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Live Game Blog: 2012 Little League World Series Game, Japan 12, Tennessee 2, Final

rbeagle — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:24:18 +0000

Japan and Tennessee play for the 2012 Little League World Championship in Williamsport Pennsylvania. Japan is the very heavy favorite with their Ace pitcher on the mound today. None of Tennessee’s pitchers can pitch due to exhausting their eligibility. But this is Little League and anything can happen. Let’s hope the home town boys from Goodlettsville Tennessee Little League representing the USA can pull the upset over Japan.

1st Inning:

Tennessee: Jake Rucker leads off for Tennessee. Jake Rucker hits a bullet to ground out. Jayson Brown strikes out. Brock Meyers strikes out to retire the side.

Japan: Noriatsu Osaka leads off for Tennessee. Osaka hits a triple to right field past Brock Meyers. Shun Oshima grounds to short for the out and holds the runner at 3rd base. Kotaro Kiyomiya single to right driving in the first run. Satoru Aoyama singles to left, runners at 2nd and 3rd now. Yuta Ishida gets infield single to load the bases. Ryuji Osada strikes out. Rintaro Hirano is hit by a pitch, takes first and walks in a run. Tatsuya Irie grounds out.

2nd Inning:

Tennessee: Luke Brown strikes out. Cole Carter walks to first. Blake Osborne subs as pinch runner. Lorenzo Butler strikes out. Ryan Lyle strikes out ending the inning.

Japan: Hajime Motegi grounds out. Noriatsu Osaka homers to center. Shota Hidaka strikes out. Kotaro Kiyomiya hits fly ball to center with Jayson Brown making a diving catch for the 3rd out.

3rd Inning:

Tennessee: Justin Smith grounds out. Jonathan Seals grounds out. Jake Rucker grounds out to end the inning.

Japan: Yuta Ishida hits home run to left center. Danji Takahashi ground out. Keisuke Kagami strikes out. Tatsuya Irie is hit by pitch and takes 1st base. Yuki Ishizuka ground out to end the inning.

4th Inning:

Tennessee: Andrew Snyder strikes out. Brock Meyers homers to left center for his 5th home run in 5 games which sets a U.S. Little League record. Colin O’Berry strikes out. Cole Carter strikes out to end the inning.

Japan: Noriatsu Osaka homers for the 2nd time in the game. Kotaro Kiyomiya doubles to center with runners taking 2nd and 3rd. Kotaro Kiyomiya scores on a pass ball. Satoru Aoyama walks to 1st leaving runners at 1st and 3rd. Takuto Miyashita reaches first on single to 2nd baseman, runner tagged out trying to take 2nd base and runner scores on play. Ryuji Osada strikes out. Rintaro Hirano hits home run to center scoring 2 runs. Tatsuya Irie grounds out to end the inning.

5th Inning:

Tennessee: Lorenzo Butler hits home run to right center! Blake Osborne lines to the 1st baseman for first out of the inning. Justin Smith strikes out. Seth Marlin strikes out to end the inning.

Japan: Hajime Motegi reaches first. Noriatsu Osaka homers to center to win the game for Japan.

Congrats to Japan for winning the 2012 Little League World Series. The Boys from Goodlettsville Tennessee were out matched not being able to play their best pitchers facing a Japan team playing their best 2 pitchers. It’s amazing one Little League team can have 2 pictures throwing the equivalent of 95 MPH pitches, but that is what Japan had throwing at Tennessee today. The only hits Goodlettsville could muster today were home runs from Tennessee’s 2 best home run hitters Brock Meyers and Lorenzo Butler. This writer is very proud of how the Boys from Goodlettsville battle against the equivalent of Major League pitching fast balls.

Goodlettsville Tennessee Wins United States Little League Championship 24 to 16 in Extra Innings over Petaluma California

rbeagle — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 02:51:36 +0000

The Boys from Goodlettsville have won their first ever United States Little League Championship! The Goodlettsville Little League All Stars faced a Petaluma California team that would not give up being down 10 runs and facing their last at bat and tying the game up to force an extra inning. But the Little Leaguers from Goodlettsville had a little of their own “not giving up” to score 9 runs in the top of the 7th inning to win the game. Brock Meyers pitched a superb game holding Petaluma to just 5 runs thru 6 innings of play. Lorenzo Butler had 3 three run home runs and 9 RBI’s. But my own star of the game was Luke Brown who came into relief with the score Goodlettsville 15, Petaluma 9. You could here the Goodlettsville coach come in to calm Luke Brown down after a few pitches and saying “just have fun and throw strikes”. So here was Luke Brown throwing strikes and giving up 6 runs and the lead to push the game into an extra inning. Then Luke’s teammates scored 9 runs giving the lead back to Luke Brown in the bottom of the 7th. All Luke did was throw strikes giving up one run and striking out the last Petaluma batter to win the United States Championship for the Goodlettsville Little League All Stars! Luke Brown was a picture of composure and never got rattled.

