Texas vs Pennsylvania | LLWS Opening Round | 2022 Little League World Series Highlights

Texas and Pennsylvania played in the Opening Round on the United States side of the bracket in the 2022 Little League World Series.
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[@jomomma2082]

These kids are studs 👏 lots of energy in these games it’s great.

[@sampark8184]

You can tell those boys from pearland take plenty of notes from their stros. Their ability to string hits, play good defense, run the bases well, stay composed in high pressure situations on all sides of the game, etc.

[@todbob6229]

Thanks wheels for the great coverage of the little league games 🤙

[@MrChinesename]

Texas, Tennessee, Hawaii .. top 3 US teams hands down

[@supergio4551]

Agreed!

[@brianmeen2158]

Yep but the international teams are much better overall

[@thekingelp3551]

@@brianmeen2158not better than hawaii

[@joeheid4757]

Thanks Wheels!!! Go Texas!!!

[@marcosdiosdado7262]

Yessir!!!!

[@malakaidean2005]

Who else misses the 13 year old giants hitting home runs and throwing 75 plus

[@thesaltyd619]

Hawaii has some monsters this year but that’s about it.

[@brianmeen2158]

I sure do. The best players in America aren’t even playing little league anymore. Plus they are a year younger now so that doesn’t help

[@joeydrummer7929]

@@brianmeen2158where are they playing?

[@thekingelp3551]

@@joeydrummer7929travel ball little league is very low level baseball the only point of playing it past the age of 10 really is to make it to this

[@fitfogey]

Pennsylvanian fans went from happy Kevin Hart to disappointed Kevin Hart.

[@ryanstoddard7413]

Hawaii about to make quick work of Texas.✌🏼

[@gideonshawver5931]

I hope as a PA person. I hope Hawaii ( who is my second favorite team) crushes texas

[@seankathman6339]

Is it me or does peatland always seem to make it and be good lol

[@brianmeen2158]

It’s very impressive and may I say suspicious about areas that make it to the little league World Series often

[@thekingelp3551]

@@brianmeen2158it’s not suspicious at all 💀

[@amw6478]

Please tell me I didn’t see a parent at 12:09 waving goodbye to the other team…..

[@charliewooding6606]

What embrassing behavior

[@douglaserb1]

I think they were waiving at the camera, given he was facing the field waving and looking at the camera

[@youbluethatone1017]

Saw that as well. That’s the goodbye wave to be a poor sport and nothing else

[@ljballers11]

Lmao that mom from Pennsylvania saying Texas needs the help because their crowd is noting compared to Pennsylvania’s 💀 moments before disaster

[@liendoscustomsandcollectio3306]

Yeah I heard that, and then what happened 8-2 that’s all I need to say!!!!! Let’s go TEXAS!!!!!!

[@nandocastillo8366]

Let’s go Texas I’m from Houston so I got to represent

[@kieranberryman984]

great game. a few missed calls by the ups. 9:55 tagged at 3rd. good spirit.

[@xuimod]

Damn Pearland Texas repping Texas again? I'm from Pearland. These kids are good. The Pearland team missed getting winning the whole thing a few years ago. Lost in the US championship in a really close game if I recall correctly. And the team they lost to ended up beating the team from Japan if I'm not mistaken. Ton of good athletes come out of the Houston area. So many athletes make it to the pros here, especially the NFL. Too bad crime in the Houston area is getting pretty bad.

[@fitfogey]

People saying the kid at 9:50 was out because he came off the bag when he stood up are guessing at best. His right foot is still touching the side of the bag. You can stand beside a base and still be touching it. Furthermore, even if he wasn’t at that angle you can’t tell if he is or isn’t touching it. Neither can the ump so he defaulted to that he is. Just stop.

[@youbluethatone1017]

He was definitely off. Umpire wasn’t paying attention and should be banned from ever umpiring a LLWS Game ever again

[@fitfogey]

@@youbluethatone1017 Wrong.

