View Little League
Flag of Chiba.svg Chiba City, Chiba
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Region
Chiba City Little League
Flag of Tamaulipas.svg Reynosa, Tamaulipas
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Region
Guadalupe Trevino Kelly Little League
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Warner Robins, Georgia
Southeast Region
Warner Robins American Little League
Flag of Texas.svg San Antonio, Texas
Southwest Region
McAllister Park American Little League
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
MEA Region
Arabian American Little League
Flag of British Columbia.svg East Vancouver, British Columbia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Region
Hastings Community Little League
Flag of Iowa.svg Urbandale, Iowa
Midwest Region
Urbandale East Little League
Flag of Kentucky.svg Russellville, Kentucky
Great Lakes Region
Logan County/Russellville Little League
Flag of Venezuela.svg Maracaibo, Venezuela
Latin America Region
Coquivacoa Little League
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Asia-Pacific Region
Kuei-Shan Little League

Results

Pool play

Howard J. Lamade Stadium during the 2009 Little league World Series Little League World Series and Lamade Stadium.JPG
Howard J. Lamade Stadium during the 2009 Little league World Series

The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 30 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while the remaining teams were eliminated.

Ties were 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 was 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 was ranked first and advanced. Second place was determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie was for second place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule was used. The team with the lowest run ratio advanced; the other two teams were eliminated. [1]

United States

Pool A
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedDefensive InningsRun Ratio
1 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia 3–08180.444
2 Flag of New York.svg New York 2–111180.611
3 Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa 1–222181.222
4 Flag of Washington.svg Washington 0–318181.000
Pool B
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedDefensive InningsRun Ratio
1 Flag of Texas.svg Texas 3–04160.250
2 Flag of California.svg California 2–16170.353
3 Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts 1–227171.588
4 Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky 0–339133.000

All times US EDT.

PoolAwayScoreHomeScoreTime (Venue)
August 21
A Flag of New York.svg New York 10 Flag of Washington.svg Washington 21:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
A Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia 11 Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa 35:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
B Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts 1 Flag of Texas.svg Texas 108:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 22
A Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia 6 Flag of New York.svg New York 33:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky 0 Flag of California.svg California 15(F/5)8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 23
A Flag of Washington.svg Washington 3 Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa 5Noon (Lamade Stadium)
B Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky 0 Flag of Texas.svg Texas 12(F/4)2:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
B Flag of California.svg California 14 Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts 06:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 24
A Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia 3 Flag of Washington.svg Washington 24:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
A Flag of New York.svg New York 8 Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa 38:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 25
B Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky 3 Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts 124:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
B Flag of Texas.svg Texas 6 Flag of California.svg California 38:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)

International

Pool C
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedDefensive InningsRun Ratio
1 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao 3–015180.833
2 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–118181.000
3 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1–29160.813
4 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 0–312160.750
Pool D
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedDefensive InningsRun Ratio
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3–03170.176
2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 2–13160.188
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1–223181.278
4 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0–343143.071

All times US EDT.

PoolAwayScoreHomeScoreTime (Venue)
August 21
D Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 16 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0 (F/4)3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 22
D Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2(F/7)11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
C Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao 21:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 2 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 56:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 23
D Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 0 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 83:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C Flag of Japan.svg Japan 11 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao 128:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 24
D Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 13 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0 (F/4)Noon (Lamade Stadium)
C Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 4 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 52:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 3 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao 56:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 25
C Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 3 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 5Noon (Lamade Stadium)
D Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 14 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 132:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 26:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)

Elimination round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 26 – 4:00 pm – Lamade
 
 
C2 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0
 
August 29 – Noon – Lamade
 
D1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 6
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico4
 
August 27 – 4:00 pm – Lamade
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei9
 
D2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 5
 
August 30 – 3:00 pm – Lamade
 
C1 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao 2
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei3
 
August 26 – 8:00 pm – Lamade
 
Flag of California.svg California6
 
A2 Flag of New York.svg New York 1
 
August 29 – 7:00 pm – Lamade (F/4)
 
