What Inspires Me? Little League Diamond on Diamonds
Little League Baseball’s Diamond Jubilee is on!
For 75 years 4–16-year-old Little League players have been suiting up and taking to the field to pitch, catch, throw—Play Baseball!
These past few weeks, 11- & 12-year-old Little League baseball teams have been competing in the regional playoffs. Winner from each division will face off in the 2022 Little League World Series beginning August 17, 2022!
Let me repeat: 11 & 12 year olds, little boys who still have to be home before the street lights and be reminded to brush their teeth—and may not yet have enough equipment to fill out athletic supporters— competing in games as heated, intense, dramatic as an Major League Baseball match up!
Just how good can these Little Leaguers be?
On August 8th, a 12-year-old on the Honolulu Little League, Jaron Lancaster, blasted the ball clear out of the park.
Jaron’s moonshot flew over the outfield fence and almost over the outside fence. Regulation dimensions for little league fields specify that the distance from “the back point of home plate to the outfield fence should be at least 200 feet, but not more than 275 feet” which means Jaron’s moonshot was way more than 200 feet.
Click over to watch Jaron Lancaster’s 2 Run homer!
According to Quora, “The vast majority of hits in baseball are singles, and the average distance that a hit travels is between 100 and 120 feet.” That’s a grown adult twice as big and strong as any of these middle-graders hitting!
11-and 12-year-olds with the physical prowess, commitment, courage to play as good and as hard as they do under such pressure! Now that’s inspiring!
