6-foot-8 13 year old towers over foes(Little League Player)

AP ^ | 20 Aug 2006 | GENARO C. ARMAS

[Sonny M]

You think he might be a Paul Wight type?

[ThePythonicCow]

Sabato Agosto 19, 9:00 PM
Dhuhran, Saudi Arabia first baseman Aaron Durley takes the field in the second inning against Surrey, British Columbia, Canada at Little League Worl

Elsewhere, the Chicago Tribune reports that he has a size 19 shoe - big feet.

[weegie]

His folks will be working for Aramco. The Aramco compound in Dharan is a minature American city.

[sushiman]

" It does look very weird, but so many young preteen girls these days look 20. "

And I got proofed in bars and restaurants in the USA until I was 49 ! No lie . White male BTW ...

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I knew a kid who was about 6 ft. tall at the age of 12. It was amazing - you just took it for granted that he was a teenager, when you saw him as a stranger.

Funny thing is, he never grew any taller after that, so he wasn't a star basketball player in high school. Go figure!

Wonder if this kid shaves?

[TruthWillWin]

Wow. He's 13? If so, he has every right to play little league. Looking at the picture, it's sure hard to believe. But I've seen stranger things.

I thought LL'ers had to be 12 or under?

[brwnsuga]

He must have been born 5 years old.

[Wyatt's Torch]

You have to be 12 when the season begins.

That "kid" needs a shave.....Dang....;-)

[DCPatriot]

Big strike zone.

[RandallFlagg]

That kid's gonna have some series back problems when he gets older. I hit 72 inches at 5th grade.

[Always Right]

There was another 13-year old kid on that was 6-8 on TV a couple years back. I think it was MTV or someone who got him together with Shaq, who was a similar size at that age.

[Pokey78]

Now we know where Shaq was about 14 years ago.

[Tribune7]

Anybody remember that movie Zapped with Scot Baio?

[Jonah Hex]

I had to print this for my son. He's 13 and he beats me by a couple of inches at 6'2". And I'm afraid he may not have hit his growth spurt yet.

8-0

[NavyCanDo]

This would be one of those rare case when I would be a No Spank parent.

[SoftballMominVA]

Nah, just a kid that hit his growth spurt early. My husband was 6 - 3 when he was 12 (6th grade) and was shaving every day. He was husky at about 200. The other kids caught up to him in time.

His mom and dad are actually kind of short--5.4 and 5.10, respectively

[Marysecretary]

Wow, those blondies look like my youngest son when he was that age! Now he's 6'6. He played baseball/softball, basketball (won a scholarship to play ball in college in MO) and soccer. I hope this young man does well. I had a pen pal from the same place in SA when I was a kid. Her dad worked in the oilfields. She was Nancy Lee Shafer. Wish I could find her again.

[MJemison]

My 13-yr old son was 6-1 and 200 pounds. He was late for school last fall because he cut his lip shaving. He towered over everyone, and the other boys would run at him and grab onto his shoulders, one kid on each side. He would just keep walking and carry them across the soccer field. This year, thank God, the other boys are starting to catch up in size and heft. I am 5'5" and DH is 5'11". But an uncle is 6'5", 270#.

[rvoitier]

Saudi Arabia first baseman 6 feet 8 inch Aaron Durley, left, watches a pitch as Venezuela's 4 feet 8 inch base runner Ermison Arellano gets ready to take a lead during the fourth inning in their game of the Little League World Series baseball pool play in South Williamsport, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. Durley is the tallest player to ever play at the Little League World Series. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)