LLWS 2012 - Petaluma-Tennessee US Championship Game

[@billy9497able]

I remember watching this with my grandfather. It was an awesome game. We were so proud of Tennessee. Rip.

[@ethanpancoast1374]

this was the most interesting year of the llws.

[@jlascala03]

This year and 2015 for sure

[@zanderkeith8079]

Fr

[@cancelanime1507]

2012, 2016 and 2017 were the best years in my opinion..

[@KingJavon88]

Ehh the year with Illinois and Nevada was better

[@jasonbillington160]

Without doubt, the best LLWS game I've ever seen! Some talented kids with great attitudes. Win or lose they should all be very proud. Hope they had as much fun playing it as I did watching it!

[@morgs3871]

6 years later the 6th inning comeback still gives me the goosebumps

[@abfnjewbgalr]

blue lives don't matter

[@daddyshark3415]

@@abfnjewbgalr ikr

[@cancelanime1507]

@@abfnjewbgalr Idiot

[@joe_bond]

still go back to watch this video

[@xdultra730]

daddy shark bro y’all are so entitled to live in another country

[@mikewithamopar7544]

To this day I still watch this video lorenzo butlers performance was amazing, California’s comeback was definitely one for the books in Williamsport, one of the best games ever played

[@mikewithamopar7544]

Tmkriss Kriss so I heard, sad to hear

[@kingogray5177]

Wait Lorenzo butler is in jail can I see a link please I’m interested

[@reidpribble3878]

@@kingogray5177 Just search up Lorenzo Butler and you’ll find it

[@kingogray5177]

@@reidpribble3878 lol I forgot about this comment

[@T.Garcia7]

I can't help but cry watching this game. It makes me miss playing competitive baseball more than I could ever describe. Best days of my life were spent out on a ballfield.

[@lucasgarcia9330]

Imagine making one of the greatest llws comebacks and giving up nine the next inning

[@cleveland2164]

Might be the best game I’ve ever seen. Emotions everywhere. Anyone else reliving their former little league glory days. Lol.

[@josephbaker50]

Its sad but Lorenzo Butler got shot and is now in jail for armed robbery. Ruined his life

[@diced8650]

Bruh rlly?

[@cole743]

@@diced8650 yep I just looked it up too. Sad, sad

[@GarbagsTrucksOfWestValley]

Shit bro he really did

[@GarbagsTrucksOfWestValley]

I looked it up a few months ago truly sad shit I wonder why he did it?

[@djdudjiddj7490]

@@GarbagsTrucksOfWestValleyhe’s prob in the streets lol ik alot of great baseball players who threew they life away

[@cancelanime1507]

That 6th inning comeback is one of the best comebacks in sports period.. Doesn't matter if it was in Little League..

[@macesports]

Still greatest game of all time llws

[@marcmaza2821]

This was literally the best comeback game I ever seen!! The home run comeback! Petaluma is only a hour drive from where I live!

[@desertcat8]

Them yellow Easton xl's had different pop back then ifykyk

[@RedFxd]

i play little league baseball in new york and i wish my team was good enough to play in this, but these guys are amazing

[@artforus]

So do I, we got eliminated

[@RedFxd]

artforus that sucks

[@Sneakercollecter01]

RedJohnnny this really sucks. i play for a allstar team that is not a offical little leauge member. we could have been in great lakes reginal because a couple wisconisin teams that were in the state thing we had beat. we were one of the top teams

[@RedFxd]

James J wow

[@chaboi6787]

RedizE this is probably different this is a certain conference of it

[@TheBadWad]

Bradley smith looks 26

[@iVesliYT]

true af

[@Babydrew32]

He also played every position in this game im pretty sure

[@kodaparkerr]

you should see him now!!! he has a thick beard and looks like he could be in his 30s

[@MarcusB-qr1hk]

I remember watching this game! It was absolutely insane🤯

[@Kari2025]

Lorenzo’s three 3 run home runs reminds me of Pablo Sandoval’s 3 home runs in game 1 of the World Series, which just happened to be 2012, like this game.

[@mikeshipula191]

Well Lorenzo is in jail serving 6 years so

[@johnhough8754]

What an awesome game. Reminds me of my days when my team won our semifinal lower division game by this same score.

[@joanzimmerle4240]

I live in Goodlettsville and was at this game. It was amazing to see this young recreation league all star team come together and play at the level they did. That 6th inning will never be matched!

[@Babydrew32]

Crazy game i remember watching this. Probably the craziest and best LLWS game of all time

[@bradytheboss11]

It’s so upsetting now knowing that Lorenzo butler kidnapped someone, got shot, was accused of robbery and is currently in jail.

[@increasearmadillo3032]

This game alone did it for him

[@THE3NEGOTIATOR1]

Scores 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie it to only be beaten by 8 runs at the end of the game. Man, I love sports!

