Park View Little League Championship Game is no sleeper

WOW! WHAT A GAME SATURDAY!!! Park View Little League had 2 great championship games going at the same time. It was hard to keep your eyes on just one. Up on the upper Minor A field The undefeated A's were battling it out against the Angles, and on the majors field the favorites Yankees were up against a proud Pirates team that had not beat them once in regular season. But this was for all the marbles.

I tried to stay quiet, I'm big about superstition, but my husband was the third base ump, so a little heckling on my part was required!

The Pirates were the visiting team so Yankees got last at bat, the game was nail biting to the end and ending up in extra innings when a Pirates run was called back because the runner was leading off (no, my husband didn't make THAT call). With hearts in stomachs, moms getting up out of their seats to pace, dads on their toes, in the 7th inning the Pirates scored the go ahead run to put them up 3-2. Remember, the Yankees still have their at bat. Now the Yankees are up, the Pirates put in Ben Ramirez, younger brother to the 6'2" man child from last years World Series, Luke Ramirez. Can Ben do it? Pull out the save?

From my vantage point I could see the entire field. I was standing up by the snack bar with Luke, Andy Rios, Kiko Garcia, Jensen Peterson and a couple other kids. They came to watch kids play on the field that they played on just one year ago. "They seem so small" I heard one of them say. But they also talked about how good they looked and how exciting the game was. So there we all stood, watching the game, pitch after pitch. This wasn't going to be easy. They had a batter on base, now on 3rd, but with 2 outs. Last time they had this they hit a home run to go ahead the Pirates by 1. Strike one we heard the ump say, then strike two. We were one strike away from putting this game away!!! "Come on Ben", I could hear the boys screaming behind me. STRIKE THREE!!! That was it! They did it. Finally, the Pirates beat the Yankees. All season they couldn't beat them, or were they just playing with them and waiting until the big show!

Congratulations to both teams, you put on one heck of a game!

Congratulations to all the teams at Park View, you put on one heck of a season! All of us parents are proud of you!!!

More photos of this day can be found on our community facebook page East Chula Vista Buzz. Many photos were taken by special on assignment photographer of the day: Jensen Peterson (his brother had a 2 Sr games also that day.) Thanks Jensen :)