[@youbluethatone1017]

@@fitfogey atleast you are man enough to admit you were wrong. KUDOS KID

[@mauricearmstrong4712]

Little man playing short stop like a baby Derek Jeter out here🥶🏋

[@leef7872]

Seen this kid from Tennessee make a throw from his knee after diving for the ground ball. They were playing Massachusetts

[@CountryGirlLA]

Thx, Wheels.

[@mytxmygun6300]

A couple bad calls mean nothing when you lose by 5 and have 6 put on you in one inning. Not to mention more then 3 errors. Any Coach or experienced player knows exactly why they lost.

[@jaimeperez5777]

Texas goin all way !

[@Kaizen29x]

You see what Hawaii just did to New York? Completely shut and blew them out. Dont be so sure of that.

[@Kaizen29x]

Yall got shutout lol guess all the way ends here lol insert foot in mouth

[@papachocolate1677]

6:32 it's like a quick time event.

[@davidc3943]

The kid who got hit by the pitch, offered the bunt, which by text book definition is a swing, was awarded first base because he “defending himself?” Wtf kinda call is that?! Plenty of Major League Baseball players swing at pitches that hit them in the groin, and it is called a strike.

[@youbluethatone1017]

What do you expect at the LLWS? Good Umpiring? 😂😂😂

[@davidc3943]

@@youbluethatone1017 I just haven’t seen this bad of umpiring since calling a pitch a foot off the plate a strike.

[@Ashirley211]

Love seeing the Pennsylvania get humbled after the way they acted in the regionals! There’s no place for that in the game

[@mytxmygun6300]

What happened

[@icedoglindy4670]

@@mytxmygun6300 they were allegedly showboating a bit and being arrogant and irritating. Just reporting what I saw in the comments

[@yahuahisgod]

Yes sir, was just about to post that. Nice big fat piece of humble pie.

[@talonmckendree2984]

Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania celebrates that way to show respect to a kid named Carmine that they met during their state’s tournament that gave them the idea for the celebrations and has been their inspiration for their journey to Williamsport. Bull power!

[@lcnincmusiccollective5577]

THANKS WHEELS 🛞 GREAT GAME BROTHER

[@jjerm766]

Gonna be a hard team to beat

[@marcosdiosdado7262]

Don’t get me wrong Pennsylvanian is a good team and all, but this Pearland Texas team is to much of a power house for them

[@kaliitto7565]

You can’t really say that about the Texas team this game. If it wasn’t for those self inflicted errors Texas would not be in the lead. And IF they decided to review that play at home plate where the kid dodged the catcher and didn’t get tagged, but was still called an out. Texas would probably have lost

[@marcosdiosdado7262]

@@kaliitto7565 no they wouldn’t have, Texas still would’ve won stop the cap 🧢

[@marcosdiosdado7262]

@@kaliitto7565 Pearland is way better all the way around, pearland pitching is really deep

[@Dustyn_Gonzalez]

@@marcosdiosdado7262 its all good my Tennessee team about to win it all😂

[@1takesidd995]

@@kaliitto7565 you make no sense though because that’s how you tell how good a team is… how little self inflicted errors they make. it’s the difference between every game at a high level. not saying these kids are mlb but 8-3 doesn’t align with what you said either, hell give them that run at the plate it’s 8-4. give ‘em a run or 2 because i know you’ll say “it ruined our momentum” it’s 8-6 max. not a chance they won this game today

[@jadencasas7172]

kid was out at 9:50, came completely off the bag and got tagged

[@bohunter9765]

definitely out.

[@nathanhouston2713]

Catcher made the runner establish his base path 2 separate times. And both times the runner went out of the base path. That is an OUT. I don't know where people are getting this "no base path at home" notion but it doesn't exist. Base path technically doesn't exist until the opposing team tries to tag you. Also awful job by the umpire leaving the bat there. Made the runner and catchers job a lot harder.

