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2015 LLSB Eastern Regional 7/30 – Day Six

Championship day in Bristol. Delaware (visitors) vs. Rhode Island (home). Delaware had one loss, so they had to beat Rhode Island twice today if they wanted to take the title of Eastern Region Champions. As I mentioned, the game had been moved up to 11:00am because it was expected that we’d have bad weather in […]

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2015 LLSB Eastern Regional 7/29 – Day Five

It’s hard to believe that the tournament is almost over – how time has flown. The PA system announced that today was the hottest day of the year in Bristol. I can well believe it – it was mid-90’s and bright sun. About the only thing that provided any relief as that there was a […]

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2015 LLSB Eastern Regional 7/28 – Day Four

With 12 games of the 18 behind us, today we only had three games instead of four. The 11:00 game pitted Massachusetts against Pennsylvania – an elimination game. HP – Colin 1B – Dena 2B – Me 3B – Rich This one was hot . The temperature was hovering about 88 degrees, and there wasn’t […]

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2015 LLSB Eastern Regional 7/27 – Day Three

I awoke Monday to find that it had rained. Once again, I had the second and fourth games. The 11:00 game between Maryland and New York was about 15 minutes late in getting started – the grounds crew had needed some extra time to get the field ready before the teams could take infield. Doc […]

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2015 LLSB Eastern Regional 7/26 – Day Two

Sunday was another four-game day. As with the previous day, I was in the second and fourth games. In the first game, Rhode Island beat Maryland 15-0. The crew for this game was: HP – Bill 1B – Dena 2B – Paul 3B – Colin I had the plate for the 1:30 game between Delaware […]

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2015 LLSB Eastern Regional 7/25 – Day One

The first game of the day was at noon on Saturday – Maine vs. Rhode Island. The crew for this game was HP – Dena 1B – Rich 2B – Colin 3B – Bill I didn’t see much of the game – it was hot and I decided that I didn’t want to bake in […]

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2015 LLSB Eastern Regional 7/24 – Day Zero

This year I was honored to be invited to work the Little League Softball Eastern Regional in Bristol Connecticut. Friday is arrival day at the Eastern Regional for both teams and the umpires. After checking in at the (very nice) hotel that Little League provided, the first scheduled event was a 1:00pm meeting of the […]

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2012 Little League Baseball Eastern Regional – Day 9

I was assigned the left-field line for the New England championship game.  Some people might be upset about that, but Jeff Holliday, who had the plate, is a solid umpire, and I had gotten three plates (two on TV).  For this game, our original crew of Mid-Atlantic umpires was re-united, with one exception – Rick […]

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2012 Little League Baseball Eastern Regional – Day 8

Semi-final day for Mid-Atlantic.  I was assigned the plate for the second game, between Maryland and Delaware.  The game was scheduled for 3:00 on ESPN, but there was a big weather front approaching.  Helen drove up in the morning, and we were watching the 11:00 game between Connecticut and Vermont on TV when the announcers […]

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2012 Little League Baseball Eastern Regional – Day 7

Today began the elimination round.  Two of the six teams in each tournament had now been eliminated, leaving the top four to battle it out for the right to go to Williamsport. The New England semi-finals were played today, with NESN broadcasting them.  The Mid-Atlantic semi’s would be tomorrow, with ESPN taking over.  ESPN’s headquarters […]

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