[FlJoePa]

Let's go PA!

[sphinx]

What accounts for the apparently disproportionate success of the Asian teams? (Aside from just playing good baseball ....) Is it a difference in club structure, with the U.S. talent spread over more teams? I've never been involved with Little League baseball, but I would imagine maintaining club integrity and avoiding the slide into all-star teams might be an issue. Or are these essentially all-star teams already?

I suppose the demographics of the recruiting base might be a factor. Youth baseball in the U.S. is now primarily a small town and suburban sport, so the teams and players will be spread out. If baseball is still a city game in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, clubs would tend to have inherently larger player pools even without recruitment fun and games.

[Conservative Gato]

Heckuva game so far. I hope Pennsylvania is able to rally.

CGato