[@dontedrake2316]

He was safe that was a great play that should have been reviewed great video keep up the great content Wheels

[@coltonjohnson119]

It's because he dove into the plate head first. In this league of little league baseball you can't slide/dive into a base head first when advancing. Had he touched with his feet he would have been safe. There is identical prohibition on a runner sliding head-first while advancing (in the Major division and below) in both Little League Softball and Little League Baseball. The runner is out, and the ball remains live [(Rule 7.08(a)(4)]. Runners may dive head-first when returning to a base.

[@lukegreene2804]

6:55 Was so embarrassing they should at least replay it because that would have been a game altering decision

[@donnybrusca3043]

Not sure what you think was "embarassing." Obviously, the runner reached home without being tagged, but that's not the issue. Everybody, including the umpire, saw that. Either the runner is being called out for sliding in head first or for running out of his base path. In either case, there is nothing to "replay."

[@youbluethatone1017]

Yep not allowed to go in head first unless retreating to a base. Automatically out Everytime

[@hankshepherd2310]

9:52 he was out. Small detail but 3rd baseman was right

[@riickysalinas]

I don’t really know baseball rules but I just kinda like watching it, but isn’t there a moment where the runner is allowed to get up

[@donnybrusca3043]

@@riickysalinas No. If he loses contact with the bag and he is tagged while off the base, he is out. However, there is absolutely no way to tell from this video whether or not his right foot is still touching the bag when he is tagged. Everyone crying about this play based on this video is just guessing. The umpire has a much better angle than the TV camera.

[@kuinagel]

Texas is tall!!

[@mamadykonate6007]

At 9:54 the runner at third base lift his left hand off the base. & the third baseman actually tagged him for the second time, he was out!! but the umpire didn’t want to call it I guess.

[@youbluethatone1017]

Yep that umpire should be banned from ever umpiring a LLWS game ever again

[@dkk5]

9:53…that kid from Texas should have been called out at 3rd. Play wasn’t over, time wasn’t called yet. Great heads up play by 3rd baseman. Runner clearly came off the bag when he got up from sliding back. Horrible call by the ump.

[@TWolfyG]

6:55 that’s so bad… he should be safe 100%… if the catcher goes for the tag and forces you around him it’s everyone for themselves at that point. Runner can do whatever he needs to touch that plate

[@hankshepherd2310]

that isn't true at all. It was the right call, he was out of the baseline by multiple feet

[@XQUEZZYX]

It’s a judgment call . The umpire thought he was evading the base line for a run . So he calls him out

[@hawmex1]

He was out! This ain’t Dodgeball!🤣

[@TWolfyG]

@@hankshepherd2310 so you only protect the catcher?? That’s not how it works… you protect both players, they both have a right to the play at that point. Catcher forced him to go around so he can make that path towards the plate if he needs to

[@TWolfyG]

@@hawmex1 if he was out he wouldn’t tagged him… he never did

[@gord120]

Maybe someday this will be a true World Series where the United States won't get a free ride into the final. Easy to do, just start the American playoffs earlier. Every other Country does this and are there in time for the tournament. Makes you think how many less times the USA would have won if they were put into the International pool bracket since the inception of the LLWS.

[@southwestbaseball6265]

I wish we would’ve won

[@arrielletaimatuia2549]

Don’t get too cocky thinking Texas will blow past Hawaii

[@naturem10]

Maybe we should start paying umpires to do these games. It has been awful this whole entire world series + regionals.

[@youbluethatone1017]

Not sure why they don’t get paid to begin with!? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@youbluethatone1017]

At 9:50 kid was off the base and tagged out. Pennsylvania should’ve challenged that because he would’ve been called out 100%! May have gave them more momentum back

[@minimaldrip8177]

Final score was 8-3. Didn’t really matter. And time may have been called by the defense at that time.