[@remyreyes7680]

that last pitch looked like it was below the strike zone

[@josephdouillard]

It was way to low for Bradley Smith

[@remyreyes7680]

yeah who knows if that was called a ball california might have won somehow

[@remyreyes7680]

true but mistakes like that are what make the game interesting

[@auntkimmy2010]

+Taylortots16 nah go back and slow it down it was barely over the plate

[@auntkimmy2010]

+Vented Nation oh my bad didn't know he was 6,4

[@patrickhemmig8217]

3:20 that guy was giving me the death stare I don't think I will recover

[@gavinwatkins4018]

I agree.

[@tortillaman54]

And the way he was talking was creepy 😂

[@jaredcorwin9779]

We can all agree both teams did really good👍

[@rushintl1]

One of the great LLWS games ever. It was a shame a Williamsport Ump calls the final strike on a near ground ball outside, but THAT's a "Volunteer Ump".

[@mobogdan4683]

i couldn't believe they gave them that call to end the game, criminal they ended that game on that call.

[@beny6072]

Damn look up Lorenzo Butler, one of the Tennessee players. A once promising young man is now a felon.

[@wizardmaster7475]

He’s a felon?

[@wxdeRL]

@@wizardmaster7475 he got shot and is now in jail for armed robbery

[@GoOnTags]

Honestly looks like he’d grow up to be an idiot like that

[@ashtonbrown1535]

@@GoOnTags what???

[@logicsinatra134]

@@GoOnTags pretty fucked up thing to say

[@marcmaza2821]

One of the best little league game ever to watch!!

[@ej4094]

Llws will never be the same 😢

[@D5YouTube]

That boy Lorenzo Butler was something serious. Can’t believe it’s been five years I watched this live.

[@NotreDame7100]

Amazing! Thanks for posting! My 2 favorite teams but I missed the game because I was playing a game myself.

[@michaelcady1337]

Any little leaguer knows scoring 10 runs in an inning to comeback, on tv or not, is something you’ll remember the rest of your life....especially when you give up a 9 spot in the top of the 7th. I can’t even imagine the pain

[@robertbrown6929]

miss this days man

[@draeco6875]

Most legendary LLWS of all time

[@lucianooviedo921]

This awesome game was quite the roller coaster.

[@masonwilley7574]

I was at that game and I was on the second row on the grandstands and after the fifth inning my cousin wanted to leave but I said we should stay and then everybody was hitting homeruns it was amazing good game

[@carsonwalker9629]

And for some reason, last Sunday my travel team had a 10 run comeback and walked it off

[@diamondking323]

Home run home run home run.maybe they need a bigger field

[@RioRiver829]

Like 250 ft?

[@vgkfan475]

Gamerader No. 240 at the most.

[@vgkfan475]

Gamerader Plus they can't move the wall back because the bullpen is there.

[@brycehilt858]

I would say switch it to wood bats

[@luisrosales9349]

Diamond king the new bat standard should take care of all the homeruns. The new stabdard is basically BBCOR but for -10 bats

[@yurifrommw215]

These kids are adults now 😂

[@jacksondye3563]

Can you do the full game.

[@PicoRiveraCalifornia]

14:31 How is that a strike?

[@dgktriplea]

+FNAF SFM AND OTHER STUFF His glove touched the ground...

[@Antbeast23]

Look like a strike to me

[@michael_dugan]

Last out looked like a ball to me slightly low and outside

[@denisejones5443]

I remember I was playing little league baseball and the umpire said to the catcher he was gonna call the next pitch a strike to get my teammate out and the next pitch he called him out to a pitch above his head, then the next game we had he was at first base. I think we would have won,because we lost by one point

[@mikewilkinton7360]

Denise Jones this is super late but you deserve to lose if you call it a point smh

[@RAZOPOWERRP]

Ive seen them now and they are better this year than last they might win it this year if they are back

[@andrew17yoon23]

Tht last pitch to Big Bradley Smith was a ball cuz it almost hit the dirt....plus Bradley Smith is a taller person so his strike zone would be higher!

[@Nyyre]

Before I watch the video, go Tennessee!

[@KNiiTEMARES]

I remember watching this live.

[@EatMehClawzzz]

they spent their entire lives playing a game, they make it to the big stage, get their bright chance and come up short, you don't know what it feels like until it happens to you

[@zacharyjames8696]

My favorite llws players are Hance Smith nd Cole Tomei

[@fazexotikz356]

3:28..looks like you should be in the MLB

[@wavymarv499]

Fun fact the kid that pitched for a Japan in the chip is on my college team

[@canefan17]

Good to see #14 come back in in the b7th and finish it off. Tough

[@FTWmtwarrior]

1) I don't know where you played but that's the little league world series is 10-12 years of age, and little league starts at age 6. Most of the guys there have been playing for 6 years, or half of their life. 2) That's from a movie. About a drunk coach yelling at his adult players. 3) They most certainly do when the most intense, pressured thing you've done is finally over and you need to release your stress. 4) He's probably actually played baseball.

[@MrBigboi321]

Got chills watching this

[@mecogiatumama2215]

2012 the best world series

[@codyaaron3371]

Are you actually kidding me with that last strike call to end the game, that is so awful I would be so angry my god

[@matthewbecker4070]

This is a great game

[@danielfranklin1392]

Tennessee team had some strong hitters.