B1 Flag of Texas.svg Texas 4
 
Flag of Texas.svg Texas2
 
August 27 – 8:00 pm – Lamade
 
Flag of California.svg California12 Third place
 
B2 Flag of California.svg California 11
 
August 30 – 11:00 am – Volunteer
 
A1 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg Georgia 10
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico5
 
 
Flag of Texas.svg Texas4
 

The United States championship game on August 29 was originally scheduled for 3:00 pm US EDT. After a pair of lengthy rain delays in the international championship game, maintenance required to repair the field for the next game, and to make sure the field was dry enough to play on, it was rescheduled for later that night.

2009 Little League World Series Champions
Flag of the United States.svg   Flag of California.svg
Park View Little League
Chula Vista, California

Champions path

The Park View Little League won 18 games and lost 2 games to reach the Little League World Series. [2] [3] [4] Overall, their record was 23–3. Their three losses came against Sweetwater Valley LL, Torrance LL (both from California), and McAllister Park American LL (from Texas). Park View became the ninth team and most recent from San Diego County to qualify for the Little League World Series as the last one was Vista, California in 2005. They also were the third team from San Diego County in the past nine years to qualify for the Little League World Series. [5] During the West Regional the team hit 34 home runs in total and was accused of cheating. A Little League Official looked into the allegations but found no evidence to back them up. [6]

RoundOppositionResult
District 42
Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals Flag of California.svg Luckie Waller LL16–0
Winner's Bracket Semifinals Flag of California.svg Imperial Beach LL17–1
Winner's Bracket Finals Flag of California.svg Sweetwater Valley LL8–1
District 42 Championship Flag of California.svg Sweetwater Valley LL7–10
District 42 Championship Flag of California.svg Sweetwater Valley LL8–2
Section 7
Section 7 Group Stage Flag of California.svg Brawley LL8–5
Section 7 Group Stage Flag of California.svg Rancho San Diego LL9–1
Section 7 Group Stage Flag of California.svg Lemon Grove LL5–3
South California Divisional
Winner's Bracket Semifinals Flag of California.svg Corona National LL14–4
Winner's Bracket Finals Flag of California.svg Rancho Santa Margarita LL5–4 (7 inn.)
South Sub-Divisional Championship Flag of California.svg Rancho Santa Margarita LL16–1
South Championship Flag of California.svg Torrance LL0–18 (4 inn.)
South Championship Flag of California.svg Torrance LL7–6
South Championship Flag of California.svg Torrance LL19–12
West Regional
Group Stage Flag of Utah.svg Cedar American LL 27–1 (4 inn.)
Group Stage Flag of Hawaii.svg Central East Maui LL 15–2 (4 inn.)
Group Stage Flag of Arizona.svg Arrowhead LL 20–1 (4 inn.)
Group Stage Flag of Nevada.svg Legacy LL 10–5
Semifinals Flag of Nevada.svg Legacy LL 15–2 (4 inn.)
West Region Championship Flag of California.svg Lakeside LL 11–4

Legacy

President Barack Obama poses for a picture while holding up a jersey given to him by members of the Little League World Championship team from Chula Vista, Calif., in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 5, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Obama Little League.jpg
President Barack Obama poses for a picture while holding up a jersey given to him by members of the Little League World Championship team from Chula Vista, Calif., in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 5, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

The City of Chula Vista organized a celebration parade for the team with the team riding on a fire engine which led them to a rally at Southwestern College. They received a congratulations from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. [7] The team also met President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., and gave him a team jersey, team plaque and the key to the City of Chula Vista. [8] A book was written about the Chula Vista team called The Blue Bombers: The True Story of the 2009 Little League World Champions, written by San Diego County Residents. [9] A memorial wall was proposed to commemorate the team in Chula Vista. [10] The team also appeared on The Tonight Show hosted by Conan O'Brien. [11] The team was honored at San Diego Padres and Chargers games. [12] [13]

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