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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched four games this week of a 9U Little League All Star game. It is unsanctioned but our Division unofficially has an all star tournament for 7U, 8U, and 9U players.

My boys played all stars for our local LL and so we went to watch since our league is hosting the 9U tournament. My local town brought 12 players and the first team they played had 14 players. I felt like the top of the line up was equally matched but wow that bottom of the line up really dragged on especially for the 14 player team. That is 5 extra batters before you get back to the top of the line up. It wasn't as fun to watch because you didn't get to see the best batters and pitchers in the Division square off. My boys played all stars for our local LL and so we went to watch since our league is hosting the 9U tournament.

The 14 player team traditionally has done well in the past years but this year they lost their first two games and were out. I think having continuous batting really hurt them. As a spectator I liked the old rules way better. And I don't think it benefits any player. One of my kids was a starting player and never sat out and the other one was a sub and batted once and got two innings of play in the field. That was enough to keep him feeling involved. [/quote]

The spectator experience is completely irrelevant![/quote]

Of course it is relevant because most spectators are parents. Talking to parents and hearing other conversations, no one likes the new format. 
And it is relevant because little league makes so much money on the LL World Series. I think when ratings go down for the little league World Series they will go back to the old way. [/quote]

I don’t think ratings will go down for the LLWS. I do think you’ll see more teams with 11 kids there as teams “weed out” the weaker hitters.

There can’t be many teams with 14 players. I could maybe see it at the younger ages. Even then only if the board members or coaches’ kids are weaker players and the all star coach doesn’t want to cut them.

I don’t doubt that parents generally don’t like the new rules. The parents of the kids who only bat (and then only maybe once a game) don’t like it and the best player (who wouldn’t have even been taken out under the old rules)’s parents don’t like it because he doesn’t come up in the order as often.
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