Surprised not to see it mentioned before now, but Japan won their 7th LLWS title today, and their first since 2001. They beat a Hawaiian team (with a bunch of Japanese-American kids) 4-1 in an amazingly well-played game between two teams that, refreshingly, actually look like Little Leaguers and not High Schoolers. Japan's little guys play like their big guys - not many HRs, but great defense, baserunning and situational hitting. They flashed some amazing leather today and committed only 4 errors in 6 games. Banzai!
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