2010 Little League World Series

2010 Little League World Series
Dates August 20–August 29
Teams participating 16
Champion Edogawa Minami Little League
Japan Tokyo, Japan
Runner-up Waipio Little League
United StatesHawaii Waipahu, Hawaii

The 2010 Little League World Series was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 20 and ended on August 29. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 64th edition of this tournament. In the championship game, the international champions from Tokyo, Japan, defeated the United States champions out of Waipahu, Hawaii. It was the seventh LLWS championship for Japan overall, and the first since 2003.

Activision released a video game in advance of the event, Little League World Series Baseball 2010.

Tournament changes

Japan vs. Mexico in a Pool C game

On April 14, 2010, Little League announced[1] that starting in 2010, round robin play would be replaced by a double-elimination bracket in each pool. The winners of each pool will advance to single elimination US and International Championship games and the winners of those games will advance to the World Championship game. Every team will play a minimum of three games: the four teams that lose their first two games will cross over and play special US vs. International games.

On August 2, 2010, it was announced that instant replay would be expanded. The system, which was first used in 2008, now includes force outs, tags along the base paths, missed bases, and hit batters as plays that are subject to review. Previously, only plays in which a dead ball would have resulted were able to be reviewed. Additionally, team managers are now allowed to challenge plays if the umpires have not already called for a replay. Before losing the right to challenge, managers are allowed only one unsuccessful challenge in the first six innings of a game, as well as one unsuccessful challenge in extra innings. Challenges must be made after the play in question and before the next pitch. A "replay team" located in an office at Howard J. Lamade Stadium will judge all plays under review.[2][3][4] The first challenge in LLWS history that resulted in an original ruling being overturned occurred on August 21, the second day of the tournament.[5] Prior to the championship game, instant replay had been used 16 times with 8 calls being overturned while the other 8 were upheld. The average amount of time needed for all reviews was 52 seconds.[6]

Teams

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Ohio Hamilton, Ohio
Great Lakes Region
West Side Little League		 Minnesota Plymouth, Minnesota
Midwest Region
Plymouth/New Hope Little League		 Puerto Rico Manati, Puerto Rico
Caribbean Region
Jose M. Rodriguez Little League		 Chinese Taipei Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
Asia-Pacific Region
Fu-Hsing Little League
New Jersey Toms River, New Jersey
Mid-Atlantic Region
Toms River National Little League		 Connecticut Fairfield, Connecticut
New England Region
Fairfield American Little League		 Germany Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Europe Region
KMC American Little League		 British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Canada Region
Little Mountain Little League
Georgia (U.S. state) Columbus, Georgia
Southeast Region
Columbus Northern Little League		 Washington (state) Auburn, Washington
Northwest Region
Auburn Little League		 Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
Japan Japan Region
Edogawa Minami Little League		 Panama Chitré, Panama
Latin America Region
Chitré Little League
Hawaii Waipahu, Hawaii
West Region
Waipio Little League		 Texas Pearland, Texas
Southwest Region
Pearland White Little League		 Tamaulipas Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Mexico Mexico Region
Oriente Little League		 Saudi Arabia Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
MEA Region
Arabian American Little League

Results

United States

Pool A

  Games 1–3 Games 4–5 Games 6–7
                             
- Ohio Ohio 16  
- New Jersey New Jersey 6  
  W1 Ohio Ohio 0  
  W2 Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 6  
- Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 6
- Hawaii Hawaii 2  
  W4 Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 4 5
  W5 Hawaii Hawaii 7 12
L1 New Jersey New Jersey 1  
L2 Hawaii Hawaii 3  
  W3 Hawaii Hawaii 6
  L4 Ohio Ohio 4  

Pool B

  Games 1–3 Games 4–5 Games 6–7
                             
- Connecticut Connecticut 3  
- Washington (state) Washington 1  
  W1 Connecticut Connecticut 1  
  W2 Texas Texas (F/4) 14  
- Minnesota Minnesota 8
- Texas Texas 10  
  W4 Texas Texas 4 7
  W5 Washington (state) Washington 7 5
L1 Washington (state) Washington 5  
L2 Minnesota Minnesota 2  
  W3 Washington (state) Washington 9
  L4 Connecticut Connecticut 5  

International

Pool C

  Games 1–3 Games 4–5 Games 6–7
                             
- Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (F/4) 11  
- Germany Germany 0  
  W1 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2  
  W2 Japan Japan 7  
- Japan Japan 4
- Mexico Mexico 2  
  W4 Japan Japan 3 –
  W5 Mexico Mexico 2 –
L1 Germany Germany 2  
L2 Mexico Mexico 11  
  W3 Mexico Mexico 4
  L4 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2  

Pool D

  Games 1–3 Games 4–5 Games 6–7
                             
- Panama Panama 2  
- Canada Canada 4  
  W1 Canada Canada 0  
  W2 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (F/4) 23  
- Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (F/4) 18
- Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 0  
  W4 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 5 –
  W5 Panama Panama 1 –
L1 Panama Panama (F/4) 13  
L2 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 0  
  W3 Panama Panama 4
  L4 Canada Canada 2  

Championship games

 
Int'l and US championshipsLLWS championship
 
      
 
August 28 – 1:00 pm EDT - Lamade
 
 
Japan Japan (F/7)3
 
August 29 – 3:00 pm EDT - Lamade
 
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei2
 
Japan Japan4
 
August 28 – 4:40 pm EDT - Lamade
 
United StatesHawaii Hawaii1
 
Hawaii Hawaii (F/5)10
 
 
Texas Texas0
 
Consolation game
 
 
August 29 – 11:00 am EDT - Lamade
 
 
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (F/4)14
 
 
United States Texas Texas2
2010 Little League World Series Champions

Edogawa Minami Little League

Tokyo, Japan

Champions path

The Edogawa Minami LL reached the LLWS with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie.[7] In total, their record was 13–1–1, their only loss coming against Musashi-Fuchu.

RoundOppositionResult
All-Tokyo Tournament
Opening RoundMeguro Higahi LL10–0
Winner's Bracket Round 2Tokyo Kitasuna LL7–3
Winner's Bracket QuarterfinalsTokyo Johoku LL7–4
Winner's Bracket SemifinalsMusashi-Fuchu LL3–5
Elimination Bracket QuarterfinalsItabashi LL5–3
Round-Robin PlayoffTokyo Kitasuna LL7–7
Round-Robin PlayoffMusashi-Fuchu LL6–2
Japan Regional
Opening RoundTokyo Nakanyo LL9–3
QuarterfinalsIida LL25–4
SemifinalsHamamatsu Minami LL2–0
Japan ChampionshipHirosaki Aomori LL8–4

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. ↑ Associated Press (August 2, 2010). "Replay expanded for Little League WS". ESPN. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ Communications Division (August 2, 2010). "Video Replay to be Expanded at Little League Baseball World Series". Little League. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Video Replay at the Little League Baseball World Series – 2010" (PDF). Little League. August 2, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Jacob Jones has 2 HRs, 5 RBIs". ESPN. August 21, 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  6. ↑ Associated Press (August 29, 2010). "LLWS officials happy with instant replay". ESPN. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Japan Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
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