{"id":2014918,"date":"2023-08-28T22:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/little-league-world-champions-galvanize-el-segundo-community\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T23:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T03:00:38","slug":"little-league-world-champions-galvanize-el-segundo-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/little-league-world-champions-galvanize-el-segundo-community\/","title":{"rendered":"El Segundo Community Unites Behind Little League World Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flittle-league-world-champions-galvanize-el-segundo-community%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2014918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>El Segundo Celebrates Little League World \u2062Series Victory<\/h2>\n<p>There certainly was no shortage of faith from city officials in El Segundo\u2019s newly\u200c crowned \u200btitle as Little League World Series champions.<\/p>\n<p>Even before a 6\u20131\u2064 victory over \u2063Needville, Texas in the United States championship\u200b game\u200d Aug. \u206426, El Segundo Mayor\u200c Drew Boyles and his wife, Lee, made the \u201cgame-day decision\u201d to book a red-eye flight\u2064 to the East Coast.<\/p>\n<p>An \u200densuing \u2064three-hour drive from Baltimore enabled\u200d the two to be in attendance in Williamsport, \u2063Pennsylvania the \u200cfollowing day to see El Segundo claim the Little League World Series title with\u2062 a dramatic 6\u20135\u2064 win over Willemstad, Curacao.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Story<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/el-segundo-embraces-little-league-world-series-team-5468682\">El Segundo Embraces Little League World Series Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li>8\/15\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in El Segundo, meanwhile, hundreds of fans watched Louis Lappe\u2019s game-winning, \u2062walk-off home \u2064run to lead off the bottom of the sixth \u200dand final inning on \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/little-league-world-champions-galvanize-el-segundo-community\/\" title=\"El Segundo Community Unites Behind Little League World Champions\">big-screen television\u2063 feed<\/a> at George Brett Field in Recreation \u200bPark.<\/p>\n<p>It was City Councilman\u2064 Ryan Baldino who came up with that idea, \u200bmore \u2062than two \u200bweeks earlier, after El Segundo \u200chad secured its trip to Williamsport by winning \u200dthe West Regional in San Bernardino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they left San\u2064 Bernardino, I\u2062 had\u2062 a very strong feeling that \u200bthey would do extremely well \u200bat the World \u200cSeries,\u201d Mr. Baldino told The\u200d Epoch Times. \u201cSo much so, the following Monday I was talking\u2063 to the city about us needing to put a Jumbotron\u2062 on Brett Field. They all thought I was\u2062 crazy. I\u2019m like, \u2018Trust\u2064 me. \u200dWhen it all comes together, you\u2019re \u200bgoing to be so happy with a\u2063 live\u2063 shot from George Brett Field.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Louis Lappe (19) of the West Region team from El\u200d Segundo, \u2064Calif., \u2064rounds \u200cbases\u200d after hitting a walk-off home run to defeat the Caribbean Region team from Willemstad, Curacao during the Little League World Series Championship Game at Little League International Complex in South \u200dWilliamsport, Pa.,\u2062 on Aug. 27, 2023. (Tim Nwachukwu\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, ABC\u200b television\u2019s\u2063 coverage of \u200dthe championship \u2064game showed the scene back in El Segundo on\u2063 multiple\u200b occasions. When El Segundo carried a \u200b5\u20131 lead into the fifth inning, it appeared only a \u200cmatter of time before\u200c the celebration could begin, but that all changed when\u2063 Curacao\u2019s Nasir El-Ossais blasted a two-out \u2063grand slam to tie the \u200dscore.<\/p>\n<p>From\u200d George Brett Field in El Segundo to Howard J.\u200c Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, the reaction among El Segundo fans was the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were\u2062 all just kind of\u2062 in disbelief,\u201d Mr. Boyles told \u2064The Epoch Times. \u201cIt was almost like despair set in immediately. Then when \u2063Lappe walked up, he wracked \u200dthat thing. It was unbelievable the\u200c amount of\u2062 joy and excitement that everybody felt. It was \u2063unreal, amazing that we \u200dwere there and got\u200b to experience \u200cit.