{"id":2331223,"date":"2024-08-26T17:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-team-defeats-taiwan-for-little-league-world-series-title-on-thrilling-final-play\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T17:24:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:24:35","slug":"florida-team-defeats-taiwan-for-little-league-world-series-title-on-thrilling-final-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-team-defeats-taiwan-for-little-league-world-series-title-on-thrilling-final-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Team Defeats Taiwan for Little League World Series Title on Thrilling Final Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fflorida-team-defeats-taiwan-for-little-league-world-series-title-on-thrilling-final-play%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=2331223&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--><p>Lathan Norton made \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enough-stimulus-already-weekly-jobless-claims-plunge-to-lowest-level-since-1969\/\" title=\"Enough Stimulus Already? Weekly Jobless Claims Plunge to Lowest Level Since 1969\">remarkable comeback<\/a> at the Little League World Series, scoring the winning run for\u2063 Florida in the\u2064 championship game against Taiwan. After missing Saturday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-javier-baez-tricks-pittsburgh-pirates-into-incredibly-dumb-play\/\" title=\"WATCH: Javier B\u00e1ez Tricks Pittsburgh Pirates Into Incredibly Dumb Play\">game due<\/a> to a fever, \u2062he played \u200dcrucially on Sunday, bringing Florida to a 2-1 victory in eight innings. Taiwan had\u2063 led 1-0 since the first inning until Florida \u200bfinally tied the game in the sixth inning when DeMarcos Mieses hit a double. In the eighth, Lathan was placed on second base\u2062 and advanced\u200c home due to an overthrow while Hunter Alexander was attempting \u2064a bunt, leading\u200c to an outpouring of celebration from the Florida team. This\u2062 victory marks Florida&#8217;s first championship win in nine attempts at the Little League World Series. Despite Taiwan\u2019s storied past in \u2062the tournament, they fell short after holding\u2063 a narrow lead for much of the game. Florida&#8217;s manager, Jonathan Anderson, praised the team for their resilience and \u200bdetermination throughout the tournament.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lathan Norton was sick and did not play on Saturday at the Little League World Series, but on Sunday he scored the winning run in the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Lathan raced home from second base on an overthrow at first as Lake Mary, Florida, rallied to beat Taiwan 2-1 in eight innings and claim the title.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was the greatest feeling ever,&rdquo; said Lathan, who had a fever of 102 on Saturday, but recovered before the championship. &ldquo;I still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-democrats-stole-votes-for-joe-biden-from-every-developmentally-disabled-person-in-milwaukee-homes-she-spoke-with\/\" title=\"Whistleblower: Democrats Stole Votes for Joe Biden from Every Developmentally Disabled Person in Milwaukee Homes She Spoke With\">haven&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t had time to let it all sink in, but it feels like the most amazing thing ever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan clung to a 1-0 lead from the first inning until Florida&rsquo;s last at-bat. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-biden-administration-harassing-biggest-oil-producing-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southeast region<\/a> representatives outhit Taiwan and had a runner on third in three separate innings, but could not get a run across.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the bottom of the sixth, Florida got runners on first and second and DeMarcos Mieses, who struck out in his previous two at-bats, delivered. Hitting the gap in shallow left, he gave Chase Anderson enough time to sprint home and tie the game.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In the eighth, Lathan was placed by rule on second base to start the inning. Hunter Alexander bunted and the throw to first went into the outfield. Florida players poured out of the dugout while the Taiwan players crumpled.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was just thinking, &lsquo;Stay fair, stay fair,&rsquo;&rdquo; Hunter said. &ldquo;After that ball goes past me, I say, &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s go!&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan drew two straight walks to start the game. After a bunt moved the runners over and a pop out, Hu Yen-Chun hit a ball toward third, which ricocheted off James Feliciano. Chiu Wei-Che scored easily. But it was Taiwan&rsquo;s only run.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first championship in nine tries for Florida, which also came from behind in its 10-7 semifinal win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wealthy-texas-attorney-killed-wife-pulled-trigger-horrifying-bloodbath-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> on Saturday, scoring five runs in its final at-bat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We came here to do something. We came here to do a job, and today we accomplished that job,&rdquo; Florida manager Jonathan Anderson said. &ldquo;We took a loss to Texas, we battled all the way back and here we are to talk about how we won this whole thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan was a dominant team at the LLWS from 1969, when it won its first championship, to 1996, when it claimed its 17th. But it had only made the title game once since, in 2009, a loss to California, before Sunday. Lee Cheng-Ta managed both that team and this year&rsquo;s club, Kuei-Shan Little League from Taoyuan, Taiwan. Last season, he led the same team &mdash; with a completely different roster &mdash; to a third-place finish.<\/p>\n<p>Coaches for Taiwan, representing the Asia-Pacific region, declined to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ump-calls-timeout-acts-like-he-didnt-mlb-player-and-coach-cant-believe-what-theyre-hearing\/\" title=\"Umpire calls timeout but denies it - MLB player and coach shocked.\">post-game news conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He sprinted home from second base after an overthrow at first base, helping Lake Mary, Florida, secure a 2-1 victory over Taiwan in eight innings. &#8220;It was the greatest feeling ever,&#8221; Lathan expressed, having recovered from a fever of 102 degrees before the championship match. &#8220;I still haven&#8217;t had time to process it all, but it feels incredible.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Taiwan held onto a 1-0 lead from the first inning until Florida&#8217;s final at-bat. The Southeast region team outperformed Taiwan in hits and had runners on third base three times but couldn&#8217;t score until the bottom of the sixth inning when DeMarcos Mieses hit a crucial single that allowed Chase Anderson to tie up the game.<\/p>\n<p>In extra innings, Lathan started on second base due to league rules. Hunter Alexander bunted and his throw went into the outfield, prompting Florida players to rush out of their dugout while Taiwan&#8217;s players were left dejected. &#8220;I was just thinking, &#8216;Stay fair,'&#8221; Hunter recalled. <\/p>\n<p>Taiwan initially took an early lead with two walks followed by a successful bunt that advanced runners before Hu Yen-Chun scored off a ball that deflected off James Feliciano at third base; however, this would be their only run of the game.<\/p>\n<p>This victory marks Florida&#8217;s first championship win after nine attempts and follows their impressive comeback in Saturday\u2019s semifinal against Texas where they scored five runs in their last at-bat for a 10-7 win. \u201cWe came here with purpose and today we achieved our goal,\u201d said Florida manager Jonathan Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Historically dominant since its first title win in 1969 through its seventeenth title in 1996, Taiwan has struggled recently with only one appearance in the finals since then\u2014in 2009\u2014when they lost to California. Lee Cheng-Ta managed both that team and this year&#8217;s Kuei-Shan Little League squad from Taoyuan City; last season he led them to third place with an entirely different roster.<\/p>\n<p>The coaches for Taiwan did not attend post-game press conferences following this match<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2331224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/b0378c738dbb4ce1ac59576ec37d642a-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5113,39333,9105],"class_list":["post-2331223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-florida","tag-little-league","tag-taiwan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/b0378c738dbb4ce1ac59576ec37d642a-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331223","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}