Posted on 08/19/2014 7:17:23 PM PDT by Nachum
With helmets and hats hung low, a Little League team from Cumberland, Rhode Island, gathered to hear the words of their coach after a heartbreaking loss to Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West in the Little League World Series Monday.
Cumberland scored five runs in the bottom of the third to take a 7-6 lead, but couldn’t score in the last two innings and in the end was eliminated from the tournament.
Despite their loss, Coach Dave Belisle’s touching words on the infield after the game are keeping the team in the limelight a little bit longer.
“Heads up high. Heads up high,” Belisle gently ordered of his team, saying he needed to see their eyes as he delivered this message to them.
“There’s no disappointment, OK, in your effort, OK, in the whole tournament, in the whole season. It’s been an incredible journey,” Belisle said.
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Snerf...you got that right.
I listened to the talk live...the recorded speech is not the whole speech. He repeatedly called them “awesome” and pointed out that only one team of all the teams there would go home as the champions.
What? He didn’t say “Second-best means first loser”?
Great Coach!
The boys were lucky to have such a great man in their lives.
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