[@youbluethatone1017]

@@minimaldrip8177 time couldnt have been called yet. Unless one of the umpires does t know the rules which is very likely 😂

[@youbluethatone1017]

@@minimaldrip8177 they get that out they are very likely to go into the bottom of the inning down only 3 with more momentum and good chance to tie or take the lead. Umpire blew a call plain and simple

[@minimaldrip8177]

@@youbluethatone1017 he blew an insignificant call, It happens… I’d focus on much worse calls made in other games.

[@supergio4551]

Texas is probably right behind Hawaii. We might see a Championship game between these 2 teams

[@douglaserb1]

They're in the same bracket

[@Landon693]

@@douglaserb1 he means the US bracket championship

[@Landon693]

I think Hawaii is a better team they have better power in hitting and better pitching but Texas has better contact I think but usually dominate pitching beats dominate hitting

[@JJA1987]

They’re above

[@supergio4551]

@@douglaserb1 yes, I meant the U.S bracket championship. I'm still not sure who could be the International champions cause most of them are good! Probably Mexico, Japan, Curacao or even Canada

[@southwestbaseball6265]

I miss wialliamsport so bad

[@nsfwschiffy]

Pearland got the Bruce bolt plug I see

[@liendoscustomsandcollectio3306]

Yeah they were one of the sponsors

[@lowkeyvalid7130]

These kids are good! I’m not trying to take anything away from them at all. But WTF happened to the LLWS?

[@nolimit4484]

That’s what I’m saying . I’ve watched all games so far and seen a lot of errors. Not tracking fly balls right Bad throws and more

[@troyzfn5649]

i think the kids are younger, plus not as good. travel ball is taking the kids away from little league

[@isaacmoreno9881]

@@troyzfn5649 i agree, I didn’t play my last year of little league so I could move into pony and play with older kids and I also played travel ball as well.

[@gavogamez2216]

The international teams make us look like a joke now lol

[@lowkeyvalid7130]

@@troyzfn5649 that’s been the case in my local area. Wasn’t sure if it was nation wide or not.

[@TheKingSource]

How do the announcers not know on that play at the plate in Bottom 3rd the runner is OUT BY RULE for an illegal attempt to avoid the tag AND YES HE LEFT THE BASEBLINE BY A MILE?

[@flogrown2014]

Live in pa and am so glad Pa lost ! That link kid is beyond arrogant and needs a haircut 😂

[@gideonshawver5931]

I live in PA and will always root for the home team. Just because of a really good athlete has a haircut YOU don't like means you hate him.

[@flogrown2014]

@@gideonshawver5931 really good athlete ? Lol. Not quite. Good for you homer. 🙄😂

[@gideonshawver5931]

@@flogrown2014 I think 2 hrs in the llws deserves "good athlete" award. Lol

[@thekingelp3551]

yeah for real screw that kid for having fun and being comfortable with his hair

[@XIKruKovIX]

12:59 The throw hits a coach siting in the stair well. Should be ruled out of play and runner advances to 2nd...?

[@nathanbinder5900]

Actually, I'd say the coach is in the field of play because he should be in the dugout. Interference would be the call, making it an additional out.

[@billdesinger8604]

@@nathanbinder5900 I umped LL 5 yrs. Rules state mgr or coach must be in dugout but can’t block doorway. If he hadn’t been there it would have been dead ball overthrow. Runners should have been at 2 & 3, unless I’m totally missing something.

[@nathanbinder5900]

@@billdesinger8604 it looked like the ball was going to bounce over the stairs if he wasn’t sitting on the top of the stairs out of the dugout. I could be wrong though

[@XIKruKovIX]

@@billdesinger8604 R1 was put out during the play so only BR gets 2nd. R2 scored anyway. I think it's important to know (we don't) the ground rules regarding the stairwell. It would make sense that any ball passing over it would be declared out of play, otherwise it would be extremely dangerous.

