Greetings seekers of ventures . I left South Philly and went to the sunrise. A few of us hung out at
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I'm pretty excited about this. I can't wait to get there. I have never been to scene like this before. Mo'Ne Davis, the #1 pitcher will be
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| Cute Reporter Interviews Coach |
on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week. This will be an event to be remembered my friends
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| Kids in the Van |
Ride went very smoothly we stopped at Wawa and got snacks we even listen to tunes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-r67veIkhE
only got here it's a little overcast
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| The Phones Needed a Charge |
and or hunting around for parking. We have about 6 hours before the game starts. It says it's a 50%
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| Getting on I-80 |
chance of rain right now system overcast. There is a 3 o'clock game between Japan and South Korea and then our game at 7:30.
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| The Group I was in the Van With |
We're now going to go through security and then we have time to either watch the game or do something else
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| We Make it to Williamsport Pa |
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| An Drizzle Greeted Us Today |
. I just plan to follow the crowd. It's now 3:10 PM we have a steady drizzle here and the first game
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| Waiting for the Weather to Clear |
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| Mid-Atlantic Shirts Sold Well |
between Japan and South Korea has been postponed. The announcer says to wait for the storm to pass but it looks like it's not going anywhere
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| Rooting for Their Team |
but they did say 50% chance that rain would fall by the drizzle has gotten a little heavier since I bought
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| The Outfield |
my poncho. It's pretty festive despite the rain. I'm waiting for my group to possibly meet me at the visitor center
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| Rooting for the Home Team |
. And I can see if I can get a press pass but it doesn't matter. We're now in a rain delay in the first game. Our game starts at 7:30. I'm attempting to get a press pass
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| Game was Played Here |
as a blogger wish me luck. One good thing
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| Getting Press Credentuals |
about this media room does have a soccer and some people pretty cool.
The reporter picture and she's
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| Woman Who Denied Blogger Press Status |
campaigns and meet you in this difficult to get credentials. It's 405 they're hoping to start the first game at 4:25 PM.
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| The Skies were Quite Overcast |
Well I hung out for an hour charge up my phone at their expense and they don't potential bloggers. I'm not exactly surprised but took a picture
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| Japan & Korea Play |
of me and then realized I hadn't filled out the form and I'm not with any media company. Next time
I'll plan ahead and make something up or get some local paper to credential me. Well the top of the first inning is ended and Japan is up. There's only a couple little raindrops right now. I'm gonna look
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| Las Vegas Threatens to Score |
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| She Organizes it |
for my crew and if I can't find them in a find our parking spot.
I found out that the organizer of the bus trip had my number and
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| Korea Scores to Win the 1st Game |
she will accou
nt 4 everyone before leaving tonight. I think I need to regroup and eat. Official
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| The Place is PACKED |
attendence for the 1st game was just over 18,000 in attendance. The estimates of how many people from Philly are here range from 30 to 40,000 strong
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| Warm Ups |
Hi it's now 7:03 PM. The Japanese game versus Korea ended with Korea winning 4 to 2. Korea scored two runs in the top of the sixth
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| 38,000 Fill the Seats and Grass |
which is the last inning in Little League. This place is absolutely teaming with people right now it is unbelievable!
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! I'm taking pictures to document this. Oh it's 5:30 PM. it's the top of the third and Vegas is leading 3-0. They are hitting
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| MoNee Davis is Relieved |
very very well. It's now 8:23 PM and I got hungry. I'm going to get myself a overpriced cheeseburger to get me through and go
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| The Score After the 4th |
back to my little spot. Or use my raincoat as my towel because the ground still moist from the
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| Had a Decent Burger |
rain earlier today. Taney got out of a bases-loaded no outs jam! The last out the catcher caught them on or off second after scooping up a pitch in
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| Runner Stranded at 3rd |
the dirt. Nice play!! Taney one head after three full innings. It is 8:54 PM. In the next inning and he scored a run to make it 3 to 1. They still
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| Taney Has a Threat |
have the bases-loaded and one out on one of their guys into a line drive double blank still 3-1 in the 5 inning.
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| How it Looked on TV |
It's a close game. The Vegas had opportunities to blow it wide open.
Loan the bottom of the fifth inning for me to type this extending the wheels fell off and Vegas got five runs to make it 8 to 1. And that was pretty much
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| Mo'Nee Davis in the 6th |
the ball game. We're now in the van and I'm going to nap in between messages. It was a very interesting
day Mont one that will not be forgotten. Yes and that van driver drove us home
really fast we still didn't get home till two 2 o'clock and I
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| The Way Home on the Van |
had to fend
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| On the NE Extension of the Pa Tpk |
for myself to get South Philly since nobody offered me a ride anywhere. But I made it safe back to South Philly where I fixed stuff and edited my blog. I also played The Who and their Album "Who by Numbers" 3 times. Its really late and time to shower
I'll plan ahead and make something up or get some local paper to credential me. Well the top of the first inning is ended and Japan is up. There's only a couple little raindrops right now. I'm gonna look
really fast we still didn't get home till two 2 o'clock and I
1 comment:
Glad you had high adventures in the wilds of pa. Too bad about the game. Hope you get rested soon. How do you feel today? Pat sounds great! He really has put a lot of practice in which has paid off.
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