Congratulations Huntington Beach

Saturday & Sunday, Aug 27 & 28

It was a quiet weekend for us.  We spent it watching the Little League World series.  On Saturday it was the International and National finals.  Japan beat Mexico in an exciting game.  The series is a double elimination series meaning you get to lose 2 games before you are eliminated, except in the finals.  Well, Mexico had beat Japan earlier in the week so many people thought they would win again.  Nope, the tiny Japan boys played a good technical game and beat them.  The boys have to be between 11 and 13 to play.  Many of the teams have boys that are really big but not Japan.  This was a case of size doesn't matter.  This meant Japan would move to the Championship game against the US champion on Sunday.  The only question was, who would it be?

The second game on Saturday was the US final.  Montana versus California.  The California team was from Huntington Beach.  Yeah, an OC team.  Montana was undefeated going into this game.  They had even beat California earlier in the series.  Who would win?   It was a pitchers duel and an exciting game.  California finally went ahead in the second and stayed there.  At times it was a nail biter but California hung on and won.   Japan vs California in the Championship. 

As I am sure many of you know there was a hurricane on the East Coast this weekend.  The footprint of the storm was big enough that it was raining in Williamsport, PA on Saturday into Sunday.  This caused the schedule to be changed a couple of times.  The consolation game between Mexico and Montana was cancelled and the final game was eventually played in its original time.  It was a real pitchers duel and the final score was 2-1 - CALIFORNIA!  It came down to the last out of the last inning.  Wow!  We have been to the series before and want to go again. 

Our family in North Carolina is fine.  Between power outages and cell phone problems we haven't been able to talk to them much.  We understand there is some damage to Stormy's house but contained to the garage area.  Everyone is unhurt and getting on with things.  Hopefully we will talk later today. 

Not much went on this weekend.  I got a haircut and picked up some shorts from the clearance rack at Walmart.  Hey, in CA we wear shorts most of the year.  Sunday night we started putting things away to prepare to travel on Monday.  Have a good day.