[@XIKruKovIX]

​@@nathanbinder5900 We don't know the ground rules for this field, so we are left to some speculation in that regard. However, I think you are making a very big assumption that the area on or above the stairwell is considered "in the field of play." I would say that it is much more likely, given the safety hazards of stairs, that the area on or above the stairwell is considered out of play (Similar to MLB dugouts). The problem with calling interference is (without getting too technical in the wording and, in regard to my earlier analysis); interference is called when, in the umpires judgement, the offense interfered with the defense's ability to make a play on a runner or batter runner. I don't think there is a case to be made that if the coach was not there, the defense had the ability to put out the batter runner. In other words, you should not call interference on a play, if there is no possibility of putting out a runner or batter runner. The Official Baseball Rules puts this more eloquently in its comments on interference.

[@bllarose]

Yea these umpires are shakey

[@kennyd2134]

Looks to me that these homeplate umpires are all trying to become the next Angel Hermandez, the strike zones they are calling are so obviously inconsistant.

[@youbluethatone1017]

6:30 he is out because of a head first slide

[@juanblanco7594]

Who let 'mom' into dad's ball game ...

[@ssggaming1295]

Pennsylvania will be back

[@Landon693]

We will see

[@marcosdiosdado7262]

Pearland is to much of a power house for Pennsylvania

[@marcosdiosdado7262]

But Pennsylvania is a good team

[@ej4094]

@@marcosdiosdado7262 bro stfu I’m a texas fan and your annoying asf saying the same thing in every comment “to much of a power house” but it was a close game and could’ve gone anyways

[@dontedrake2316]

I'm believe that Pennsylvania will win a couple games no not playing too far from Williamsport let's see how everything plays out

[@codybaker154]

To the parents of the little girl screaming at the top of her lungs….. why? Just why lol

[@thomasconlin5329]

Man I umpired little league baseball for 3 years and good lord.. I know these men and women are volunteers but so far what I’ve seen is horrible. Including the regionals they have seemed so uncomfortable and not confidant. Nor have they been knowledgeable on the rule book. Feel bad for the kids, unfortunately the coaches don’t seem knowledgeable either.

[@rayray4192]

The volunteer umpire concept is a miserable failure. The play at the plate in the bottom of 3 is interesting. The play deserved a dynamic call. There was no dynamic call or signal that the runner was more than three feet out of his established base path.

[@rayray4192]

Players don’t understand first baseman is cut off man and pitcher backs up catcher.

[@davidc3943]

@@rayray4192 you people are harping on the play at the plate, I’m at the play before that. Where the kid got hit by the pitch but offered the bunt, which is technically a swing, and the umpire ruled it as he was defending himself. Wtf?!!!

[@rayray4192]

@@davidc3943 I’ll take a look David. I just glanced at the video. I saw leaving your established. base path to avoid a tag at home plate at a Rockies game last month. The play interests me. You may want to drop the “ you people” phrase as it’s offensive to people.

[@rayray4192]

@@davidc3943 by rule a batter does not need to pull his bat back. If the umpire ruled he tried to make contact with the ball it’s a strike. Simply holding a bar out as if to bunt is not a strike

[@aimenendez07]

#10 penn is actually a crazy athlete

[@freddygutierrez6764]

Nothing athletic about playing baseball. Nothing but timing

[@freddygutierrez6764]

And positioning

[@freddygutierrez6764]

@Dante right so you're telling me the most athletic guys Play baseball. Now you out of your damn mind

[@brianmeen2158]

@@freddygutierrez6764 no he isn’t saying the most athletic play baseball but most that play are pretty athletic ..

