Its almost here people!! Place your bets, Place your bets.

http://www.littleleague.org/series/2008divisions/llbb/index.htm

The Japanese being the model of efficiency have already had their qualifying tournament and will be sending a team from Edogawa Minami Little League. Most of the other international qualifying tournaments are going on right now. The US regional qualifying tournaments start the weekend of July 30. I am excited this is one of my favorite sporting events of the year and ESPN does a quality job of covering it. I just wish they would show some of the international qualifying finals.

Me and my friends have even developed an ingenious way to bet on this. It is a Calcutta betting style where every team is bid on auction style one at a time. If no one wants to bid on a team, they are placed into a communal pool to be bid on together at the end of the auction. To clarify, say no one wants to bid on Canada or Saudi Arabia (very likely). Those teams can be placed in the pool. Then at the end of the auction, the pool will be auctioned off starting at the minimum bid as if it were a single team.

We also did a similar style betting on the NCAA Tournament that worked out quite nicely.


Also just to grease the wheels of the auction and really get the pot to something worth winning I use the data from the link I provided to compose margin of victory and runs allowed/scored stats.

7/23/2008 1:37:03 PM

crap, I spelled league wrong in the title. oops

7/23/2008 1:38:31 PM

I'm betting some latin country will send another kid that is 14 with a 12 year olds birth certificate.

7/23/2008 1:38:51 PM

That was actually the Bronx, NY that sent a 14 year old.

7/23/2008 2:54:13 PM

everything is commercialized

7/23/2008 5:35:26 PM

yeah but few things feels sweeter than gambling on 12 year olds


i've participated in this calcutta league the last few years, and it's a hell of a lot of fun

7/23/2008 5:38:36 PM

i wanna bet on some 12 year olds

like whoa

7/23/2008 5:45:54 PM

I banked a couple hundred on our NCAA calcutta this March, but it was nowhere near as gratifying as sitting in a bar screaming at a little Japanese kid to, "get your shit together before you cost me a hundo."

It really is my favorite gambling even of the whole year.

7/23/2008 6:02:40 PM

ha. I love watching the LLWS.

7/23/2008 6:04:42 PM

^^^^

We have decided that you have to pay the vig on you delinquent payments before we will let you in this year. The juice is running biotch.

Or you can break your thumbs.

7/24/2008 11:01:10 AM

when i get home ill transfer it to the noidroid bank and gambool emporium

7/24/2008 11:15:55 AM

Just to give everyone a little idea of the upcoming schedule.

Not sure if all of these will be shown on one of the ESPN's, but they should all be available on ESPN360.

8/7 9pm Southwest Regional Final
8/8 8pm Southeast Regional Final
8/9 12pm Midwest Regional Final
8/9 2pm New England Regional Final
8/9 7pm Great Lakes Regional Final
8/9 9pm Northwest Regional Final
8/10 10pm West Regional Final
8/11 8pm Mid-Atlantic Regional Final
8/15 2pm Pool Play in Williamsport, PA Begins

8/5/2008 2:35:06 PM

yeah, the championship games are supposed to be on espn/espn2

[Edited on August 5, 2008 at 2:59 PM. Reason : looks like the teams from nc pretty much sucked ass.]

8/5/2008 2:52:25 PM

Only one more day!!!

8/6/2008 10:46:36 AM

Quote :

" 2008 Little League Baseball World Series Schedule (All times Eastern U.S.) POOL PLAY ROUND Friday – August 15, 2008 (13) Latin America vs. MEA, 6 p.m., ESPN2 HD (V) (1) Midwest vs. Southeast, 2 p.m., ESPN HD (V) (14) Southeast vs. West, 8 p.m., ESPN2 HD (L) (2) Canada vs. Latin America, 4 p.m., ESPN2 HD (L) Monday – August 18, 2008 (3) New England vs. West, 6 p.m., ESPN2 HD (V) (15) Northwest vs. Mid-Atlantic, noon, ESPN2 HD (L) (4) Mid-Atlantic vs. Great Lakes, 8 p.m., ESPN HD (L) (16) Asia Pacific vs. Mexico, 1 p.m., ESPN HD (V) Saturday – August 16, 2008 (17) Midwest vs. West, 3 p.m., ESPN2 HD (L) (5) Caribbean vs. Mexico, 11 a.m., ESPN HD (L) (18) Caribbean vs. Europe, 4 p.m., ESPN HD (V) (6) Europe vs. Asia-Pacific, 1 p.m., ESPN HD (V) (19) Southeast vs. New England, 6 p.m., ESPN 2 HD (L) (7) Midwest vs. New England, 3 p.m., ABC HD (L) Tuesday – August 19, 2008 (8) Japan vs. MEA, 6 p.m., ESPN HD (V) (20) Latin America vs. Japan, noon, ESPN2 HD (L) (9) Southwest vs. Northwest, 8 p.m., ESPN HD (L) (21) Northwest vs. Great Lakes, 2 p.m., ESPN HD (V) Sunday – August 17, 2008 (22) Canada vs. MEA, 4 p.m., ESPN HD (L) (10) Europe vs. Mexico, Noon, ESPN Classic (L) (23) Caribbean vs. Asia-Pacific, 6 p.m., ESPN2 HD (V) (11) Canada vs. Japan, 1 p.m., ESPN2 HD (V) (24) Southwest vs. Mid-Atlantic, 8 p.m., ESPN2 HD (L) (12) Great Lakes vs. Southwest, 3:30 p.m. ABC HD (L) "

8/6/2008 10:55:40 AM

I rather watch wnba. LLWS is worse than panic at the disco.

