For the first time in 15 years, a team from Taiwan made it to the championship game of the Little League World Series, and it was from the same organization. The young residents of Taoyuan were close to ending a drought of over a quarter-century, but things went the Americans' way, and Florida's even longer wait for a world champion is at an end. Congratulations to Lake Mary.
Fifty years ago, the Republic of China, still recognized as such at the time, sent a team to Williamsport that became the Little League World Series championship squad for the fifth year out of six. Over the five days of the tournament, the team representing Kaohsiung played all-star sides from New Haven, Conn.; from Tallmadge, Ohio; and from Red Bluff, Calif. The Far East champions always scored in double digits and only allowed one run over the three games.
As for Florida, the Pinellas Park National Blue team of 1974 was eliminated in the Southern region after losing by one run in the semifinals. In years before and after, Belmont Heights of Tampa was the state champion, but that league's players weren't even in the state championship tournament in between.
[EDIT 9/22 11:24 p.m.: Pesky punctuation.]
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