[@TheTechnoTrooper]

0:47 that sound tho

[@mathstm3839]

His body looked so weird

[@TheCman273]

This was the craziest little league world series game ever!

[@harolddenton6031]

Jake Rucker is currently playing baseball ar the university of tennessees.

[@bradytheboss11]

And Lorenzo butler is in jail.

[@concentraitionduck9816]

At 7:42 after the first runner scored the catcher gave the pitcher the ball leaving home open, the man on third should have tested it and went home.

[@chscelebrity8325]

The fact that this was a championship is nuts. Tennessee won, but California were the real winners

[@autodecline]

how they got destroyed

[@jikes100]

uh there was a game in 1955 which was the only perfect game in ll history, i think thats the best game ever

[@macesports]

Daniel Ray u sure it’s not boring

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Thanks ! Where can I see this whole game ?

[@nevek7932]

LMAOO The Guy from 3:17 made my night xD

[@sjenkins1562]

Lol

[@rees5124]

Tennesee blew a 15-5 lead

[@Noah-oj2dh]

Tennessee won

[@rees5124]

Ik but they still blew the lead

[@robertdunlap765]

ReesDaKing tennessee won

[@articx23xcantu12]

The last pitch was a Fukking ball.

[@Antbeast23]

Robert Cantu lmao like it would of mattered

[@whywelovefilm7079]

Crazy to think that Lorenzo Butler, the 2nd Baseman for Tennessee who hit the 3 home runs, he was shot and hospitalized 4 years after this game. Turns out it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He wasn't trying to kill himself or anything like that. He was just playing around with the gun and it accidentally went off. Then after he recovered, he robbed and kidnapped a Woman and was arrested with 3 guns in his possession. Turns out he wasn't too bright...

[@KinkESizemore]

Yeah you never can tell who’s gonna turn out good or bad…he had so much potential if he stuck his focus to baseball

[@AmtrakCSXFan457]

And he just passed away last month...

[@whywelovefilm7079]

@@AmtrakCSXFan457that was a different Lorenzo Butler. That kid was 14 years old. Not the same guy…

[@thestrongwarrior4027]

Tennessee deserves to win

[@Anon41682]

Why no llws 2013?

[@smeatonplymouth]

You got it.

[@jamescoleman4935]

I don't kno wats better this game or this years conneticut and california

[@hsukevin9894]

i am on the california team i am a catcher

[@willroden3326]

K

[@TheBadWad]

Sure

[@jessieschlachter2863]

Hsu Kevin whatever

[@rosmarypadillas8783]

+Rosmary Padilla S. welcome Venezuela

[@rosmarypadillas8783]

welcome estados unidos u.s.a

[@KinkESizemore]

The 6th inning cost that Goodlettsville team the championship game that followed. They wore themselves out surviving this game that they fell flat in the next.

[@levierb8798]

i am on one of these teams and all u haters are just jealous becuase we kids can make it this far and you haters couldnt or cant.

[@123damienrules]

I was there to see that game

[@djdudjiddj7490]

I guess Lorenzo butler passed away the little league World Series need to have a moment of silence for Lorenzo and Micah wings wtf

[@jrs689]

Because wood bats are harder to hit with. And they break all the time. Flying shards of a wood bat are an additional threat to the fielders.

[@drayyc0]

It was on the edge of the plate

[@RioRiver829]

Tennessee should have won the game like 15-10 or something Just my thoughts

[@parker9501]

What about the world championship

[@rwh2213]

Great game

[@mikerunyeon1993]

Ya I live In Petaluma I know Bradley Smith

[@lolslayz_2622]

and now lorenzo butler is a felon

[@BHV0810]

That 10-run comeback went to waste in the 7th

[@zekecortez3230]

TN!!!!!!!!! Yeah let's go

[@Noah-oj2dh]

My dream is to meet hance smith and cole tomei

[@EatMehClawzzz]

you say a lot like you know that's a fact, 95% of those players have played since they were 5 also, i wasn't talking about crying after they get hit or something, i was talking about after they lose the biggest game of their life

[@PeachRobot1000]

Actually 1.) a lot of the kids that go to the world series have only been playing for 2 or 3 years not there whole life, 2.) the number one rule of baseball is no crying 3.) they're 11-13 you dont cry when you messup or if you get hurt they should be used to it by now 4.) it sounds like you have some unresolved issues of your own

[@dorothysettles3991]

that last pitch was below the knees

[@Willo4Crafts]

I agree I play for North Carolina and my team sucked

[@smeatonplymouth]

Summer Forever - 1985 espn/sounds

[@vacgaming8858]

Home run 3:51 5:47 7:45 8:19 10:38 10:59 13:26

[@hannahtrinity4046]

that was a good game

[@ls3matt]

Uhhh, i didn't mean to like your comment but it was a knee high call. It just depends on the umpire.

[@alijahsmythia2071]

I was 1 run away from being there

[@j..6092]

Last pitch...so low, a ball no doubt. But the ump has the final call.

[@juanjosequerochi9587]

Mifaborito ekipo es California

[@SirPeewee]

Lmao a lot of these kids are half swinging the bat and the ball still comes flying off. These bats can be insane sometimes