8/6/2008 10:57:20 AM

I wouldn't rather watch WNBA

I'd rather watch MLB and preseason NFL and NASCAR and PGA Golf

8/6/2008 10:59:12 AM

the llws is awesome... how can you not like it ?

8/6/2008 12:08:50 PM

someone call the giant that played for saudi arabia and have him kick their asses. I grew up around dixie youth baseball/softball and always gone to the district and/or state all-star games so maybe that's why I'm into it so much.

8/6/2008 12:12:51 PM

There's nothing more gratifying than the looks you get from people in the bar when you're screaming at the TV while the LLWS is on. Even the degenerates at the race book think you're low.

8/6/2008 12:18:06 PM

^^^i don't hate it or anything but i'm not gonna plan my day around it

[Edited on August 6, 2008 at 12:18 PM. Reason : ^lol]

8/6/2008 12:18:29 PM

LLWS for wii:

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/sports/littleleagueworldseries2008/images.html

8/6/2008 2:16:27 PM

looks cheesy, but I'd probably buy it just for the heck of it if I had a wii.

8/6/2008 2:23:42 PM

^^Can you make them cry after they strike out or have an error?

8/6/2008 2:32:04 PM

bttt

8/7/2008 11:31:47 PM

betting on LLWS? Perhaps a visit to gambling anonymous is in your future?

8/7/2008 11:35:20 PM

haha. this shit is bananas. TX up 6-5 in the bottom of the 6 with 2 outs and LA ties it with a homerun. LA pitcher walks the bases loaded and walks in a run with 2 outs. Now LA hit a leadoff homer bot. 7th to tie and if LA doesn't win it now, they can't start another inning because of a curfew.

damn. bases loaded and a wild pitch brings in the winning run. LA to the LLWS

[Edited on August 8, 2008 at 12:10 AM. Reason : ]

8/8/2008 12:00:58 AM

Run fatty, run!!!!

8/8/2008 12:13:12 AM

jackpot

8/9/2008 7:56:13 PM

Yay, the Calcutta is done. $283 in the pot.

8/12/2008 10:20:41 PM

nm

[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 10:22 PM. Reason : adsfsadf]

8/12/2008 10:22:25 PM

jailbait on espn2

8/12/2008 10:36:36 PM

jeesus. this bitch is 13 and 6'1"

8/12/2008 11:26:57 PM

there's a kid from Indiana listed at 6'1, but he's prolly closer to 6'3


I spent $5 of that $283 based on that.. but mostly, goooooooo JAPAN!!!!!!1

kekekeke!

8/13/2008 12:58:39 AM

If my boys from either Florida or Oregon play like they should it'll be a Kurtis636 v. NoidRoid final.

8/13/2008 7:25:33 AM

You don't even know who your boys are, I can't believe you outbid me on WASHINGTON.

8/13/2008 7:45:02 AM

Leave me alone, I've been up for 24 hours straight.

8/13/2008 7:51:17 AM

It begins... today!

8/15/2008 12:14:16 PM

http://www.littleleague.org/series/2008divisions/llbb/series.htm

My Florida boys are off to a strong start!

8/15/2008 4:43:54 PM

i took HI

8/15/2008 7:09:52 PM

They only have 1 kid that can really hit now, the other one fractured his elbow in this game

I like their pitching and defense though

8/15/2008 10:01:24 PM

Florida is still looking good, I'm a bit pissed that the Washington team (who was the highest priced team this year as NoidRoid and I both went after them) lost to Louisiana (who looks unexpectedly awesome). Hopefully they'll get back on track and win their next two games.

On the international side Japan and Venezuela have been dominant, meanwhile Mexico looks like they're in the clear, but Curacao, the other solid team in that bracket could potentially be in trouble as they'll face the winner of the Japan v. Venezuela matchup.

8/17/2008 8:57:37 PM

Fucking hell Florida.

Oh yeah, Stacey Dales is no substitute for Erin Andrews.

8/17/2008 9:27:52 PM

My hometown, Hagerstown, MD. Is wooping ass. Cheer for them if you do not otherwise have a favorite.

8/19/2008 5:25:22 PM

they got whomped yesterday.

8/19/2008 5:28:34 PM

I wish I could find the tiebreakers so I'll know who I should be rooting for tonight.

8/19/2008 7:46:40 PM

Quote :

"BoobsR_gr8 All American 28300 Posts user info edit post i took HI 8/15/2008 7:09:52 PM "

3-0 baby!

8/19/2008 9:30:00 PM

So apparently even Curacao has decided it is no longer cool to like Andruw Jones. I remember a couple years ago, every single player said Andruw was their favorite player during the player intros. This year not one did. I guess its a good thing that Jair came around right after Andruw fell off.

8/19/2008 10:36:32 PM

^LOL

Haha I remember not long ago Braves fans were arguing he should have been MVP over D. Lee and Pujols.

FWIW I think Mexico is going to demolish everyone in this thing.

8/20/2008 12:23:02 AM

That is seriously the stupidest tie breaker system ever. Maryland would have had to give up 6 runs just to have a chance to advance.

I mean it worked out for my team to get through, but that is still dumb.

8/20/2008 11:04:52 AM