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Little Leage Softball Team That Threw Game Eliminated
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:35 pm
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A girls softball team accused of intentionally losing at the Little League World Series was eliminated on Tuesday after being ordered to play a special play-in game.
The team from Snohomish, Wash., lost the game, 3-2, to a team from Polk City, Iowa, which had been the victim of the alleged game-fixing.
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Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:37 pm to tzimme4
Who cares
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:39 pm to tzimme4
I bet they threw that game too
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:43 pm to tzimme4
There was a tournament set up with rules and this team played within the rules to give themselves the best chance to win the tournament.
The the tournament changes the rules and fricks them over. bullshite but hilarious.
The the tournament changes the rules and fricks them over. bullshite but hilarious.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:49 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
You also play within the spirit of the rules.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:51 pm to 5Alive
So you change the rules next year. Not mid stream.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:54 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
They purposely threw a game in order to eliminate another team to avoid facing them. Reading more info the coach did obviously throw the game (bunting with 2 strikes, 2 outs, no one on).
Coaches like that are a disgrace to youth sports.
Coaches like that are a disgrace to youth sports.
This post was edited on 8/18/15 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:59 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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The the tournament changes the rules and fricks them over. bullshite but hilarious.
They didn't really frick them though. They just made them play the team they should have played in the first place. They tried to rig the results and couldn't win on the field. I would agree they got fricked if they just arbitrarily kicked them out. They got the chance to settle it on the field and lost.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 11:34 pm to tzimme4
Team must have watch the little leage EP of south park. 
Posted on 8/18/15 at 11:42 pm to redNation
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This post was edited on 8/20/15 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:41 am to Purple Spoon
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So you change the rules next year. Not mid stream.
They didn't. Rule was already on the books
quote:
Little League Softball Tournament Rules, Section one, article P:
When a manager or coach instructs his/her players to play poorly for any reason, such as, but not limited to the following, such action may result in the manager’s removal by the Umpire-in-Chief, and/or removal of the manager, coach(es) and/or team from further tournament play
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1. losing a game to effect a particular outcome in a Pool Play Format tournament;
Posted on 8/19/15 at 5:34 am to tzimme4
POS coach
Posted on 8/19/15 at 6:31 am to Asgard Device
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Its almost like they forgot they are kids playing in little league. I may not play my best line-up but there's no way I get kids to purposely suck.
This.
Put your backups in there so they get some meaningful playing time (they'll be going against a team that's trying to win) and save your best pitcher for another game.
That gives you plausible deniability because it's a reasonable long-term strategy. NFL teams aren't TRYING to lose when they rest their starters in Week 17. They're just letting guys heal and giving their bench some reps and if they happen to lose, so be it.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 7:20 am to Paul Allen
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Who cares
Posted on 8/19/15 at 7:40 am to Bestbank Tiger
quote:
plausible deniability
It's all about this, and seriously how hard can it be? With what this dumbass pulled, did he really think nobody was going to go "Hmmmmmmmm...."?
fricking idiot got exactly what he deserves.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 7:54 am to redNation
This guy is too stupid yo throw a game. Why is bunting with in those situations? That's not obvious at all. 
Just tell them to swing and miss, duh.
Just tell them to swing and miss, duh.Posted on 8/19/15 at 8:23 am to redNation
That does make a difference.
Either way, coaching a team to lose on any level is bullshite.
Either way, coaching a team to lose on any level is bullshite.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 8:40 am to Purple Spoon
quote:When I was in high school teams threw games in our area all the time in basketball. It happened to us my Jr. year and we got left out of the area tournament. My dad, the coach, cursed us out about. He said if we had taken care of business like we should have we wouldn't have been in that position. He had a point.
That does make a difference.
Either way, coaching a team to lose on any level is bull shite.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 9:36 am to tzimme4
There are examples all the time in adult and professional sports of teams trying to lose intentionally for one reason or another.
But Little League? I get that it's the World Series, but still.
I guess they didn't want to face Iowa in the championship? Because in the semis, they cross pools (pool A champ plays pool B runner up, etc).
Trying to control who your opponents are almost always seems to backfire.
If it was a truly meaningless game from the Washington team, they should have just rested their best players and allowed the backups to play, but told the backups to play hard and play to win. They probably would have lost, the backups would get some playing time, everyone is happy.
Coach is an idiot.
But Little League? I get that it's the World Series, but still.
I guess they didn't want to face Iowa in the championship? Because in the semis, they cross pools (pool A champ plays pool B runner up, etc).
Trying to control who your opponents are almost always seems to backfire.
If it was a truly meaningless game from the Washington team, they should have just rested their best players and allowed the backups to play, but told the backups to play hard and play to win. They probably would have lost, the backups would get some playing time, everyone is happy.
Coach is an idiot.
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