Taiwan’s final out to win their first Little League World Series since 1996 and the first international team to win since 2017!

[u/JianClaymore]

[u/OnlineIsNotAPlace]

good for them. they used to dominate.

[u/Striking_Yard_295 → u/OnlineIsNotAPlace]

Well yeah because they were cheating back then.

Edit: What are you down voting me for? It’s well documented. They got international teams banned in the 70s because they were cheating so hard. They had to leave little league for 6 years in the 90s and 2000s

[u/felis_scipio → u/Striking_Yard_295]

Taiwan fans would be my guess but yeah they were fielding all star teams back then where the kids also weren’t going to school and trained all day.

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/felis_scipio]

No it’s because it’s wrong info. The guy making it like only Taiwan was doing this and every title was illegitimate.

Far from the truth.

[u/felis_scipio → u/Resident-Editor8671]

Sure there’s lots of little league age/location shenanigans, but Taiwan took it to a state sponsored level and that’s why they were banned for a bit. Many of their titles were illegitimate.

[u/Empire0820 → u/[deleted]]

lol another asian team won a tournament 40 years later so another team wasn’t cheating? You sound exactly like a racist sounds

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/Empire0820]

Huh? They won in 1996. That’s not 40 years. Lol! You are the one who is racist. Saying anything a team won only cause they cheated. Look at the World Cup. How often does one team dominate for a period like Brazil and not win for awhile. It happens. You are just being naive.

[u/Empire0820 → u/Resident-Editor8671]

No I’m not the one being actively racist

[u/nahs → u/Striking_Yard_295]

I’m Taiwanese American and yeah this is pretty much true lol the only solace I take is that at least it’s a pretty small country

[u/bradsobo → u/[deleted]]

Danny Almonte https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Almonte

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/bradsobo]

Also.

https://www.espn.com/chicago/story/_/id/12308988/little-league-strips-chicago-team-us-championship-suspends-coach

[u/ALaccountant → u/Striking_Yard_295]

Holy shit, you triggered a user so hard that I’m pretty sure he’s lost his mind. Nice one, wish I could give you two upvotes.

[u/NewBootGoofin1987 → u/Striking_Yard_295]

How did they cheat?

[u/Striking_Yard_295 → u/NewBootGoofin1987]

In the 70s they were using older kids, pulling the best kid from different leagues to stack one team, instead of going to school, they had the kids just practice during the day.

In the 90s they said they could not adhere to little leagues districting for the area.

[u/NewBootGoofin1987 → u/Striking_Yard_295]

Yikes. Ridiculously shady and against the entire spirit of the event

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/NewBootGoofin1987]

USA did the same thing a 2014 team from Chicago. Lots of American players used PEDs to get an edge in MLB. Cheating isn’t new in sports. Just sad adults controlled that with kids.

[u/NewBootGoofin1987 → u/Resident-Editor8671]

PEDs on 12 year olds? Like literally HGH or some shit? Those parents need a visit from CPS

[u/Empire0820 → u/[deleted]]

The only person bring race into this is you you racist

[u/Calipup → u/Resident-Editor8671]

The “USA” did not do that. One Little League brought kids from areas it didn’t cover in. Taiwans cheating was State sanctioned and is the only time in LLWS a whole ass State government was involved in the cheating. It’s not like Obama called in to Chicago telling them to make a super Chicago team to try and win.

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/Calipup]

They still won after they were suspended. Point is what the US did was still cheating. It’s just excused by you.

[u/dabears_dapression → u/Striking_Yard_295]

pulling the best kid from different leagues to stack one team

isn't that what the chicago jackie robinson team got their title vacated for? why did taiwan get to keep theirs?

[u/Striking_Yard_295 → u/dabears_dapression]

Technically, what they did was falsify their boundary map so players in the next couple towns over would be eligible. It’s not like they were taking from the entire state of Illinois. And It was one league, one time. Something like this is rare in the US. This and the Almonte team are the only ones that come to mind.

Taiwan was nationwide and rampant. They left little league for 6 years over this when they started cracking down on it.

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/Striking_Yard_295]

They were the better team. But go ahead with that narrative if it makes you sleep better at night.

They were only penalized once and dominating even after that incident in the 80s winning 3 and 90s, winning 2 titles.

The other team from the Philippines disqualified but I think you are confusing them with Taiwan since both Asian countries.

I think the other countries like Japan just got better who won 8 times from 1999 to now why Taiwan hasn’t won for a bit.

“When Asian countries win anything, it’s cheating“ fragile Yankees fan.

[u/Recurs1ve → u/Resident-Editor8671]

How does winning after you get penalized for cheating proof that you weren't cheating in the first place? Your argument makes no sense, and it's not racism bruv.

For example, I love Fernando but he's never getting into the hall. He can hit 800 home runs and it wouldn't matter.

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/Recurs1ve]

Because you’d figure they’d be watched more carefully. They weren’t caught again. Unlike A Rod who was caught twice because he was watched more.

I’m assuming Tatis took full advantage of PEDs because he has yet to ever come close to hitting the way he did before he was caught.

Taiwan might just be the good even without the help of older players and practice.

You all just so damn fragile anytime an Asian team does well in anything in sports.

So the Yankees should give up the titles Clemens, Jason Grimsley and A Roid were a part of with your logic.

