Either that or they’re just really good.
Yeah...I think they are just really good...and the coaching is very good these days for a lot of teams. Of course when the New York team won some years back they cheated (14 year old pitcher), and everybody knows how bad the Chicago team cheated last year - stripped of the USA Championship for bringing in a team of “ringers” from other districts.
I’m sure it’s a temptation for those with low moral fiber. I remember when my son played for East Marietta Little League 10 years ago we had a really good team. Great hitting and solid pitching - but no real standout pitcher. We played Douglass County in the District tournament and they had a tall rangy pitcher with a great fastball and a really good curve. He shut us out and they beat us 1-0 the first game. Due to the rules though he couldn’t pitch every game and they didn’t have any depth so we ended up winning the tournament and went on to the State level.
Us Dads were talking and we all agreed that if we just had that one kid from Douglass County on our team we would have had a real chance to go to Williamsport.