River Park Kids Not As Fun

Fresnans almost had themselves a team in the Little League World Series. Unfortunately Phoenix sent them home with the reward of going back to school. At least they got themselves and Fresno on ESPN – by the way, why was a Fresno team considered Northern California? Does Central California only exist to people from Central California?

Whatever region they were considered to be from, it was sweet run by the kids. But I couldn’t help but think that it would’ve been so much cooler if a team from Central or West Fresno went to the brink of the LLWS. You know, a team that would have gone through some real adversity. A team you would never expect to win anything; The Bad News Bears team of Fresno, if you will.

I’ve probably watched too many Bears movies, but all the teams in the LLWS (including River Park) felt like one of those evil-jerk-off teams the Bears always have to face.

The River Park kids are privileged. It’s not the RP kids fault, but hey, face it, they are setup to win. They have as good as coaches you could ever expect to have in a little league and a million dollar complex to play in. Somehow I don’t think a little league team from the Westside is playing on the same “field” as the River Park kids.

But hey, at least the RP Little Leaguers weren’t an evil team from North Clovis.