[u/Recurs1ve → u/Resident-Editor8671]

No, but those three will never be in the hall either. They cheated, got caught, and paid the penalty. Just because the Astros won the world series two years ago doesn't make the ones prior to that legitimate, right? Same applies to Taiwan.

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/Recurs1ve]

Right so Taiwan was caught in the 70s and still won several titles after they were caught. It’s like saying the Astros title in 2022 isn’t legit because they cheated in 2017 and that’s what people here are saying none of those titles count even after they were caught.

Taiwan won plenty more after.

[u/wokenupbybacon → u/Resident-Editor8671]

You all just so damn fragile anytime an Asian team does well in anything in sports.

Have you even noticed that the entire thread is celebrating their 2025 win?

[u/Empire0820 → u/Resident-Editor8671]

Racism is yikes

[u/Empire0820 → u/[deleted]]

Racist is racist :(

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/Empire0820]

Can’t stand being called out for it. I see

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/Striking_Yard_295]

There are several teams from other countries including the USA that there were incidents of using ineligible players. And those were only the ones caught.

They dominated because they were good.

Unfortunately when it comes to competition, even with kids, adults will control the narrative, winning at any cost.

Same people saying Taiwan won only cause they cheated say Ohtani would fail in the MLB. Lots of those.

You are being downvoted cause your Yankees suck! Go Sox!

[u/Resident-Editor8671 → u/OnlineIsNotAPlace]

Other teams got better. It’s the evolution of sports. Japan won for several years. Just happens.

[u/Jonjon428]

Really cool seeing an international team win

[u/just_one_random_guy]

Good for Taiwan. The little baseball powerhouse of the pacific

[u/thedudemightapprove]

Good for Taiwan, long overdue for Taiwan and western Taiwan.

[u/Recurs1ve → u/thedudemightapprove]

Look here Grandpa Buff, I'll put you back in the hangar with the kid and that weird rodent he hangs out with.

[u/CaptainMcSlowly → u/Recurs1ve]

But is it trash day or not trash day?

[u/MightyActionGaim]

7-0 wow

[u/Beahner]

The US boys have had a good run for a while, and Taiwan was due.

Crazy to me as Taiwan used to dominate this thing for a long while.

Regardless the nationality I always love to see the happy outburst to winning it.

[u/whitemonochrome]

No. 19's contribution to the dogpile was funny.

[u/lusirfer702]

Nobody in Vegas really liked this Vegas team cause the coach has had this team together for a few years as both a club team and little league team. There’s a few coaches that do the exact same thing and if one kid is doing bad they just kick him off the team and get another kid that’s better

[u/IveGotaGoldChain → u/lusirfer702]

But all those kids have to live in that district right? At least where I'm from the districts are small enough that it would still be very hard to put this together.

It sounds like the coach at the local little league just put together a select team from the league a few years ago and developed them to be this good? 

[u/lusirfer702 → u/IveGotaGoldChain]

They’re supposed to be but they can borrow someone’s address. When my son was in little league there was a team ran by the league president and he had the same kids since they were little all playing together. The kids were all in the same club team as well and were practically unbeatable in little league.even though you’re only allowed to freeze 2 players each season somehow he had the same kids while everyone olds only had 2 or 3 good kids on the team.

[u/709678 → u/lusirfer702]

Them and paseo verde always represent Las Vegas for a reason. It is what it is. 

[u/oGrievous → u/lusirfer702]

Sounds like how screwed over high school tourneys are now a days. Our state championship is plagued with private schools that are just unfairly above the rest, and poach anyone from public schools the moment they show any promise. But even worse, both private and public schools break the “no coaching kids during off season” when certain coaches have AAU teams that are 95% their high school team. Go figure the top private school and two known public schools that game the system usually bounce back and forth for the championship. Thankfully this year a real public team won and made massive upsets to get the dub

[u/Radiant_Jury5815]

Taiwan Numba 1 !!!

[u/nahs → u/Radiant_Jury5815]

Japan numba 2

[u/dabears_dapression → u/Radiant_Jury5815]

do we really have to do this shit over a bunch of 12 year olds playing baseball...

[u/nahs → u/dabears_dapression]

Yes

[u/dabears_dapression → u/nahs]

awesome, nothing more reddit than "supporting taiwan" and shouting "free taiwan" because they're an enemy of evil china, then turning around and mocking their accents every single time taiwan is mentioned to the point where taiwanese kids can't even play a fucking baseball game without having racists make fun of them.

whoa guys, i'm starting to think this website doesn't actually give a fuck about taiwanese people at all...

[u/nahs → u/dabears_dapression]

I’m Taiwanese I don’t see how that applies to me; and I love the pug nation Taiwan numba 1 video I think it’s hilarious and personally love it

[u/Confident_Peace7878 → u/nahs]

People here seem to get so offended when a non white country wins anything. The excuse is, it’s just for kids when they lose. So great when they win. LOL!

[u/HunchoStax → u/dabears_dapression]

You don’t need to be offended on our behalf. It’s not that serious.

Source: am Taiwanese.

[u/qwertythe300th]

Premier12, WBC Quals, and LLWS all in one year-window! The funnest country in the sport is cooking!

[u/dipakmdhrm]

TIL: Little League WORLD Series is more accurate in name than MLB WORLD series.

[u/jtphilbeck]

19 spanked that ass!

[u/the_mighty_jim]

In my little league that bat slam would have probably been an ejection

[u/crudshoot]

It always gives me the creeps anytime on tv they aren’t Taiwan but Chinese Tapei.