You have to think Japan has a huge advantage with Goodlettsville’s pitching staff so depleted. But I have to guess the coaches are telling these brave kids from Tennessee, that show no fear, to just go out and hit the ball. So now we have to think that if the All Stars from Goodlettsville should score 24 runs against Japan, then they have an excellent chance to win the Little League World Series. I’m reminded after Petaluma’s 10 run 6th inning, when it comes to Little League baseball, anything can happen!

Jake Locker to wear #10 for Tennessee Titans

sportsguy — Fri, 13 May 2011 03:44:14 +0000

Jake Locker, the #1 Draft Pick of the Tennessee Titans will wear Jersey #10 as a Titan here in Nashville, Tennessee. Locker wore #10 while playing college football for the Washington Huskies. Vince Young has quarterbacked using jersey #10 during his playing career with the Titans. Titan Fans welcome the hard work ethic Jake Locker brings along with his hard nose style of play. New Head Coach Mike Munchak is quickly surrounding himself with hard working personnel to start his 1st year as Head Coach of the Tennessee Titans. The 2011 NFL Football Season looks to be an exciting year for the Titans if only the players and owners can agree to play football this fall. Welcome to Nashville Mr. Jake Locker!

Jake Locker will wear #10 for the Titans

Jake Locker's Name being sewn onto his new jersey

Music City Marathon Pictures at Shelby Bottoms Mile Mark 22 & 23

sportsguy — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:32:30 +0000

The Music City Marathon ran it’s race through the streets of Nashville, Tennessee yesterday under near perfect weather conditions. I live just up the hill from Shelby Bottoms Park which is at mile marker 22 and 23 of the Marathon Race Course. Having run 3 Marathons myself I can identify with the pain each runner was feeling at this point in the marathon race. All sports athletes whether Pro Athletes or Amateur know the feeling when you hit the wall and feel you can go no further. Being a spectator for the final miles of a Marathon gives one a unique opportunity to cheer on each Marathon Runner as they dig deep within their soul to finish the race they have trained so long and hard for. I hope you enjoy these photographs taken on Saturday around the 4:30 time mark of the marathon race. It was great fun recording and cheering all the runners on as they pushed their tired bodies the last few miles.

Vandy Sweeps UT Vols with 19-3 Win at Hawkins Field

sportsguy — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:30:56 +0000

First Game Handshake with Umpires

After winning back to back 10 to 1 decisions the Vanderbilt Baseball team swept the Tennessee Volunteers at Hawkins Field in Nashville, TN 19-3. Tim Corbin’s Commodore Baseball team outscored the Vols 39 to 5 during the weekend 3 game series. While Vandy is playing with a high level of confidence you would have to say Tennessee is not playing with confidence as the 11 run 6th inning by Vandy on Sunday demonstrated. As Vandy focuses on the remaining games before the SEC Baseball Tournament you have to wonder if the Vols can win enough remaining games to make the trip to Hoover. Tim Corban seems to have his baseball team on a mission, you can see it by how Vandy is playing. I absolutely love watching Coach Corbin coach during games. He’s truly one of the great head coaches of college baseball. You can tell he knows what each of his players is capable of and executes plays during the game for each player to make. When it fails he goes into analyzing what went wrong.

Great series win for the Commodores as they continue a three way tie for first in the SEC Baseball Standings with South Carolina and Florida.

Nashville Predators drown the Anaheim Ducks in Playoff Game 6

Randy Bailey — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:38:50 +0000

NASHVILLE PREDATORS beat the Anaheim Ducks in game 6 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee and head to the 2nd round. After a exciting last second goal by Shea Weber to tie the game and then overtime win by Jerred Smithson in Game 5, I didn’t think it could get any better. I was wrong. Playoff game 6 was taken to another level. I have been a Nashville Predators season ticket holder since day 1 and have experienced great, exciting games in the past, but Game 6 was the best in their 13 year history. Captain Shea Weber led his team for 60 minutes. After the Anaheim Ducks got on the board first, Nick Spaling answered quickly to tie it up and the fight got tougher. Pekka Rinne, Jordin Tootoo, Nick Spaling played exceptionally well. I believe each player stepped up their play during the entire series and Pekka Rinne played better than ever. As a Day 1 season ticket holder, I am very proud of our Nashville Predators and the way these young players have played against the long time veterans like Teemu Selanne and Ryan Getzlaf. Their intensity and determination has got Nashville buzzing and hockey fever is catching on. I took some pictures of game 6, and I hope you enjoy. Im looking forward to adding pictures from Round 2 playoffs as well. Let me know what you think. LETS GO PREDATORS!!!

Brigestone Arena Before Game Six

Pekka Rinne

Predator Defense

Preds Defense Strong

Preds Defense

Predator Fans

Preds Player

Almost a Goal!

Predators on the Attack

TooToo

Predator Fans Giving Some Love

Predators make History with Win

Predator Players Celebrate Win

Preds Celebrate

Predators Celebrating Win

Preds Celebrating after Win

Preds Celebrating Win in Nashville

Preds Celebrating on Ice

Smashville Celebrating Win

Fans Celebrating outside Bridgestone Arenas

Bridgestone Arena after Preds defeat Ducks