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Members of the West Region team from El Segundo, California\u2064 pose with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-los-angeles-democratic-mayor-eric-garcetti-booed-at-dodgers-home-opener\/\" title=\"WATCH: Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti Booed At Dodgers Home Opener\">championship banner<\/a> after defeating of \u2063the Caribbean Region team from Willemstad, Curacao\u200c to \u200cwin \u2063the Little League World Series Championship Gameat \u200cLittle \u2064League \u200dInternational Complex in South Williamsport, \u2063Pa., on Aug. 27, 2023. \u200c(Tim\u2063 Nwachukwu\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The home run\u2062 was\u200d the fifth of the\u2064 World Series \u200cfor Lappe, who \u200balso starred on the pitcher\u2019s\u2062 mound throughout the summer all-star competition, \u200cincluding \u2063with a 5 \u20631\/3-inning, 10-strikeout performance Saturday against Needville.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:340px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Colby Lee (10) of the West Region\u2063 team from El Segundo, California fields a ground\u200b ball during the first inning against the Southwest Region team from Needville, Texas during the Little League World Series United States Championship at Little League \u200dInternational Complex in South Williamsport, Pa., on Aug. 27, 2023.\u2063 (Tim Nwachukwu\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lappe and teammate Brody Brooks, who slugged three home runs while going 12-for-16 at \u2062the plate, hit more homers in the World Series than all other\u2064 participants combined.<\/p>\n<p>While they were the unquestioned stars, significant contributions came from up\u200d and\u200d down\u200d El Segundo\u2019s 12-player lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Eleventh-place hitter Colby Lee, who drew two \u2062key walks to help fuel the \u200bwin over Needville,\u200b was tremendous defensively at second base, including\u200c an outstanding\u2062 turn\u200b of a double play against Curacao.<\/p>\n<p>Cleanup hitter and catcher \u2062Lucas Keldorf, meanwhile, \u200cwas\u200b an \u200cabsolute rock behind the plate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re\u2062 going to be celebrating these kids for a long time, and they deserve it,\u201d Mr. \u2064Baldino said.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Danny Boehle, manager, and Louis Lappe \u2062#19 of the West Region team\u200b from El Segundo, <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The celebrations, of course, began right after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-county-orders-restaurants-to-keep-tvs-off-as-outdoor-dining-resumes-and-super-bowl-approaches\/\" title=\"Los Angeles County Orders Restaurants To Keep TVs Off As Outdoor Dining Resumes And Super Bowl Approaches\">championship game<\/a>. Not long after, a Williamsport restaurant that had already closed for the night opened its doors to serve El Segundo\u2019s\u200c players, parents, and coaches.<\/p>\n<p>The team flew home Aug. 28, with arranged \u2062transportation taking players the short distance from Los Angeles International Airport to Main\u200b Street in El Segundo for an informal welcome-home rally. An official parade to honor the team\u2063 is\u2062 set for noon Sept. 10\u200d down Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday felt like Fourth of \u200dJuly,\u201d\u200b El Segundo Little League president Jamin Griffiths told The Epoch Times. \u201cIt just felt like a holiday here in town, people \u200chonking horns down the street \u2064after they won, bars and restaurants throwing on, \u2018We\u200b Are The Champions,\u2019 people singing along in the park. Everybody recognized\u200c what a special team that was and how we could just \u200brally behind\u2063 them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the championship-game festivities \u200cat George Brett Field, named after the Hall \u2063of Fame \u200dthird baseman \u2064and former El Segundo Little Leaguer, multiple dining establishments\u2064 in the city held watch parties throughout the World Series.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Danny\u200d Boehle, manager, and Louis Lappe #19 of the West Region\u200c team from El Segundo, <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Segundo&#8217;s city officials had unwavering faith in their Little League World Series champions. Mayor Drew Boyles and his wife, Lee, even booked a red-eye flight before the United States championship game, where El Segundo emerged victorious with a 6-1 win over Needville, Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":2014919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}