The 2006 Little League World Series, held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, took place between August 18 and August 28, one day later than originally scheduled. Inclement weather forced the cancellation of the third-place game on August 27 and the postponement of the championship game also scheduled for that date. The Northern Little League of Columbus, Georgia, defeated Kawaguchi City Little League of Kawaguchi, Japan, in the championship game of the 60th Little League World Series.
The event was broadcast in the United States on ABC Sports, ESPN and ESPN2 in both analog and high-definition. The U.S. Championship game was the last ABC Sports telecast. Games were held in the two stadiums located at Little League headquarters in South Williamsport: Howard J. Lamade Stadium — the main stadium, opened in 1959, with seating for 10,000 in the stands and hillside terrace seating for up to 30,000 more Little League Volunteer Stadium — a newer facility, opened in 2001, that seats slightly over 5,000, primarily in the stands
Teams
Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Staten Island, New YorkMid-Atlantic RegionMid-Island Little League Portsmouth, New HampshireNew England RegionPortsmouth Little League Saipan, Northern Mariana IslandsPacific RegionSaipan Little League Matamoros, Tamaulipas Mexico RegionMatamoros Little League Lemont, IllinoisGreat Lakes RegionLemont Little League Beaverton, OregonNorthwest RegionMurrayhill Little League Barquisimeto, VenezuelaLatin America RegionCardenales Little League Kawaguchi, Saitama, JapanAsia RegionKawaguchi City Little League Phoenix, ArizonaWest RegionAhwatukee American Little League Columbia, MissouriMidwest RegionDaniel Boone National Little League Surrey, British Columbia Canada RegionWhalley Little League Moscow, RussiaEurope, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) RegionBrateevo Little League Columbus, GeorgiaSoutheast RegionNorthern Little League Lake Charles, LouisianaSouthwest RegionSouth Lake Charles Little League Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaTransatlantic RegionArabian-American Little League Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean RegionPabao Little League
Results
Pool play The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 27 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage. Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio advances.
United States +Pool A Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 Great Lakes 2–1 1 0.056 2 Southeast 2–1 5 0.263 3 West 2–1 5 0.278 4 Mid-Atlantic 0–3 8 0.421
Great Lakes wins pool based on defensive run ratio. Southeast is the runner-up based on win against West.
+Pool B Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 New England 2–1 15 0.833 2 Northwest 2–1 8 0.444 3 Midwest 1–2 6 0.381 4 Southwest 1–2 14 0.737
New England wins Pool B based on head-to-head tiebreaker.
All times US EDT
PoolAwayScoreHomeScoreTime (Venue) August 18B New England6 Northwest14:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)B Southwest1 (F/9) Midwest08:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 19A Mid-Atlantic2 Southeast3 (F/7)1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)A West1 Great Lakes03:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 20B New England5 Midwest14Noon (Volunteer Stadium)A Southeast4 West11:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)B Southwest1 Northwest93:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)A Mid-Atlantic0 Great Lakes18:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 21B Southwest0 New England53:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)B Northwest2 Midwest18:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 22A West4 Mid-Atlantic13:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)A Southeast0 Great Lakes28:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
The New England vs. Midwest game was postponed due to a rain delay and was played on August 20.
International +Pool C Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 Latin America 3–0 2 0.136 2 Transatlantic 2–1 2 0.100 3 Canada 1–2 9 0.500 4 Pacific 0–3 12 0.600
+Pool D Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 Asia 3–0 3 0.176 2 Mexico 2–1 9 0.529 3 Caribbean 1–2 10 0.556 4 EMEA 0–3 30 1.875
All times US EDT PoolAwayScoreHomeScoreTime (Venue) August 18C Transatlantic5 Canada06:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 19D EMEA0 Asia*11 (F/5)11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)D Caribbean2 Mexico34:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)C Pacific0 Latin America1 (F/8)6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 20C Pacific1 Transatlantic95:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)D EMEA1 Mexico11 (F/5)7:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 21D EMEA0 Caribbean811:00 am (Lamade Stadium)D Asia6 Mexico11:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)C Canada2 Latin America36:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 22D Asia7 Caribbean211:00 am (Lamade Stadium)C Canada2 Pacific11:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)C Transatlantic0 Latin America1 (F/8)6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
Asterisk (*) denotes no-hitter thrown The Pacific vs. Latin America game was suspended in the 8th inning due to a rain delay and was completed on August 21.
Elimination round
The consolation game between Matamoros, Mexico and Beaverton, Oregon, scheduled for August 27 at Volunteer Stadium, was cancelled due to rain, and both teams share third place. The championship game was originally scheduled for 3:30 pm US EDT on August 27, but was postponed due to rain. The game was originally rescheduled for 8:00 pm on August 28, but changed because of weather concerns.
2006 Little League World Series Champions Northern Little LeagueColumbus, Georgia
Notable players Gavin Cecchini (Southwest) - New York Mets Jace Fry (Northwest) - Chicago White Sox Scott Kingery (West) - Philadelphia Phillies Josh Lester (Southeast) - Detroit Tigers
Champion's path
RoundOppositionResultGeorgia State TournamentGroup Stage Cartersville LL 9–0Group Stage Decatur Belvedere LL 15–0Group Stage Toccoa American LL 12–2Group Stage Masters City LL 17–2Semifinals Masters City LL 15–5Championship Buckhead 4–0Southeast RegionalGroup Stage Bridgeport American LL 16–0 (4 inn.)Group Stage Columbia American LL8–0Group Stage Greater Dunedin LL10–6Semifinals Cottage Hill LL11–0 (4 inn.)Southeast Region Championship Greater Dunedin LL5–0
Mid-Island incident
Television coverage aired throughout the United States on ABC Sports and ESPN. At first, there was no delay on its broadcasts, despite the fact that all managers and coaches were equipped with miniature microphones. That changed after two incidents; one in a preliminary game where an unidentified California pitcher told his coach that "[the umpire] ain't giving me shit" in reference to a tight strike zone, but the other, more important incident took place late in a preliminary-round game in which a player for Mid-Island Little League of Staten Island, New York, who was not publicly identified, told his teammates to just score "one fucking run" that was broadcast live on ESPN. In response, the team's manager, Nick Doscher, slapped the player, a violation of a Little League policy against physical contact targeting players. Both the player and manager were reprimanded, and ESPN and ABC imposed a five-second delay on future telecasts.
See also Little League Little League World Series
References
External links 2006 official results via Wayback Machine