[@thekingelp3551]

@@freddygutierrez6764bro 💀

[@ledbyonme2064]

The one they didn't use the rewind for that play at home they use them for planes on first or second if there's a closed called out come on man. There's a lot of cameras let's get rid of the umpires except for the one behind the plate to call strikes and balls and let the cameras judge the base runners

[@John-vq7ek]

I agree about the refs,but this happens every year,then you hear the parents and fans of the losing team crying about the calls the refs make,get over it,you lost to a better team,Pearland is a power house,losing team never had a chance,their best player did not do anything in the game.Penn fans get over it,you got stomped.Go Pearland

[@antoniocoleman514]

bro y’all are about to get murdered by hawaii …

[@michaelgibson4483]

I remember playing against Nolan Ryan second son. In 88. And the ball broke my glove and they went to Pennsylvania. Bay city tx. We were good

[@Slayer-cw1tb]

Do you know what my team would do to these teams

[@davidriedy5977]

please enlighten us

[@TrulyUnfortunate]

They'd wash their feet?

[@liendoscustomsandcollectio3306]

Obviously nothing cause your team isn’t in the World Series, So………

[@thekingelp3551]

@@liendoscustomsandcollectio3306he probably doesn’t play little league

[@liendoscustomsandcollectio3306]

@@thekingelp3551 If you’ve been around baseball all your life there’s this thing called select/travel ball, all these little league all star teams in the World Series are select players that just play little league believe me we had a run the same way we had select players including my son. That’s just how little league is nowadays

[@A-FrameWedge]

Kids today learn from the pros, and have to do all this flaunting after they do something, a simple fist pump shows more class.

[@flogrown2014]

Exactly !!!! Act like you’ve done it before. Kid gets walked and he acts like he just did the unthinkable

[@fitfogey]

Yeah it’s hard to watch. From the bow and arrow crap to the superman chest deal. Disappointing really.

[@aussie8114]

Too much red cordial before the game. Makes the little kiddos all hyper 🍷

[@yahuahisgod]

You want to see bad, find Penns regional championship game. They were straight douchebags.

[@thekingelp3551]

@@flogrown2014great way to get kids to play baseball tel then they can’t have fun and be passionate

[@stevenherreraleroy]

These umps are horrible, even tho I was going for Texas. The guy behind the plate has got to get his vision checked

[@supergio4551]

Second*

[@jesusmedina6823]

Why are the umpires doing so bad in this llws ?

[@donnybrusca3043]

Because you're not umpiring?

[@nicholastheriault44]

9:52 He stepped off the base and was tagged!!!!!

[@Workouteveryday33]

Whoever sees this I might not have many views but I have Jesus amen

[@trevorblueberrysDad]

w

[@classless_goat1833]

w

[@tmangoodguy9921]

what a stupid comment 🤣

[@yahuahisgod]

Soli deo gloria!!!!!!

[@ryanstevens421]

no u.s team is beating a international team

[@liendoscustomsandcollectio3306]

Nah I disagree

[@gideonshawver5931]

Hawaii?????

[@abrahamsaucedo2601]

Com on

[@Landon693]

First

[@echiasson111]

L

[@xavierrodriguez8915]

Third

[@cpmusic1250]

I umpire over the summer. Holy crap was the call at 5:40 abysmal - crossed the plate above his chin. I'm 20 and can see when a ball goes over someone's shoulders. Gotta do better

[@wesleynettles5923]

Umpires as a whole lately from Little League all the way to MLB is questionable lately. It’s really sad. Even basics in calling balls and strikes.

[@donnybrusca3043]

Ever since the K-Zone started to appear in MLB games, couch potatoes now think they're all better than the MLB umpires at calling balls and strikes.

[@wesleynettles5923]

@@donnybrusca3043 I not saying I am better than MLB umpires but at least have some consistency.

[@donnybrusca3043]

@@wesleynettles5923 Trust me, the MLB umpires are more consistent than you are.

[@wesleynettles5923]

@@donnybrusca3043 are you an umpire?

[@donnybrusca3043]

@@wesleynettles5923 Yes.

[@jaqavousjahnson1136]

refs sucked go pa